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Three Selected for 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship Three members of Harvards faculty are among the 182 artists, scholars, and scientists awarded fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Guggenheim Fellows…
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Campus & Community
Blessed are the Peacemakers
A group of Harvard undergraduates met in Athens, Greece, during spring break, March 25-29, to coordinate the World Model United Nations (WorldMUN). The diplomatic simulation allowed students, representing United Nations…
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Campus & Community
Bailing Out the Mail Jail — Harvard Mail Services’ sleuths ensure mail gets where it’s going
Its the Mail Jail Harvards Dead Letter Office and into it go letters and packages that are undeliverable because of incomplete addresses that often consist of just a name…
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Campus & Community
Jets and Sharks Battle Again in Longwood Players Production
By day, they hit the books and the labs, making the rounds in their academic pursuits. But by night, a talented coterie of School of Public Health (SPH), Medical School…
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Campus & Community
Levin Memorial Service April 28
A memorial service in honor of Murray B. Levin 48, a retired political science professor who taught at Boston University and the Harvard Extension School, will be held on Friday,…
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Campus & Community
Medical School Sponsors High School Science Competition
“If you have ever experienced intolerable delays downloading a program or page, you understand the pitfalls of Internet congestion,” said Nathaniel Duca before a panel of science judges at the…
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Campus & Community
Harvard Happenings
WIRED WOMAN RAISES FUNDS FOR JIMMY FUND The Graduate School of Education’s Dayna Muller, whose vital signs were monitored while she ran the Boston Marathon last Monday, straddles the Wellesley-Newton…
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Campus & Community
Provost Announces Domain Name Policy
Provost Harvey V. Fineberg has announced a new set of guidelines relating to the use of Harvards name and insignia in electronic contexts such as Web pages, e-mail addresses and…
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Campus & Community
Harvard Defenders Celebrates 50 Years of Free Legal Assistance
The Harvard Defenders, a Harvard Law School student organization that provides legal representation to low-income persons accused of crimes, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday, April 29. The Harvard…
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Campus & Community
HMS Financial Aid Director Sharon Clayborne Dies at 47
Sharon P. Clayborne, director of financial aid at Harvard Medical School, died on Thursday, April 13, at the age of 47. Clayborne tirelessly counseled students through the financial aid process.…
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Campus & Community
Abram Chayes, International Law Specialist, Dies at 77
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus Abram Chayes, 77, who served as the Kennedy Administrations chief international lawyer at the height of the Cold War and who taught at Harvard…
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Campus & Community
With A Song In Their Heads — Birth of new brain cells induced in birds
Brain cells that make it possible for zebra finches to sing were forced to die then brought back to life by researchers at Harvard and Rockefeller universities. In a major…
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Campus & Community
Gary Bellow, Legal Education Programs Founder, Dies at 64
Harvard Law School Professor Gary Bellow, the founder and former faculty director of the Schools Clinical Programs and a pioneering public interest lawyer, died on April 13 from cardiac arrest…
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Health
Birth of new brain cells induced in birds
Stem cells that are naturally present in the brains of finches were induced to replace lost cells and restore the birds’ ability to sing their distinctive song. “Our results represent…
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Campus & Community
Remembering Justice Marshall
Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree (from left), Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mrs. Cecelia Marshall (wife of the late Justice…
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Campus & Community
University Honors Staff for Commitment to Community Service
Accolades abounded at Tuesday evenings “Harvard University Volunteer Recognition Program 2000.” Over 100 Harvard employees, who volunteer their time, were invited to the Law Schools Ropes and Gray Room for…
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Campus & Community
As Tax Time Nears, Law Students Lend a Helping Hand
They walk through the door with handfuls or even shoe boxes crammed with crinkled letters, receipts, and tax documents from their pension plans, banks, the Social Security Administration, and the…
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Campus & Community
Office for the Arts Announces Senior Winners of Annual Prizes
The Harvard Gazette
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Campus & Community
Rudenstine Celebrates Boston Latin, Harvard Ties
Good morning. I’m very glad to be with all of you this morning, to celebrate your school and its achievements, and to wish you good fortune as you begin your…