Harvard University

Harvard taking new tack in Allston, public meeting at 6 tonight

By Kaz - 6/16/11 - 10:01 am

Harvard University has decided to partner its space in Allston in an attempt to return to redevelopment of the area. The university is still under a heavy debt burden that does not allow it to accomplish its old design for the area.

Going forward, the plan is to not start any part of the project for which they don't have significant outside money raised. At the same time, Harvard will still be building its $1 billion, 589,000-square-foot life science complex with internal funds and donations to anchor the new development. The much-discussed Stone Hearth Pizza is also currently in the works along with a restaurant, called Swissbäkers, in the old Volkswagen dealership. Both should be open by the fall.

Residents are invited to a public meeting at 6 PM tonight in Cumnock Hall at the Harvard Business School where university officials will present the shift in plans.

Anthony Apesos, artistic "man for all seasons" at Arnold Arboretum

By dwyer - 3/1/10 - 5:16 pm

"Summer in Winter: Paintings by Anthony Apesos" is on display at the Arnold Arboretum until March 6. Read the full review by John Stephen Dwyer.

Damn The Dissent

By Barbara Diamond - 4/17/08 - 8:50 am

Every college campus on this country has its own share of spooks, reporting to the various security agencies in the country; Harvard is certainly not alone on this.

It appears to be an attempt to put a chill on the freedoms of both speech and assembly for campus activists, and that is just the design intent.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2008/04/15/aclu-accuses-harvard-of-ties-to-the-fbi.html