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Tough time parking in Harvard Square? Let the robot do it. That was the recommendation of a group of Harvard engineering students after a semester-long look at the difficulty of parking in and around Harvard. The project is this year’s Engineering Design Seminar Project, assigned annually to junior engineering students taking Engineering Sciences 96. The…

Gellert elected captain, Clemente selected MVP Junior Andrew Gellert, a two-year starter at guard, has been elected captain of the 2001-02 Harvard men’s basketball team. Head coach Frank Sullivan made the announcement at the team’s end-of-season banquet held at the Harvard Club on May 7. In addition, senior forward Dan Clemente, a unanimous First Team…

The air may be thin in Colorado, but it will be fresh and sweet this weekend to members of the Harvard Cycling Team, which will be making its first-ever trip to the National Collegiate Road Cycling Championships in Colorado Springs.

Her hands touch the keys and her voice lifts, at first tentative and quavering, then firm and full. Her diction is clean and precise, nothing garbled or distorted. The words are the thing here – words that tell a story.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, May 12. The official log is located at HUPD Headquarters, 29 Garden St. May 6: A bicycle was reported stolen at Pennypacker Hall. May 7: A wallet was stolen from LHRRB at Harvard Medical School. A…

May 23, 1910 – The Harvard Corporation formally adopts crimson as Harvard’s official color, based on the tint of several silk scarves used by Harvard rowers in the 1858 Boston City Regatta and preserved in the University Archives.  May 1, 1918 – In the wake of World War I, University enrollment has dropped by some…

At its 15th and final meeting of the year, the Council discussed proposed changes in the General Regulations and Standards of Conduct section of the undergraduate “Handbook for Students” with the Dean of the College, Professor Harry Lewis (DEAS). David Fithian, Assistant Dean of Harvard College, was present for this conversation. The Council also considered…

Harvard has acquired The Arsenal on the Charles property from Charles River Business Center Associates LLC, which conveyed the property to the University on May 15, for approximately $162,641,000. The property is located between North Beacon Street and Arsenal Street in Watertown. As a part of the sale, more than $2,451,000 was paid directly to…

Less than 24 hours after student protesters vacated Massachusetts Hall, Landscape Services supervisor Paul Smith and his team were spraying a thick carpet of grass seed and mulch where the protesters tent city had been.

Play the Chessmaster, $2 the sign reads. The chess master, as he calls himself, has been a fixture in front of Holyoke Center in Harvard Square ever since 1982, a year before Au Bon Pain arrived. For $2 he takes on all comers, giving them a good advantage in his game of street chess: six…

IEEE to honor Frosch Senior Research Associate Robert A. Frosch will be awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Founders Medal on June 23. The medal recognizes major contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession. Weinstein receives achievement award Assistant…

Since 1994, the Weissman International Internship Program has provided Harvard sophomores and juniors the opportunity to participate on an international internship in a field of work related to their academic and career goals. Established by Paul (’52) and Harriet Weissman, the internship strives to expose students to other cultural, political, and economic systems. This year’s…

May 1, 1775 – By order of the Committee of Safety, the College closes early. The Provincial Congress soon commandeers Harvard’s buildings and orders the library and scientific instruments to Andover for safekeeping. It takes several months for the College to find a suitable place (Concord) to reconvene. Four Harvard buildings soon quarter local troops:…

Gleevec, first known as STI571, was not developed for GIST, but to treat an often-fatal type of leukemia known as chronic myelogenous leukemia or CML. In one study 53 out of 54 patients in the early stage of CML saw their cancer go into remission. Cancerous cells in seven of the patients disappeared completely. The…

It took a little artifice, but it came off. In honor of President Neil L. Rudenstine and his wife, Angelica Zander Rudenstine, an art historian and curator, the Harvard University Art Museums made a surprise announcement on May 4: The museums have acquired 29 drawings and one painting by leading contemporary American artists to celebrate…

This years Harvard Arts Medal honoree, the multi-talented Peter Sellars 80 – director of theater, opera, and film – was a snug fit for the ninth annual Arts First festival. Much like Sellars, who received the award from President Neil L. Rudenstine, the four-day festival runs the gamut of artistic expression and style.

The bubble may have burst on dot-coms, but entrepreneurship is alive and flourishing at Harvard Business School (HBS). A total of eight teams of students – half of them representing social enterprise ventures – competed in the final round of the fifth annual HBS Business Plan Contest on Monday, April 30.

The Harvard Directory Project seeks artwork of all types for next years student and faculty/staff telephone directories. Current students, faculty, and staff are invited to submit works that represent the Harvard experience.

In the first comprehensive examination of caffeine consumption from a variety of sources and the risk of developing Parkinsons disease, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH) have determined that moderate consumption of caffeine reduces the risk of Parkinsons disease in men and women. The findings are published on the Web site for…

Put down your saltshakers, America!

Radcliffe panel addresses gender and technology issues

Robert D. Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, has been named a new member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of his distinguished achievements in original research. The announcement was made Tuesday, May 1, during the 138th annual meeting of the Academy in Washington, D.C.