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Purcell, who will become the director on Sept. 1, will assume a post that was originally vacated by former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat who returned to her home state to run for the U.S. Senate. Former Representative Jim Leach, a moderate Republican from Iowa, served as interim...
The former was responsible for “the academic progress of individual students toward their degrees, as well as for non-curricular aspects of their educational growth and development,” according to a 1994 report on the structure of the College by former Dean of the College...
The dean of undergraduate education did not oversee the Core Curriculum but was responsible for many of the academic issues Harris will take care of. Both individuals reported directly to the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Kirby said that Harris is a “great choice” for the position, owing to a wide range of experience in dealing with academic and student affairs as the chair of the Gen Ed committee, the Master of Cabot House, and a tenured professor.
Harvard began foundation work this academic year on its 589,000-square-foot science complex, which will house the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. The four-building glass complex is slated for completion in 2011.