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Tag: Faculty
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Xie to receive award from DOE
Harvard Professor Sunney Xie was one of six recipients of the 2009 E.O. Lawrence Award.
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Ihor Ševčenko
Ihor Ševčenko, prominent Byzantinist and Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History and Literature, Emeritus, at Harvard, died Dec. 26 at age 87.
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Entrance, stage left
Julie Peters, the inaugural Byron and Anita Wien Professor, focuses on artistic cultural history, as well as the literary works themselves.
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Anthropologist Hymes dies at 82
Dell H. Hymes, 82, an influential linguistic anthropologist and folklorist who taught at Harvard from 1955 to 1960, died in Charlottesville, Va., on Nov. 13.
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KITA and Harvard connect to advance Korean Scholarship
Harvard University and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) recently announced an agreement (Dec. 10) to advance modern Korean scholarship at the University.
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Dowling awarded the Glenn A. Fry Medal in Physiological Optics
John E. Dowling, the Gordon and Llura Gund Professor of Neurosciences at Harvard, was awarded the Glenn A. Fry Medal in Physiological Optics during a ceremony at the Great Lakes Vision Research Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 21.
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Alastair Graham Walter Cameron
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 19, 2009, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Alastair Graham Walter Cameron, Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Alastair Cameron’s theory is now the accepted one for the origin of the Moon.
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Gates honored with Morry Award
Project Morry presented Henry Louis Gates Jr. with its annual award on Nov. 19.
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Learning Lessons: Medicine, Economics, and Public Policy
With more than 50 years of experience in the economics and policy worlds, Fein dishes the lessons he’s learned on government, decision making, and more, attempting to breathe new life into our nation’s welfare.
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The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50
Sociologist Lawrence-Lightfoot’s inspiring book says that ages 50-75 are prime time for adventure. Forty interviews with people living in their “third chapter” show how fulfilling life can be then.
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Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood
Tatar plumbs the lore and enchantment of children’s stories, revealing their power to ensnare imaginations, and highlights the magic of reading and what children take from it.
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Wizard at circuits, physics
Donhee Ham, Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, uses his personal energy and understanding of physics to design innovative integrated circuits.
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Anthropologist Hymes dies at 82
Dell H. Hymes, 82, an influential linguistic anthropologist and folklorist who taught at Harvard from 1955 to 1960, died in Charlottesville, Va., on Nov. 13.
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Voluntary retirement program
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offered a customized voluntary retirement program to 127 eligible faculty members. At the same time, four of Harvard’s graduate and professional schools unveiled similar plans to eligible members of their faculties.
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Addiction: A Disorder of Choice
A sobering book, sure to draw ire: This psychologist posits that addiction is voluntary.By analyzing buckets of research, Heyman offers insight on how we make choices, and how we can stop ourselves from going too far.
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Purgatory
This is Zurita’s harrowing chronicle of General Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in Chile, along with the writer’s subsequent arrest and torture. It’s a visually stunning book of unforgettable poems.
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Chronicler of history’s sweep
Erez Manela’s study of 20th century international history ranges from Woodrow Wilson’s advocacy of self-determination in the 1910s to ending smallpox in the 1970s.
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Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has launched an initiative to assist the professional development of tenure-track faculty.
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Robert David Utiger
Robert D. “Bob” Utiger, M.D., a beloved physician, researcher, mentor, educator, and editor died on June 29, 2008 at his home in Weston, Massachusetts. He was the epitome of the Academic Physician, a scholar, physician, teacher, and friend and a role model for each of us to emulate.
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Renowned HMS cardiologist Donald Baim dies at 60
Donald Baim, renowned cardiologist, medical device executive, and former Harvard Medical School professor, died on Nov. 6 at the age of 60.
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Julius Benjamin Richmond
Julius Benjamin Richmond, M.D., Professor of Health Policy, Emeritus in the Faculty of Medicine was born in Chicago, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, on 26 September, 1916. He died at his home in Brookline, MA on 27 July, 2008. Few individuals have had as great an impact on health, health care, and the well-being…
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Faculty diversity on the rise
Harvard University has made steady progress toward a more diverse faculty and the numbers of women and minority members stand at all-time highs, according to the annual report of the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity (FD&D).
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Darrel B. Hoff dies at 76
Darrel B. Hoff, 76, who taught at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics for six years, died on Nov. 2 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa.
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Labor intensive
Newly tenured, the first full-time Americanist in the history of the Department of History of Art and Architecture enjoys how her studies can touch on literature, the sciences — even bird-watching.
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Alexander Hamilton Leighton
Alexander Hamilton Leighton, whose respectful, attentive, and scholarly approach to other species colored his distinguished career in cross-cultural psychiatry at the Harvard School of Public Health, died on Aug. 11, 2007 at the age of 99.
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Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 21
At its fourth meeting of the year on Oct. 21, the Faculty Council spoke with President Drew Faust, reviewed the Dean’s Annual Report, and discussed a report from the Standing Committee on pedagogical improvement.
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Funds available for faculty conducting research on Kuwait and the Gulf
The Harvard Kennedy School is now accepting applications for the fall 2009 funding cycle for the Kuwait Program Research Fund.
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Economist Duesenberry dies at 91
James Stemble Duesenberry, an eminent economist who was an authority on monetary policy and a faculty member of Harvard University’s Department of Economics for more than half a century, recently passed away at his home in Cambridge at the age of 91.