Year: 2002

  • Nation & World

    Newsmakers

    Yucel inducted as ACR Fellow E. Kent Yucel, associate professor of radiology and director of cardiovascular imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was inducted as a fellow in the American…

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    New recording secretary joins staff:

    Giving a gift to Harvard seems a simple thing. A donor writes a check or transfers some stock, and thats the end of it.

    3 minutes
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    In brief

    Dean’s Award nominations sought The Joint Committee on the Status of Women (JCSW), on behalf of Joseph Martin, dean of the faculty of medicine, is seeking nominations for two distinguished…

    2 minutes
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    Prying the lid off the FDA:

    Why does the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) take longer to approve asthma medicines than arthritis medicines?

    6 minutes
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    Arthur Solomon

    Friends and colleagues of Arthur Solomon, professor of biophysics emeritus, are invited to attend a memorial service at the Memorial Church on Friday (Nov. 15) at 12:30 p.m. Following the service, a reception will be held at the Fogg Art Museum.

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    Police log

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Nov. 9. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

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    This month in Harvard History

    Nov. 28, 1942 – The Cocoanut Grove, a celebrated Boston night spot, burns on Thanksgiving weekend, killing some 500 people, including 15 from Harvard. Already in Boston at the time, an instructing officer and several student officers of the Harvard-based Naval Communications School are among the first to arrive on the scene. They play an…

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    Free flu shots

    In an effort to combat the flu across campus this season, University Health Services (UHS) will be providing free flu vaccines to all members of the Harvard community. The walk-in clinics are being held at the following locations:

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    “Bollywood” star shines at Harvard:

    The students of the South Asian Association, Dharma, and the Harvard Foundation welcomed renowned Nepalese actress and Bollywood star, Manisha Koirala (left) to Harvard on Friday (Nov. 8). Before a packed Boylston Hall audience, the popular Koirala presented clips from her latest film Escape from Taliban and spoke on Hindu-Muslim relations and women in films.…

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    Scientists look inside antimatter:

    The Starship Enterprise is propelled through the universe of science fiction by a rocket fuel that combines ordinary matter and antimatter. When the two meet, they annihilate each other in a burst of energy that thrusts the starship from galaxy to galaxy.

    7 minutes
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    Allston:

    Well have done enough groundwork to back up a decision, said Kathy Spiegelman, associate vice president for planning and real estate, who was recently appointed chief University planner and director of the Allston Initiative. She takes over the new position Jan. 1, 2003.

    8 minutes
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    Prying the lid off the FDA

    Even though asthma is responsible for more deaths and more hospitalizations than arthritis in the United States, the greater political influence of arthritis sufferers prompts the federal Food and Drug…

    1 minute
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    Incidence of hip fractures reduced by walking

    In the United States, one in every three adults 65 years old or older falls each year, with hip fractures resulting in the greatest number of deaths and most serious…

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    McElroy says it’s time to stop seeing global warming as political issue

    Michael B. McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies and director of Harvard’s Center for the Environment, is among the scientists who since the 1970s have been using paleoclimatic data…

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    Scientists look inside antimatter

    “We have obtained the first glimpse inside an antihydrogen atom, and this is a significant step on the way to precision measurements that will allow matter/antimatter comparisons to be made,”…

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    FDR slept here:

    The toilet runs, there’s graffiti on the windows and a former resident left behind some belongings.

    4 minutes
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    New device documents clot formation in living mice

    In the October 2002 issue of the journal Nature Medicine, Bruce and Barbara Furie, both Harvard Medical School professors of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, reportrf on the…

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    Enzyme linked to pathology of Parkinson’s disease appears two-faced

    A finding by Harvard Medical School researchers adds a new wrinkle to the story of Parkinson’s disease and insight into how failure to dispose of proteins can wreak havoc on…

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    Faculty of Arts and Sciences – Memorial Minute:

    At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 15, 2002, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

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    Peabody Museum, friends celebrate ‘Day of Dead’:

    According to legend, spirits of the dead are drawn to the smell of marigolds. Since ancient times, the flowers have been scattered in villages throughout Mesoamerica on Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, to lure the souls of departed family members and friends.

    4 minutes
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    Reconciling faith with feminism:

    Ms. Magazine co-founder Letty Cottin Pogrebin remembers attending a Women and Identity conference in the 1970s and being asked, with all the conferees, to stand beneath a sign – black, Latina, woman, Jew – that best identified her.

    6 minutes
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    Mikhail Gorbachev to speak at Sanders:

    Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, will speak on Looking Back on Perestroika at Sanders Theatre on Monday (Nov. 11).

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    Stavins steps down but not out:

    Professor Robert Stavins stepped down last month after five years at the helm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) top economic advisory board, during which time he helped to raise the profile of economic thinking about environmental problems and to standardize economic analysis in EPA decisions.

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    Faculty Council notice

    At its fifth meeting of the year the Faculty Council heard a report from Professor Cynthia Friend (chemistry and chemical biology), associate dean of the faculty, on the plans of the committee which she chairs to review the appointments processes in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Deans Vincent Tompkins and Rebecca Wasserman (Academic Affairs)…

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    Helping homeless women:

    When Katya Fels 93 was a Harvard student, she discovered that the undergraduate women she counseled on the Response hotline for survivors of sexual assault had a lot in common with the homeless women she met as co-director of the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.

    4 minutes
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    Perestroika’s restructuring still bearing fruit

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

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    Candlelight vigil longs for peaceful world

    Standing on a damp floor of yellow pine needles in a misty rain, a group of about 20 people were gathered in front of Andover Hall on Monday evening (Nov. 4) to pray for a peaceful community and a peaceful world. As Belva Brown Jordan, assistant dean of student life at the Divinity School, spoke…

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    Church to mark 70th anniversary:

    The Memorial Church is set to mark its 70th anniversary Sunday (Nov. 10) during its annual Commemoration of Benefactors and of the War Dead.

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    Thirty-five cultural groups score grants

    The Students and Faculty Advisory Committee of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations recently approved grants totaling more than $25,000 for Harvard College student groups to support programs that focus on culture, ethnicity, and race. These grants will support speakers, panel discussions, workshops, performances, publications, banquets, and other activities proposed by student organizations.

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    Twelve 2002-03 Administrative Fellows are named

    Twelve new fellows have been selected for the 2002-03 Administrative Fellowship Program. Of the new fellows, eight are visiting fellows and four are resident fellows. Visiting fellows are talented professionals drawn from business, education, and the professions outside the University, while resident fellows are minority professionals currently working at Harvard who are identified by their…

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