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Jan. 24, 1873 – The first issue of the weekly Magenta – predecessor of The Harvard Crimson – appears as a two-column booklet that contains reviews, essays, and poems. The…

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino hosts a breakfast and ceremony at City Hall this morning (Jan. 25), conferring the 2000 Award for Excellence in Childrens Health. The award honors The Horizons Initiative for the range of comprehensive services it offers at its Community Childrens Centers.

Orientation teaches teachers The Derek Bok Center’s Winter Teaching Orientation for faculty and teaching fellows will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on the…

Scott Sandberg knew that folks at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study were finally on board for his recycling program last March when they threw him a surprise 30th birthday party. The cake had Happy Anniversary written on it.

Two years ago we slowed it down to 38 miles an hour now weve been able to park it then bring it back up to full speed. Lene Hau isnt talking about a used motorbike, but about light &mdash that ethereal, life-sustaining stuff that normally travels 93 million miles from the sun in about eight…

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 17, 2000, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

The Center for Business and Government (CBG) at Harvards Kennedy School announced a full roster of fellows for 2000-01. The largest complement of fellows in the history of the Center, this global gathering of business leaders, scholars, industry representatives, and policy-makers from around the world will study subjects ranging from business reform to resource regulation…

It is a standard albumen print, labeled Palmyre, Sculpture dun chapiteau, Syrie, and signed in the lower right by the Bonfils studio. The caption refers to the capital of a fallen column that dominates the foreground, and locates it at a tourist site in Palmyra, Syria. Except for a child apparently sleeping on the capital,…

Appearing below are the Harvard Alumni Associations (HAA) nominations for this years election to the Universitys Board of Overseers and the HAA Board of Directors. The election this spring will determine five new Overseers and six new HAA Elected Directors. Ballots will be mailed by April 15 and results of the election will be announced…

Appearing below are the Harvard Alumni Associations (HAA) nominations for this years election to the University’s Board of Overseers and the HAA Board of Directors. The election this spring will determine five new Overseers and six new HAA Elected Directors. Ballots will be mailed by April 15 and results of the election will be announced…

Having left their farms and businesses and state legislatures to head to Washington, 18 newly elected members of Congress took a detour to the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) last month for a crash course in federal governance just weeks before being sworn into office.

James Cuno, the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums, and Maxwell L. Anderson, director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, announced their joint appointment of Carol Mancusi-Ungaro as director of the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art at Harvard University and director of Conservation of the…

Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren, the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, has been named the second vice president of the American Law Institute (ALI), a 77-year-old scholarly institution dedicated to clarifying and adapting the law to better suit societys needs.

A memorial service is planned for a Harvard undergraduate student who died in December. Twenty-year-old Shira Palmer-Sherman 02 suffered irreversible brain damage after being struck by an automobile while crossing a street in Harvard Square.

Five Harvard seniors are among the latest group of American college students named Marshall Scholars by the British government in thanks for American help rebuilding their country after World War II.

George Huntston Williams A memorial service was held for George Huntston Williams, Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus, on Jan. 12 at the Memorial Church. Christopher McEvoy A memorial service was…

As she carefully maneuvered her way around stacks of cardboard boxes and piles of books in her temporary office at Fay Hall, Drew Gilpin Faust, the founding Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study who is assuming her full-time duties this month, didnt appear in the least bit flustered. It seems only natural for…

What was life like at Harvard 100 years ago? How did people spend their days? What did they eat? What did they wear? What did students think of their professors? What did professors think of their students? How did people spend their leisure time?

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Office of the Provost of Harvard University have jointly announced the debut of Lens: Research on Women and Public Policy at Harvard University. Lens is a semiannual newsletter that presents a review of ongoing scholarship on women and public policy across the University. In its pages and…

At 92, Tommy Rawson still drives to the gym from his home in Arlington five days a week, hits the heavy and speed bags a bit, and then proceeds to coach the Harvard Boxing Club, as he has done for the past 60 years. If necessary, he also still shovels the snow from his driveway.…

Ben Siracusa expects his garbage to get picked up. He expects the mail to be delivered and the lights to go on when he flips a switch. Like many Americans he expects his basic needs to be met – no muss, no fuss.

As President Clinton prepares to leave office, a new poll by Harvard University and University of Chicago researchers has found deep divisions in the ways African Americans and white Americans view his legacy.

Space is at a premium in research libraries as collections – and the technology and staff needed to support them – grow along with user demand for more room in which to study. Harvard College Library (HCL) is no exception and space issues in its 85-year-old Widener Library were under study by University planners when…

Smaller high schools, smaller class sizes, and programs targeting the difficult transition to ninth grade can help solve Americas high school dropout problem, according to experts who gathered at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) Saturday.

Kwang-chih Chang, the John E. Hudson Research Professor of Archaeology, died Jan. 3, 2001, in Boston from complications from Parkinsons disease. He was 69.

The Harvard mens and womens track teams defeated Northeastern at the Gordon Track and Tennis Center on Saturday, Jan. 6. The womens squad, led by Captain Brenda Taylor with wins in the 60- and 200-meter hurdles, beat the Huskies 95-30.

The No. 6 womens hockey team (11-6-0, 5-1 Ivy) kicked off the new millennium – and the remaining half of the season – with a trio of consecutive victories. After dropping three straight, a spell that included two losses at Minnesota-Duluth and a home loss at the hands of the St. Lawrence Saints, the Crimson…

The Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement (HILR) has introduced two online courses as part of its spring 2001 curriculum. The announcement supports HILRs commitment to remain on the cutting edge in educational offerings for its members. With the increased popularity and accessibility of the Internet, distance learning has become a common feature of continuing…

William Lambert Moran, esteemed Assyriologist and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus, died on Dec. 19, 2000. He was 79.