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Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Jan. 31. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Feb. 13, 1847 – The Harvard Corporation votes to establish “an advanced school of instruction in theoretical and practical science and in the other usual branches of academic learning, to…

The Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year festivities will be held on Thursday, Feb. 12. At 2 p.m., the Woman of the Year will lead a parade through the streets of Cambridge. Following the parade, the president of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the vice president of the cast will roast this years winner and…

At its seventh meeting of the year (Feb. 4) the Faculty Council reviewed with Dean Willliam C. Kirby a draft of his Annual Letter to the Faculty. Deans Vincent Tompkins (associate dean of the Faculty for Academic Affairs) and Cheryl A. Hoffman-Bray (associate dean for finance in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences) were present…

At Harvard, February brings the promise of early delivery on spring, with bright yellow daffodils.

The population density of Paris is about three times that of Boston. Does this mean Paris is three times as much fun as Boston, or that if Bostons population were compounded by three, it would become another Paris?

The winter sun, a sadder light than waning moon, though its warmth is feeble and its everyday life brief, shines with a frigid clarity that creates its own hard beauty. Winter air is rarefied, that is, less dense, and so in the clear sunlight, objects are revealed in all their textured detail – outlines are…

Thomas Lentz, the recently appointed director of the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM), sits at a large oak table in his office in the Fogg Museum. Redecoration is under way, and except for a few chairs, the table is the only piece of furniture in the room, its round, spacious surface piled high with books,…

When it comes to the stubborn persistence of residential segregation in metropolitan Boston, its not just the economy, stupid.

Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies Lizabeth Cohen, director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, has announced the centers visiting scholars for the 2003-04 academic year. Each year, the centers fellows are selected around a theme, which for 2003-04 is The Political Economy of North America.

Whether you want to keep up with the latest trends in your field or learn new skills to make yourself a more valuable Harvard employee, discover the many open enrollment courses or part-time degree and graduate certificate programs offered at the Harvard Extension School. Expand your knowledge by enrolling in just one course or enhance…

Spangler Hall at Harvard University Business School looks like a comfortable, airy place to sit and think in a nice old rocking chair. All youd need is about 80 more degrees Fahrenheit, and life would be ideal.

The federal government has awarded Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) a $20.5 million biodefense grant to study the immune system response to pathogens. The grant, which will span a 4.5-year period, is the largest grant to date to the School for biodefense research. HSPH is also receiving federal funds for leadership training for public…

The Joint Center for Housing Studies is offering its John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellowship award for the academic year 2004-05 to Harvard doctoral candidates who are engaged in writing a dissertation on a housing-related topic consistent with the centers research agenda.

With bragging rights on the line, the Harvard men and womens hockey teams will compete next week for Best in Boston in the famed Beanpot Tournament. Both Crimson squads will square off against the Boston College Eagles in the first round, with the winner advancing to the championship game a week later to take on…

When George Dominguez was 13, a mysterious stranger moved into his Jamaica Plain neighborhood and opened a kung fu studio. The strangers name was Yang Jwing Ming, and the young Dominguez was intrigued.

The Entrepreneurship Program at Harvard Business School (HBS), which has offered courses in entrepreneurship for more than a half century and counts some 65,000 graduates, won the top award for MBA programs nationwide from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). Devoted to entrepreneurship education and development, the association cited HBS as…

He was an Antarctic explorer who never got near the South Pole. A mariner whose ship sank miles from its destination in some of the worlds most hostile seas.

Upcoming info session for Stride Rite grants Graduating seniors are eligible to apply and receive grants up to $25,000 through the Stride Rite Post-Graduate Public Service Grants. Funded programs should…

Gioia to lead OFA discussion Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Dana Gioia will participate in “Perspectives from the National Endowment for the Arts: An Informal Discussion”…

The memorial service for John Shearman, Adams University Professor Emeritus, will be held in the Faculty Room, University Hall, on April 4 at 2:30 p.m.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Jan. 24. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Jan. 9, 1950 – Freshman Dean Delmar Leighton issues the following notice to his charges: All occupants of non-fireproof dormitories living above the ground are expected to report at the Indoor Athletic Building (now the Malkin Athletic Center) for practice on the fire ropes. Instruction will be given by the University Safety Patrol. [. .…

At the Carpenter Center, branches dance in the wind, perhaps inspiring the children passing by to break into a spontaneous dance of their own.

As part of its ongoing series, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) will host the decidedly offbeat Sci-Fi Camp-o-Rama on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St. Rescheduled from this past December following one of the months snowstorms, CfA will screen two of the worst sci-fi movies (or just movies?) ever…

Two busloads of Harvard students joined the political scrum in New Hampshire last weekend, heading north for an intensive, daylong experience campaigning in the Granite States first-in-the-nation primary.