Year: 2001

  • Nation & World

    A prescription for creative writing

    Hearing the phrase What do you make of her headache? within the walls of a medical school, you might think you are listening in on a class on, say, how to take a medical history. But in a small, brightly lit classroom at the Harvard Medical School every Tuesday night this fall, 10 medical students…

    7 minutes
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    Thompson appointed senior adviser

    Dennis Thompson, Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy and former associate provost, was appointed senior adviser to the president by President Lawrence H. Summers, Summers announced Wednesday (Dec. 12). In this new part-time position, Thompson will work closely with Summers and Provost Steven Hyman on university-wide policies and priorities. Among his principal responsibilities will…

    2 minutes
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    Hyman back at Harvard

    Provost Steven Hyman had barely arrived from Logan Airport for his first day of work Monday (Dec. 10) before he was off to a meeting. Im an old hand at this, he joked. Ive been here five minutes.

    2 minutes
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    Seminars move to Arboretum

    What do an Eagle Scout, a mountain climber, a concert pianist, a skydiver, and a Mormon missionary have in common? Theyre all Harvard Students who have been named as Rhodes Scholars this year. After a day of final interviews and anxious waiting, the five students got the news on Saturday (Dec. 8) that theyd been…

    2 minutes
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    Distinguished visitor

    Martin Ziguele (second from right), Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, tours Harvard recently, accompanied by former Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis (center), translator Alvaro Martin-Guerrero (left), and University Marshal Rick Hunt (right).

    1 minute
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    Joint Center for Housing Studies summer fellows share research

    The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University announced Dec. 4 that its summer 2001 fellows, Kathryn M. Lawler and Ellen Stiefvater, completed and presented research papers on two important community development topics in partnership – the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. and the NeighborWorks network. Lawler and Stiefvater are candidates in the master of Public…

    2 minutes
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    Service recalls ‘a loving, kind’ man

    A chill, persistent rain spattered the puddled streets as a crowd of somberly dressed folks under glistening umbrellas slowly made their way into the Presbyterian church at Madison Avenue and 73rd Street in New York City.

    4 minutes
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    Five seniors picked for Rockefeller Fellowships

    The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Fellowships Administrative Board has announced the selection of five graduating seniors for its 2002-03 fellowships. Rockefeller Fellowships contribute $14,000 toward one year of purposeful postgraduate immersion in a foreign culture. The candidates – all at critical stages in their development – must feel a compelling need for a new and…

    1 minute
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    Project Zero, Reggio Emilia, combine for study on documenting learning

    From research laboratories to business enterprises to string quartets, groups provide powerful contexts for learning.

    4 minutes
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    Falkenrath appointed to Homeland Security

    Richard A. Falkenrath, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), has been named special assistant to the president and senior director for policy and plans with the Office of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C.

    2 minutes
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    Defending children, yours and ours

    Marian Wright Edelman (left), founder and director of the Childrens Defense Fund, chats with GSE fellow Deborah Stapleton before speaking at the Memorial Church in a forum titled Its Time to Leave No Child Behind! Edelman is a former director of Harvards Center for Law and Education. The forum is sponsored by the Divinity Schools…

    1 minute
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    Raiders run show

    A 17-point performance by junior guard Patrick Harvey wasnt enough to lift the Harvard mens basketball team over visiting Colgate last Saturday (Dec. 8), as the Crimson lost the contest, 76-64. Harvard drops to 4-3 with its second straight loss.

    1 minute
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    The Big Picture

    Brian Sigafoos 03 cant really describe what its like to be tall. Its all I know. Everyone else seems pretty short to me, says Sigafoos, who stands at 7 feet in his size 17 sneakers.

    2 minutes
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    Hansen assesses Americans’ fitness to govern themselves

    John Mark Hansen, newly appointed professor of government, stands squarely at the intersection of the public and policy. Much of Hansen’s research, from questioning how and why voters vote to…

    5 minutes
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    Shareholder Responsibility report is out

    The 2001 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a sub-committee of the president and fellows, is now available upon request from the Office for the Committees on Shareholder Responsibility. Please call (617) 495-0985 to request copies.

    1 minute
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    Naomi Schor, former Harvard professor, dies at 58

    Naomi Schor, former Harvard professor of Romance languages and literatures, died suddenly in New Haven, Conn., on Dec. 2. She was 58.

    1 minute
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    President holds office hours

    President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. on the following dates: Dec. 13 Feb. 1, 2002 March…

    1 minute
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    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Dec. 8. The official log is located at 29 Garden St.

    1 minute
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    This month in Harvard history

    Dec. 16, 1788 – From the “Journal of Disorders” of Eliphalet Pearson, the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages: “Still greater disorders at Doctor Wigglesworth’s public lecture. As…

    1 minute
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    Faculty Council Notice for December 12, 2001

    At its sixth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council heard (and viewed) a report on space planning in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences presented by Nancy Maull, executive dean of the faculty, and David Zewinski, associate dean of the faculty for Physical Resources and Planning.

    1 minute
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    Harvard leads way in Rhodes Scholars

    What do an Eagle Scout, a mountain climber, a concert pianist, a skydiver, and a Mormon missionary have in common? Theyre all Harvard Students who have been named as Rhodes Scholars this year. After a day of final interviews and anxious waiting, the five students got the news on Saturday (Dec. 8) that theyd been…

    7 minutes
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    New technique could repair severe birth defects

    They see some of the worlds worst birth defects at Childrens Hospital in Boston. Dario Fauza remembers a big beautiful boy born with a normal heart outside of his body. There was no way we could cover it, the baby died of infection, the Harvard Medical School surgeon recalls.

    6 minutes
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    Looking toward the end

    Among astronomers there is almost a consensus that universal expansion will go on forever, with galaxies and clusters of galaxies moving away from each other so fast that gravity cannot…

    1 minute
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    Lithium drugs found to reduce suicide risk

    Researchers who wondered about the effectiveness of lithium drugs in treating patients with severe depression analyzed 22 studies involving 5,647 patients. The scientists, working at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital in Belmont,…

    1 minute
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    Early action numbers hit a plateau

    While a record 6,128 students applied for admission under the Colleges early action program this year, applications have remained just over the 6,000 level for the third year in a row. Last year, 6,096 applied early, while the previous year saw 6,026 applicants.

    3 minutes
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    Film follows rookie teachers in L.A.

    Kindergarten teacher Maurice Rabb spends his evenings coordinating speech therapy for a student. Joy Kraft, a high school social studies teacher, wheels her teaching materials from classroom to classroom in a suitcase. Nate Monley takes a student fishing to gain his trust. Georgene Acosta rallies her English as a Second Language students to testify before…

    5 minutes
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    Juggling career and family, the Radcliffe perspective

    Find a nanny. Have a Plan B. Redefine success. Keep your priorities clear. Be flexible. Be creative. Laugh.

    4 minutes
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    Making a life in the arts

    Jack Megan, the new director of the Office of the Arts (OFA), is a multitalented artist in his own right. A jazz pianist, composer, actor, and playwright, he has been a passionate devotee of the arts since childhood.

    6 minutes
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    Women’s hockey rocks

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    Francis Daniels Moore dies at 88

    Francis Daniels Moore, former surgeon-in-chief at Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) and the Moseley Professor of Surgery Emeritus at Harvard Medical School (HMS), died on Nov. 24 at the age of 88. In 1954, Moore was a member of the surgical team that performed the worlds first successful human organ transplant – the transference of…

    4 minutes