Two named University Professors
Harvard University granted its highest honor for faculty members today to a scholar who has shown that sustainability can boost the bottom line and to a pioneer in stem cell research. Rebecca M. Henderson of the Harvard Business School (HBS) and Douglas Melton of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and the Harvard Medical School (HMS) were named University Professors in recognition of their dedication to teaching and groundbreaking scholarship that crosses academic boundaries. “The University Professorships were established almost 80 years ago as a special way to recognize individuals of distinction who are working on the frontiers of knowledge in ways that cross the traditional boundaries of academic disciplines,” said President Drew Faust. “In the lab and in the field, as well as in the classroom, Professors Henderson and Melton have provided superior examples of the work of the Harvard faculty.” Melton, the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences...