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A report by The Blade of Toledo, Ohio, that uncovered Vietnam-era war crimes kept secret for three and a half decades, has received the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers. Given for work published in daily newspapers in 2003, the award carries a $10,000 prize. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard administers the…

Harvard junior midfielder Rory Edwards attempts to cut off a streaking Kariane Lauri of the University of Connecticut this past Saturday (March 20) at Jordan Field. In their first visit to Harvard in program history, the Huskies (1-4) overwhelmed the Crimson, 10-4, to earn their first win of the season.

In another do-or-die weekend, the streaking mens and womens Harvard hockey teams both earned an extension to their suddenly sensational postseason runs. And a pair of ECAC titles to boot.

Harvard College has announced its fees for undergraduate tuition, room, and board for the 2004-2005 academic year. Tuition is set at $27,448. Overall charges will total $39,880, an increase of 5.15 percent, including room rate, $4,974 board, $4,286 health services fee, $1,264 and student services fee, $1,908.

OfA presents ‘An Evening with Suzanne Farrell’ As part of its Learning From Performers series, the Office for the Arts will welcome acclaimed ballerina Suzanne Farrell on April 15 at…

Gerald Holton to deliver Tillich Lecture This year’s Paul Tillich lecture will be given by Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics and Research Professor of the History of Science Gerald Holton.…

In its report released Monday (March 22), the Harvard University Committee on Calendar Reform, appointed last fall by the president, provost, and deans, recommends that the University move to a limited framework of shared dates among all Schools to promote closer connections among faculty and students from across the University. The committee adopted its report…

Harvards Modern Greek Studies Program invites graduate students in modern Greek studies or in related fields to participate in a grad student conference taking place in April 2005. The goal of the conference, titled The Cankered Muse: In Search of Modern Greek Satire, is to account for the prolific and uninterrupted presence of satire in…

Eliot A. Cohen was awarded the first Huntington Prize on Monday (March 22) for his book Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime (New York: Free Press, 2002).

International complicity and the lessons learned 10 years after the Rwandan genocide, in which almost a million people were slaughtered in eight weeks, was the topic of a compelling session at the Kennedy Schools John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Tuesday night (March 23).

The Harvard Divinity School (HDS) faculty members and guests who gathered Thursday (March 18) to discuss the much-talked-about new film The Passion of the Christ dissented only in their choice of adjectives.

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 for the week ending March 20. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Shearman memorial April 4 A memorial service for John K. G. Shearman will be held Sunday, April 4, at 2:30 p.m. in the Faculty Room in University Hall. A reception…

March 6, 1945 – The last spring term under the wartime trimester schedule begins. Final figures University-wide show an enrollment of 1,817 civilians, and 4,100 Army and Navy officer specialists.…

At its 10th meeting of the year (March 24) the Faculty Council discussed the Report of the Harvard University Committee on Calendar Reform with the chair of the committee, Professor Sidney Verba (government).

Kirkland House is reflected in Belfer Hall at the Kennedy School of Government. Undaunted by the illusion of a leaning tower of Belfer, a student opens the front door.

A common antibiotic used to treat arthritis and acne shows promise for limiting the severity of spinal cord and brain injuries.

Harvard has long been recognized for its strength in neuroscience: Researchers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) are leaders in studies of behavior, perception, and brain development, while Harvard Medical School (HMS) was the first in the nation to establish a department of neurobiology.

In the freshman seminar Painting Natural History, Faith Imafidon 07 sketches a plant called Magic Bells. The seminar is held in the Carpenter Center.

Internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma will receive the 10th annual Harvard Arts Medal on May 9.

Young adults are substantially more involved in the 2004 presidential race than they were in the 2000 race. If the trend continues, higher turnout in November is nearly a certainty, according to the Shorenstein Centers Vanishing Voter Project.

Thien Phan, Marcos Posada, and Columbia Nunez, computer whizzes with the Brighton High School PowerUP Computer Center after-school program, enjoy their new and improved computer lab. The new rebooted center, dedicated yesterday, was made possible through a partnership with the City of Boston, the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (ABCDC), with funding from the Harvard…

Soon after the Bush administration revealed its plan to overthrow Saddam Hussein and bring democracy to Iraq, commentators began comparing this initiative with Americas occupation of Germany and Japan following World War II. Depending on ones perspective, these comparisons could be positive (Weve done it before and we can do it again) or negative (The…

In an effort to prevent the confusion and mistakes that marked the 2000 election, a group of Harvard Law School students has launched a project to ensure that 2004 presidential election voters are given proper access to the ballot. The new group, Just Democracy, plans to recruit and place more than 1,000 law students with…

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have pinpointed a crucial gene on which the normal development of the bodys entire blood system depends. If the gene is absent, even the most basic blood stem cells cannot be generated. In a mutated form, this gene can cause a rare and devastating form of leukemia.

The Harvard mens and womens hockey teams both managed impressive series sweeps in ECAC quarterfinal action this past Saturday (March 13), albeit in dramatically different ways. It took the Crimson men a come-from-behind win in overtime to dismiss favored host Brown, 3-2, in the teams second match-up (Harvard took the first, 4-2, on March 12),…

March 3, 1906 – The “Harvard University Gazette” (not yet in tabloid format) registers for second-class mailings at the Boston Post Office. March 1952 – The Harvard Corporation votes to…

The strained relationship between the United States and the United Nations has often dominated headlines. The U.S., as the worlds most powerful nation, is the international peacekeeping bodys biggest supporter and its largest detractor – a riddle that has long puzzled politicians, journalists, academics, and the general public.

Seven Harvard-related students are among the 30 recipients of this years Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellowship. Recipients receive up to a $20,000 stipend plus half-tuition for as many as two years of graduate study at any institution of higher learning in the United States.