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  • Campus & Community

    BWH awarded $14M grant for skin cancer research

    Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) announced last month that the hospitals Department of Dermatology has been awarded a Skin Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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    Crimson comes back, Penn falls

    If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the University of Penn – one of the best defensive teams in the nation – must have been absolutely smitten with…

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    Slavery, though outlawed, persists:

    A former slave and former slave owner from Mauritania urged Harvard students Tuesday night (Nov. 13) to fight the slavery that, though outlawed, still keeps more than 100,000 people in bondage in the West African nation.

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    ‘Glass Flowers’ gallery to close for renovations

    The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) will be closing its Glass Flowers and Mineral galleries from Dec. 8 through Feb. 7 for a renovation of the Glass Flowers gallery.

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    Students travel the world – in class

    Once a week, about 40 Harvard students visit Boston high schools to teach students about globalization.

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    The Big Picture

    Im the man with the blue guitar. Picasso tried to paint me in Paris but he never got my soul.

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    Harvard Foundation awards its fall grants

    The Faculty and Student Advisory Committees of the Harvard Foundation awarded 87 grants to some 40 different undergraduate student organizations for projects in the fall 2001 semester. More than $20,000 were disbursed for intercultural and race relations projects ranging from an East Coast Chicano (Mexican-American) Student Conference to a Korean Association lecture on the Korean…

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    Artists at “Sprung From Ruins” confront post-Sept. 11 world

    None of the artists who participated in the Nov. 9 panel discussion Sprung From Ruins presumed to offer words of wisdom about how the arts might heal or soothe or put right the terrible damage wreaked on this country on Sept. 11.

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    Fineberg selected as IOM president

    Harvey V. Fineberg, former provost of the University, has been selected to become the seventh president of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). He will begin his six-year term on July 1. Fineberg was dean of the School of Public Health for 13 years before serving as the Universitys provost from 1997 to June 2001.

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    President holds office hours

    President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. on the following dates: Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Feb. 1,…

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    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 10. The official log is located at 29 Garden St.

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    In brief

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    Newsmakers

    Newberger appointed to Berklee Board of Trustees

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    This month in Harvard history

    Nov. 7, 1898 – The Harvard Bulletin (predecessor of Harvard Magazine) publishes its first (four-page) issue. Cost: 8 cents.  Nov. 10, 1903 – In the now-demolished Rogers Building (or Old…

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    Grill fire forces Eliot House evacuation

    A fire in the Eliot House Grille, located in the basement below M-Entry, forced the evacuation of approximately 430 Eliot House students Sunday, Nov. 11, shortly after 8 p.m. Students in nearby Kirkland House were also temporarily evacuated as a precaution. No injuries were reported. Thick black smoke was reported coming from the basement common…

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    Faculty council Notice for Nov. 14

    At its fifth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council discussed with deans Vincent Tompkins (academic affairs) and Jeffrey Wolcowitz (economics and undergraduate education) a new multiyear curricular planning initiative being undertaken in the faculty.

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    Suspects sought in armed robberies

    On Monday, Nov. 12, three graduate students were the victims of two separate armed robberies. The first robbery occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. opposite 16 Holden St., when the suspect approached two students from behind and demanded their wallets. Although no weapon was produced, the suspect made a gesture to his pocket, along with threatening…

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    Nathan Pusey dies at 94

    Nathan Marsh Pusey, the 24th president of Harvard, died early on the morning of Nov. 14 at the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. He was 94.

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    Celebration Honors Pusey Contributions

    Celebration Honors Pusey Contributions

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    Nathan Pusey dies at 94

    Nathan Pusey dies at 94

  • Health

    Immune system discovery may lead to preventive therapy for diabetes

    The job of cells known as iNKT cells is to regulate the immune system’s response to infections and other disorders, ensuring that only diseased tissue, not healthy tissue, is targeted…

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    “Heart of glass” may be more than just a metaphor

    Jeffrey Fredberg is a professor of bioengineering and physiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. His primary research interest is asthma. Fredberg was intrigued by the plasticity of the…

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    Dopamine may play dual role in Parkinson’s disease

    According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, “Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a disorder of the central nervous system that affects between one and one-and-a-half million Americans. Because it is not contagious…

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    Cell protein potently blocks enzyme linked to cancer

    The ends of chromosomes in normal cells eventually unravel, causing the cells to die. This does not happen in cancer cells, however. Cancer cells use an enzyme named telomerase to…

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    No innocent bystanders

    When cancer cells begin to do their destructive work, they have accomplices — normal cells that help nourish the cancerous ones. As Jack Lawler, Harvard Medical School associate professor of…

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    Big Green in the red, 5-2

    After a Bambi-like season opening flop this past Saturday (Nov. 3) against Brown – a 4-2 loss vs. a team projected to finish last in the ECAC – the Harvard mens hockey team (1-1-0, Ivy 1-1-0) sprang back with a sure-footed 5-2 win over Ivy rival Dartmouth on Sunday at home. Though the 15th -…

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    Grill fire forces Eliot House evacuation

    A fire in the Eliot House grill, located in the basement below M-Entry, forced the evacuation of approximately 430 Eliot House students Sunday night shortly after 8 p.m..

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    On the upswing

    Harvard’s women’s golf team finished its official fall season in solid standing, but the season’s high point came Oct. 28, when the team beat Yale in a scrimmage.

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    Joy in mudville

    What could be more fun than playing in the mud? Imagine this: Slippery mounds of oozing clay seeping through your fingers, dramatically changing shape under shifting pressures. Your eyes trained on a rising gray slab-becoming-cylinder, growing taller (and more delicate) as you guide, pull, stroke carefully up … wheel spinning, knees steady, back tense, a…