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Poised to become the worlds most populous nation by 2040, India faces daunting challenges: huge burdens of disease, lack of needed medical care in many regions, and a dearth of public health professionals. In an attempt to deter a looming crisis, the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has collaborated with the Indian government, the…

Fred S. Rosen, M.D., a world leader in pediatric immunology and the first James L. Gamble Professor of Pediatrics, died on May 21, 2005, a few days short of his 75th birthday. His career was marked by his devotion to his patients, by his talent for converging seemingly disparate scientific and clinical information in developing…

John Jack Douglas Crawford, II, had a stroke during the night after his 85th birthday on April 16th, 2005, and died three days later. Jack was known to many as one of the founders of pediatric endocrinology, as well as the developer of the electronic osmometer, and to his children and the neighborhood children in…

What makes a good leader? Are leaders born or made? Which is the more important guide for a leader, the head or the heart?

The Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard received an award earlier this month from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for more than $18 million to support genomic studies aimed at unveiling the genetic variations that underlie common human diseases.

Three Harvard seniors were honored as Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients at a special ceremony this past Monday (May 15). Administered by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), the award commemorates Barrett (Class of 73) and is given in recognition of promising young people at Harvard College who have enhanced the learning of others with…

Gennaro Chierchia, one of the worlds leading formal semanticists, has been named Haas Foundations Professor of Linguistics in Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.

Deborah Sykes was on her way to work at the Winston-Salem Sentinel newspaper in North Carolina on the morning of Aug. 10, 1984. She parked her car and began walking the few blocks to her Sentinel office. She never made it.

The Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) Tuesday (May 16) announced the selection of Daly Genik Architects of Los Angeles to design the first Harvard visual arts center in Allston-Brighton, Mass., for students and the public.

Dr. Stanley J. Korsmeyer, Sidney Farber Professor of Pathology and Professor of Medicine, at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, died at age 54 on March 31, 2005. A lifelong non-smoker and vigorous man in seemingly perfect health, he succumbed to the ravages of lung cancer after a heroic 15-month battle. Prior to…

Womens tennis looks to individual champs The Harvard women’s tennis team fell to Purdue, 4-2, this past Friday (May 12) in the NCAA regionals at Combe Tennis Center on the…

Harvard University announced Monday (May 15) that David Rockefeller, a member of the Harvard College Class of 1936 and longtime benefactor, has increased to $25 million his endowment gift to support Harvards Latin American studies center. The new gift of an additional $10 million to the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies will support…

Harvard University Provost Steven E. Hyman has named Jorge Domínguez, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, to the newly created post of vice provost for international affairs.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 15. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

May 3, 1943 – The Harvard Corporation hosts an informal dinner for the heads of Cambridge government in the Eliot House rooms of the Society of Fellows. The results are…

A memorial service for Julius Babbitt M.P.A. 01, director of Alumni Programs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), will be held Friday (May 19) at 1 p.m. at Memorial Church. A reception will immediately follow in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

Kathleen McCartney, Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development, will be the next dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers announced Tuesday (May 16).

The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) held its fifth annual Public Service Celebration this past Monday (May 8) in Lowell House dining hall. Two hundred students deeply committed and involved in public service activities attended the event, along with faculty, staff, and PBHA supporters.

For young women, the way into engineering may begin with a celebrity sighting (of the academic kind), a face-off with a busted pinball machine, or even a casual crush. While math and science remain the sine qua non of a field most readily defined by hard hats, pocket protectors, and Dilbert-like characters, chance encounters, passion,…

The Harvard University Center for the Environment recently announced the recipients of its inaugural Environmental Fellowship for postdoctorate candidates. Among the research these seven fellows plan on conducting over the next two years: the development of new materials for fuel cells, the distribution of vegetation in arid landscapes, and an examination of the role of…

Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology honors HBS professor Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration emeritus Michael Beer has received the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial and…

Three Harvard faculty members were recently elected to the 2006 class of the American Philosophical Society (APS). The new members from the University include Howard E. Gardner, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education Stephen Owen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, professor and chair, Department of Comparative Literature and Victor S.…

Crimson lacrosse tourney bound Within 24 hours of the men’s lacrosse team’s heartbreaking, triple-overtime loss to Dartmouth on Saturday (May 6), the Crimson were named one of 10 teams to…

A Nobel Prize-winning professor, renowned for his research on the psychological elements of economic decision making, and the founder of an innovative microfinance lending institution are recipients of the 2006 Thomas C. Schelling and Richard E. Neustadt Awards. The winners were announced at a May 4 event hosted by the Kennedy School of Government (KSG).