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Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 21. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Oct. 16: A caller reported a stolen wallet from the SPH 1. Oct. 17: A wallet was reported stolen from the Malkin Athletic Center.…

On-campus crime appears to be decreasing in several categories at Harvard University according to newly released crime statistics posted on the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Web site this week. The comprehensive list includes figures on criminal offenses, hate offenses, and arrests. Some 6,000 colleges and universities across the country were required…

James G. Stockard Jr. curator of the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Design School (GSD), has announced the selection of the Loeb Fellows for 2000-01. The Loeb Fellowship is a program of independent study for practitioners whose work involves the built and natural environment. Selected for their leadership qualities and potential to make an impact…

Shauna Shames ’01 recalls a line from an essay by Joan Didion: “She said, ‘I write to find out what I think.’” This could be a slogan for the Harvard Study of Undergraduate Writing, a four-year study concluding this spring that examines the role that writing plays in students’ learning. For Nancy Sommers, Sosland Director…

The ambiguities of gender captured the spotlight on Monday night at the Askwith Education Forum, sponsored by the Graduate School of Education (GSE). Transgendered playwright and performance artist Kate Bornstein, wearing a skin-tight brown dress, gold-hoop earrings, striped pantyhose, and $40 elevator boots, delivered a stirring and passionate message of gender tolerance to a capacity…

Examining a fundamental yet, until recently, understudied element of the human experience is the intent of a new concentration at the Graduate School of Education (GSE). Gender Studies is an offshoot of the Human Development and Psychology (HDP) Program at GSE, and is designed for students interested in exploring a provocative subject matter that often…

The Harvard College Social Enterprise Club announced a new program that will provide comprehensive support to undergraduate social purpose start-ups. Beginning in November, the Social Enterprise Incubator Program will offer skills workshops, financial assistance, an advisory network, and administrative support to selected teams of undergraduate social entrepreneurs. The Social Enterprise Club (SEC) was founded in…

Try not to think about a white bear. Really try. Try not to think about a white bear. You’re thinking of one, aren’t you? Dan Wegner, who just joined the psychology department at Harvard, has done groundbreaking work in thought-suppression, the illusion of conscious will, and other areas of social psychology. And he’s done it…

Wiliam H. “Bill” Tobey, 77, a photographer and filming coordinator at the Harvard University News Office starting in 1956, died on Oct. 5 at Mid Coast Hospital in Maine. Born and raised in Waterville, Maine, Tobey was a decorated World War II veteran who also served in the Korean War. In 1949, Tobey became a…

The Harvard University Gazette is making changes. In addition to the new nameplate, we’ve added an expanded promo box that points you to stories of special interest inside. In the months ahead, there will be other improvements. We will create a more accessible Calendar. We’ll enhance stories with illustrations and graphics. And we will continue…

At its fourth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council reviewed the Oct. 17 Faculty Meeting and discussed the agenda for the Nov. 14 Faculty Meeting. The Council also heard a report from Associate Dean for Faculty Development Laura Fisher on faculty recruitment. The Preliminary Docket Deadline for the November Faculty Meeting is 9:30 a.m.,…

Robert Stickgold caused 17 different people to have the same dream. In doing so, he added to evidence that the purpose of sleep is to process information — to take the jumble of a day’s events, filter it, and send important impressions to the brain’s memory centers. One startling outcome of the research shows that…

However the U.S. presidential race turns out for Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, it’s looking like a winner for Elaine Kamarck. Kamarck, a lecturer in public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, has been on leave since January to serve as senior policy adviser to Gore’s campaign.…

One of the many classes offered by the Museum of Natural History (HMNH) took flight last Saturday morning in a burst of color and light. Led by Ann Ambiel, a veteran museum educator, Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies entranced a variety of second- and third-graders. Among other fascinating facts, the students learned which of the following…

Eight Harvard seniors were elected class marshals this month, taking over a post that will have them guiding their class not only through its senior year, but also after graduation. “What really convinced me I’d run for class marshal is the sense that our class needs to be brought together,” said Amma Ghartey-Tagoe, who was…

