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As of this writing, the outcome of the 2000 presidential election is still in the dark, but on Tuesday, Nov. 14, some light was shed on the situation by a panel of experts from the Kennedy School of Government. The format for the ARCO Forum panel discussion, titled “Election Impasse: How Do We Go Forward?”…

Harvard Business School, which pioneered the study of entrepreneurship more than 50 years ago, played host on Nov. 3 to the New England forum of Springboard 2000, a national organization dedicated to linking women entrepreneurs to investors. Chosen from a field of more than 300 candidates, 29 women, including Diane Hessan, MBA ’77 (above), and…

They’re only about 1/25th of an inch long, and no wider than a thread. You need a microscope to see these squirmy roundworms. But some scientists will tell you they are almost half human, genetically speaking. Called Caenorhabditis elegans, this little worm was the first creature to have all its genes sequenced, more than 19,000…

In many societies, people think of their country as a parent – a motherland or fatherland to which they owe their identity and their allegiance. Aloisea Inyumba has a different perspective. “Our country is like a baby,” she said, her expressive hands raised before her as though cradling a child. “It is only 4 years…

They identified difficulties in communication, a shifting corporate culture, and the lack of an understanding that the establishment of a diverse work force should be a stated goal for managers throughout the organization. Later, someone remarked that Millennium and Harvard may have some things in common. Which was the point, of course. Harvard’s Fifth Work…

Women Waging Peace, a global network of women working to stabilize regions of violent conflict, is holding its second annual colloquium Nov. 4-18. The initiative was founded last year by Swanee Hunt, director of the Kennedy School of Government’s Women and Public Policy Program. “Our first year has been a spectacular success,” Hunt said. “It’s…

“How are we going to give people salary increases? How are we going to pay rent increases? How are we going to pay health insurance premium increases? How are we going to afford computers and all the technology needs?” Those are the concerns voiced by Susan Ayers, the Center’s executive director. She says the agency,…

It’s difficult to imagine that scenic Franklin Park, one of Boston’s natural gems set aside for rest and recreation, is also home to the fierce competition of Harvard’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams. Hardly a jaunt through the woods, top runners can cover a 5-kilometer distance in less than 19 minutes. Add inclement weather, steep…

The Environmental Protection Agency even has a global warming Web site. Today’s debate isn’t over whether the globe will warm, it’s over how much and what in God’s name we can do about it. At Harvard Divinity School, some people are trying to find out. A number of theologians and environmental activists believe that it…

Composer and performer Livingston Taylor will speak at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard on Friday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m., as part of the Faith and Life Forum evening lecture series. The event is free and open to the public. A musician for 30 years with 14 albums to his credit, Taylor is a…

The Chinatown Computing program of the Chinatown Committee of the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) will celebrate the opening of its new community computer lab on Nov. 29. The creation of the lab, located at 65 Harrison Ave., Boston, was encouraged by the Stride Rite Foundation, which provides public service scholarships to outstanding volunteers working…

Sue, the author of the note, told her friend Rhonda that she thought Jill was wrong to break up with her boyfriend Tony. Tony’s mother had committed suicide, and Sue thought it was insensitive of Jill to dump him. But Rhonda broke Sue’s confidence by showing the note to Jill, and Jill got mad. Other…

To assist in responding to the changing religious needs of the Harvard undergraduate community, the Memorial Church has created a new position, the Epps Fellow and Chaplain to Harvard College. The Rev. Mark D.W. Edington, former seminarian in the Memorial Church and recently ordained a transitional deacon in the Episcopal Church, began his term as…

The Ukrainian Research Institute (URI) at the University has created a new program of postdoctoral fellowships. The Shklar Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies are designed to bring distinguished scholars from around the world to Harvard each year to complete their research and publication work on projects dealing with Ukrainian history, literature, music, and culture. The first…

Those in the overflow audience at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) who expected filmmaker Spike Lee to stamp his feet and scream out against racial inequity in Hollywood went home disappointed on Monday night. Lee did more listening than talking while the themes raised in his latest…

Pamela Stone, a sociologist specializing in work and gender, assumed her position as the new associate director of the Radcliffe Public Policy Center (RPPC) on Sept. 5. A former Radcliffe fellow and department chair at Hunter College, Stone holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Duke University and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. “We…

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) selection committee for the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize awarded John E. Malmstad, professor of Slavic Languages at Harvard University, and Nikolay Bogomolov, professor of Russian Literature at University of Moscow, Russia, with an honorable mention for “Mikhail Kuzmin: A Life in Art,” published by…

The Crimson football team earned its first home victory in style last Saturday (Nov. 4), blanking the Columbia Lions 34-0. The shutout, Harvard’s first in three years, advances the team to 5-3 overall, while boosting Harvard’s Ivy League mark to 4-1. The Crimson scored early in the first quarter, marching 65 yards in 7 plays.…

In perhaps the ultimate sign of eminence in the sport’s world, the Crimson women’s hockey team was singled out by Sports Illustrated Women magazine. The Harvard team was selected the second best in the nation. With the return of ECAC Player of the Year Jennifer Botterill, who tallied 31 goals last season, and ECAC scoring…

Ignoring Tibet won’t make it go away. That is the message the People’s Republic of China needs to hear, according to authorities on the Tibet situation who spoke Nov. 2 at a panel discussion at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. China currently ignores calls from Tibetan activists, from human rights watchers and from…

Bell’s ‘landmark’ book republished Harvard University Press has republished “The End of Ideology” by sociologist Daniel Bell. First published in 1960, becoming “a landmark in American social thought,” according to the Harvard University Press, the book has been republished four times. The last edition, published in 1988 by the Harvard University Press, featured a long…

In honor of Luise Vosgerchian, the Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music Emerita, radio station WHRB (95.3 FM, and simulcast live over the Internet at http://www.whrb.org/) will broadcast a memorial tribute on Monday, Nov. 13, from 6 p.m. to midnight. She died in March of this year. Vosgerchian taught and influenced generations of students and…

The Earthwatch Institute will hold its annual conference on Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Harvard Science Center. The program, which is open to the public, begins with registration at 9 a.m., at the Science Center. This 20th century meeting will highlight the role of volunteers in research and conservation, in recognition of the United Nations…

The Interfaculty Health Policy Forum has announced Nancy Ann DeParle will be its first Forum Fellow. She will be in residence during the 2000-01 academic year. DeParle served as the administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1997 to 2000. HCFA is the nation’s…