All articles

When Fung Hon Chu asked sons Victor Ph.D. 71 and William M.B.A. 72 to apply their Harvard training to the family company as if it were a case study, he may not have imagined how their educations would help transform Li & Fung into the success that it is today. Li & Fung is a…

Commencement represents a time for both departing and returning. Just at the moment when seniors graduate, alumni gather for reunions – and the opportunity to assist the College. Each class is unique, demonstrating its support in different ways.

Maria Polinsky, a linguist who combines careful empirical work with a subtle appreciation of linguistic theory, has been named professor of linguistics in Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

After more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Harvard and Children’s Hospital Boston have been cleared to begin experiments using Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) to create disease-specific stem cell lines in an effort to develop treatments for a wide range of now-incurable conditions afflicting…

Seven men and two women received honorary degrees at this morning’s 355th Commencement Exercises. Biographical sketches of the honorands appear below.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 5. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

Harvard University Wednesday (June 7) announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with 470 Dining Services workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 26. Members of Local 26 are expected to vote on ratification of the agreement in the coming days. If ratified, the new contract would be in effect until June 19, 2011.…

Morning Exercises 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: •…

After more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Harvard and Children’s Hospital Boston have been cleared to begin experiments using Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) to create disease-specific stem cell lines in an effort to develop treatments for a wide range of now-incurable conditions afflicting…

In 1952, Roger Marshutz was a young Army recruit from Los Angeles assigned to the Pusan Military Post in Korea. Before being drafted, he had studied air-conditioning engineering at California Polytechnic State University expecting to enter the family business, but in his last semester before entering the military he decided to switch to photography. Fortunately,…

The ivory-billed woodpecker, with its tall crest and black and white markings, is a dramatic bird.

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures has announced its 2005 – 06 award winners. Prizes to undergraduate and graduate students total more than $6,000.

Ph.D. candidate named Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has selected Japa Pallikkathayil, a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, as one of its 30 Charlotte W. Newcombe…

In honor of the four black men of the class of 1952 – dubbed the pioneers – the Harvard Foundation and the Harvard Black Mens Forum held a tribute and reception earlier this spring. Walter C. Carrington 52, James M. Harkless 52, Herbert S. Hughes 52, and William M. Simmons 52 were presented with the…

Leslie and Abigail Wexner, founding benefactors of the John F. Kennedy School of Governments Center for Public Leadership (CPL), have pledged an additional gift of $6.3 million to support the centers research, teaching, and leadership development over the coming three years.

Sue Williamson, director of the master in public administration (M.P.A.) program at the Kennedy School of Government, died May 27 at her home in Watertown, Mass., after battling cancer for several months. She was 60 years old.

Employment Services, collaborating with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting its eighth annual career forum on June 13. This years event will be held at the Graduate School of Designs Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St. The event will be open to the public from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Benjamin Franklin knew how to get things done: He was an inventor and scientist, printer and politician, writer and thinker. Not surprisingly, he managed all this in the 18th century, a time when a wide variety of printed materials and technical instruments gave intellectuals and the general public unprecedented access to information about science, technology,…

Seven Harvard graduate students were recently awarded prestigious Rappaport Summer Public Policy Fellowships by Harvards Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. Natasha Epissina, Erick Guerra, Rebecca Haessig, Matthew Murray, Jeffrey Roth, Bijal Shah, and Diane Smith were among the 12 fellowship recipients.

The third annual Herchel Smith Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships have been granted to 44 Harvard College students. This year marks the second for a full cohort of fellows – and an increase of 50 percent from 2005.

The following services will be in effect at the University on Commencement Day, June 8. Restrooms Restrooms for the general public are located in Weld, Thayer, and Sever halls. These…

A peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge next week, on Thursday (June 8). For the 18th consecutive year, a number of neighboring churches and institutions will ring their bells in celebration of the city of Cambridge and of Harvards 355th Commencement Exercises.

Kokkalis Program seeks intern The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) is now accepting intern applicants to assist with databases and international…

Honoring the legacy of Albert Schweitzer, area graduate students are committing to a year of service with a community agency. In a competitive selection process, 35 students – five of which are Harvard students – have been selected as 2006-07 Boston Schweitzer Fellows. Each fellow will devote more than 200 hours of service to local…