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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…

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…