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Some years ago, a student who had graduated with excellent grades from one of the traditional black colleges applied for admission to Harvard Medical School (HMS). Alvin Poussaint, faculty associate dean of student affairs, urged the admissions committee to accept him, but many were skeptical.

The choir loft, or cantoria, in the Sistine Chapel is a smallish, 8-foot-by-12-foot nook carved into the stone of the chapel wall and dimly illuminated through its original colored glass window. For the first three and a half centuries of the chapels history (it was built in the 1470s), only singers were allowed to enter…

For Charles Busch, author of The Tale of the Allergists Wife, the dark side of having a play on Broadway was that people would come up to him and ask how it felt to finally become mainstream.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences December 14, 2004, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

At a meeting of the Committee of Memorial Minutes of the Faculty of Medicine Dec. 16, 2004, the following Minute was selected.

Despite – and because of – their very different approaches, policy-makers and education specialists from UNESCO, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) convened on Saturday (Feb. 5) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) to discuss how to facilitate better interagency cooperation. They…

Grover, the furry blue monster of Sesame Street fame, held a press conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Tuesday (Feb. 8) to announce the Harvard School of Grover, a new school of all the major majors, including not only law, medicine, and business but also hotel and restaurant management and air conditioning…

Using a new computer model of galaxy formation, researchers have shown that growing black holes release a blast of energy that fundamentally regulates galaxy evolution and black hole growth itself. The model explains for the first time observed phenomena, and promises to deliver deeper insights into our understanding of galaxy formation and the role of…

Indias ambassador to the United States hailed a growing partnership between the two nations Tuesday (Feb. 8), saying the diversity of their populations and strength of their democracies align the two countries interests.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who excited the ire of many with his decision to marry gay couples contrary to state law, told an audience at the Kennedy School Forum Tuesday night (Feb. 8) that he remains committed to marriage equality.

The Executive Committee for Harvards Library Digital Initiative (LDI) has scheduled two University-wide calls for grant proposals for digitization projects in direct support of teaching and research through the LDI Internal Challenge Grant Program.

Harvards Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. are offering a competitive summer fellowship opportunity for forward-thinking Harvard students in law, business, planning, and public administration/policy. Blending academics and field experience, the 2005 Emerging Leaders in Community and Economic Development Fellowship program is open to University students in the fields of study…

Biorn Maybury-Lewis made his first trip to Latin America when he was only an infant. Brazilian Air Force pilots left him and his anthropologist parents in the middle of the central highlands of Brazils vast interior, quickly taking off in their small aircraft before the local Brazilian indigenous people – the Shavante – showed up.…

Proposed 2005-2006 rents for new affiliated residents who sign leases as of July 1, 2005:

Women pucksters burn Huskies, 9-1, in Beanpot semis The No. 5 Harvard women’s hockey team avenged their male counterparts’ recent OT loss against Northeastern with a 9-1 blowout of the…

For the Harvard University men’s hockey team, this past Monday’s (Feb. 7) 81-minute-double-overtime-marathon-on-ice against Northeastern ended awfully abruptly. With the game tied at 1, just minutes into the second extra-frame,…

IOP funding for thesis research The Institute of Politics (IOP) is offering awards to Harvard undergraduates for summer research and fieldwork relating directly to a senior thesis or a comparable…

Stavins appointed chair of new EOEA advisory board Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government Robert Stavins has been appointed chair of the newly created scientific advisory board at the…

It’s the first descriptive word on David Rodowick’s Harvard Web page, coming immediately after his name and before “Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies.”

Pigeon netting in the windows of the Memorial Hall tower casts a filmy grid over the Science Center and environs.

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 Feb. 7. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

February 1943 – With an eye toward the postwar world, the Business School launches a research project on the role of local radio advertising in the marketing of peacetime products…

Feb. 10 – Woman of the Year Please note: The parade has been cancelled due to inclement weather. See http://www.hastypudding.org/new/ for details. 3:30 p.m. – Roast and presentation of Pudding…

At its seventh meeting of the year (Feb. 9) the Faculty Council discussed with Dean Benedict Gross (Harvard College and mathematics) a proposed requirement that all spring term evaluations for the Committee on Undergraduate Educations Course Evaluation Guide be submitted online. David Heitmeyer, manager of Web and Applications Development, and David Sobel, senior manager of…

The Harvard University community has donated $553,132 to 26 nonprofit organizations supporting relief efforts related to the Dec. 26 tsunami in South Asia. Through a program established by Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers last month, the University matched up to $100 of donations from 3,359 faculty, staff and students. Individual contributions totaled $307,255 the University…