There’s considerably more than meets the eye at the Fogg Art Museum. Long an invaluable resource not just for Harvard, or even regionally, but on a national scale, the Fogg is a treasure trove of art selected by decades of curators, works that form part of the canon of art historical teaching internationally. The impressive…

Konrad Emil Bloch, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1964, died Sunday, Oct. 15, at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass. He died of complications from congestive heart failure at age 88. Bloch shared the Nobel prize for his work on how cholesterol is made in the body. Dean Jeremy R. Knowles…

Charles Marcus doesn’t believe that he or anyone else lives in the real world. He thinks that everything we see around us, from wood to whales, comes from a more basic place, a bizarre quantum world where things can be in two places at once. Marcus, among others, is trying to find how the familiar…

Joan Marie (Colllins) Gillespie, a former Harvard administrator, died on Sept. 14. She was 72. A lifelong resident of Arlington, Mass., Gillespie worked for the Anthropology and Social Medicine Departments at the University. She is survived by her son, Thomas of Arlington; a daughter, Bonnie Perry; three grandchildren, one nephew, and several nieces.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 14. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Oct. 8: A set of keys was reported stolen from the Blodgett Pool. A vending machine was reported broken into at Cruft Lab. A…

Noteworthy events around the University Classical ensemble performance is free for students Boston’s classical music ensemble, Collage New Music, will present its first concert of the season on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m., at Suffolk University’s C. Walsh Theatre. Collage New Music recently commissioned Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison to set Libre II from…

It takes a village to raise a child, but if there’s no village handy, try Harvard Neighbors. Two groups, one for babies up to 12 months, the other for toddlers up to 3 years, meet on alternate Mondays in Harvard Neighbors’ space in the basement of 17 Quincy St. It’s a place where parents can…

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) is the hub of research, teaching, and training in international security affairs; environmental and resource issues; science and technology policy; and conflict studies. The center’s mission is to provide leadership in advancing policy-relevant knowledge about the most important challenges…

From “social efficiency” to “curriculum integration” to “open classrooms,” the history of American education is littered with failed school reform efforts that mobilized support and generated momentum for fits and starts, only to be displaced in short order by even newer ideals. Author and scholar Diane Ravitch, whose new book “Left Bank: A Century of…

Eleven new fellows have been selected for the 2000-01 Administrative Fellowship Program. Of the 11, six are visiting fellows and five are resident fellows. The Administrative Fellowship Program, coordinated by the Office of the Assistant to the President, began its year with a one-day orientation held at the Harvard Faculty Club in September. President Neil…

Crimson field hockey is rolling right along this year, with (at press time) an 8-3 record on the season and a perfect 4-0 in the Ivy League. A week ago (Oct. 11) Harvard shut out visiting Northeastern on a goal by freshman Kate McDavitt with 6:17 to go in the game. The home team dominated…

If you had been walking along Memorial Drive early one particular morning during the summer of 1975, you might have seen a group of strapping young women expertly lowering a long eight-seat shell into the water from the dock of Newell boathouse. A common enough sight, except that in a short while these women would…

Eight medical professionals were recently recognized for extraordinary service — locally and globally — by the Medical School/School of Dental Medicine Office of Community Outreach Programs. Joseph Martin, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, presented these individuals with the second annual Dean’s Community Service Award. Recognizing that professionalism in medicine requires a commitment to service…

According to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), a University student was the victim of assault and unarmed robbery on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 10 p.m. While walking down Holyoke Place in front of Lowell House, the student reported three individuals approached him on bicycles. One of the suspects kicked the student, knocking him to…

Women are naturally monogamous. Men tend to rove. That assumption is not only part of popular belief, it has also been enshrined by science. Darwin, writing of animal mating habits, referred to the “elusiveness of females.” More recently, Donald Symons, in his influential 1979 book “The Evolution of Human Sexuality,” contended that it is natural…