The Harvard Crimson THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873 | VOLUME CXLVII NO. 32 | CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS | MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2020
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SEAS Dean details the features of the new Allston complex
Op-Ed: Harvard should work to free Egyptian detainees
Men’s basketball knocks off Yale 83-69 in bounce-back
HUPD Officer Criticized for Use of Force By EMA R. SCHUMER and CHARLES XU CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
Harvard University police officer Anthony T. Carvello has received criticism for his use of force in three incidents in the Smith Campus Center within the past six months. ALLISON G. LEE—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER
Anthony T. Carvello, a Harvard University police officer who came under scrutiny last month for his use of force in an arrest at the Smith Campus Center, has also received criticism for his use of force in two other recent arrests of homeless black men at the Smith Center. Carvello, 61, put his hand on one man’s neck during a September arrest, according to video footage. The man said he could not breathe as a result. Four months later, Carvello wrote in a police report that he pepper-sprayed another man during a January arrest. A HUPD sergeant who arrived at the scene wrote in his report that the arrested man said Carvello, who is white, called him a “n----r.” Just two weeks ago, witnesses criticized Carvello for pushing a man to the floor while arresting him for trespassing in the Smith Center. In its most recent meeting, Harvard’s stu-
dent government condemned Carvello’s actions. Witnesses to the September arrest and the February arrest said they believe Carvello used excessive force. Two said they expressed their concerns directly to the department. Four HUPD officers familiar with the arrests, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the department, said they believe Carvello used excessive force in one or more of the arrests. The four HUPD officers also said they believe the department should have removed Carvello from his post in the Smith Center pending investigation. HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano wrote in his emailed statement that the department reviewed all three incidents and found that Carvello did not violate HUPD’s guidelines. “For all three arrests in question there were
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Tenure Review Will Not Include Cases By KEVIN R. CHEN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay said her office’s fall 2020 review of tenure procedures will examine neither Harvard’s use of ad hoc committees nor individual tenure denials. Gay wrote to faculty in December that she would initiate the tenure review days after more than 100 faculty called for such a review. She said on Thursday that she is currently speaking with faculty to understand their questions about the tenure promotion process and define the scope of the review. Gay also issued an open invitation for faculty to speak with her during February’s faculty meeting and said she is planning to meet with both department chairs and the FAS Committee on Appointments and Promotions.
Gay said that, because she continues to gather information from faculty, she cannot define precisely what questions the review will answer. “We’re very much in listening mode and are still quite a ways away from settling on the substance,” Gay said. Still, Gay did comment on several topics the review will either address or set aside. As part of the review, Gay said she hopes to “benchmark” peer institutions’ tenure processes — comparing aspects such as the length of the process and the various reviews that are conducted during the process — to see what FAS can learn from them. She added that the review will not examine the use of ad hoc committees in the tenure process because they are decided at the level of the University, rather than by FAS.
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Gay will determine the scope of the FAS tenure review by next semester. RYAN N. GAJARAWALA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER
Prof. Sues for Tenure Denial By BRIE K. BUCHANAN and MICHELLE G. KURILLA CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
Associate Applied Physics professor Shmuel M. Rubinstein sued Harvard in Middlesex County Superior Court last week, citing a dispute concerning his employment contract. Rubinstein, who served as principal investigator in a lab conducting research on the physics of complex systems, was denied tenure at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He filed suit on March 3 against the President and Fellows of Harvard College, a formal name for the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body. He also sued SEAS Dean Francis J. Doyle III and Computer Science professor Krzysztof Z. Gajos. Rubinstein did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the dispute. Gajos declined to comment on the case. SEAS spokesperson Paul Karoff wrote in an emailed statement to The Crimson that Rubinstein’s complaint is under review by the University. “Harvard is reviewing Prof. Rubinstein’s complaint, but his central claim -- that the University’s decision to deny his request for tenure was based on grounds other than merit -- is false,” Karoff wrote. Karoff added that Harvard bases tenure decisions on several factors, including research and potential to make meaningful academic contributions in the future. “The Faculty of Arts and Sciences tenure process is based solely on the quality of a faculty member’s research, teaching, and academic citizenship,” Karoff wrote. “FAS reserves its limited career-long commitments to scholars who are likely to make significant and
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Older Alums Help Campaign for Harvard Forward SEAS Dean Talks Resources in Allston By MICHELLE G. KURILLA CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
By BRIE K. BUCHANAN and ELIZABETH X. GUO CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
As the debut of the new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston fast approaches, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Francis J. Doyle III discussed new resources for students and faculty at the campus in an interview Sunday. The new Science and Engineering complex is expecting to receive its certificate of occupancy in May and then the initial transition of office spaces will begin in the first week of June, according to Doyle. He added that not all faculty will move to the campus at the same time, and that another “wave” of faculty will remain in Cambridge initially and transition to the new complex in January 2021. “Some of the faculty will move in a second wave that will happen in January. And that was mainly because they’ve joined us recently, we didn’t have their labs optimized, or designed, or finished,” Doyle said. Doyle said he and other administrators hope to make the Science and Engineering ComINSIDE THIS ISSUE
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plex a facility for all Harvard affiliates, adding it will host not only SEAS classes but also courses in other parts of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. “This is a Harvard building. This is not just an engineering facility or resource. So we’re trying to make it as attractive as possible to pull the community in and have events there, to have teaching there, to have collaborations there,” Doyle said. “It really is a key part of what we want to achieve and what Harvard wants to achieve with this resource.” Doyle also said he anticipates that the new complex will collaborate extensively with surrounding facilities, including the ArtLab, iLab, and Life Lab. The American Repertory Theater — currently located in the Loeb Drama Center on Brattle Street — has already begun planning collaborations with the SEC in anticipation of its move to Allston in the near future, Doyle said. “We’re brainstorming with [Artistic Director] Diane Paulus,” he said. “They’re going to have some amazing facilities and fabrication equipment
Over the past several months, the organization Harvard Forward has engaged in an ambitious bid to reshape the Board of Overseers around the issue of climate change. Recently, an unusual group has come to their aid: older alumni. Harvard Forward recently campaigned for five candidates to sit on the Board of Overseers — the University’s second-highest governing body. Their campaign calls on the University to divest from fossil fuel companies and argues that the school should reserve 20 percent of seats on the Board of Overseers for recent graduates, as well as develop more transparent investment guidelines. Each Harvard Forward candidate received over 4,500 alumni signatures, according to a Harvard Forward press release at the time. About 3,000 signatures from eligible voters were required to put a candidate on the ballot. Alumni supporting Harvard Forward filled out nomination forms in person during the campaign’s office hours in more than 50 cities around the world, including Berlin, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv. Nominations were
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Harvard Forward is an organization consisting of alumni, students, and faculty aimed at making Harvard a leader of climate change. RYAN N. GAJARAWALA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER
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