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Nannerl Keohane, past president of Duke University and Wellesley College, and the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, offered an insiders guide to leadership when she delivered The Power of Leadership at this years Edward L. Godkin Lecture Feb. 16 at the Kennedy School of Government.

The dining halls in Dunster and Mather houses are slated for major renovations this summer. They are the last of the 12 House dining halls to undergo significant restructuring. Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) will begin renovations on June 13 the renovations are expected to conclude in late August, according to Robert Leandro, assistant director…

Grumet-Morris records fifth shutout Hobey Baker candidate Dov Grumet-Morris ’05 recorded his fifth shutout of the season this past Tuesday (Feb. 22) to help Harvard hockey to a 3-0 win…

Twenty-four hours after rallying to beat Columbia, 78-71, the Harvard mens basketball team found itself on the other end of a comeback against visiting Cornell this past Saturday (Feb. 19). The Big Red, down two buckets at the half after trailing by as many as eight points, recovered big time in the games final 10…

Researchers at Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Yale University have shown that routine screening for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, could increase survival, prevent transmission of the disease, and be done at reasonable cost.

Optic nerve regenerated for first time, brings hope to glaucoma sufferers For the first time, scientists have regenerated a damaged optic nerve – from the eye to the brain. This…

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Gill named Red Sox medical director Thomas J. Gill IV, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS), was recently named medical director of the Boston Red Sox.…

Poet Maxine Kumin, a 1946 graduate of Radcliffe College, will receive the 11th annual Harvard Arts Medal on May 7.

Philadelphias acclaimed Pig Iron Theatre Company will make its Boston-area debut with Hell Meets Henry Halfway at Loeb Drama Centers Experimental Theatre on March 18 and 19. Co-presented by Learning From Performers, a program of Harvards Office for the Arts, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC), performances of the show will be held on March…

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 for the week ending Feb. 21. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

A memorial service for Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Emeritus Ernst Mayr will be held April 29 at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Church. Widely considered the worlds most eminent evolutionary biologist, Mayr joined Harvards Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1953 and led Harvards Museum of Comparative Zoology from 1961 to 1970.

Feb. 20, 1965 – The Harvard and Columbia University bands perform a combined concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Feb. 7, 1967 – With a banquet and concert, refurbished Lehman…

At its eighth meeting of the year (Feb. 23), the Faculty Council discussed the February Faculty Meeting.

As the weather continues to have trouble making up its mind if its midwinter or early spring, time is running out to make up your mind about participating in the almost-two-decades tradition of giving that is called Daffodil Days at Harvard. Its a bargain in any season, and its for the best of causes.

The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) and the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) received two reports of armed robbery on Feb. 17. In both incidents, two offenders approached a male graduate student, demanded money, displayed a knife, and then fled.

Thanks to a profusion of coffee-table books, reproductions, greeting cards, and other museum gift shop items, Gustav Klimts paintings now rank among the worlds best-known images. The Kiss, in which a man and woman in the midst of an erotic embrace seem almost to disappear into a mountain of richly decorated fabric, has become an…

Before receiving the coveted Pudding Pot from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals last week (Feb. 17), Man of the Year Tim Robbins proved his movie star mettle by demonstrating his hula hoop prowess, appeasing a gaggle of protesters in drag, and donning a lopsided wig and prison-striped bra.

An impressive snowpile on the athletic fields prevents a clear view of the Newell Boathouse.