May 27, 1999

'The Professor' William Alfred Dies at Age 76
Playwright and Harvard professor William Alfred, 76, died in Cambridge on May 20. Alfred was the Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities Emeritus.

Cyclotron Celebrates 50 Smashing Years
On Saturday, June 5, physicists and physicians will gather at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory to celebrate 50 years of experiments on the fundamental nature of atomic forces and the treatment of more than 8,000 cancer patients.

A Healing Spirit Is Transmitted To The Maine Woods
Video hookups help to train health professionals

'Digital Sound' To Be Explored At Media Fair
The Annual Digital Video and Multimedia Fair has served as a meeting place for "technologists and educationists" at Harvard to share ideas, exchange notes on hardware and software, and show off new projects in various Schools and Departments. The Fair, in its sixth year, is scheduled for Wednesday, June 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Science Center.

Educator Johnnetta Cole Awarded Radcliffe Medal by the RCAA
Johnnetta B. Cole, former president of Spelman College and a member of the faculty at Emory University, has been awarded the Radcliffe Medal, Radcliffe officials announced today. The Radcliffe Medal is presented each spring by the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association (RCAA) to an individual whose life and work have had a significant impact on society.

Strangers in a Strange Land
Immigration Project asks how immigrant children adapt

'Ties that Bind, Differences that Make Us Unique'
Diversity should be more than a goal in the workplace, it should be a way of doing business, according to speakers at the Second Workforce Management Conference, held May 19 at the Taubman Center at the Kennedy School of Government.

Students Honor Three Teachers With Levenson Awards
Three instructors from the senior faculty, the junior faculty, and the ranks of teaching fellows were recently honored for outstanding teaching by Harvard's student body with the Joseph R. Levenson Awards.

Radcliffe Hosts Royalty of Restaurant Reviewers
Food critics reveal the secrets of food journalism at the Radcliffe Culinary Friends event

Cub Reporters Investigate Life Inside the Gazette
At Graham and Parks School in Cambridge, there is a program for seventh-graders called City Sites. For a week of school, students are assigned to a job and work there for that week.

New Center Provides Cutting-Edge Biomedical Imaging
A $20 million gift will create a new center within the Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) dedicated to biomedical imaging.

Nieman Foundation Names 12 International Fellows

Study Looks at Women Leaders and Workplace Advancement
Although most women feel they no longer have to work harder than men to secure leadership positions, many believe they must still make greater personal sacrifices to climb the corporate ladder, according to a new study released Monday, May 17, by the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute (RPPI) and the Boston Club.

Sara Cobb Named Executive Director of Program on Negotiation
Sara Cobb, a communications and negotiation scholar who is also a leading innovator in the development of on- line graduate programs, has been appointed executive director of the Law School's Program on Negotiation, the oldest and largest university-based negotiation center in the United States.

DRCLAS Distributes Summer Research Travel Grants
Now in its fifth year of summer research travel awards, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) brought together award winners May 13 to exchange information and to make contacts with visiting scholars and former or second-time grant winners, as well as to receive their grants.

Economist Jeffrey Frankel To Join Faculty at Kennedy School
Economist Jeffrey A. Frankel will join the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on July 1 as a professor of international finance - the James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth.

A Letter From President Neil L. Rudenstine
Reviewing and 'Eventful and Gratifying' Academic Year

Faculty of Medicine -- Memorial Minute

Memorial Minute: William Graves Perry Jr.