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  • Campus & Community

    In brief

    Sackler Saturday volunteers needed Harvard University Art Museums needs volunteers to help out with this year’s Sackler Saturday installments. The program, which kicks off Oct. 18 with an archaeological dig…

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    The Big Picture

    For sculptor Weronika Zaluska, art is a collaborative process. She doesnt create work with other artists, but rather thinks of her large ceramic sculptures as her partners.

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    Newsmakers

    Seniors named CSWR fellowship recipients Harvard seniors Hendrik Jan Slettenhaar and Melissa Borja have been selected to participate in the undergraduate thesis fellowship at the Center for the Study of…

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    Search for Harvard’s next treasurer

    Harvard University Office of the President Massachusetts Hall October 1, 2003 Re: Search for Harvard’s Next Treasurer: Request for Advice Dear Members of the Harvard Community, Ron Daniel recently announced…

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    Students can meet with President Summers today

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

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    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Sept. 27. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

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    This month in Harvard history

    Sept. 8, 1836 – Some 1,100 to 1,300 alumni flock to Harvard’s Bicentennial, at which a professional choir premieres “Fair Harvard.” The oldest living alumnus – 96-year-old Judge Paine Wingate,…

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    Memorial services

    Ford service set A memorial service for Franklin Ford, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History Emeritus, will be held Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Memorial Church. Mosher…

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    Faculty Council

    At the Faculty Councils second meeting of the year President Lawrence H. Summers discussed opportunities for the University presented by the recently acquired property in Allston. Sally Zeckhauser, vice president for administration, was also present for this discussion. Prior to this conversation the council heard a report from Nancy Maull, executive dean of the faculty,…

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    Erratum

    In the Ukrainian Film Collection article that appeared on page 20 of the Sept. 25 Gazette, an incorrect byline was attached to the story. The article should have been attributed to Yuri Shevchuk. The Gazette regrets the error.

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    New medical research building dedicated

    The largest building ever built by Harvard was dedicated Sept. 24. University President Lawrence H. Summers and Joseph Martin, dean of the Medical School, cut a crimson ribbon at the entrance of the 525,000-square-foot New Research Building at 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur in Boston.

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    War stories of a soldier/scientist

    Kevin Kit Parker’s 9 mm pistol lay on the table next to the laptop as he typed. He was stripped to the waist in the 130-degree heat, sweating and writing while he waited for a flight home from Afghanistan.

  • Health

    Close interaction seen between blood vessel development and fat tissue formation

    Findings from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital could eventually help to solve problems ranging from cancer, to obesity, to the development of replacement organs. The findings involve the key physiological…

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    Improved procurement could more than double organ availability

    Although millions of people across the country are registered organ donors, only 2 percent of them annually suffer brain death and meet the other medical requirements for being a cadaveric…

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    Hold that penicillin

    “The threat of resistance to antibiotics by bacteria increased so dramatically from the 1970s to the mid-1990s that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) labeled it a national…

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    Stricter alcohol policy enforcement may curb college drinking

    A study consisted of 11 public schools, including three state university campuses and eight state colleges that fall under the purview of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (MBHE). In…

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    Osteoporosis appears to be poorly treated after fractures

    Hip and wrist factures, suffered by more than 550,000 individuals annually, are a leading cause of hospitalization and death in the elderly. Often one fracture from osteoporosis leads to another,…

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    Archive works to preserve silver screen’s gold:

    Few would deny that the DVD is a remarkable invention. Its hard not to be astonished by a process that can put a two-hour movie on a plastic disc small enough to drop into your breast pocket.

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    Harvard endowment reclaims some ground:

    Harvard Universitys endowment last year made up ground lost during the prior two years difficult investment climate, earning a 12.5 percent return during the 2002-03 fiscal year, bringing the endowments overall value to $19.3 billion.

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    Harvard opens museums to the community:

    The treasures of Harvard Universitys six museums – from fine art to flowers of glass, tarantulas to dinosaur eggs, prehistoric pottery to 20th century masterpieces – are priceless. But on Sunday (Sept. 28), theyll also be free, at the first-ever Harvard University Museums Community Day, an open house from 1 to 5 p.m.

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    HASI adds nine more programs:

    Nine after-school programs in Boston have joined the Harvard After School Initiative (HASI) this fall, receiving more than a quarter million dollars in grants and the opportunity to work with Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE) faculty and coordinators with other after-school organizations supported by HASI.

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    President Summers opens office doors to students Oct. 2

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

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    When light has you singing the blues:

    Blue light outshone white in a Harvard University experiment to find better ways to reset our body clocks.

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    Australian butterflies ‘invade’ Harvard:

    More than 15,000 butterflies from Australia have moved into Harvards Museum of Comparative Zoology. They wear iridescent blue, green, and silver boast black, red, and white spots and flaunt color combinations beyond the imagination of hip fashion plates.

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    Quad Bikes opens to repair, rehabilitate:

    For this cyclist, the daily commute had become a grind. And a pop, a squeak, a scrape, and a sort of ching-ching-ching between gears.

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    Obituary:

    Richard Alden Howard, botany professor and director for 23 years of the Arnold Arboretum, died Sept. 18 at his home in Cohasset. He was 86.

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    GSD names 11 new fellows:

    The Loeb Fellowship at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced 11 individuals who have been awarded fellowships to participate in one year of independent study using the curriculum and programs of GSD as well as other resources at the University. The only program of its kind in the nation, the Loeb Fellowship provides…

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    Mr. Smith goes to Washington:

    Harvard junior Brad Smith added the voice of his generation to the debate over Social Security reform this past summer, appearing before the U.S. Senates Special Committee on Aging to ask lawmakers to reform the system now to avoid substantial benefit cuts later.

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    In brief

    Send resumes online Beginning this month, resumes and applications for positions at the University will only be accepted online. In order to be considered for any position(s), applicants must apply…

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    Newsmakers

    Two administrators join Summer School The Harvard Summer School has announced the addition of two new administrators. Robert A. Lue has a joint appointment as dean of the Harvard Summer…