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Howard A. Frank, co-developer of the heart pacemaker and clinical professor of surgery emeritus at Harvard Medical School, died from complications of a stroke at his Brookline, Mass., home on June 27. He was 89.

Harvard researchers have shown that an apple a day isnt quite enough to keep the eye doctor away – at least for the most common type of blindness that afflicts the elderly.

It was a science picnic for alums. A 50th reunion symposium on June 9 featured five of the best minds on the Harvard faculty, if not in the world.

Public Interest Careers at Harvard promotes and supports College undergraduates whose career goals are focused on the public interest.

Harvard is committing financial and scholarly resources to widening access to high-quality education, President Lawrence H. Summers said at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) during the Afternoon Exercises of Commencement.

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Harvards disparate graduate programs in the life sciences will be unified under a single programmatic umbrella beginning in July in a reorganization that aims to increase coordination between the individual courses of study and allow greater student mobility and programmatic versatility.

Shirley Tilghmans keynote address at the Radcliffe Day celebration on Friday (June 11), brought up some interesting issues regarding the role of science in society, the importance of scientific literacy, and the obstacles facing women scientists. But it would have made an even more interesting debate.

The Student Mental Health Task Force, convened in December 2003 by Provost Steven E. Hyman and Dean of Harvard College Benedict Gross, released its final report today (June 17) urging a broad range of recommendations aimed at improving mental health education, resources, and services across the University.

New York State Sen. Thomas K. Duanes three weeks at Harvard in February were among the richest he can remember.

The first Herchel Smith Harvard Undergraduate Research Fellowships have been granted to seven Harvard College students who will use the awards to support scientific research conducted around the world this summer.

The first group of Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows got their marching orders this week during training designed to prepare them for a summers work of creating new online course content aimed at enhancing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) educational experience.

Faculty to receive HMS-HDS mentoring awards Seven faculty members of Harvard Medical School (HMS) will receive Excellence in Mentoring Awards, co-sponsored by HMS and the School of Dental Medicine (HDS),…

Distinctive spiral grooves carved on ornamental jade rings used in Chinese burial rites some 2,500 years ago appear to have been created with a highly precise machine, a Harvard University graduate student reports in the June 11 issue of the journal Science.

The Harvard mens heavyweight crew managed its fourth consecutive sweep of the freshman, JV, and varsity races in the 139th annual Harvard-Yale Regatta this past Saturday (June 12) in New London, Conn. The Crimson rowers now hold an 86-53 series advantage in the storied regatta – the nations oldest intercollegiate sporting event.

The several AIDS-related programs that exist at Harvard will be united under the new Harvard University Program on AIDS (HUPA), Provost Steven E. Hyman announced today (June 17). The program will better harness and leverage the Universitys research, education, and fundraising resources to prevent and treat this deadly global disease.

Financial aid to graduate students will increase by $3 million next year, thanks to significant cost savings achieved by collaborative efforts in the Universitys Central Administration to maintain level funding for fiscal year 05.

Bruce Yankner, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, is investigating how human brains change between ages 26 and 106. If you are more than 40 years old, the news may not be good.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 12. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Janet King, mother of 2nd Lt. Samuel Knox King, is filled with emotion after pinning her son. Ten Harvard College seniors swore to support and defend the U.S. Constitution on June 9 as they were commissioned as officers in the U.S. armed forces.

June 2, 1954 – Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie visits Harvard. Selassie signs the University guest book, visits Houghton Library to inspect rare books and manuscripts with Ethiopian connections, and takes…

A memorial service celebrating the life and work of former Harvard psychiatrist, James J. Gill, S.J., M.D., will be held at noon on June 23 in the Memorial Church.

More news and information about Harvard will be delivered digitally by the Central Administration to the community beginning in July, including two summer issues of the Harvard Gazette (http://www.news-harvard.go-vip.net/gazette/gazette). Paper publication of the Gazette will resume Sept. 16 and continue throughout the academic year. Regular Harvard news updates will continue to be available at http://www.harvard.edu.…

After 18 years of dedicated professional service to the College, GSAS, HGSE, and KSG and their students, Charles Ducey has announced his decision to resign from his position as director of the Bureau of Study Counsel as of the end of this academic year for personal and professional reasons. Duceys contributions to the Harvard community…

The president of the Harvard Alumni Association Thursday (June 10) announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers.

Multinationalism, collective decision-making, and the rule of law – these offer the best hope of achieving a stable and equitable world order, according to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Alan Altshuler, a member of the Faculties of Design and Government and a distinguished scholar of urban politics and planning, has been named acting dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD) effective July 1.

Harvard University has selected the nationally acclaimed planning and design firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners to create a preliminary planning framework for its future development in Allston.

Ca. June 1961 – Harvard announces that its new office building and health center on Mount Auburn St. will bear the name Holyoke Center, in honor of Edward Holyoke, Harvard’s…

More news and information about Harvard will be delivered digitally by the Central Administration to the community beginning in July, including two summer issues of the Harvard Gazette (http://www.news-harvard.go-vip.net/gazette/gazette). Paper publication of the Gazette will resume Sept. 16 and continue throughout the academic year. Regular Harvard news updates will continue to be available at http://www.harvard.edu.…