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Photograph by Peter Vanderwarker Town and Gown The section on capital projects in the 2020 edition of Harvard’s annual “Town Gown Report” to the City of Cambridge—in recent years chock-full of construction work planned or in progress, thanks to The Harvard Campaign and continuing programs like House renewal—suddenly reflects a far narrower pipeline. Beyond the second and third stages of the Adams House renewal, nothing is on the horizon. This reflects both Harvard’s rotation toward Allston and the severe reduction in capital spending in response to the pandemic’s financial i...

Setti D. Warren, currently executive director of the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center, will serve as executive director of the Institute of Politics effective March 15, IOP Director Mark D. Gearan ’78 wrote in a letter to affiliates Tuesday. Warren served as mayor of Newton, Mass. from 2010 to 2018, making him the first popularly elected African American mayor in the Commonwealth, Gearan wrote in his announcement. Warren also served as special assistant in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs for then-President Bill Clinton. Gearan wrote he feels confident in Warren’s a...