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Lee named Harvard’s VP for alumni affairs and development

September 24, 2018

Brian K. Lee has been appointed Harvard University’s vice president for alumni affairs and development, President Larry Bacow announced today.

An accomplished leader with a long history in educational and nonprofit advancement, Lee will join Harvard from the California Institute of Technology, where he is vice president for development and institute relations, overseeing alumni affairs and helping to orchestrate and implement Caltech’s $2 billion Breakthrough Campaign, currently underway.

“Brian has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to bring together people in support of higher...

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Protesters march in Ferguson, Mo., in August 2014 after the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

What happens to police departments that collect more fines? They solve fewer crimes.

September 24, 2018

Washington Post | By Rebecca Goldstein, Michael Sances, and Hye Young You PhD 2014. Based on the authors' research, "Exploitative Revenues, Law Enforcement, and the Quality of Government Service," forthcoming in Urban Affairs Review.

Rebecca Goldstein is a PhD candidate in Government and a Malcolm Hewitt Wiener PhD Scholar in Poverty and Justice. Hye Young You received her PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard and is now Assistant Professor in the Wilf Family Department of Politics at New York University.

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Seven Astronomy graduate students recognized by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning for excellence in teaching in Spring term 2018. 

September 24, 2018
This number is unprecedented and speaks highly of the skills and commitment of our Teaching Fellows. Congratulations!
 
 
Astronomy

ASTRON 100 Gomez, Sebastian
ASTRON 130 Speagle, Joshua
ASTRON 16 Alam, Munazza
ASTRON 16 Christian, Pierre
ASTRON 16...

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Breaking up the mammal back

September 22, 2018

Massive congratulations to Katrina Jones for publishing her three year - big data - study on the evolution of mammalian backbone regionalization in Science!

Jones, K. E., K.D. Angielczyk, P.D. Polly, J.J. Head, V. Fernandez, J.K Lungmus, S. Tulga, and S.E. Pierce. “Fossils reveal the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian regionalized spine” Science 361, no. 6408 (2018): 1249-1252. 

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