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Arts & Culture
Acclaimed architect Renzo Piano to design major Fogg renovation
There are many reasons to love the Harvard Art Museum. For one, an extensive collection of art transports you from ancient times into the present. Then there is the signature design of the Fogg Museum building at 32 Quincy St., with its evocative courtyard, modeled after the 16th century facade of a home in Montepulciano,…
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Arts & Culture
Diane Paulus appointed artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre
Harvard University and the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) announced today (May 16) the appointment of Diane Paulus as artistic director. She will be the third artistic leader of the A.R.T., following founding director Robert Brustein (1980–2002) and Robert Woodruff (2002–07).
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Campus & Community
Police reports
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending May 19. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
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Campus & Community
In brief
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies of Harvard University is currently accepting submissions for its 2008 Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies, given to the undergraduate and graduate student with the best essays on Japan-related topics. The undergraduate award is $2,000 and the graduate award is $3,000. The deadline for submission is Monday, June…
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Campus & Community
Newsmakers
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Campus & Community
Advisory
On Wednesday (May 21), a male undergraduate student reported that he was the victim of an assault and battery at approximately 8:55 a.m.
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Campus & Community
Knowles memorial set for May 30
A memorial service for former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles will be held May 30 at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Church. The Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Knowles died April 3.
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Campus & Community
Craig Hugh Smyth
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 6, 2008, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Craig Hugh Smyth, Director of Villa I Tatti Professor of Fine Arts, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Smyth was a promoter of the study and practice of art conservation.
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Campus & Community
Barrett Award presented to three
Two Harvard seniors and a sophomore were honored as Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients at a special ceremony May 9. Administered by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), the award commemorates Barrett, who was killed in an auto accident in his senior year (1973). The award recognizes promising young people at Harvard College who pursue…
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Campus & Community
Weatherhead awards doctoral candidates with research grants
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has selected 11 Harvard doctoral candidates to receive pre- and mid-dissertation grants to conduct research on a project related to the core research interests of the center. In addition and for the first time in 2008, the center is awarding four foreign language grants to doctoral students to assist…
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Campus & Community
FAS recognizes extraordinary work of four with travel grant
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) wants four employees to pack their bags.
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Campus & Community
Jewish Center names prize winners
The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University recently announced the recipients of the 2008 Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies and the Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.
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Campus & Community
University-wide career forum set for June 10
Employment Services, collaborating with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting its 10th annual career forum on June 10. The event will be held at the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St. It will be open to the public from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
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Campus & Community
How to move out and stay green at same time
With the end of the academic year fast approaching, the temptation to purge all obsolete office and school materials is stronger than ever. But to maintain Harvard’s impressive 50 percent recycling rate, Harvard’s University Operations Services (UOS) wishes to remind the community to continue recycling all materials whenever possible.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus names this year’s award recipient
The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus (HGLC) has announced that Martin Duberman Ph.D. ’57 will receive the HGLC Founding Father Award. It will be presented to Duberman at the caucus’ annual Commencement Day dinner (June 5) at Lowell House.
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Campus & Community
Harvard students step up to the plate
Twice a week since March, a group of Harvard College students has been meeting at Johnston Gate every Monday and Thursday to take the Red Line train from Harvard Square to Fields Corner in Dorchester, and then walk to the John Marshall Elementary School where they are part of the Marshall After-School (MAS) pilot program.
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Campus & Community
School volunteers honored with Mack Davis Award for 50,000 hours of service
At a special reception on May 14, Cambridge School Volunteers (CSV) honored nearly 900 volunteers who served in grades K-12 of the Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) during the 2007-08 academic year. Together, the volunteers provided more than 50,000 hours of individualized academic services to Cambridge youth. The reception was held at the Gutman Library of…
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Science & Tech
How to move out and stay green at same time
With the end of the academic year fast approaching, the temptation to purge all obsolete office and school materials is stronger than ever. But to maintain Harvard’s impressive 50 percent recycling rate, Harvard’s University Operations Services (UOS) wishes to remind the community to continue recycling all materials whenever possible. All old documents, books, folders, magazines,…
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Science & Tech
Costa Rican minister outlines plan to achieve carbon neutrality through reforms
Costa Rica’s environment minister outlined the Central American nation’s plans to become carbon neutral by 2021 through green reforms in energy, transportation, government, and private industry sectors.
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Science & Tech
Undergrads create ‘dirt-powered’ light for Africa
A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana, from May 6 to 8, 2008. The team’s innovation, microbial fuel cell-based lighting systems suitable for sub-Saharan Africa, netted the Harvard group a $200,000 prize.
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Science & Tech
Ashton: A legacy written in trunk, limb, and leaf
They were in a bind, no doubt about it.
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Health
Recent longitudinal study: Smoking is addictive, quitting is contagious
Over the past 30 years, the number of smokers in the United States has steadily decreased — a tribute to the efforts of public-health workers everywhere. And while this fact is indisputable, less obvious are the social and cultural forces that lead an individual to kick the habit.
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Campus & Community
Around the world in eighty (or fewer) clicks
Want to see where in the world Harvard is working? Beginning this week, it will take just the click of a mouse.
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Campus & Community
A human look at ‘brinkmanship island’
In 1958, many Americans viewed the island of Quemoy (or “Jinmen,” as it is called in Mandarin) as the “lighthouse of the free world,” the last bastion of resistance to Mao Zedong’s communist advances in China. Today, professors often cite 1958 Quemoy as a classic example of brinkmanship, a case study for high-pressure diplomacy in…
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Campus & Community
Stem cell policy may change, but money still a problem
Embryonic stem cell research will likely have a more sympathetic ear in the White House after November’s presidential election, but a panel of speakers said Tuesday (May 20) that an era of tight budgets may limit the practical changes researchers see.
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Campus & Community
Study: Israeli Jews and Arabs want peace
A new study released May 15 finds strong support for coexistence efforts among a majority of Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. The findings may buoy hopes for long-term peace in the region.
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Campus & Community
Diane Paulus appointed artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre
Harvard University and the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) announced today (May 16) the appointment of Diane Paulus as artistic director.
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Science & Tech
Zittrain speculates on Web’s trajectory
Jonathan Zittrain is a man with a passion for cyberspace and a concern for its future.