Year: 2002

Earlier this week, the Science Center lawn became a dumping ground for about 500 bags of Harvard-generated trash. And if the heaps of soggy newspapers, candy wrappers, used coffee cups, and banana peels were unsightly and a little smelly, that was the point.

His wiry body clad in tight-fitting black, Robert Woodruff hunches over his coffee cup struggling to express his thoughts about the job he has taken on, artistic director of Harvards American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.).

It’s easy to think humankind is above nature in this age of genetically engineered corn, superdrugs, microsurgery, and all the man-made comforts that insulate us from nature’s harshness.

Women from conflict-ravaged nations around the world gathered at the Kennedy School of Government last week for a colloquium focused on how to empower women worldwide to work for peace.

China Keitetsis autobiography is currently number two on Germanys best-seller list. Its title is They Took Away My Mother and Gave Me a Gun, and that is literally what happened to her.

Harvard faculty and students gathered recently for a candid discussion of the Core Curriculum: its strengths, weaknesses, and areas for potential change. The symposium, held Nov. 6, was the first of two community conversations this month. The discussions are part of Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean William C. Kirbys widespread efforts to examine all…

At a Nov. 6 lecture, Helen Vendler, Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor (seated front row), spoke on the image of Greece in the poetry of James Merrill. Vendler explored the polyvalent presence of modern Greece in the poetry of one of the most influential contemporary American poets. This lecture continues the series of lectures by…

Even as Harvards picture-pretty offense made for another noteworthy performance against Columbia (1-7, 0-5 Ivy) this past Saturday (Nov. 9) at the stadium, it was the Crimsons less glamorous defensive game that really stole the show – and the 28-7 win – from the cagey Lions.

President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven Hyman will hold office hours for students in their Massachusetts Hall offices from 4 to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) on the following dates:

In a Nov. 7 article about Day of the Dead events at the Peabody Museum and the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Gazette neglected to mention the Peabody Museum in its headline. The altar at the Peabody was, as the article stated, the central attraction. Some of the artists who worked on the exhibit…

John Mekalanos (far left), the Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School Debra Peattie Ph.D. 80, M.B.A. 96, and president of RCT BioVentures NE and David Edwards, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and scientific founder of Advanced Inhalation Research (AIR), participated in a panel on therapeutic product start-ups. The…

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) is the hub of the Kennedy School of Governments (KSG) research, teaching, and training in international security affairs, environmental and resource issues, science and technology policy, and intrastate conflict prevention and resolution studies.

The Loeb Drama Center, home to the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.), the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) – will open its doors to the Cambridge and Boston community on Saturday (Nov. 16), 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

It is commonly held that the rare collections of Harvards libraries are awe-inspiring, albeit widely dispersed among various faculties. And they are however, through Nov. 27, bibliophiles have the unique opportunity to view rare and historical materials from the collections of six major libraries in one central location. The exhibition – Some Special Collections at…

The Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School is an international leader in the development of the academic study of world religions. Students enrolled in any Harvard University doctoral program whose dissertation research involves substantive study of religious phenomena are invited to apply for a CSWR Dissertation Fellowship for academic…

The Memorial Church marked its 70th anniversary Sunday (Nov. 10) with a solemn remembrance of those who died in World War I and in subsequent conflicts, and with a celebration of donors who helped make the churchs future more secure in the recent fundraising campaign.

Can a trip to the mall cure cancer? Will a new puppy or a meeting with Donald Duck speed a childs wait for a heart transplant?

Researchers at Brigham and WomenÕs Hospital (BWH) have found that regular physical activity, such as walking, can help reduce the risk of osteoporotic hip fracture in postmenopausal women. This is the latest finding of the landmark NursesÕ Health Study and was published in the Nov. 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Monday, November 11, 2002 Sanders Theatre, Harvard University TRANSCRIPT TIMOTHY COLTON: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I am Timothy Colton, a Professor of Government, and Director of the Davis Center…

Echoes of the reforms that ended the former Soviet Union are still reverberating in Russia and other former Soviet republics, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Unions last leader and the man who implemented those world-altering changes, told a packed Sanders Theatre Monday (Nov. 11).

Cinematic wunderkind Larry Meistrich addressed the Dudley Film Program on Nov. 7 about the state of independent filmmaking and distribution in todays changing economy. Meistrich, 35, was the founder and CEO of The Shooting Gallery, a premiere independent film studio and entertainment production company. Between 1990 and 2001, he produced more than 30 films including…

After a summer of scorching heat waves up and down the Eastern seaboard, apocalyptic flooding in Prague and Dresden, droughts parching the western United States, and population-displacing monsoons throughout the Himalayas, if there is still anyone out there who does not believe in global warming, Michael B. McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies and…

There is a growing consensus among scientists that inhabitants of the Earth are facing more-than-minor climate changes in the coming years. What are the nature of these changes? Are they inevitably negative, and if so, what are the solutions? A group of leading scientists and experts will wrangle over these questions at a fundraising symposium…

Pennsylvanias womens volleyball team continued its hassling of the Crimson this past Saturday (Nov. 9) at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), sweeping the Harvard hitters in three games: 30-15, 30-14, 30-21. The shutout marks Harvards second defeat of the season against the Quakers – who endure as the only Ivy team to earn a pair…

Gerald Gabrielse needs magnetic quiet to work. The professor of physics generates magnetic and electric fields, super-empty vacuums, and supercold temperatures in his basement workshop in Jefferson Laboratory at Harvard University. He needs such exotic conditions to hold bits of antimatter steady. If antimatter touches normal matter, such as makes up the walls of ordinary…

I picture Siberia, three weeks away