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Harvard University officials participated April 24 in a mock disaster exercise organized by the city of Cambridges Local Emergency Planning Committee. The drill involved local, state, and federal response teams, Cambridge Public Health and School Departments, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology officials, Boston and Somerville representatives, and other health and environmental organizations.

April 1943 – Signs of the times, as reported by Douglas A. Brown 44 (Harvard Alumni Bulletin): The end of an era came last week on Soldiers Field as the sole surviving representatives of the cavalry and horse-drawn artillery units of the Military Science Department were ridden off by student cadets to an MP detachment…

At its 13th meeting of the year, the Faculty Council discussed possible changes in grading practices and policies in Harvard College with deans Susan Pedersen (history and Undergraduate Education) and Jeffrey Wolcowitz (economics and Undergraduate Education).

To be more accessible to alumni and to offer improved programs and services, the Harvard Alumni Association has moved. The new address is: University Place, 124 Mt. Auburn St., sixth floor, North Entrance, Cambridge, MA 02138

Grownups and children filed quietly into the Memorial Church on April 18, their faces bright with expectation. A group of teenagers with the letters YMCA emblazoned across their sweatshirts looked for a pew where they could sit together as the church quickly filled.

Political satirist and comedian Al Franken will share his wit and wisdom with this years outgoing seniors as the 2002 Class Day speaker, the Harvard College Class of 2002 Senior Class Committee announced Tuesday (April 16).

In the Locke seminar room in the Barker Center, students in History 2661, Graduate Readings in 20th Century African American History, are discussing a biography of W.E.B. Du Bois with their professors, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and David Levering Lewis. Lewis brings a unique perspective to the conversation: Hes the books Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Wheelchair marathoner William Tan experiences the loneliness of the long-distance racer as he hauls it up Heartbreak Hill last Marathon Monday. Tan dedicated his efforts to Childrens Hospital, raising money as part of Childrens Kids at Heart Marathon Team.

In a tree-planting ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Medical School, the center presented its first Global Environmental Citizen Award to Edward O. Wilson, the Pellegrino University Research Professor Emeritus. Wilson was honored for his efforts toward protecting the ecosystems and species of the world.

Few people in post-politically-correct academia would admit that they prefer white people to black people or black people to those from the Middle East. From the classroom to the cocktail party, opinions like men are better at math, Asians make the best violinists, or women cannot be strong corporate leaders are unpopular.

For a sport whose origins date back to the 14th century, kendo — the traditional art of Japanese fencing — couldnt be more contemporary. From the sleek equipment, to its spiritual emphasis, kendo (which literally means the way of the sword) is like yoga with an attitude. Shinai in hand (a bamboo sword made of…

Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, the Andean-born shoeshine boy who became the elected leader of his country last May, spoke of the enormous challenges of fighting extreme poverty and revamping the economy of Peru during a public address at the Kennedy School ARCO Forum Saturday (April 13) afternoon.

The vaulted ceiling of Harvards Memorial Church echoed with praises of former Harvard President Nathan Marsh Pusey on Friday (April 12), as President Lawrence H. Summers and former presidents Derek Bok and Neil L. Rudenstine joined the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes and former Divinity School Dean Krister Stendahl in describing a man of uncommon…

When the curtain rises on The Happy Few, this years freshman musical, audiences will meet a stressed-out and sometimes sordid cast of characters (and stereotypes): exhausted test-takers, Wellesley co-eds on the prowl for rich Harvard husbands, a miserable daughter trying to escape from the clutches of her overbearing father, and a scheming dean, intent on…

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Filmmaker Richard Rogers was known for his appetite for knowledge and his omnivorous interest in the world around him. That interest is reflected in the diversity of the films he made, ranging from portraits of American writers to an exploration of the Nicaraguan revolution to the biography of an early 19th century rural midwife, to…

When the curtain rises on The Happy Few, this years freshman musical, audiences will meet a stressed-out and sometimes sordid cast of characters (and stereotypes): exhausted test-takers, Wellesley co-eds on the prowl for rich Harvard husbands, a miserable daughter trying to escape from the clutches of her overbearing father, and a scheming dean, intent on…

Their legs may be failing, buttressed by canes and walkers their hearing is amplified by mechanical aids the color of their hair is, for most, a distant memory.

David A. Wan, currently president of the Penguin Group, the global trade book division of Pearson plc, has been named president and chief executive officer of Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP) Corp. Wan will succeed Linda Doyle, who will assume a faculty teaching position at HBS. Doyle has been HBSPs president and CEO since 1994.…

It was dark driving down the Dominican Republics narrow roads at 3 oclock in the morning. It was dark hiking into the Parque Nationale del Este, negotiating dirt trails by flashlight on an expedition to collect insects from the forest canopy above.

Michael Crichton 64, HMS 69, best-selling author and blockbuster director, came to Harvard Medical School Thursday, April 11, to deliver a lecture advertised as exploring the busy intersection of The Media & Medicine.

In an hour-long debate in the ARCO Forum on April 11, two presidential environmental advisers – one currently in the Bush administration, the other previously in the Clinton administration – politely squared off on several controversial environmental issues. Among them: the urgency of human-induced global climate change, the need for increased conservation measures, and the…

In a monastery in northern India, thinly clad Tibetan monks sat quietly in a room where the temperature was a chilly 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Using a yoga technique known as g Tum-mo, they entered a state of deep meditation. Other monks soaked 3-by-6-foot sheets in cold water (49 degrees) and placed them over the meditators…

The recent anthrax scare and continuing threat of bioterrorism is prompting the revision of sometimes antiquated public health laws, but experts caution that drafters have to carefully consider whether the new laws trample civil liberties in efforts to protect public health.

A new School of Public Health (SPH) study finds that among high-income nations, the United States has the highest rate of female homicide victimization. The United States accounts for 32 percent of the female population among 25 high-income countries, but 70 percent of all female homicides, and 84 percent of all female firearm homicides. Some…