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...same time, the damages that Tenenbaum faced—up to $4.5 million??were disproportionate to the harm caused by his actions, Nesson added. Downloading a song legally via Amazon.com, for instance, costs a user 99 cents, and consequently, Nesson said, the magnitude of possible damages seemed unreasonable in comparison...
...overwhelming willingness” to participate among faculty. But according to FAS spokesman Robert P. Mitchell, the institution of even an across-the-board 2 percent salary reduction for non-union workers would have only a “minor impact,” saving less than $5 million??only a fraction of the $143 million that remains to be cut. “Those who enjoy great privileges also have great responsibilities, and that means making great sacrifices for the common good when circumstances require it,” wrote public policy and history and literature lecturer...
...other prominent givers from the Summers era. But when Harvard’s $36.9 billion endowment plunged an unprecedented 22 percent in the four months leading up to Oct. 31, the former head of Harvard’s smallest school—with an operating budget of under $20 million??found herself thrust into the spotlight as a public figure tasked with bringing together the University’s traditionally disparate schools. Over the past few months, Faust has found herself in a communicative role, in which she has had to bring all constituents—faculty, students...
...very much in the spirit of the ‘open dialog’ the students say they are seeking,” he wrote. Smith also wrote that students are involved in the working groups that have been established to address the looming deficit of $220 million??only $77 million of which would be addressed by the cuts announced last week. The May 11 budget cuts were announced before the College’s budget working groups had the their first meeting.—Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached newcomer@fas.harvard.edu...
...investments.In the latest quarter ending March 31, Harvard boosted its investments in foreign markets by purchasing almost $50 million worth of shares in an exchange-traded fund tracking South Korean indices, while also deepening investments in China, Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa that now amount to nearly $300 million??close to double the figure in those areas as of Dec. 31.Harvard also purchased over 2 million shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets, bringing the value of that investment to over $54 million, up from the less than $1 million invested there in the previous quarter. The largest holding listed...