Faculty Council meeting, Jan. 27

At its seventh meeting of the year on Jan. 27, the Faculty Council reviewed proposals to rename the Department of Literature and Comparative Literature and to establish a new concentration in biomedical engineering. The council also discussed updates from the Office for Scholarly Communication regarding Harvard’s DASH and Open Access Fund, and from Michael D. Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, regarding the findings of the Priorities Working Groups.

The council next meets on Feb. 10. The preliminary deadline for the March 2 faculty meeting is Feb. 15 at 9:30 a.m.