All articles

Feb. 4, 1952 – Time runs out for the street clock in front of the Harvard Trust Co. (now Fleet) after a moving van knocks it down, smashing it beyond repair. The bank promptly announces that in two to three months, it will replace the 40-year-old landmark with another in the same spot.

At its 10th meeting of the year, the Faculty Council discussed the agenda for the March Faculty Meeting, particularly the motion to reduce the Core Curriculum Requirement from eight to seven half courses.

In the subheadline on page 1 of the Feb. 14 issue of the Gazette, Jeremy R. Knowles was misidentified as the dean of Harvard College. Knowles is the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harry R. Lewis is the dean of Harvard College.

Harvard hockey stars win Olympic gold for Canada; Americans take silver

Bobby McFerrin at Harvard

Breathing a collective sigh of relief that they are not violating federal law, the nation’s teachers return this week to the widespread practice of letting students correct each other’s papers.

When Elijah Ary was 4, he began telling his parents about a place he visited in dreams that he called my planet.

The United States is at a pinnacle of world power comparable to that reached by the British and Roman Empires, yet in todays world its military might, economic power, and cultural sway arent enough to go it alone, according to Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr.

Spring in New England is a hard-won event. Snow lingers through April, chilly winds blast in May, and the Red Sox … well, maybe next year.

Whether your thing is studying computer science in Canada or Mayan textiles in Mexico, theres likely a fellowship to help defray your expenses. Now, a new fellowship offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) will help you explore homelessness in Houston or work-to-welfare in Walla Walla.

A two-term U.S. senator, a 12-term U.S. congressman, Vice President Cheneys press secretary, and the daughter of President and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson are among those who have been chosen for exclusive fellowships at the Kennedy School of Governments Institute of Politics (IOP).

Dean Peter G. Rowe of the Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced the promotion of Preston Scott Cohen to professor of architecture with tenure. The promotion of Cohen, who has been teaching at the GSD since 1989 and is the coordinator of the introductory design studio, became effective Jan. 1.

Jeffrey Sachs, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade and director of the Center for International Development, has been named a special adviser to the United Nations secretary-general on the UNs Millennium Development Goals.

The zebrafish floated on the video screen, the image piped in from a small container whose black and white striped walls rotated, providing motion on which the fish could focus. After a moment, one eye moved, indicating that the fish could see the motion around it.

Theyve tackled reading.

Nominations are now being sought for the fourth annual Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HMS/HSDM) Deans Community Service Award. Faculty, residents, and students at all affiliated institutions are eligible for the award, which recognizes outstanding personal efforts in serving the local, national, or international community. At least one faculty member, trainee, staff member,…

With $600,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the Boston Public Schools (BPS), in collaboration with the Boston Plan for Excellence, will provide $14,000 stipends for qualified midcareer professionals who would like to transition to teaching careers. The support will ensure candidates in GSEs MidCareer Math…

John M. Jack Barnaby, a 1932 Harvard graduate who coached Crimson tennis and squash teams for seven decades, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at his home in Lexington. He was 92 years old.

With spending on prescription drugs the fastest-growing component of the health-care budget, physicians and policy makers are concerned about the potential for direct-to-consumer advertising to accelerate this growth.

New fellowships for graduate students

A memorial service for Charles Segal, Walter C. Klein Professor of the Classics, will be held on Friday, March 1, at 3 p.m., at the Memorial Church. The service will be followed by a reception at the Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St., from 4 to 6 p.m. Segal died on New Years Day after a…

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: March 5 April 10 May 8…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, Feb. 16. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

At its 116th annual meeting in January, the American Historical Association (AHA) presented Kennedy School of Government Professor Ernest Richard May, the Charles Warren Professor of American History, the Award for Scholarly Distinction.

The human body shelters a zoo of microbes – thousands of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. Some are helpful, some are harmful, many are unknown. Its a good bet that some of the unknowns provoke diseases whose causes remain a mystery.

Five Massachusetts Democrats running for governor squared off on environmental issues Tuesday evening (Feb. 19), trading compliments, jabs, and even the occasional joke amidst talk of preserving open space, cleaning up Bay State waters, and disposing of ever-larger heaps of trash.

Books may be accumulated and guarded, and the result is sometimes called a library but if the books are made to help and spur men and women on in their own daily work, the library becomes a vital influence, the prison is turned into a workshop, said Justin Winsor, librarian of Harvard College from 1877…

Houghton Library, the rare book and manuscript repository of the Harvard College Library, recently acquired the papers of author Gore Vidal. These papers together with the near-complete set of Vidal printed materials, collected over the years by Houghtons retired keeper of printed books James Walsh, make Houghton Library the center of Vidal studies.

May receives top AHA Award