April 29, 1999

Studies Find Cancer Drugs May Double As Heart Savers
Two drugs being tested to shrink cancer tumors are showing promise for slowing growth of fatty deposits in blood vessels that can cause heart disease and stroke.

Wrinn Appointed Director of News & Public Affairs
Joe Wrinn has been named director of news and public affairs at Harvard University, effective in May. Wrinn will succeed Alex Huppé, Harvard's director of public affairs, who has been named vice president of PSC International, an international public affairs consulting firm based in Boston and Washington, D.C.

ARTS FIRST, Last, and Always!
Dance, theater, musical productions, poetry, and a parade are all part of the seventh annual ARTS FIRST, Harvard and Radcliffe's arts celebration, which will take place Thursday, May 6, through Sunday, May 9.

Journal on Race Undergoes Many 'Transitions'
"We aim to be a clearinghouse for the freshest, most compelling, most curious ideas about what it means to be black -- indeed, what it means to be human -- today," says Henry Louis Gates Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois Professor in the Humanities and one of Transition's editors.

Faculty Council

Memorial Services

Design School To Offer Continuing Education

BosTix at Harvard Expands Services
BosTix at Harvard has expanded its services to include Ticketmaster, a major vendor of tickets for national concerts, sporting events, Broadway shows, and other events.

Five Win Guggenheim Fellowships

From a Spanish Point of View
Magdalena Edwards '99 was born in Chile and learned Spanish as her first language, but she has lived in the United States since she was an infant. Acculturation came quickly, and she was soon achieving at the level that would one day lead her to Harvard. Still, she always felt a visceral attraction to the language and literature of Latin America and Spain.

Work of Chilean Artist on Exhibit at Center for Latin American Studies
The work of Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, a Chilean anthropologist and artist, will be exhibited through the month of June at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies' Latin American and Latino Art Forum.

Sean T. Buffington Named New Assistant Provost
Sean T. Buffington will become the new assistant provost for Interfaculty Programs, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg announced this week. A Harvard College graduate with a strong interest in interdisciplinary learning, Buffington has worked for the past two years as a member of the University Development Office.

Tomorrow's Leaders Born at Edward S. Mason Program
Mahuad's visit is a measure of the impact the program has on its participants, who are high-level public sector professionals from developing countries. The program is Harvard's oldest and largest international program. It was begun by Edward S. Mason, a Harvard economics professor.

UMASS Holds Off Harvard In Beanpot Semifinals
The 17th-ranked Harvard men's tennis team clinched sole possession of its fifth straight Ivy League title with a 6-1 win at Yale on Sunday, April 25. The victory gives the Crimson a 6-0 league record with just one match left to play.

Harvard Beats Bulldogs to Clinch 5th Straight Ivy Title
Massachusetts remains perfect in Beanpot play at 6-0 all-time while improving its record to 22-12. Harvard falls to 21-14 despite pounding out a season-high 18 hits.

Medical Area Students Launch Theatrical Group
For the past nine months, students from the Medical, Dental, and Public Health schools have shoved aside their textbooks to rehearse a production of the 1960s love-rock musical HAIR, scheduled to make its debut this weekend.

Urban Poverty Research Website Offers Latest Information
State-of-the-art knowledge on decades of academic research on the causes and consequences of urban poverty is now at the fingertips of anyone with an Internet connection.

University Professor Emeritus Honored with Lectureship
The Joint Center for Housing Studies will inaugurate a lecture in honor of John T. Dunlop, Lamont University Professor Emeritus, on Tuesday, May 4. Titled "Housing at the Millennium," the inaugural talk will be presented by Kent W. Colton, the outgoing executive vice president and CEO of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

Thomas Hehir to Join School of Education Faculty as Lecturer
Thomas Hehir, director of special education at the U.S. Department of Education, will join the faculty at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) in January 2000 as a lecturer in education. Hehir is an expert in the area of policies and programs for the education of disabled children.

For Many, Public Service is Heart of a Divinity School Education
Several times a week, Paul Jones puts aside his books at the Divinity School and makes time to work with homeless men at the Pine Street Inn in Boston.

The Passion and Perils of Book Collecting
Though not widely known, the fact that some Harvard students actively collect books is no secret. In fact, several prizes exist at Harvard that recognize those with superior collections.