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Bells were always special acoustic signals – they announced religious events, fire, periods of mourning, celebrations, explains Hans Tutschku, associate professor of music and director of the Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition (HUSEAC). For me, bells are symbols for the specific sound of a place and its culture.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences November 16, 2004, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences October 19, 2004, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

When Albert J. Weatherhead III 50 and Celia Weatherhead decided to give $30 million to create The Weatherhead Endowment for Collaborative Science and Technology, the couple agreed that the choice offered a unique opportunity to influence the future.

Each year, the Harvard Scholars at Risk committee provides a fellowship for at least one persecuted scholar to come to Cambridge for up to one year. The risk of persecution may be related to the scholars work, but it may also be a consequence of his or her ethnicity, religion, or political opinions. An interdisciplinary…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Nov. 29. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

The article Right of eminent domain challenged by Ken Gewertz (Nov. 18) incorrectly stated that Pfizer Inc. wants to expand into the Fort Trumbull, Conn., neighborhood that is the subject of an eminent domain dispute currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court (Kelo v. City of New London). Pfizer states that it has no…

Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Stephen Breyer delivered this years Tanner Lectures on Human Values, focusing on those aspects of the Constitution that promote an active, participatory form of liberty rather than simply safeguarding the rights of individuals. Says Breyer, The Constitution is about creating institutions in which people will participate democratically to create policy,…

A lecture and reception honoring the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a Scandinavian Marten Goose dinner, a professional womens panel called Road to Success, the Latino Welcome Day program, the Japan Societys Winter Mochi – these are just a handful of the projects funded by the Harvard Foundation in the fall 2004 semester. In all,…

In a season marked by individual record-breaking performances, the Harvard football team put forth the ultimate team effort in the 121st edition of The Game on Nov. 20, burying visiting Yale, 35-3. The pretty win capped the Crimsons flawless 10-0 season (7-0 Ivy) to hand the program its 11th league championship. This years gridiron group…

Harvey Mansfield, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government, was at the White House Nov. 17 to receive a National Endowment for the Humanities Award from President Bush.

Some individuals exhale many more pathogen-laden droplets than others in the course of ordinary breathing, scientists have found, but oral administration of a safe saline spray every six hours might slash exhalation of germs in this group by an average of 72 percent.

Francis H. (Hooks) Burr, 90, who earned his living as a lawyer and devoted his considerable energies to improving higher education and health care, died November 25, 2004, in Boston. He was a resident of Beverly, Mass., and Islesboro, Maine.

A weeklong vacation in Mexico, box-seat tickets for the Red Sox, and an Apple iPod are just a handful of the items up for bid at this years Student Internship Fund (SIF) auction at the Kennedy School of Government. The event will be held today (Dec. 2) at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum (79…

Kennedy School of Government Dean David Ellwood has announced the establishment of the Hefner China Fund to support the work of the China Public Policy Program at the School. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hefner III are giving $1 million to expand and enhance the Schools China-related endeavors, under the direction of the China Public…

At an open house at the Office of International Programs, Jay Bacrania 05 reintroduces himself to a University administrator. She is embarrassed shes met Bacrania many times before but doesnt recognize him after his year in Banaras, India. Certainly, the beard hes sprouted disguises him, but Bacrania himself admits the change goes beyond the tonsorial.

Tis just weeks before Christmas and all thru the office

Literary quiz. Name the author of this Chandler-like excerpt from a recent thriller: I changed the channel. PBS had a special on nuclear terrorism. Some expert from Harvards Kennedy School was droning on …

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established in 1990 to recognize outstanding service to Harvard University through alumni activities. These six recipients were honored Oct. 14 during the HAA board of directors fall meeting.

Martina Schinke-Braun shows Summers a DNA microarray, containing several thousand oligonucleotides printed onto a coated glass slide. A magnifying glass is necessary to see the individual DNA spots on the slide. Later in the day (Nov. 29), the Bauer Center held an open house that included guided tours of the facilities and live demonstrations.

A Harvard senior has been named a Marshall Scholar, allowing him to study for the next two years in the United Kingdom at the university of his choice.

The genetic revolution has created tremendous excitement, but also considerable fear. As scientists identify the genes responsible for various traits and behaviors, and become more adept at transferring genetic material from one organism to another, there is growing anxiety that we are heading for a disturbingly unnatural and ill-considered future in which parents eager for…

‘Cosmic Evolution’ Web site wins two awards “Cosmic Evolution,” the Web site based on the Harvard Extension School course Astronomy E8: “Cosmic Evolution: The Origins of Matter and Life,” was…

A top economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Kyoto global warming treaty as bad for the economy, for the environment, and for public health.

Phillips Brooks House (PBH) will launch its annual holiday gift drive on Friday (Dec. 3). Organizers hope to collect more than 1,000 gifts for children throughout Greater Boston, many of whom have impoverished, homeless, or incarcerated parents.

Erin K. OShea, whose pathbreaking research has given her fellow scientists unprecedented glimpses into the full complement of proteins at work in living organisms, has been named professor of molecular and cellular biology and co-director of the Bauer Center for Genomics Research at Harvard University, effective Aug. 1, 2005.

Its one of the strangest sights in nature: lizards running upright across water. Watching their thin hind feet dip into the liquid, you expect them to sink or fall over, but they just keep going like a human sprinting for a bus.

As professor of the practice of Romance languages and literatures and director of the languages programs, Kimberlee Campbells unusual titles bespeak her unusual place in the halls of academia. Campbell, who joined Harvards Romance Languages and Literatures Department this fall after a long career at New York University, describes her work as a sort of…