February 04, 1999

A New Era in Science
Faculty of Arts and Sciences to invest $150-$200 million in cutting- edge research, teaching

Experimental Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
An experimental vaccine has worked well enough in 11 patients with lethal skin cancer for researchers to expand its use to more patients and to other types of cancers.

Cosmic Breakthrough May Bite the Dust
A student at Harvard University has thrown cold dust on the hottest science story of 1998.

Hawn, Jackson To Get Pudding Pots As Woman and Man of the Year
The Hasty Pudding has named its recipients for the 1999 Woman of the Year and Man of the Year awards -- Goldie Hawn and Samuel L. Jackson.

Harvard's BMOC
John Caulfield may have helped park your car at Harvard football games; you'd be surprised at what else he's done.

Professor Emeritus Budiansky, of Engineering Dept., Dies
Bernard Budiansky, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering Emeritus and Gordon McKay Professor of Structural Mechanics Emeritus, died Saturday, Jan. 23.

Children's Development Conference To Be Held
The Harvard Children's Initiative is presenting an invitational conference as its inaugural event.

Holyoke Center Arcade Improvements Continue
Harvard Planning and Real Estate has commenced construction on Phase 2 of the Holyoke Center Arcade improvements.

Obituaries

The Economics of Education
Education economist Caroline Hoxby says school reform begins at home.

Shabecoff Appointed Director of HLS Public Interest Advising
Alexa Shabecoff has been appointed director of the Law School's Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA), which advises students interested in pursuing public service legal careers.

Art Historian Alice Jarrard Named Radcliffe Junior Fellow
Alice Jarrard, assistant professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the fifth Radcliffe Junior Faculty Fellowship at the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute.

Shorenstein Center Names Spring Fellows and Lombard Professor
Fellows' interests include presidential speechwriting, Chinese journalism, and military/media relations in Vietnam era.

Exhibition Explores Fascination With the Divinely Inspired
The special exhibition Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants will be on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum through March 28.

Harvard Research Centers to Participate in Common Grant Application
After more than a year of planning, 11 of Harvard's international research centers will participate this spring in a pilot project -- a common application for their undergraduate and graduate summer research travel.

Backyard Star Makes Good
Senior Rob Millar, direct from homemade rink in British Columbia, piles up points for the Crimson

Next Stop, Wonderland
Glitter, grace and athletic prowess define the art and sport of competitive ballroom dancing

National Depression Screening Program Has Harvard Roots
Anonymous telephone-based service aims to get clinical depression sufferers into treatment

Billy Graham To Speak at Two Events
Evangelist Billy Graham will visit Harvard this Sunday and Monday for two events to be held at the Memorial Church.

SPH Center Gets $7 Million Grant
The National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS) renewed the longest continuous grant in its history by awarding $7 million over the next five years to the Kresge Center for Environmental Health at the School of Public Health.

Giving Back Their Smiles
Photo essay about Harvard Students of Operation Smile.