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...social sciences; the relationship between academia and the world at large; the role of the new media and its implications for traditional academic studies; and the composition of a satisfactory liberal arts education. Harvard, in particular, faces additional challenges in the months and years ahead, such as realizing Allston??s potential for scientific and other goals, determining the proper relationship with junior faculty, balancing the roles of individuals, centers, and departments, negotiating the inclusion of interdisciplinary studies and the various schools in research and the curriculum, and rendering decision making more transparent...
Elizabeth R. Shope ’09, Sustainable Allston??s other co-chair, said she sees Allston as a unique opportunity...
...Their first big break was a meeting with Summers in Dec. 2003. The meeting was a mild success, if not a bit inconclusive in its efforts to move “sustainable Allston?? from a concept to a real objective...
...Sustainable Allston??s biggest supporters was Summers, whom Liscow refers to as “surprisingly receptive.” But sustainability seems to have outlasted the Summers regime: Gordon calls President-elect Drew G. Faust “very enthusiastic” about sustainability. “If everybody keeps rolling the ball in that direction,” he adds, “we’ll be able to get something done...
...Following Stockard’s logic, understanding and integrating Allston??s identity into their plans should be a critical concern of Harvard planners as they work out the kinks of the master plan, an official document presented to the City of Boston in January that broadly outlines the University’s vision for the next 50 years...