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...students heard a different story a few days before winter break, when they met with David Korn ’54, the University’s recently-appointed vice provost for research, who would lead the University review...
...left open by a 2004 proposal to create one University-wide calendar, a schedule later adopted by Interim University President Derek Bok in 2007 for implementation in the 2009-2010 academic year.But four years later, these opportunities remain unrealized. Instead, the College’s first J-Term next winter will feature limited housing for select individuals, encouraging students to explore off-campus options and to use the period for rest and relaxation.The January programming once expected from calendar change has been overshadowed, as administrators reassess the College’s financial priorities in light of economic turmoil and prioritize...
...Campus “Clothes Closet:” The Financial Aid Office would solicit alumni for gift certificates to local retailers that would allow students to purchase winter clothes and other needed clothing for Harvard life...
...situation is placing on Harvard’s administrators, but as Boston Mayor Thomas Menino pointed out in a letter to Faust, we have to push forward and keep our promises to Harvard’s students and the Allston community. Current students were also hit with a late-winter announcements of a tuition increase. This, however troubling for families that already struggle with the term bill, was still something that must take place for academic goals to be preserved. This mixing of goals was also apparent in the extending of Harvard’s temporary ban on transfer applicants...
...Besides gaining a broader understanding of cultural differences, I had hands-on experience with international networking. Towards the end of the winter, École Polytechnique invites about a hundred of the most important companies in Europe to campus for their yearly job fair. I was able to interact with recruiters from over a dozen different firms, and many of these asked for a copy of my resume and that I keep in touch. Although I had scarcely given the option any serious thought prior to my time abroad, it is now more probable than not that I will...