April 05, 2001

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Shedding light on science
Outreach program gives Dedham students helping hand
There were cockroaches perched on little kids' fingers, cockroaches cupped in kids' hands, cockroaches crawling on the table - and 9-year-old faces screwed up in an odd mixture of excitement, disgust, and delight. The Madagascar hissing roaches were one of the stars of the day last week when 20 Dedham fourth-graders descended on the Biological Laboratories for a half day of hands-on learning about the ocean, insects, and sundials.

Daffodil sales blossom by 2.2 percent
Harvard collected a record $34,101 for the American Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Days fundraiser this year, topping last year's total by 2.2 percent and helping fund the Cancer Society programs, including research seeking a cure for the disease.

New recruits Newly certified police officers at HUPD don uniforms for the first time. The new recruits just completed their 22-week stint at the Mass. Criminal Justice Training Council (held at the MBTA Police Academy in Quincy). Of the six new recruits, pictured are Jason T. Flaherty (far left), Greg T. Foley Jr., Josiah Christian, and Daniel Staffieri. Not shown are Dominic T. Sardo Jr. and Thomas Flannery. (Staff photo by Kris Snibbe)

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