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The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study honored one of its most illustrious pioneers last week (Oct. 7) when the portrait of Elizabeth Cary Agassiz was unveiled in a ceremony inside the Faculty Room at University Hall. Agassiz was one of a group of women closely linked to Harvard who, in the 1870s, designed a new…

Harvard University has announced a set of principles designed to ensure sustainable growth and advance Harvard’s record as a responsible environmental steward.

Last week (Oct. 7 and 8), Harvards Graduate School of Education (GSE) convened an eclectic gathering of biologists, reading specialists, neuroscientists, learning disabilities researchers, geneticists, and child psychologists for a conference looking at the links between the mind, the brain, and education. Called Usable Knowledge: Mind, Brain, and Education, the conference of invited participants aimed…

Safra accepting 2005-06 fellowship applications The Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics invites graduate students who are writing dissertations, or who are engaged in major research on topics in…

When friends, colleagues, and family gathered in the Memorial Church Friday (Oct. 8) to celebrate the life of Archibald Cox 34, Harvard Law School professor emeritus, they honored the memory of a great teacher, courageous public servant, legendary Watergate figure, and devoted husband and father.

A Harvard delegation recently traveled to Ghana to begin building a new partnership with the University of Ghana – the latest manifestation of the growing strength of African studies at Harvard.

Low-dose aspirin proven to offer inflammation protection Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital and colleagues have demonstrated for the first time in humans in a randomized clinical trial that…

If Sholeh Regna had followed the path laid out for her, she would be an American-educated medical doctor practicing in Iran. But because she decided to follow her own vision, she is a sculptor, painter, and video artist practicing in Somerville.

Dimitar Sasselov did what every high school astronomer dreams of doing he went from looking at stars with a backyard telescope to discovering a new class of planets and a new class of stars.

Holly Sargent has been named to a new position in Alumni Affairs and Development as senior associate dean for advancement and senior director for University Womens Initiatives. In this new role, Sargent will be responsible for identifying and engaging new sources of principal gift support for new and ongoing projects related to University priorities, with…

Professor of Geology Emeritus Raymond Siever passed away on Sept. 24 at the age of 81. Siever was first appointed to the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in 1957, serving as chair from 1968 to 1971 and again from 1976 to 1981.

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 Oct. 11. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Thorn memorial service set A memorial service for Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine George W. Thorn will be held Oct. 18 at 4:30 p.m. in Bornstein…

Oct. 5, 1740 – Fresh from haranguing 15,000 on Boston Common, the dynamic revivalist George Whitefield breezes in to preach at the Cambridge meetinghouse, inspiring division within families and churches,…

A reflection of the Dunster House tower lands on a walkway puddle.

This weekend (Oct. 15 – 17), Harvard Law Schools Human Rights Program (HRP) will mark its 20th anniversary with a gathering principally of alumni and a full slate of speeches and discussions. And in many ways, the celebration also honors the movement it embraces. The emergence of the international human rights movement, which dates back…

Patterns of gene turn-ons and turn-offs have been tied to the presence of 22 different tumor types in studies at Harvard University. Such information could more accurately predict who gets what cancer and whether it will spread, as well as lead to new types of treatments.

The University has begun planting 71 new trees along six city streets near the campuss eastern edge. The trees, placed in consulta-tion with University neighbors, the Cambridge city arborist, and the Cambridge Committee on Public Planting, are being planted as part of public way improvements related to construction of Harvards new Center for Government and…

The Harvard-Yenching Institute recently announced the following visiting scholars and fellows for the academic year. Based at the institutes office in Vanserg Hall, the fellows and scholars represent more than 20 institutions in East Asia.

The Real Estate Academic Initiative (REAI) at Harvard is now offering grants to support research in both domestic and international urban development. The REAI research committee will review applications for grants on a rolling basis and will give priority to interdisciplinary and interfaculty collaborative research efforts.

Third-party candidates who never win national elections have played a crucial role throughout the history of U.S. electoral politics, Ralph Nader told an overflow crowd of students Monday night (Oct. 4) at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

Hanna Holborn Gray, Ph.D. 57, president emerita and Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of History at the University of Chicago, plans to step down from the Harvard Corporation at the end of the 2004-05 academic year, following eight years as a member of Harvards executive governing board and six years previously as a…

The orchestra of Bostons medical community – the Longwood Symphony Orchestra – will present its first concert of the season at Jordan Hall on Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. The performance will pay tribute to Daniel D. Federman, senior dean for alumni relations and clinical teaching at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

Earths first life appeared early in the planets history, nearly 4 billion years ago, when primitive bacteria appeared in sulfurous oceans under poisonous skies.

Between the settling of construction dust and the glitter of black-tie celebrations, the Widener Library rededication and ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday afternoon (Oct. 1) struck a distinctly populist balance. As students, faculty, and administrators from around the University gathered on Wideners gracious steps and spilled into the autumn sunshine of Tercentenary Theatre, Harvards leaders applauded the…

Chemical synthesis is practiced entirely differently by chemists and by cells – and by many measures, cells come out on top. Chemists use something of a brute-force approach, generating vats of superconcentrated chemicals that react through random molecular collisions. Biomolecules are found within cells at concentrations a million times lower, their interactions directed by enzymes…

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $2.4 million grant to the Science Education Department (SED) of the

Time and money. Few professions offer such a scarcity of both as the early careers of academics and researchers.

Sam has a lot of people rooting for him. His mother has built a shrine out of his gymnastics trophies, and when he competes, his girlfriend brandishes a poster that says Ghetto Superstar.