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  • Campus & Community

    In brief

    Pinkett-Smith talk will aim to empower young women Actress and musician Jada Pinkett-Smith, who has starred in such films as “The Matrix” and “Ali” and who fronts her own band,…

  • Campus & Community

    Newsmakers

    Williams honored by Yale Divinity School with award of distinction Preston N. Williams, Houghton Research Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change, received the Yale Divinity School’s Alumni Award for Distinction…

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    DEAS implements new supercomputer

    The Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) and IBM announced the implementation of CrimsonGridBGL. The system will currently rank among the top 50 fastest supercomputers in the world, according to the latest statistics gathered from the TOP500 Supercomputer Sites list.

  • Campus & Community

    Greek ambassador gives nuanced talk on Balkans

    Years of diplomacy aimed at stabilizing the troubled Balkans region have begun to yield some promise and reason for optimism, the Greek ambassador to the United States Alexandros Mallias told Harvard faculty and students this week during a daylong campus visit.

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    University continues “what-if” flu pandemic planning

    As part of its ongoing “what-if” planning process to respond to a bird flu pandemic, emergency managers from across the University gathered at the Graduate School of Education Monday (Oct. 16) to consider a draft avian flu pandemic emergency plan, and to listen to a presentation on the importance of planning for business continuity in…

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    Chertoff charts tactics and initiatives in war on terror

    Toward the end of his speech Monday (Oct. 16) at Harvard Law School’s Austin Hall, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff joked that speaking to university audiences might not seem the most favorable route to gaining public support for the Bush administration’s policies in the war on terror. “Of course there’s a lot of skepticism,”…

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    Altshuler to step down as dean of Graduate School of Design

    Alan A. Altshuler announced today (Oct. 23) that he will step down as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD).

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    Memorial services

    Hadzi memorial service on Oct. 30 A memorial service for Dimitri Hadzi, professor of visual and environmental studies emeritus, will be held Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. at the Memorial…

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    Kuwait Program now accepting grant proposals for research

    The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the ninth funding cycle for the Kuwait Program Research Fund. With the support of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, a KSG faculty committee will consider applications for one-year grants (up to $30,000) and larger grants for more extensive proposals to support advanced research by…

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    Harvard College rededicates Hilles as lively hub for student groups

    In a win-win for Harvard students, student groups, and a gem of 1960s architecture, a former library left largely empty after its collections were consolidated has been reincarnated as a hub for Harvard student organizations.

  • Campus & Community

    Charles Warren Center names grant recipients

    Lizabeth Cohen, the Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, recently announced the names of undergraduate and graduate students awarded grants for the current academic year. Established in 1965, the Warren Center aims to further the study of American history at Harvard and…

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    Daylong summit at AAAS discusses stem cell research, leadership

    If the United States is going to maintain a leadership position in stem cell research, there has to be more emphasis on teaching modern science in schools and less political concern “about what ‘kind’ of science to teach in the schools,” Debora L. Spar, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, told…

  • Campus & Community

    Day of the Dead

    The Peabody Museum and the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston will host a celebration of the traditional Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Nov. 2 at the museum. A unique blend of Mesoamerican and Christian rituals, the holiday for remembering and celebrating the dead is separated into All Saints’ Day…

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    Shorenstein speakers address ‘media forever changed’

    Reporters, editors, and analysts from both mainstream and new media outlets gathered last weekend (Oct. 13-14) at the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and discuss an industry in the throes of massive change.

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    Safra Foundation welcomes faculty fellows, scholars

    The Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics recently welcomed its faculty fellows and senior scholars for 2006-07. The faculty fellows, who study ethical problems in business, government, law, medicine, and public policy, were selected from a pool of applicants from universities and professional institutions throughout the United States and several other countries.

  • Campus & Community

    Holy moly!

    For 79 minutes and 33 seconds, the Harvard women’s soccer team outran, out-shot, out-dribbled, out-passed, and, quite frankly, out-performed their Holy Cross counterparts.

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    Lafayette devoured by Crimson D

    Harvard’s defensive unit forced four consecutive turnovers over a 6-and-a-half-minute span covering the second and third quarters this past Saturday (Oct. 14) to stifle the visiting Lafayette football team and come out victorious, 24-7. With the win, the 15th-ranked Crimson extend their unbeaten streak to 5-0 (2-0 Ivy).

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    ‘Jerusalem women,’ touring as Partners for Peace, fault Israeli policies

    “I am coming here to say, help us. America is involved in this conflict, and is feeding it. Wherever you stand, stand for justice.”

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    Accomplish mission or withdraw

    Pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq may be the impetus Iraqis need to set aside their differences and their arms to join together for the good of their country – or it may spark a bloodbath targeting those who cooperated with American forces in hopes of establishing democratic government.

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    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 16. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

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    Memorial service today for Rodney Dennis

    Dennis memorial service today Former Harvard College Library staffer member Rodney Dennis, who joined the Houghton Library in 1963 before being named curator of manuscripts at the library from 1965…

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    This month in Harvard history

    October 1941 – In “The Undergraduate” column of the “Harvard Alumni Bulletin,” Dana Reed ’43 reports the passing of one more Harvard tradition: “Bill Young, head cheer-leader, announced that two…

  • Campus & Community

    UHS flu clinics start for those at high risk

    Free flu shots are now available for high-risk adults every Monday and Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m. at Harvard University Health Services at Holyoke Center.

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    Three-day extravaganza fetes Bernstein

    Sixty years ago, as a junior at Harvard, Leonard Bernstein ’39 already had a reputation among undergraduates for his precocious performances with the Works Progress Administration orchestra. He also cut classes, doodled instead of taking notes, and suffered unlikely lapses in scholarship. The future composer of wide fame got a “C” in at least one…

  • Campus & Community

    Students search for Thompson Island’s hoppers

    Education met hands-on science on Boston Harbor’s Thompson Island on Oct. 9, 2006, as roughly 100 Harvard undergraduates fanned out from beach to beach collecting insects to be included in…

  • Campus & Community

    Body art for the faint of heart

    Ever wish you could get rid of that tattoo of barbed wire around your wrist, or the forearm-length dragon you once thought of as so stylish or macho? It’s not…

  • Science & Tech

    Astronomers nab culprit in galactic hit-and-run

    The Andromeda galaxy, the closest large spiral to the Milky Way, appears calm and tranquil as it wheels through space. But appearances can be deceiving. Astronomers have new evidence that…

  • Science & Tech

    Three-dimensional, miniature endoscope opens new diagnostic possibilities

    Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed a new type of miniature endoscope that produces three-dimensional, high-definition images, which may greatly expand the application of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic…

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    Making medical and family ends meet

    For Harvard Medical School researchers and clinicians, nothing is in shorter supply than time – and time is money. For Sonya Shin, relief comes from the Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowship for Scholars in Medicine.

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    At HMS, fellowship helps make ends meet

    Among Harvard Medical School’s researchers and clinicians, nothing is in shorter supply than time – and time is money.