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Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 20. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. May 14: A backpack containing law books was stolen from the Cabot Library. A bicycle was stolen at Dudley House. May 15: A wallet was…

Ulam memorial service, May 31 A memorial service for Adam Ulam will be held on Wednesday, May 31, at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church. Ulam was the Gurney Professor of History and Political Science Emeritus and the former director of the Russian Research Center (now the Davis Center for Russian Studies). He died on…

“[President Clinton] appreciates Neil Rudenstine’s leadership at Harvard, particularly his commitment to federal research and science and technology and also his efforts to expand the African-American Studies department there.” —White House statement “I’m saddened by the news. Neil has done an outstanding job for Harvard in every aspect of the University. He has also been…

“No one person deserves credit for all of that, and Neil would be the last person to claim it,” Stone said. “But, more than anyone else this past decade, he has put his mind, heart, and soul into making the whole of Harvard as good and as forward-looking as it can be, and the result…

Two from Harvard named Carnegie Scholars Two Harvard professors were among 12 leading researchers in American universities who have been named Carnegie Scholars by the Carnegie Corporation. Caroline Hoxby, Morris Kahn Associate Professor of Economics, and Michael Sandel, professor of government, were selected for their innovative scholarship and policy-focused research in areas of interest to…

Twelve international journalists have been named Nieman Fellows for the 2000-01 academic year. They will join twelve U.S. journalists whose names were announced earlier in May to make up the 63rd class of Nieman Fellows. Established in 1938, the Nieman Fellowship program is the oldest midcareer fellowship program for journalists in the world. The fellowships…

The password isn’t “open sesame” but the new cyber-gateway into Harvard databases still seems like something of a marvel (at least to the non-techies among us). Paul Martin, dean for research and information technology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has announced the release of the “my.harvard.edu” World Wide Web portal page. My.harvard.edu is…

“I am reducing everything to its maximum.” This was Earl Kim’s way of describing his own music and the compositional processes and aesthetic which assured its distinctive, individual character. Spare, elegant, refined, elusive, beautiful and profound are terms repeatedly used by commentators in attempts to describe the music and evoke its spirit. It inhabits a…

Just how – and how much – is the dotcom world changing our lives? In a V.I.P.-studded attempt to answer this question, the Harvard community is hosting the third Internet & Society Conference in Sanders Theatre from Wednesday, May 31, Friday, June 2. Keynote speakers include Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation; Andy Grove,…

Sixty-four undergraduates have won the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for outstanding scholarly work or research. The Prize is funded by the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes ’19, a firearms expert who was curator of the City Art Museum in St. Louis for more than 25 years. Awards of $2,500 each will be given to the…

It is 2 p.m. at Graham & Parks School in Central Square. Susan McCray passes out a letter to each student in her seventh-grade homeroom. Tension was building as the students slid a piece of paper out of each envelope. The time had come for each one of them to discover what his or her…

On a festive occasion marking John Finley’s retirement as Master of Eliot House in 1968, an admiring colleague evoked the mythical image of Cheiron, the wise centaur who was teacher to the greatest men of heroic times, even to Achilles. Cheiron was different from other centaurs because he was son of Kronos, ruler of the…

Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine (left) congratulates 25-year Harvard employee Bertha Demirjian, who works at the Admissions and Financial Aid Office. Demirjian has worked in different departments within Harvard University. The recognition ceremony took place inside the Ropes-Gray Room, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School. Staff photo by Kris Snibbe

Neil L. Rudenstine announced today that he will conclude his tenure as President of Harvard University at the end of the 2000-01 academic year.

The Weissman International Internship Program, established by Paul (’52) and Harriet Weissman in 1994, is now in its seventh consecutive year of operation. The program affords sophomores and juniors the opportunity to participate on an international internship in a field of work related to their interests. The Weissmans hope that this work experience, which encourages…

When Josep Lluis Sert, the former Dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD), sketched his architectural drawings for the “futuristic” Holyoke Center 40 years ago, odds are he gave no thought whatsoever to such 21st-century amenities as Internet workstations and automated teller machines. Even an espresso bar was probably out of the realm of…

To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree candidates will receive a limited number of tickets to Commencement. Parents and guests of degree candidates must have tickets, which they will be required to show at…

Cambridge declares June 7 Michael Shinagel Day To honor Michael Shinagel, who will celebrate his 25th year as dean of Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education and University Extension this year, the City of Cambridge will declare June 7 as “Dean Michael Shinagel Day.” Shinagel will receive his proclamation from the Mayor Anthony Galluccio at the…

The Mellon/Mentored Scholars Program at Harvard, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, aims to increase the number of under-represented minorities on college and university faculties nationwide. By relieving undergraduates of some of their financial obligations and giving them the opportunity to work closely with faculty mentors and…

Mother Nature got her act together just in time for Mother’s Day. Bright sunshine greeted thousands of visitors at the annual Lilac Sunday on May 14 at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. The colorful flowers seemed to dance in the light as they swayed to a warm, gentle breeze – 70 degrees to be…

Think of one of the great churches of Europe – St. Peter’s in Rome or England’s Canterbury Cathedral – a place of great beauty and solemnity filled with monuments to the illustrious dead, its lofty nave reverberating with sweet voices or the thunderous tones of an organ. Jazz musician Marty Ehrlich and visual artist Oliver…

While examining the brains of hyperactive, inattentive boys with a new type of scanner, Harvard researchers found a reduced flow of blood into a specific area of the brain. Known as the putamen and located deep in the center of the brain, this area helps to control movement and attention. When doctors gave the drug…

Everyone knows that time-honored habits die hard. So it’s no surprise that Daniel Federman, the outgoing dean for medical education, would find it difficult to leave Harvard after a half century here as a student and teacher. To the relief and gratitude of many colleagues and friends, Federman will not be leaving Harvard Medical School…

How good are you at detecting a lie? Liars often give themselves away by facial expressions or changes in vocal pitch. But most people do no better than 50/50 at lie detecting, that is, they are right only about half the time. Investigators working at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have found an exception to…

Vsevolod Setchkarev, the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Emeritus, and a noted authority on Russian fiction and poetry, died at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, on December 1, 1998, at the age of 84. With his death, the Harvard community lost the last of a distinguished and colorful band of literary…

In his nearly half a century on the Harvard faculty Bartlett Jere Whiting established a reputation for great learning, influential teaching, and dangerous wit. He died at 90 on 24 August 1995 in Waldo County Hospital, Belfast, Maine, a short distance from where he had been born in East Northport on 17 September 1904. His…

The Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History has announced the recipients of its 2000-01 fellowships. The fellows, who will come to Harvard to spend a sabbatical year writing and conducting research, will concentrate on a core theme: “Global America: Connections between Developments in America and in Other Parts of the Globe.” Next year’s…

Harvard University Police detectives are investigating the unarmed robbery of an undergraduate, which occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16. According to police, the suspect approached the student from behind near the Adams House E-entry door and grabbed her pocketbook before fleeing down Plympton Street toward the river. He then took a wallet…