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Tag: Faculty
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Campus & Community
Mark Kisin joins Harvard as professor of mathematics
Mark Kisin, one of the world’s most promising young number theorists, has been named professor of mathematics in Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), effective July 1.
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Campus & Community
Hendrik Samuel Houthakker
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 10, 2009, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Hendrik Samuel Houthakker, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Houthakker published widely in economics and mentored generations of junior faculty and a future Pope.
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Campus & Community
Rudolf Arnheim
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 10, 2009, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Rudolf Arnheim, Professor of Psychology of Art, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Arnheim was a pioneer in the psychology of art with path-breaking books on visual perception and artistic creativity
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Campus & Community
Brendan Maher, scholar, former GSAS dean, dies at 84
Brendan A. Maher, the Emeritus Edward C Henderson Professor of the Psychology of Personality in the Department of Psychology, died in his Durham, N.C., home on March 17, at the age of 84.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council
At its 11th meeting of the year on April 22, the Faculty Council reviewed the proposed Extension School courses for 2009-10; considered a proposal for a new Department of Human Evolutionary Biology; and discussed Google and the Harvard College Library. The council’s final meeting of 2008-09 will be on May 13. The preliminary deadline for…
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Campus & Community
Eighteen faculty, affiliates named to 2009 class of AAAS Fellows
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) today (April 20) announced the election of leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector. The 210 new AAAS Fellows and 19 Foreign Honorary Members join one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies and a center for independent…
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Arts & Culture
Jehn is appointed director of the Harvard College Writing Program
Thomas R. Jehn, an expert in writing pedagogy, has been appointed Sosland Director in the Harvard College Writing Program, effective immediately.
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Campus & Community
Samuel H. Beer, Harvard scholar, dies at 97
Samuel Hutchison Beer, the distinguished Harvard political scientist, died in his sleep at the age of 97 on April 7. For years, Beer was the world’s leading expert in British politics, but he also studied the American political system, and was active in American politics as a lifelong Democrat and chairman of Americans for Democratic…
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Nation & World
Harvard Kennedy School professors named 2009 Carnegie Scholars
Associate Professor Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Assistant Professor Tarek Masoud of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS) have been named 2009 Carnegie Scholars by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The honorees were selected for their compelling ideas and commitment to enriching the quality of the public dialogue on Islam.
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Campus & Community
Samuel P. Huntington service set
A memorial service for Samuel P. Huntington, who was the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard, will be held on April 22 at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard.
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Campus & Community
Harvard and Radcliffe win Guggenheim Fellowships
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced its 2009-10 fellowship awardees on April 8. Five Harvard faculty members were named Guggenheim recipients, as well as one fellow from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The winners include: Peter Galison, Pellegrino University Professor; Ingrid Monson, the Quincy Jones Professor of African-American Music; Alexander Rehding, professor of…
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Campus & Community
Mark Moore named first Herbert A. Simon Professor
Mark Moore, a leading expert in criminal justice, police, management, nongovernmental organizations, and nonprofit management, has been appointed the first Herbert A. Simon Professor in Education, Management, and Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), effective July 1. Moore will maintain his current appointment as the Hauser Professor of Nonprofit Organizations at…
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Arts & Culture
Scholar enjoys wrestling ‘the Great Bear’
Some scholars are hard-pressed to identify what exactly drew them to their field. Others can point to a specific “aha!” moment when they found their academic calling. In Justin Weir’s case, it all began with a bit of bureaucracy.
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Campus & Community
Morris Simon
Morris Simon, MB, BCH, died suddenly and unexpectedly on January 17, 2005, one day after his 79th birthday. At the time of his death he was professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School and working regularly in the Department of Radiology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, as he had for almost a half century.
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Campus & Community
Samuel P. Huntington service set
A memorial service for Samuel P. Huntington, who was the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard, will be held on April 22 at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. Huntington, a longtime Harvard University professor, an enormously influential political scientist, and a mentor to a generation of scholars in widely…
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Campus & Community
Narayanamurti accepts spot at HKS’s Belfer Center
Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti will be the new director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS) Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Belfer Center director Graham Allison announced April 1.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council
At its ninth meeting of the year on March 18, the Faculty Council was briefed by the Dean of the College on House renewal and on the review of the Undergraduate Council. The Council also considered a proposal to change the name of the Standing Committee on Ethnic Studies.
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Campus & Community
Samuel P. Huntington service set
A memorial service for Samuel P. Huntington, who was the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard, will be held on April 22 at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. Huntington, a longtime Harvard University professor, an enormously influential political scientist, and a mentor to a generation of scholars in widely…
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Campus & Community
Howard Koh tapped for assistant secretary for health
President Barack Obama announced March 25 his intent to nominate Howard Koh, the Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), to be assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Campus & Community
Blumenthal is national coordinator for health information technology
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced March 20 the selection of David Blumenthal as the Obama administration’s choice for national coordinator for health information technology.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Catalyst grants encourage greater faculty collaboration
Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are measuring how patients’ posture affects MRI imaging of their breathing.
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Health
Five named Early Career Scientists
Five Harvard researchers are among 50 young scientists nationwide who will have their work supported for the next six years by a new initiative from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
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Nation & World
Finance scholar Chetty named professor of economics
Raj Chetty, a public economist whose work focuses on social insurance and tax policy, has been appointed professor of economics in Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), effective April 1.
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Arts & Culture
Night at the museum
When the Arts Task Force appointed by Harvard President Drew Faust issued its recommendations last December, one of its main suggestions was to incorporate the museums into a more central role in the University and to find innovative ways for arts and non-arts faculty to collaborate.
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Campus & Community
First Suzanne Murray Professor named
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has named Nancy E. Hill, a leader in the study of cultural influences on parenting and adolescent achievement, the first Suzanne Murray Professor. Hill has also been appointed a professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where she has served as a visiting associate professor.…
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council
At its seventh meeting of the year on Feb. 18, the Faculty Council discussed international centers and continued its discussion of the finances of the Faculty.
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Campus & Community
Child-care programs, aid to continue at Harvard
Harvard University will continue a number of programs designed to help meet specific child care needs at the University. In 2006, the Task Force on Women Faculty and the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering issued a final report that pointed to the need for increased University support for child care. Subsequently, several…
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Nation & World
HMS, HSPH Professor Kim named Dartmouth president
Jim Yong Kim, tireless advocate for bringing Western standards of health care to the world’s poor and a professor of medicine and of public health at Harvard, has been named the 17th president of Dartmouth College.
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Campus & Community
SEVEN HARVARD PROFESSORS RECEIVE SLOAN FELLOWSHIPS
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced that seven Harvard professors are among the 118 recipients of the Sloan Research Fellowships for 2009. Sloan Fellowships “seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.” The fellows, who receive a $40,000 grant for the two-year fellowship, are selected for their distinguished performance…