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Since the theaters beginnings in ancient Greece, playwrights have used the stage to explore complex ethical issues and portray disturbing current events. It is a practice that continues into the present day with works like Athol Fugards Master Harold … and the Boys and Tony Kushners Angels in America.

The conference title was Reconceptualizing the History of the Built Environment in North America.

The Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has named Christl A. Donnelly of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, the recipient of its 2005 Distinguished Alum Award. Donnelly will deliver a lecture June 1 at Harvard.

After clawing their way back for a pair of impressive single-run victories against visiting Dartmouth on Sunday (May 1), the Harvard baseball team didnt fool around much when the four-game series resumed on Monday (May 2) in Hanover, N.H. Actually, the Crimson clamped down just long enough to lock up the first game of Mondays…

Seventy-five trees have just been planted along North Harvard Street in an effort to improve the look and feel around Harvard property in Allston. Located at 175 to 210 North Harvard Street (in the area traditionally referred to as Barrys Corner) and at Brighton Mills Shopping Center, the trees, shrubs, and other landscape improvements are…

While some students were taking a wild ride on the Whirly Bird and others were facing off in gladiatorial bouts, and still others rocked and bopped to the sound of Blanks, they all shared one thing: They were wet. At first, just intermittently wet, then as annual Springfest partied on, pretty darn wet, then in…

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) recognized its latest group of fellows at a ceremony held in Washington, D.C., on April 10. Robert Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, was among the group of five fellows.

While waiting to take a tour, 8-year-old Brian Mareau of Salem, N.H., peers out the door of the Harvard Museum of Natural History at the rain coming down.

Authors of a controversial paper calling for the death of modern environmentalism to make way for a movement better able to handle the dramatic, global problems facing the world defended their ideas Tuesday (May 3) in an event at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

CollegeCorps, a nonprofit organization founded by Hani N. Elias 05 and Adam Kalamchi 05, recently announced that 14 Boston-area undergraduates have been selected to participate in the CollegeCorps Intern program. These students, who will be traveling to Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, or Uganda, represent the second class of interns under the…

Sun, skills, and sprawl are the three factors that largely determine regional growth patterns, Professor of Economics Edward L. Glaeser told local, state, and federal officials on April 27 at a conference organized by the Kennedy Schools Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston.

Comic book fans looking for a good-hearted Green Goblin may want to consider the humble, the tiny, but the very powerful microbe. While lacking the menacing laugh and standard suite of pyrotechnic gadgets, these ubiquitous life forms (1 gram of soil holds more of them than there are human beings) are set to play the…

Bustling Harvard Square will resemble one giant stage for three days beginning May 5 during the annual Arts First Performance Fair. Sponsored by Harvard Office for the Arts (OfA), the annual fair celebrates students and faculty in the arts through more than 225 music, theater, dance, film, and visual arts events – most of them…

Radcliffe crew captures Allen-DeWolfe Trophy In its final dual of the season, Radcliffe heavyweight crew bettered BU and MIT on the Charles to retain the Allen-DeWolfe Trophy. The Black and…

Law and Society Association honors Sally Falk Moore The Law and Society Association recently awarded its Harry Kalven Prize for 2005 to Sally Falk Moore, the Victor S. Thomas Professor…

Most people in the United States would be hard pressed to find the town of Jedwabne on a map, much less identify anything that happened there.

At a time when the collaboration of business, government, and civil society has never been more critical for the success of nations and for achieving great public objectives, the John F. Kennedy School of Government has announced a $15 million agreement to endow the work at the Schools Center for Business and Government.

Applications for Harvards child-care scholarships for faculty, administrative and professional staff, and nonbargaining-unit support staff will be accepted until May 27. This program provides financial assistance for child care for children up to kindergarten age, and eligible after-school care for children of kindergarten age and older. Applications may be downloaded at http://harvie.harvard.edu/workandlife/children/scholarship.shtml#apsf.

Students intermittently take in the sun and their studies in the Yard during one of the brief spurts of spring sunshine. Despite recent soggy conditions, Springfest pressed on as will Arts First this weekend.

John Haigh M.P.P. 82 has been appointed executive dean at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). Haigh previously served as senior vice president at Cingular/AT&T Wireless. While a student at KSG, Haigh focused on environmental policies, and following graduation, went on to work in the Schools Energy and Environment Policy Center. As executive dean, Haigh…

President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven E. Hyman have announced the launch of a new initiative to support artistic and cultural activities at Harvard University. Sean T. Buffington, currently assistant provost and deputy chief of staff, will become associate provost and director of cultural programs, effective July 1. An advisory committee will be convened…