Tag: Faculty
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Campus & Community
Why would a busy professor take time to reread a book?
They wade through stacks each year. But here are some that draw them back.

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Arts & Culture
Walking children through a garden of good and evil
Jamaica Kincaid’s new book presents history of colonialism, identity through plants that helped shape it

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Campus & Community
‘Be that voice for compassion, learning, understanding, and unity’
Burns and others deliver call to action – and empathy – at Class Day ceremonies

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Campus & Community
Jeff Lichtman named dean of science
Neuroscientist inspired by ‘great challenge’ of leading life, physical sciences division in era of rapidly growing knowledge

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Nation & World
Speaking to the moment
Tarek Masoud, organizer of Middle East Dialogues, wanted to show that Harvard could confront the tensions around Israel-Gaza without vitriol or shouting. So far, it’s worked.

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Campus & Community
Maria Ressa named 2024 Commencement speaker
Nobel Prize-winning defender of press freedom will deliver principal address

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Campus & Community
Calling it as he sees it
Broadcast legend Gus Johnson found ‘the real peace’ at Harvard

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Campus & Community
12 win Harvard Culture Lab awards to advance inclusion and belonging
Community-based projects will benefit University Schools and units

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Campus & Community
Opening conversation on more, better discourse
Summit, hosted by College, PEN America, gathers speakers, workshops as part of Harvard Dialogues initiative

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Campus & Community
Harvard University Housing establishes rents for 2024–2025
Increases will range from 0 to 8 percent

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Campus & Community
‘Harvard Dialogues’ taps power of respectful debate
A week of programming anchors an initiative that will help students, faculty, and others engage in candid conversations on tough topics

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Campus & Community
Long to step down as Ed School dean
Economist will return to teaching and research

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Campus & Community
Speaking his mind
Interim President Alan Garber on leadership transition, promoting dialogue, hopes for year ahead

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Campus & Community
Remembering biochemistry Professor Guido Guidotti
Guido Guidotti, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, taught hundreds of students during more than 60 years of research and teaching. Guidotti died April 5 in Newton, Massachusetts, following a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 87.

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Campus & Community
Faculty of Arts and Sciences unveils anti-racism agenda
The dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced an anti-racism agenda prioritizing six areas of action.

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Campus & Community
New faculty: Jesse McCarthy
New English and African and African American Studies Professor Jesse McCarthy took a roundabout path to academia. Now he’s teaching James Baldwin and Henry James and showing students there are many ways to be successful.

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Campus & Community
New faculty: Lauren Williams
The Gazette sits down with Lauren Williams, the second woman to be tenured in Harvard’s Math Department and the Seaver Professor at the Radcliffe Institute.

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Campus & Community
A model faculty
Departing FAS Dean Michael Smith’s investment in world-class scholars is paying big dividends, colleagues say.

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Campus & Community
Progress in diversifying faculty
At Harvard, the percentages of women and minorities on the faculty have reached new highs, study says.

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Campus & Community
Harvard faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of 228 new members, including 13 Harvard faculty.

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Campus & Community
Giving thanks for each other
FAS Giving Thanks garners more than 4,000 notes of appreciation for faculty and staff.

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Campus & Community
Ten from Harvard named HHMI Faculty Scholars
Ten Harvard scientists have won the support of a new funding initiative by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Simons Foundation, and the Gates Foundation.

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Campus & Community
Professors get personal about their own career paths
Faculty in the arts and humanities meet with students over dinner at the Office of Career Services to share their personal experiences and paths to success.

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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held Feb. 10
On Feb. 10 the members of the Faculty Council voted to approve proposed legislation regarding the General Education Program.
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Campus & Community
Support for a diverse student body
The Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences gave its support Tuesday to a report that backs a diverse student body with deep interaction.

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Campus & Community
Walter Kaiser dies
Walter Kaiser, Harvard’s Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus, died on Jan. 5.

