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Nothing will come of nothing, said King Lear. Obviously, he hadnt heard about Zero Arrow Street.

Keep your word, build relationships in both parties, and find meaningful issues to work on. That was the advice from current and former congressional and White House staffers to 23 newly elected members of Congress during a four-day conference at the John F. Kennedy School of Government last week.

In honor of International Human Rights Day (Dec. 10), the Program on Negotiation (PON) – a consortium of faculty, students, and staff at Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and other area universities – together with Harvard Friends of Amnesty International, the Human Rights Program, and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy,…

Ashwini Vasanthakumar 04 and Silas Xu 05 have won International Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford University in England, bringing to eight the number of Harvard students or alumni to win a Rhodes Scholarship this year.

War and truth telling dominated last weekends Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism (Dec. 3-5). The ongoing violence in Iraq and postelection timing lent a sense of urgency to the many lectures, panel discussions, and question sessions about improving the craft and content of news writing.

It is the moment of truth for the Republican Party and American conservatism, journalist William Kristol told a Kennedy School audience Wednesday night (Dec. 1). President George Bushs narrow but clear re-election victory supplemented by GOP gains in both the House and Senate provide a unique opportunity, he said, for dynamic change in Washington.

Scholars at Risk Fellowship nominations sought The Harvard Scholars at Risk committee is now accepting nominations from Harvard faculty, staff, and students for its fellowship for persecuted scholars. The fellowship…

Center for Health and Global Environment honors Moyers The Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently presented broadcast journalist Bill Moyers with its 2004…

The board of directors of the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University recently announced the names of 12 composers selected to receive 2004 commissions. These composers were chosen from 207 applicants.

Stephen Prinas artwork is full of unsuspected surprises, secret compartments that pop open to release compressed bundles of meaning or coiling strands of narrative.

At its fifth meeting of the year on Wednesday (Dec. 8), the Faculty Council heard a report on the Harvard College Library from Professor Sidney Verba, Department of Government and director of the University Library Professor Kathleen Coleman, Department of the Classics and vice chair of the Faculty Standing Committee on the Library and Nancy…

The 2004 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a subcommittee of the President and Fellows, is now available upon request from the Office for the Committees on Shareholder Responsibility. Please call (617) 495-0985 to request copies.

Fifteen Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Longwood buildings will win renewable energy in the 2004 Go Cold Turkey Energy Conservation Challenge. The wind energy certificates purchased for these buildings will move Harvard from third to second place in terms of green power purchased by American institutes of higher education, according to the records…

Golden retriever August relaxes in his home-away-from-home at 8 Prescott St., where he has been attending expository writing classes taught by his owner Chris Grenier, since he (August) was 3 months old. Here, he wonders if the Barker Center in the background could fit under the literary definition of irony.

Theoretical physicist Subir Sachdev, whose research has shed light on quantum wonders arising from the collective behavior of vast numbers of electrons in complex and novel materials, has been appointed professor of physics in Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2005. Sachdev comes to Harvard from Yale University, where he is…

Several hundred participants were treated to a view of the marvels of modern neuroscience Nov. 30, thanks to the marvels of modern communications technology during a New York conference telecast to audiences in Chicago and Boston.

The seasonal extreme sport known as holiday shopping is underway in a twilit Harvard Square.

Last month, a scientific report commissioned by the eight Arctic nations, including the United States, concluded that the Arctic is experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on Earth. Changes in arctic climate will cause sea levels to rise and drive many species toward extinction, including polar bears. You have organisms that…

Sometimes a harp is more than a harp.

Harvards Task Force on Science and Technology, which last spring outlined a future for science at the University characterized by innovative, interdisciplinary initiatives, is nearing the conclusion of its work that will bring these broader ideas into clearer focus.

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 Dec. 6. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

A capacity crowd of 800 parents, teachers, and children poured into the Fogg Art Museum on Dec. 4 to attend the opening exhibition of student artwork and writing inspired by the books and illustrations of Chris Van Allsburg (above), author of The Polar Express and many other magical books. Teachers and students from the 11…

Dec. 7, 1940 – Exactly one year before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Harvard Alumni Association holds a special daylong symposium in Cambridge on Harvard and national defense.…

Nannerl Overholser Keohane, past president of both Duke University and Wellesley College, will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced Sunday (Dec. 5).

While the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) marked its 10th anniversary with a celebration this weekend, the mood at a symposium Saturday morning (Dec. 4) was not all celebratory. With the events of Sept. 11, 2001, turning the worlds gaze away from the region, the panel of Latin American political and economic…