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FAS forum open to students, faculty on Nov. 16 Students and faculty are invited to a Faculty of Arts and Sciences Forum on General Education and Concentrations Wednesday (Nov. 16)…

Herzlinger named one of health care’s most powerful people Modern Healthcare magazine has named Regina E. Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, one of the 100 most…

With a ceremony last Friday (Nov. 4) to mark the occasion and to honor generous contributors, Harvard University has formally completed its new Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), a 249,000-square-foot complex that will provide a spacious and airy home for dozens of researchers affiliated with Harvards Department of Government and various centers devoted…

Joel Spicer, currently on leave from the Canadian International Development Agency, has been named a 2005 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Student, a prestigious title reserved for a select few in Canada and the United States. As a Fulbrighter, Spicer will pursue a masters degree in public health/international health at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

This is the first in a series of Gazette articles highlighting some of the many initiatives and charities that Harvard affiliates can support through this months Community Gifts through Harvard campaign.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Nov. 8. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

In the Memorial Room of the Memorial Church, Nancy Lloyd, objects conservator for the Straus Center for Conservation, works on The Sacrifice, a sculpture dedicated to the Harvard men who died in World War I.

Nov. 7, 1947 – The Fogg Museum hosts a conference on new methods of using soft X-rays in analyzing works of art. The event draws curators and museum directors from…

Kelsey Wilcox 09 has a couple of pumpkins for company as she waits for her lunch date outside of Annenberg Hall.

The Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) has received another supply of flu vaccine and will resume scheduled flu vaccination clinics on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday…

It looks like the stuff any gardener might find while turning over a new tomato bed: rusty nails, chunks of old brick, shards of glass, maybe a sprinkler head or two. But to the students of Anthropology 1130: The Archaeology of Harvard Yard, it is a potential gold mine of information. Stored in plastic bags,…

November 7, 2005 Dear Members of the Harvard Community, I write to share with you some thoughts and hopes for the months ahead and to invite your engagement on the…

The Venerable Losang Samtens hands had to be steady as a surgeons as he engaged in the painstaking process of creating a Wheel of Life sand mandala. This masterful accomplishment took place during a weeklong residency recently at the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School (HDS). The mandala was…

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced that six Harvard affiliates have been elected fellows.

A new generation of liberals, galvanized by Howard Deans 2004 presidential campaign, are using the blogosphere to generate support and formulate tactics, and may soon make their impact felt on national politics.

Kevin Eggan, assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard and a principal faculty member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, has been named an assistant investigator by the Stowers Medical Institute (SMI), which is based in Cambridge. Eggan and several members of his lab have become employees of SMI, but will continue to…

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is presenting Robert Turner: Rare Places in a Rare Light. This traveling exhibition, which opens on Saturday (Nov. 5), features the richly detailed images of wild American landscapes by fine art landscape photographer Turner. Drawing upon 20 years of experience in film, Turner has assembled a stunning collection of…