* * Search the Gazette
 
Harvard shieldHarvard University Gazette Harvard University Gazette
* Harvard News Office | Photo reprints | Previous issues | Contact us | Circulation
Current Issue:
October 26, 2006

News
News, events, features

Science/Research
Latest scientific findings

Profiles
The people behind the university

Community
Harvard and neighbor communities

Sports
Scores, highlights, upcoming games

On Campus
Newsmakers, notes, students, police log

Arts
Museums, concerts, theater

Calendar
Two-week listing of upcoming events

Subscribe  xml button
Gazette headlines delivered to your desktop

 

 

Top stories for
October 26, 2006

News

Gates named Fletcher University Professor
Has shaped field of African-American studies over last quarter century

Altshuler to step down as dean of Graduate School of Design
Will return to teaching and research after sabbatical

Research

'Good' cholesterol-raising drug on horizon
Cleveland Clinic's Nissen presents research at HMS conference

Dietary supplements can cause harmful reactions

Community

Farmer shows students they can help
Talks with Tracy Kidder at Cambridge Rindge & Latin

Yo-Yo Ma Rugby Sweeney
Silk Road Radcliffe rugby Sweeney and 'God'
XXXXXXX
Gates named Fletcher University Professor
"Professor Gates has accomplished something for the University that very few professors have done," said interim President Derek Bok. "He has taken a field of study that, years ago, was floundering at Harvard and transformed it into the leading department of its kind in this country."
Full story



Other stories
University launches the Harvard China Fund
Oral history project uses captive voices to fight modern slavery
Weissman fellows tell tall (true) tales about their travels
Middle East enemies come together for peace



Copyright 2006 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College