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Michael G. Rukstad, a member of the Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty for many years, died May 17 at Massachusetts General Hospital after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 51.

Jeremy R. Knowles, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) from 1991 to 2002, has agreed to serve as interim dean of the Faculty beginning July 1, the University announced Monday (May 22). Named by incoming interim President Derek Bok, Knowles will serve until the selection of a permanent dean by the next…

Harvard University announced a proposal to transform its Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) into the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).

It couldve been dubbed Around the World in 70 Artworks. The recent art show at the Kennedy School trekked back in time to Civil War encampments journeyed through space to destinations ranging from Franklin Park to Japan to New Zealand explored ants, birds, and fish and even made a short spectacular hop back into the…

The Kennedy School of Governments (KSG) Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group has announced that the Stone Fellowship for the best paper written by a doctoral student in the area of environmental and resource policy during 2005 has been conferred upon Cynthia Lin, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics. Lin, who will receive…

The Department of Music has announced its 2005-06 fellowship and award winners. Graduate and undergraduate students will receive a total of $225,000 for award and fellowship programs.

Four Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates laid out plans for tax cuts, local aid hikes, and economic revitalization during a policy-focused debate televised live from the John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on May 18.

Cambridge School Volunteers Inc. (CSV) recently honored more than 1,000 of its volunteers who have served in grades K-12 of the Cambridge Public Schools during the 2005-06 academic year at a reception hosted by the University at the Harvard Faculty Club. Together, these volunteers provided more than 60,000 hours of individualized academic services to Cambridge…

Finding a job can be tough for anyone. For residents of the Palestinian Territories, political tensions have placed extra impediments in the way of both job seekers and potential employers.

Harvard Medical School (HMS) announced Tuesday (May 23) that it has signed a multimillion-dollar license agreement with Merck & Co. Inc. to develop potential therapies for macular degeneration, an eye disease that affects older people and can lead to blindness.

Men’s heavies pick up Rowe Cup, 2V’s claim gold The Harvard men’s heavyweight crew captured the Rowe Cup at the EARC Sprints this past Sunday (May 21) at Lake Quinsigamond…

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) presented two outstanding educators in the Boston and Cambridge public school systems with James Bryant Conant Fellowships on May 19. The awards, which were given by HGSE Dean Kathleen McCartney, the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development, and Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Fowler-Finn, provide a…

Richard G. Schneider Jr. Ph.D. 81 has been chosen as this years recipient of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus (HGLC) Intellectual Innovator Award.

Gates is editor in chief of Oxford African American Studies Center W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates Jr. is serving as editor in chief of the…

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean William C. Kirby has announced that Joyce E. Chaplin, Caroline M. Elkins, Jill Lepore, David Roxburgh, Susan R. Suleiman, and Gordon L. Teskey are the Walter Channing Cabot Fellows for the current academic year. The fellowships are awarded annually to selected faculty members in recognition of their achievements and…

Randy Buckner tries to predict what you will remember. The newly tenured professor of psychology and his Harvard colleagues have been able to anticipate which words students will remember and have also been able to improve the memories of older people.

Susanna Siegel remembers staring up at the ceiling as a young girl and wondering whether the marks she saw on the white surface were tiny holes or tiny dots.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 22. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

May 19, 1959 – To mark the 50th anniversary of A. Lawrence Lowells election to the Harvard presidency, the Harvard Corporation renames the New Lecture Hall (1902), henceforth to be…

A memorial service for John Kenneth Galbraith, the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, has been scheduled for Wednesday (May 31) in the Memorial Church at 2 p.m. Galbraith,…

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: n…

Harvard University today (May 23) announced a proposal to transform its Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) into the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).

Jeremy R. Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1991 to 2002, has agreed to serve as Interim Dean of the Faculty beginning July 1, the University announced today. Named by incoming Interim President Derek Bok, Knowles will serve until the selection of a permanent dean by the next president of Harvard.

What happens when the Kyoto Protocols first commitment period comes to an end after 2012? Twenty-five leading scholars, including economists, political scientists, legal scholars, and natural scientists, recently asked – and tried to answer – that question, examining alternative international strategies to address the pressing problem of global climate change after 2012.

The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute at Harvard is now accepting submissions for its 2006 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 June 30. Papers written this academic…