Faculty Council meeting held Jan. 25
At the Jan. 25 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members approved the 2012-13 faculty meeting schedule. The council next meets on Feb. 15. The faculty next meets on Feb. 7. The preliminary deadline...
View ArticleImmersed in the body politic
When Susan Greenhalgh says she studies “biopolitics,” one might imagine a form of futuristic, dystopian science. But Greenhalgh’s interests are hardly that. As the newest professor of anthropology in...
View ArticleGSAS Dean Allan Brandt to step down
Allan M. Brandt, who pioneered a new approach to curricular development with the launch of the Graduate Seminars in General Education, led a transformation in admissions practices that resulted in the...
View ArticleFaculty Council meeting held Feb. 15
At the Feb. 15 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members considered proposals for a Ph.D. program in education and to change the schedule of regular meetings of the Faculty in the rules of faculty...
View ArticleFaculty Council meeting for Feb. 29
At the Feb. 29 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members approved proposals for a Ph.D. program in education and to change the schedule of regular meetings of the Faculty in the Rules of Faculty...
View ArticlePatrick appoints Barron, Reimers
Gov. Deval Patrick announced the appointments of Harvard professors David J. Barron and Fernando M. Reimers to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. The Board of Higher Education defines the...
View ArticleClean energy pioneer brings lab to Harvard
Daniel G. Nocera, a chemist whose work is focused on developing inexpensive new energy sources for the poor of the world now living with nothing more than fire light, has been appointed the Patterson...
View ArticleA peek into Harvard classrooms
Anyone who’s ever wanted to get a peek inside a Harvard classroom will soon have a chance. In conjunction with the University’s 375th anniversary, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is launching a...
View ArticleHempton named Divinity School dean
Harvard University President Drew Faust announced today that David Hempton will become dean of Harvard Divinity School, effective July 1. Hempton, the Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical...
View ArticlePolitical science, in his marrow
Daniel Ziblatt may have been born with political science in his DNA. Even if he wasn’t, his fate was sealed to enter the field during a year abroad and a memorable night with a glass of bubbly. The...
View ArticleInstitute renamed after Kelman
The Vienna-based Institute for Integrative Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding was officially renamed the Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation on Dec. 29, 2011....
View ArticleWalton named Memorial Church minister
Harvard President Drew Faust today announced the appointment of Jonathan L. Walton as Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, effective July 1. A recently...
View ArticleFaculty Council meeting held April 25
At the April 25 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members approved the Harvard Extension School courses for 2012-13 and Courses of Instruction for 2012-13. They also heard a review of the Ph.D....
View ArticlePreacher, scholar, friend
Jonathan Walton and his young family struggled through their first New England winter after arriving from Southern California in 2010. Walton, who was a new assistant professor at Harvard Divinity...
View ArticleBathing in Chinese language and culture
In the wake of expanding globalization, the new director of Harvard’s Chinese Language Program is prepping the University’s next generation of students to compete in an international arena increasingly...
View ArticleScholar publishes book on Civil War
“Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War,” a book by Megan Kate Nelson, has recently been published by the University of Georgia Press. Nelson is a lecturer on history and literature at...
View ArticleGarber, Gawande elected into APS
The American Philosophical Society (APS) recently elected 35 new members, including two Harvard faculty members: William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies Marjorie...
View ArticleHoffman, Beerbohm win teaching prize
Physicist Jenny Hoffman ’99 and political theorist Eric Beerbohm are this year’s winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award, given annually to assistant or associate professors for excellence in...
View ArticleHLS dean elected to MacArthur board
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow has been elected to serve on the MacArthur Foundation board of directors, joining 14 other members. The board sets policies and strategic direction for the...
View ArticleApplications for Winter Break grants
Harvard University President Drew Faust today announced the opening of the 2013 Winter Break grant cycle for the President’s January Innovation Fund for Faculty. Proposals may be submitted online until...
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