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A certain chord will strike a certain reaction in certain people. The dynamic underlying that reaction is something Aaron Einbond may spend the rest of his life pursuing. The Crestwood, N.Y., native, who is graduating from Harvard this week with a rare combined degree in music and physics, is fascinated with the dynamics of sound.…

Harvard Divinity School has announced three recipients of the awards that are presented each June on its Alumni/ae Day. This year, on June 7, the First Decade Award was given to both Mark Cave and Jacob Schramm, and the Rabbi Martin Katzenstein Award was given to the Rev. Carl R. Scovel. The First Decade Award…

It is 11 on a balmy spring night. Kathy Pendrak and Brenda Waldron, prepress operators at Harvard Printing and Publications Services (HPPS), sit at computer terminals massaging mountains of data. Prepress Manager Stephen Grayman toils in the same manner, so that student names, degrees, schools, and honors will print error-free on one of HPPS’ enormous…

It was almost as if someone dropped laughing gas on Harvard Yard. Following a series of emotional and inspiring student speakers on Class Day, Conan O’Brien ’85, a two-time president of the Harvard Lampoon during his student days, and the current host of NBC’s Late Night, lit up the Tercentenary Theatre stage Wednesday afternoon with…

Like the enthusiastic reviewer of the proverbial blockbuster novel, audience members of Wednesday’s Senior Class Day program might have come away exclaiming, “I laughed, I cried.” From Jason Stevenson’s exhortation to stop and smell the flowers, to Brooke Ellison’s touching tribute to her mother, to Jacob Lentz’s hilariously deadpan send-up of Commencement oratory, the trio…

Harvard’s Employment Office, in consultation with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2000 on Tuesday, June 13. This year’s event will be held from noon to 7 p.m. at the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street (corner of Cambridge and Quincy streets). The Forum will provide candidates interested in exploring…

Harvard Law School Byrne Professor of Administrative Law Emeritus Clark Byse will receive the Harvard Law School Association (HLSA) Award in honor of his 60-year teaching career. Law School Dean Robert Clark and HLSA President-elect Robert Shapiro presented the award to Byse during ceremonies on Wednesday, June 7, at 12:00 p.m., at Jarvis Field, 14…

Thirty-eight Harvard Faculty Club workers graduated from the University’s first “Bridge” program at ceremonies at the Faculty Club on June 4. The pilot program, which provides basic literacy and language skills and/or courses leading to a high school equivalency degree, will serve as a model for a larger program. expected to reach about 500 employees…

June 08, 2000 In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university – and of our earlier history when bells of varying tones summoned us from sleep to prayer, work, or study – this ancient yet new sound will fill Harvard Square and the surrounding area with music when a number…

They wore the latest colors of lipstick and matching eyeliner. Some had fake hair and even fake teeth. They pranced on stage in sequined gowns and rhinestone-studded jeans. Occasionally there was a problem. One girl in a pink sequined dress began to cry. The tears carried streaks of mascara down her face. Her mother grabbed…

A memorial gathering with music in remembrance of Luise Vosgerchian will take place on Sept. 7, 2000, at 7:30 p.m., in Sanders Theatre. There will be a special performance by Lynn Chang and Yo-Yo Ma. In addition, on Nov. 13, WHRB will broadcast a special program devoted to live concert recordings and lectures by Vosgerchian…

The Harvard Gazette

One of Harvard’s – and Boston’s – most popular summer activities, the Tennis Camps at Harvard, will be opening its 10th season on June 12 at the new Robert M. Beren Tennis Center at Soldier’s Field. The Beren Tennis Center, dedicated on April 16,2000, has 18 outdoor courts with seating for over 500. The complex…

As technology advances, educational entrepreneurs are taking advantage of new ways to reach potential students. Following are some recent examples of Internet-based learning venures: UNext: Michael Milken-inspired online venture involving Columbia University, Stanford University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Chicago. Unext will be the parent…

When the CEO of Click ’n Pick needs someone to clarify the company’s murky financial picture, who does he come to? Harvard Business School students – well, actually future Harvard Business School students. Click ’n Pick is a fictional company whose finances set the stage for one of three scenarios to be navigated by incoming…

After teaching Microeconomic Theory for 14 years, Jeffrey Wolcowitz, senior lecturer on economics and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ associate dean for undergraduate education, decided in 1998 to rethink his presentation and explore use of the Internet. He began using an overhead projector occasionally to pose questions and problems for students to discuss with…

Distance learning and instructional technology are already all around us at Harvard – and they have been for a while. Following are several examples of current programs involving the use of technology on campus. Berkman Center for Internet and Society The Berkman Center for the Internet and Society is in its third year of offering…

The technological revolution has spurred an array of educational changes that are modifying how students and instructors interact in a traditional classroom setting and creating new stay-at-home students for whom education is an Internet connection and a mouse-click away. The creative use of technology in education has always been encouraged at Harvard, and University officials…

2000 Goldwater Scholars announced Four Harvard students are among 309 U.S. sophomores and juniors selected as Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for the 2000-01 academic year. The students, with their houses and concentrations, are: Michael Aaron Hermele ’01, Leverett, physics/mathematics; Davesh Maulik ’01, Quincy, mathematics; Lucas Gregorio Nivon ’01, Winthrop, biochemical sciences; and Travis Jeremy Schedler…

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University has named Sameh Naguib Wahba as the John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellow for 2000-01. The fellowship carries a stipend of $10,000 in support of a dissertation on a housing-related topic. The Joint Center is a collaborative unit affiliated with the Graduate School of Design (GSD) and…

The Harvard Gazette

A peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge on Thursday, June 8, 2000. For the twelfth consecutive year a number of neighboring churches and institutions will ring their bells in celebration of the City of Cambridge and of Harvard’s 349th Commencement Exercises. In a bow to earlier history, when bells of varying tones summoned people…

We’ve all learned the language of computers, with their bits and bytes and RAM and ROM, not to mention hard drives and software, printers and ports, and most importantly: tech support. Below is a primer to the latest talk of technology called distance learning: Distance learning: Learning that takes place when the student and instructor…

Do you have a passion for art? Do you enjoy working with young people? Do you want to make a contribution to your community? If you answered yes, and you are able to spare a few Saturday afternoons, then consider joining a corps of dedicated volunteers to help lead guided discussions and hands-on creative art…

In preparation for the upcoming renovations of University Hall, all departments in the building will be temporarily relocated. University Hall will close for business at the end of the day, Thursday, June 15. Offices will be relocated and will open for business on Monday, June 19, in the following temporary locations: 40 Oxford Street (Engineering…