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Seven years ago Tina Rodriguez left Mexico for San Francisco so she could care for her newborn nephew while her sister returned to work. She is now married with two U.S.-born children, and has been waiting nearly five years in legal limbo since submitting her green card application – to which she is entitled as…

As she nears the end of her tenure as one of the nation’s longest-serving attorneys general, Janet Reno is beginning to contemplate her legacy. She addressed questions on the topic following her speech on DNA technology last week at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG).

In what was most likely her final appearance at Harvard while serving as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Janet Reno LLB ’63 last week called upon the nation’s top universities to play a larger role in the development and understanding of new crime-fighting technologies.

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 develop in a test tube, and directing Harvard’s new Center for Genomics Research. He admits that all this fun produces “days when I go home…

On Friday, Dec. 1, University Information Systems releases its new home page: http://www.uis.harvard.edu. The new site is the culmination of a yearlong project to create easy access for Harvard community members to find information on specific technology projects, to purchase technology products and services online, and to obtain information on telephones, printing and publishing, University…

A Harvard affiliate was the victim of an unarmed robbery on Sunday, Nov. 19, at approximately 6:57 p.m. While walking along Putnam Avenue near Entry 18 of the Peabody Terrace complex, the victim was approached by four individuals. The suspects struck the victim, pushing him to the ground. One of the suspects demanded the victim’s…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). The official log is located at 29 Garden St.

The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations will award up to five two-year residential doctoral fellowships to outstanding students registered in any program at Harvard. Applications are accepted from doctoral or advanced degree candidates who have completed their coursework and general examinations and are engaged in research or writing a dissertation on a nonprofit sector topic.

After a slow start that had then down by eight points early in the game, the Harvard women’s basketball team rallied and held off a late surge by the University of New Hampshire Wildcats to win their first game of the season, 54-45, at Lavietes Pavillion Tuesday night. Freshman Hana Peljito pulled down 15 boards…

As dinner time approaches, a quiet murmur grows to a steady hum inside the sparkling new kitchen at Rosie’s Place in Boston’s South End.

A woman selling tamales from a shopping cart in East L.A., a vendor of religious pictures on the median strip of La Brea Avenue, a father and son who have turned the front yard of their Watts home into a mattress showroom – to most city planners, government officials, and others responsible for maintaining the…

Crimson football failed to shake the great gridiron rule – the team that makes the fewest mistakes wins – falling apart in the fourth quarter in an otherwise well-executed and exciting contest against Yale last Saturday. Despite setting a record for completions in a game, finishing 28-of-52 passes for 310 yards, quarterback Neil Rose, exhausted…

The Glass Flowers – Harvard’s majestic collection of more than 4,000 botanical models – is proof that the marriage of art and science is not only possible, but something quite extraordinary. Called “the Sistine Chapel of the glass world,” by Susan Rossi-Wilcox, curatorial associate at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History, the models also happen to…

Southern Africa has been hit harder by AIDS than any area of the world. In some countries, one in three adults is infected with HIV. One might expect these societies to be physically and socially devastated by an epidemic of such staggering proportions, and in many respects they are. But they are also responding in…

When the school bell rings each afternoon, millions of American kids hit the streets. Some head home to study or watch television. Some ride their bicycles or play soccer. But for many others, the free time is wasted and, in the worst cases, can lead to violence, drugs, and crime. How to keep children occupied…

Your dollars may count twice for the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA). An anonymous donor is promising to match every dollar up to $250,000 contributed by faculty, staff, and students to PBHA’s Centennial Endowment Campaign. That includes money contributed through the Community Gifts Through Harvard Campaign 2000, which runs through the month of November. The…

The Massachusetts Architectural Access Board (AAB) has awarded this year’s William D. Smith Memorial Award to Gail Woodhouse and her colleagues at the Boston firm Amsler Woodhouse MacLean for the recent renovation of Divinity Hall at Harvard Divinity School (HDS). The AAB’s annual awards program recognizes “excellence in the design of buildings or facilities which…

All week long, they played spin doctor, having to justify their selection. On Saturday afternoon, they played their hearts out, and that justification was no longer necessary. A calendar week before, the Harvard women’s soccer team walked off Ohiri Field after an overtime loss to Columbia, tears flowing freely, believing the season may have come…

Every corner you turn you see different faces speaking different languages and expressing different viewpoints. It’s akin to taking a trip overseas without the pangs of having to cross over eight time zones to get there. Some 3,000 foreign students (approximately 18 percent of the total student population) come to Harvard each year. An additional…

An initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH) to curtail the spread of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria has received $25 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant is the largest single private grant awarded to SPH in its history and the second given to SPH by the Gates Foundation…

“It is a matter of survival. Whatever action is feasible now must be taken now because there may be no tomorrow.” Those haunting words were delivered by Republic of Botswana President Festus Mogae at the culmination of “Africa Now! A Leadership Summit to Define African Priorities for AIDS” held in Cambridge earlier this week. More…

Joyce Chaplin’s latest book attempts to shed new light on an event that has left scant evidence in the historical record – the initial encounter between English colonists and Native Americans. The book, “Subject Matter: Technology, the Body, and Science in the Anglo-Indian Encounter, 1500-1676” (Harvard University Press, forthcoming), uses ideas of 16th and 17th…

A Harvard affiliate was the victim of an unarmed robbery on Sunday, Nov. 12, at approximately 5:21 p.m. While riding a bicycle down Francis Avenue toward Bryant Street, the victim heard a fast approaching vehicle heading in the same direction. The victim pulled to the right between two parked vehicles. The vehicle then stopped and…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 11. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Nov. 6: At Soldiers Field Park Garage, officers investigated a vehicle that appeared to have been broken into. A wallet was reported stolen…

Volunteers sought for WorldTeach WorldTeach and Peace Corps staff and alumni invite students interested in volunteer opportunities to attend an information session today, Nov. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m., in the Junior Common Room at Eliot House. Refreshments will be served. Returned volunteers will share their experiences, answer questions, and provide information on how…

At its sixth meeting of the year the Council was briefed on the Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Structures (CIMS) by professors Bertrand Halperin (physics), Charles Marcus (physics), and David Weitz (DEAS & physics). Bill Appleton, the director of CIMS, was also present for this discussion. Dean Paul Martin (DEAS & physics), chair of the…