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It was, some said, miraculous. In 1839 a photographic process developed by Louis Jacques Mand&eacute Daguerre was unveiled in Paris. Within weeks, the world was buzzing about the astonishing accomplishment. At Harvard, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. suggested that Daguerre had help from high places: It will be recognized that a new epoch in the history…

Kerry Kennedy Cuomo visited Harvard on Monday, Dec. 4, to receive the Harvard Foundation Award for her outstanding contributions to human rights and intercultural relations.

Stanford University and Harvard Business School (HBS) have announced their intention to jointly explore a project to develop and deliver online executive and management training.

Although early foul trouble continues to be something of a problem for the Crimson mens basketball team – it can also prove troublesome for opponents.

James L. Kugel, Harry Starr Professor of Classical, Modern Jewish, and Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and a member of the Faculty of Divinity, has won the 2001 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book The Bible as It Was. The award, a $200,000 prize presented by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the University of…

Award given to KSG Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. received the “Eagle on the World” award from the Japanese Chamber of Congress and…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) through Dec. 1.

Community Gift winners The winners of the Nov. 30 drawing for solicitors of the Community Gift Through Harvard Campaign are: 1. $50 gift certificate to Harvard Collections store: Patricia Loric,…

Beginning Jan. 31, uniform policies regarding book loans and overdue book fines will go into effect in all the libraries within Harvard College Library (Cabot, Hilles, Fine Arts, Harvard-Yenching, Lamont, Houghton, Tozzer, Kummel, Loeb Music, Littauer and Widener) based on the recommendations of a task force of the University Library Council and with the support…

His books adorn the shelves of CEOs, heads of state, academicians, and business school students alike. Countries and companies all over the world have embraced his theories on competition and strategy in the expanding global marketplace. His work has also been applied to a variety of important social issues, from the economic development of U.S.…

In an age when marketing is everything, protecting the brand is crucial. Here at Harvard, increased time and attention is being invested in the close monitoring of the Universitys name and its use, both by those within the Harvard community and by those outside.

For the 18 members of the Harvard Equestrian Club, riding instructor Alyce McNeil is part drill sergeant, part cheerleader, and part ringmaster. Lets pick up to a trot, McNeil instructed during a recent Wednesday outing for the club. Really make them trot. Hard! Hit her harder . . . yank her and say get-up!

Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity are critical ingredients to the Soviet empire remaining a thing of the past.

There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

Eleven new fellows will join the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard this fall for one or two semesters of the 2000-01 academic year, according to Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the Institute and chair of the department of Afro-American studies. Founded in 1975, the institute is the oldest research center…

A telescope that allows Harvard astronomers to see heavenly sights invisible from the Northern Hemisphere will be dedicated on Saturday, Dec. 9.

As a boy in Sydney, Australia, Barry Conyngham learned to play piano from the nuns at the local convent.

At its seventh meeting of the year, the Faculty Council discussed the report of the Faculty Library Committee with Professor Sidney Verba (Goverment), director of the University Library and chair of the Library Committee, Professor Jay Harris (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations) vice chair of the Library Committee, and Nancy Cline, Roy E. Larsen Librarian…

The 2000 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a sub-committee of the President and Fellows, is now available upon request from the Office for the Committees on Shareholder Responsibility . Please call (617) 495-0985 to request copies.

Genomics – the analysis, study, and manipulation of thousands of genes and biomolecular processes simultaneously – is expected to yield breakthrough treatments for diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s in the coming years. With the recent gift of $25 million from Charles T. ‘Ted’ Bauer AB ’42 endowing the Bauer Life Sciences Building that will house…

“I don’t have a job; I have fun,” says Andrew Murray, a newly appointed professor of molecular and cellular biology. Fun for him is trying to change evolution, watching life…

With special temporary light fixtures illuminating its grand arched ceilings and stained-glass windows, Memorial Hall gleamed last Tuesday evening, Nov. 21, during a presentation honoring the Cambridge Historical Commission.

For three solid quarters, the Harvard and Yale football teams fought it out with finesse, precision, and classic gridiron grit – a fitting performance for the 117th edition of this rivalry of rivalries. Up 24-17 midway though the final quarter, it looked as if this season’s Crimson team, marked equally by shattered records and unfulfilled…