Year: 2003

  • Nation & World

    Novel MRI technology may shed new light on treatment of asthma, cystic fibrosis, and emphysema:

    Researchers at Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) have produced the first-ever magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the human lungs airways using hyperpolarized helium gas. This highly innovative imaging method, known as dynamic hyperpolarized helium MRI (HP noble gas MRI), set to be tested in a clinical trial, allows physicians to view the inner structure of…

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Adding some color to Harvard portraits:

    They look down on us from their gilded frames, the illustrious scholars and benefactors of Harvards past, representatives from each of the four centuries of the Universitys existence, from the earliest progenitors in their powdered wigs and lace collars to 20th century figures in their business suits and ties.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    NAACP Board retreat scheduled for HBS:

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold its annual board of directors retreat this week at the Harvard Business School.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Celebrating ‘City on the Neva’:

    There may be quite a number of urban planners who harbor a secret dream of designing and building their own city. One of the few who actually got the chance to bring that dream to fruition was Peter the Great of Russia. St. Petersburg, the city he designed and founded, celebrates its 300th anniversary this…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Frese Foundation creates $3 million FAS dean’s fund:

    The Frese Foundation, a generous supporter of Harvard astronomy, financial aid, and athletics, is concluding an extensive series of gifts to the University by establishing a $3 million deans fund. The Arnold D. Frese Deans Discretionary Fund will provide Dean William C. Kirby with the flexibility to respond to needs in key areas of the…

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    University lifts travel moratorium for Vietnam and Toronto:

    Harvard University has lifted its moratorium on travel to Vietnam and Toronto, Canada, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) changing its travel advice. Given that there are still SARS cases in these areas, travelers to Toronto and Vietnam should observe precautions to safeguard their health. This includes avoidance of settings where SARS is most…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘The Souls of Black Folk’

    The intellectual firepower in the Memorial Church Friday (April 25) was formidable as the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research celebrated the centennial of the landmark work by the institutes namesake. Yet for the most part the speakers – gathered from Harvard and beyond – yielded their own research or viewpoints on Du Bois…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In brief

    Conference to examine issues in global psychiatry

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Women’s polo goes so-so:

    The Harvard womens water polo team closed out its season with a sixth-place showing at the Collegiate Water Polo Associations Eastern Championships this past weekend at Blodgett Pool. Splitting four contests, including a tough overtime loss against Hartwick on Sunday (April 27), the Crimson squad seeded No. 6 at the start of the tourney finishes…

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Abram Bergson dies at 89:

    Abram Bergson, an economist who pioneered the rigorous quantitative study of the Soviet economy, died April 23 at the age of 89.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A call for openness:

    Speaking to an overflow crowd at Harvard Law School (HLS) on April 23, former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno urged law students and lawyers alike to work for equity, justice, and a more open society even in the face of terrorism. In a wide-ranging speech sponsored by the American Constitution Society at HLS, Reno discussed…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Style over substance:

    Its going to rain Saturday, local meteorologist Harvey Leonard told members of the Core course Quantitative Reasoning 46 on Thursday (April 24). Sundays weather wont be so great either, he said, but in true New England fashion, Friday and Monday will be beautiful and springlike.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Who’s hot, who’s not? And why:

    As anyone whos been to high school or negotiated office politics knows, status rules. Its that invisible but palpable pecking order that dictates dating partners, cafeteria tables, and office cubicles. The geeks defer to the cool kids the newly hired underlings imitate the bosses and other established, well-regarded workers.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Newsmakers

    Ludger Wessels wins culinary gold medal Ludger Wessels, executive catering chef for Harvard University Dining Services’ (HUDS’) Crimson Catering division, earned an American Culinary Federation (ACF) Gold Medal in the…

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    President Summers 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 May 12.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending April 26. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Faculty Council notice for April 30

    At its 15th meeting of the year, the Faculty Council considered the items on the agenda for the May 6 Faculty Meeting: Approval of Courses of Instruction and Freshman Seminars for 2003-04 of Extension School Courses for 2003-04 a proposed new joint Ph.D. program with the School of Public Health in Biostatistics a report from…

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Commencement Exercises:

    Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree…

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    New ways found to fight anthrax:

    Two Eureka! moments in a Harvard University laboratory have led to new ways to neutralize deadly anthrax bacteria released in bioterrorist attacks.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Painting a new picture of how we learn to read

    The research of Tami Katzir, an assistant professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, centers on reading development and reading breakdown. Her interests revolve around three connected areas: The first…

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    New ways found to fight anthrax

    John Collier, Presley Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School, began tinkering with anthrax molecules in 1989. He looked into a powerful electron microscope and, for the…

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    ¡Presencia Latina!:

    Betsy Mitchell 03 and Vasco Bilbao-Bastida 06 practice their hat dance for Presencia Latina, a show that will demonstrate the complexity and hybridity of LatinAmerican dance, as well as its far-reaching influence. The fun begins at 8 p.m., Friday

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Hear ye, hear ye!:

    Using the rocks in front of the Science Center as his soapbox, Josh Albrecht 05 describes Harvard and its environs to a crowd of potential students and their parents, who were visiting the campus during Pre-Frosh Week.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Employment Office to host Career Forum on June 17

    Employment Services, collaborating with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2003 on June 17 at the Graduate School of Designs Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St. The event will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. To allow colleagues who are layoff candidates an opportunity to meet directly with many…

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Nanotalk:

    George Whitesides walks to the front of a full lecture hall in the Science Center. It is April 16, and the Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry is about to present Nanoscience and Nanotechnolgy: What Is It? Members of the audience have been murmuring about Whitesides dry sense of humor, their pads on their laps, pens poised.…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bridge Program seeks volunteers:

    The Harvard University Bridge to Learning and Literacy Program – an education program for the Universitys service workers – is seeking volunteers who can commit two hours per week to tutor adult learners.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    With bats ablaze:

    For a bunch of smart kids, the Harvard softball teams latest strategy is a no-brainer. Over the past week and a half, the Crimson have outscored their opponents 46 to 11 to capture six of their last seven games. The new formula (i.e., score a lot of runs) has improved Harvard to 11-20 overall, while…

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Newsmakers

    Goodall to receive 2003 Global Citizen Award World-renowned primatologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, will receive the 2003 Global Environmental Citizen Award on April 28.…

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    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:

    1 minute