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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.

James S. Reid Jr. of Cleveland has made a gift to Harvard Law School (HLS) to endow a professorship dedicated to the teaching of accounting, statistics, and related subjects. Income generated from the gift – which totals $3 million and includes funds given by Reid and others – will support the salary, benefits, and research…

Many of us save too little, but that seems to be a character flaw we can live with.

Theater began as religious ritual – that much is familiar to anyone who has ever taken a theatrical survey course. But Robert Brustein, in a lecture titled The Drama as a Secular Faith, showed how the theaters relationship to religion has evolved from ancient Greece to the present, changing from one of cooperation, to hostility,…

On Sept. 29, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor of philosophy and linguistics and longtime activist Noam Chomsky makes brief remarks in Harvard Yard prior to the weekly Wednesday at Noon Peace Walk that circles the Yard. On previous occasions, other notable speakers appearing at the gathering have included historian Howard Zinn and singer-songwriter Catie Curtis.

REAI to hold upcoming symposium The Real Estate Academic Initiative (REAI) at Harvard will hold its fall symposium, “What Makes Place? Envisioning the Future of Urban Development,” on Oct. 13-15.…

Zhuang named top innovator Xiaowei Zhuang, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, and of physics, was recently named one of 100 leading young researchers in the world by Technology…

Mahon named rookie of the week Freshman volleyballer Laura Mahon earned rookie of the week accolades from the Ivy League for her match-high 16 kills in Harvard’s 3-0 win over…

The host Harvard mens and womens soccer teams landed on separate sides of the win/loss column this past Saturday (Oct. 2) in a pair of taut, low-scoring affairs against Yale. The Harvard women managed a lone-goal win in the afternoons opening match-up, before the male Bulldogs prevented the Crimson sweep under black clouds with their…