Of Note
- Undergraduate Thesis Conference
- Harvard College seniors (from left) Utpal Sandesara (Social Studies), Alicia Harley (Environmental Science and Public Policy), and Anton Troianovski (Social Studies) were among over two dozen Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Associates who presented the results of their summer 2007 field research and subsequent thesis preparations at a conference in February.
- For a full program of the thesis presentations and a summary of the students' research topics, visit the Research Activities section of our web site.
Debora L. Spar Named President of Barnard College
Debora L. Spar will be leaving Harvard to take on her new appointment as Barnard College’s president, effective July 1, 2008. A member of Weatherhead Center’s Executive Committee since 2000, Spar is a leading academic in political economy as well as a recognized leader for her contributions as senior associate dean for faculty research at the Harvard Business School. She was also a chair of Harvard’s Committee on Human Rights.
Weatherhead Center Launches New Program on Transatlantic Relations
The Weatherhead Center has established a new program on transatlantic relations to strengthen research and teaching on transatlantic and European issues at the Weatherhead Center and the University. This effort is possible owing to a generous donation by Pierre Keller (Fellow, 1979–1980), who has established an endowment for a visiting professorship and has committed operational funds to the program for its first five years. The Weatherhead Center’s Executive Committee appointed Karl Kaiser, who is also an adjunct professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Straus Fellow at the Weatherhead Center, as the program’s first director. He is supported by an advisory committee consisting of representatives of the Weatherhead Center, the Center for European Studies, and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Harvard Grants Tenure to Steven Levitsky Faculty Associate
Steven Levitsky has earned tenure at Harvard. Levitsky, who currently holds a prestigious John L. Loeb associate professorship in the social sciences, is being tenured in the Department of Government. He also has an appointment on the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies. Levitsky’s teaching and mentorship is held in great esteem among students and the news of his tenure spread quickly around campus, according to the student-run Harvard Crimson. In 2004, he was awarded the Roslyn Abramson Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching. He is the director of the Weatherhead Center’s Graduate Student Program.