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James C. Thomson, former Nieman Foundation curator, East-Asia historian, and key figure in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, died Aug. 11, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, of cardiac arrest after a brief illness. He was 70.

John Ruggie, Kennedy School of Government (KSG) professor and former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, has been named director of KSGs Center for Business and Government (CBG), KSG Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced this month.

While studying a rare genetic disease, scientists have unexpectedly found a new way to detect a variety of inherited cancers.

The University observance of the anniversary of the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, will be held in Tercentenary Theatre at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 11. President Lawrence H. Summers will be the principal speaker.

Dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD) Peter G. Rowe has named A. Hashim Sarkis the first Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies. Sarkis has taught at the GSD since 1995 and has been associate professor of architecture since January 2001. His teaching has covered a range of topics,…

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has received $420,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to provide fellowships for journalists of accomplishment and promise from Latin America.

Dying is easy, comedy is hard. Reportedly, these were the last words of Sir Donald Wolfit, British actor and director. Wolfits deathbed quip has been quoted often, perhaps because it captures so well comedys essential paradox.

President Lawrence H. Summers visited Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) Aug. 2, to congratulate the nearly 300 high school students about to graduate from the Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy (CHSA).

In a page 23 article in the July 18 issue of the Gazette, New MS drugs are found, Masha Fridkis-Hareli is an instructor in medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She came to Harvard University seven years ago and worked on the drugs as a postdoctoral fellow. The caption of the photograph with the story…

A man’s testosterone levels drop significantly when he holds an infant. Even holding a baby doll can decrease levels of the male virility hormone.

On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy, Harvard University will hold a ceremony of remembrance in Tercentenary Theatre. Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers will deliver the day’s main address, reflecting upon the year since terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania killed thousands. Students will read passages from a number of religious…

Eyes may be a window to the soul, but Donna Richard M. Losick, Harvard College Professor and Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has received a $1 million grant to support innovations in his teaching of science to Harvard undergraduates.

Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi was welcomed to Harvard University on Monday, Sept. 9, by Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers and members of the faculty. The prime minister attended a reception in his honor hosted by President Summers, where he addressed and met faculty, students, and other members of the Harvard community.

Music, dancing, entertainment, scrumptious box lunches, all under a rapturously blue sky – could Harvards Senior Picnic get any better?

The Study of New Scholars (an outgrowth of the Project on Faculty Appointments) at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) has received $1 million to study junior faculty members satisfaction with their institutions as a place of work. The Ford Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies have each contributed $500,000 over a three-year period.

The 70-foot sandscape mural that decorates the main corridor of the Science Center is looking brighter these days, thanks to a retouching of the original colors by the artists daughter and grandson.

In recognition of their outstanding achievements in governance, eight American Indian tribal government programs were awarded $10,000 each from the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) at a June ceremony held in Bismarck, N.D. The event was attended by hundreds of American Indians from across the country who gathered for a session of the National Congress…

Giuseppe Andres, visiting professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, died in Marina Di Pietrasanta, Italy, on July 28. He was 78.

Why is Amelia Nickles scampering about on all fours? Because shes a dog, of course. Not just any dog, but a lean brown greyhound that loves to lean against her mistress knee and rest its head on her lap.

Mental health professionals call it the anniversary reaction – the triggering of negative feelings as the date of a past traumatic event makes its annual appearance on the calendar.

Nelda Pierre, a rising senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, fielded questions from tourists (Wheres the Coop? Whens the next tour?) on Tuesday (Aug. 20), one of her final days as a summer employee in the Harvard Events and Information Center. Harvards Summer Teen Employment Program (STEP) filled 92 summer positions around Harvard -…

Joan Busquets has been appointed the first Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design, effective July 1, the Graduate School of Designs Dean Peter G. Rowe announced in July. Busquets comes to the Faculty of Design from a position at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, where he has been Professor of Town…