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Harvard representatives outlined the University’s sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and resident outreach initiatives during the annual Town Gown report to the Cambridge Planning Board Tuesday.
Harvard along with Lesley University, Hult International School of Business, and MIT annually submits a “Town Gown” report to the City of Cambridge and presents it to city representatives.
“Town Gown” refers to the partnership between the academic “gown,” and non-academic “town” areas of cities that house higher educational campuses.
“This year’s Town Gown report acknowledges the broad effects the pandemic has had on our institution, while also recognizing Harvard’s ongoing commitment to academic and research excellence, and to being a good neighbor,” Harvard’s report reads.
Credits: Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Caption: The south-facing side of the building will feature a double-skin façade constructed from state-of-the-art interlocking glass units that create a deep sealed cavity a design solution that will reduce energy consumption by about 27 percent. Credits: Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Caption: A view of the building approaching from the west on Vassar Street Credits: Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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Last fall, the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing embarked on a project to design and construct a new building on Vassar Street in Cambridge, at the former site of Building 44. Working with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the design for the new building is taking shape, with plans for