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The first Herchel Smith Harvard Undergraduate Research Fellowships have been granted to seven Harvard College students who will use the awards to support scientific research conducted around the world this summer.

The first group of Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows got their marching orders this week during training designed to prepare them for a summers work of creating new online course content aimed at enhancing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) educational experience.

Faculty to receive HMS-HDS mentoring awards Seven faculty members of Harvard Medical School (HMS) will receive Excellence in Mentoring Awards, co-sponsored by HMS and the School of Dental Medicine (HDS),…

Distinctive spiral grooves carved on ornamental jade rings used in Chinese burial rites some 2,500 years ago appear to have been created with a highly precise machine, a Harvard University graduate student reports in the June 11 issue of the journal Science.

The Harvard mens heavyweight crew managed its fourth consecutive sweep of the freshman, JV, and varsity races in the 139th annual Harvard-Yale Regatta this past Saturday (June 12) in New London, Conn. The Crimson rowers now hold an 86-53 series advantage in the storied regatta – the nations oldest intercollegiate sporting event.

The several AIDS-related programs that exist at Harvard will be united under the new Harvard University Program on AIDS (HUPA), Provost Steven E. Hyman announced today (June 17). The program will better harness and leverage the Universitys research, education, and fundraising resources to prevent and treat this deadly global disease.

Financial aid to graduate students will increase by $3 million next year, thanks to significant cost savings achieved by collaborative efforts in the Universitys Central Administration to maintain level funding for fiscal year 05.

Bruce Yankner, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, is investigating how human brains change between ages 26 and 106. If you are more than 40 years old, the news may not be good.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 12. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Janet King, mother of 2nd Lt. Samuel Knox King, is filled with emotion after pinning her son. Ten Harvard College seniors swore to support and defend the U.S. Constitution on June 9 as they were commissioned as officers in the U.S. armed forces.

June 2, 1954 – Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie visits Harvard. Selassie signs the University guest book, visits Houghton Library to inspect rare books and manuscripts with Ethiopian connections, and takes…

A memorial service celebrating the life and work of former Harvard psychiatrist, James J. Gill, S.J., M.D., will be held at noon on June 23 in the Memorial Church.

More news and information about Harvard will be delivered digitally by the Central Administration to the community beginning in July, including two summer issues of the Harvard Gazette (http://www.news-harvard.go-vip.net/gazette/gazette). Paper publication of the Gazette will resume Sept. 16 and continue throughout the academic year. Regular Harvard news updates will continue to be available at http://www.harvard.edu.…

After 18 years of dedicated professional service to the College, GSAS, HGSE, and KSG and their students, Charles Ducey has announced his decision to resign from his position as director of the Bureau of Study Counsel as of the end of this academic year for personal and professional reasons. Duceys contributions to the Harvard community…

The president of the Harvard Alumni Association Thursday (June 10) announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers.

Multinationalism, collective decision-making, and the rule of law – these offer the best hope of achieving a stable and equitable world order, according to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Alan Altshuler, a member of the Faculties of Design and Government and a distinguished scholar of urban politics and planning, has been named acting dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD) effective July 1.

Harvard University has selected the nationally acclaimed planning and design firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners to create a preliminary planning framework for its future development in Allston.

Ca. June 1961 – Harvard announces that its new office building and health center on Mount Auburn St. will bear the name Holyoke Center, in honor of Edward Holyoke, Harvard’s…

More news and information about Harvard will be delivered digitally by the Central Administration to the community beginning in July, including two summer issues of the Harvard Gazette (http://www.news-harvard.go-vip.net/gazette/gazette). Paper publication of the Gazette will resume Sept. 16 and continue throughout the academic year. Regular Harvard news updates will continue to be available at http://www.harvard.edu.…

Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: n…

It wasn’t only students on the road to a diploma taking significant steps at the University this year. It was a time for progress in myriad areas. President Lawrence H.…

Philip S. Holzman, founder and director of McLean Hospitals Psychology Research Laboratory and one of the worlds pre-eminent scientists in schizophrenia research, died on June 1 at the age of 82.

Harvey Brooks, a pioneer in incorporating science into public policy and a member of the Harvard faculty for more than 50 years, died May 28 at his home in Cambridge from complications of congestive heart failure. He was 88.Brooks was Benjamin Pierce Professor of Technology and Public Policy Emeritus in the Kennedy School of Government,…

The Department of Music recently announced that $144,000 has gone toward fellowship and award programs for graduate and undergraduate students.

Mariame Patricia McIntosh and Daniel Walton Reed, members of the M.B.A. Class of 2004 at Harvard Business School (HBS), have been named Deans Award recipients for their accomplishments over the past two years in community building – or, more precisely, nation building – among students at the Business School, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute…

Edwin Raymond Corey, a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS) for more than 40 years, died on May 28 at his home in Wellesley from complications following abdominal surgery. He was 84.

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has announced its student grants and fellowships for the 2004-05 academic year. The center will support the research projects of 43…

This year the Harvard Extension Schools Commencement Speaker Award will go to Catherine Anne Rahaim, who completed her master of liberal arts (A.L.M.) degree in religion. Her speech, titled Open Gates, highlights her experiences taking evening courses after teaching history during the day at Gardner High School.

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) has named Jack L. Strominger, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, as the 2004 recipient of the ASBMB-Merck Award. This award, which consists of a stipend, plaque, and transportation expenses to the associations annual meeting, at which Strominger will present…