Tag: Faculty

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    Harvard paleontologist awarded

    Fisher Professor of Natural History Emeritus Alfred W. Crompton received the A.S. Romer–G.G. Simpson Medal from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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    Charles M. Williams dies at 94

    Harvard Business School (HBS) Professor Emeritus Charles M. Williams, a renowned authority on commercial banking and a master of the art of case method teaching who influenced the lives and careers of thousands of M.B.A. students and executives around the world, died of congestive heart failure on Nov. 17. He was 94.

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    Ihor Ševčenko

    The news of Ihor Ševčenko’s death, on the day after Christmas 2009, elicited a spontaneous international reaction that befitted his stature as a towering intellect and hugely admired scholar in the fields of Byzantine and pre-modern Slavic studies.

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    Harvard’s startup upstart

    Gordon Jones, director of the new Harvard Innovation Lab, has ideas on how to foster an entrepreneurial mentality at the country’s oldest university.

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    Rosenbloom, HBS professor, 78

    Richard S. Rosenbloom, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School, died on Oct. 24 at the age of 78.

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    A look inside: Lowell House

    Lowell House is full of history, and at a recent High Table dinner, former residents of the House mingled with current residents for a night of eat, drink, and entertainment.

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    Harold Bolitho

    Harold Bolitho first taught at Harvard as the Edwin O. Reischauer Visiting Professor in 1983-1984, joining Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in 1985. He taught a variety of courses on Japanese history, including one on the Samurai that enrolled as many as 500 students. He chaired the department from 1988 to 1989…

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    $40 million gift supports new university-wide initiative for innovation in learning and teaching

    Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser have given Harvard University $40 million to establish a new initiative that will support innovative teaching and learning across the University.

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    Education and innovation

    Harvard University announced today that Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser have given the University $40 million to support excellence and innovation in learning and teaching at Harvard.

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    Bailyn receives Samuel Eliot Morison Award

    Adams University Professor Emeritus Bernard Bailyn received the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, the USS Constitution Museum’s highest recognition for scholarship.

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    Health care changes ahead

    Open enrollment begins Oct. 27 at Harvard. Until Nov. 9, faculty, staff, and retirees can make changes to their benefits, elect a new vision care plan, and review 2012 rates and features for Harvard’s health plans.

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    Rethinking the Classics

    David F. Elmer Assistant Professor of the Classics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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    Surgical Anesthesia

    Allan M. Brandt Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Professor of the History of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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    Designated Drivers

    Barry R. Bloom Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health

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    First Programmable Computer

    Michael D. Smith Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences John H. Finley Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, SEAS

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    Case Method

    Todd Rakoff Byrne Professor of Administrative Law, Harvard Law School

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    Sports Helmets, Catcher’s Mask

    Thomas J. Gill IV Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Chief, MGH Sports Medicine Service

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    The Power of Theater

    Diane Paulus Artistic Director, American Repertory Theater Professor of the Practice of Theater, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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    Reinforcement Theory

    Mahzarin R. Banaji Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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    The Invention of GIS

    Charles Waldheim Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design

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    Reshaping the Humanities

    Stephen Greenblatt Cogan University Professor

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    Multiple Intelligences

    Tina Grotzer Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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    The Cognitive Revolution

    Steven Pinker Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Harvard College Professor

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    Leading Business Education

    Nitin Nohria Dean, Harvard Business School Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration

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    Literary Luminaries

    James R. Russell Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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    Organ Transplant

    Nicholas L. Tilney Francis D. Moore Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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    Revolutionizing Egyptology

    Peter Der Manuelian Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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    Faculty contribute essays to new book

    Three Harvard faculty members have contributed essays to a new book, “Social Knowledge in the Making,” to be published Oct. 14 by the University of Chicago Press.

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    Jan Merrill-Oldham, preservation librarian, dies

    Jan Merrill-Oldham, Harvard’s Malloy-Rabinowitz Preservation Librarian from 1995 to 2010 and the driving force in developing the renowned preservation programs in the Harvard Library, died Oct. 5 at her home in Cambridge.

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    Film Forum to host Gardner retrospective

    The Film Forum in New York City will host a one-week retrospective of documentarian and ethnographer Robert Gardner’s influential films from Nov. 11 to Nov. 17.

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