<p>I think it is obvious based on the info provided in Harvard’s own website that for most of its long history, engineering was not important to Harvard at all. If you wanted to be an engineer you went down the street to MIT. That was there attitude. But times have changed.
Whether it is because of Stanford’s stature or just an adjustment to a changing world where the intersection of science/engineering/technology and Harvard’s traditional strengths are crucial to solving the world’s biggest challenges, who knows?
I think it is a great development though! Should be interesting to watch…</p>