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Campus & Community
Police reports
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday (June 1). The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
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Campus & Community
University’s general counsel to step down
Anne Taylor intends to step down as the Universitys vice president and general counsel by early fall, she announced Wednesday (June 5).
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Employment Services Office to host forum
Employment Services Office, collaborating with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2002 on June 11 at the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St.
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Campus & Community
Capping off a great year
Jesse Grunfeld, a Law School graduate, looks like hes about to give his mortarboard a sporty tilt as he gets his ensemble together for the great event. A slightly more solemn Ph.D. mannequin looks on.
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Campus & Community
Memorial service set for Carolyn Andrews
A memorial service for Carolyn E. Andrews, who served as associate master of Leverett House from 1971 to 1981 with her husband, Kenneth R. Andrews, Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, will be held on Tuesday (June 11) at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Church.The service will be followed by a reception at…
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Williamson is named Overseers’ president
Thomas S. Williamson Jr. 68, has been elected president of Harvards Board of Overseers for 2002-03. He will succeed Richard E. Oldenburg 54, after Commencement.
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Twelve to receive honorary degrees
Nine men and three women will receive honorary degrees at Harvards 351st Commencement Exercises this morning, including the Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who will speak at the Commencement Afternoon Exercises.
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In jest and in earnest, President Summers bids graduates ‘Godspeed and veritas’
At his first-ever Baccalaureate address, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers encouraged the Class of 2002 to develop their unique talents, contribute to their communities, and devote the coming years to nurturing the friendships that will sustain them into the future.
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Science & Tech
Kennedy School students help Kenyans battle AIDS
Two Kennedy School master’s students, Shanti Nayak and Nazanin Samari-Kermani, went to Kenya to help a leading anti-poverty organization investigate how best to fight AIDS. Their research, with ActionAid-Kenya, a…
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Health
One in five women iron deficient, many children also at risk
Iron-deficient anemia reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells, thus decreasing energy and endurance. When there is not enough iron, the red blood cells are not able to produce…
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Class Day Address June 5th, 2002: Al Franken ’73
I was all set to give a speech today entitled, “American Jihad.” But after receiving several complaints, I’ve decided instead to give a less controversial speech entitled: “The Case for…
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Science & Tech
Three in five Americans would get vaccinated for smallpox
Substantial public interest in receiving a smallpox vaccination grows in part from continuing fears about a future bioterrorist attack. Nine months after the September 11th attacks, more than four in…
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Science & Tech
South Pole telescope maps heart of Milky Way
Research results obtained by a team of astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) led by Chris Martin and Antony Stark suggest that we are headed for some celestial…
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Health
Imaging test may detect gene for genetic cardiac disease
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common cause of cardiac death among young people and affects one in every 500 individuals, including professional athletes. It is characterized by an enlargement…
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Health
Researchers use therapeutic cloning to create functional tissue in cows
In a study, researchers obtained cow oocytes (donor eggs from cow ovaries) and removed and discarded the nuclei, which contain the cells’ genetic material, leaving behind just the shell. A…
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Science & Tech
Patents have negative impact on access to HIV/AIDS drugs in developing countries
Researchers Joan-Ramon Borrell and Jayashree Watal collected sales data for HIV/AIDS drugs in a sample of 34 low- and middle-income countries between 1995 and 1999 to assess the impact of…
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‘Treasures from the Tombs’
According to the Bible (Genesis 11:31), the city of Ur was where Abraham lived before God sent him forth on his wanderings to find the land of Canaan.
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Rockefeller Center awards research grants
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) has awarded 55 research grants and 60 internship grants to Harvard undergraduate and graduate students who will spend the summer conducting research and working in a variety of public, private, and independent-sector internships in the region. The grant recipients include students from 21 different concentrations at…
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Five juniors named King fellows
Five juniors have been named winners of this year¹s Patricia King Fellowships. The King Fellowships, named for the former director of the Schlesinger Library and an officer of Radcliffe¹s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, support summer research toward the senior thesis or other independent academic projects.
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Researchers aim to understand school shootings
Paducah, Ky., Edinboro, Penn., Jonesboro, Ark., Littleton, Colo.
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Pendulating ‘between euphoria and despair’
Imagining a nation is part of its construction.
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Faculty of Medicine – Memorial Minute
Dr. Louis Klein Diamond, a physician who helped found the field of pediatric hematology – the study and treatment of childrens blood diseases – died at his home in Los Angeles on June 14, 1999. He had just passed his 97th birthday.
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Nieman announces its national, international fellows
Twelve U.S. journalists and 13 international journalists were recently appointed to the 65th class of Nieman Fellows. Established in 1938, the Nieman program is the oldest midcareer fellowship for journalists in the world. Fellowships are awarded for an academic year of study in any part of the university to working journalists of accomplishment and promise.…
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Homing in on the end of the semester
Graduating senior Katie Heller (left) and friend Susan McGregor 05 bid a sad goodbye in the Yard.
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Commencement Week events
Most are ticketed events, restricting public access. Several of the events will be broadcast on WHRB (95.3 FM). Those events include Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises at 11 a.m. June 4 Baccalaureate service at 2 p.m. June 4 Class Day at 2 p.m. June 5 Commencement Exercises at 9:15 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. June 6.
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Richardson public service award goes to two seniors
Seniors Matthew Rosenberg and Stephen N. Smith are the first two recipients of the Elliot and Anne Richardson Fellowships in Public Service. Each will each receive $25,000 in support of a formative year in public service.
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Interfaculty disabilities group meets
More than 50 students and faculty from many schools at Harvard attended the May 10 Interdisciplinary Conference on Disability held at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). The Interfaculty Working Group on Disabilities at Harvard, co-chaired by Graduate School of Education (GSE) faculty Evangeline Harris Stefanakis and Thomas Hehir, spawned the daylong forum, the very…
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Campus & Community
Public school teachers recognized
Three Cambridge public school teachers received the Crystal Award for Preeminence in Teaching at a ceremony hosted by Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers at the Harvard Faculty Club Wednesday, May 22. Alan Stone, vice president for Government, Community and Public Affairs at Harvard, presented awards to winners Carol Siriani, social studies teacher at Cambridge Rindge…