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Security screening will be taking place at the entry points to Harvards Commencement next Thursday (June 10). All Harvard participants in the ceremony, including faculty, should bring their Harvard IDs. Both participants and guests are strongly advised not to bring bags as searches will delay entrance to the event.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 29. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

June 1887 – Six of the 15 alumnae of the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women (or “Harvard Annex” [names used before the 1894 charter creating Radcliffe College]) establish…

Douglas A. Melton, the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, has agreed to serve as chair of the FAS Life Sciences Council, effective June 1.

Reducing calories protects mice and rats against breast tumors, a number of studies have shown. Can it do the same for humans? A natural experiment in Norway during World War II hints that it can. Under famine conditions, prepubertal girls who consumed an average of 22 percent fewer calories than normal enjoyed a lower rate…

Laurie Cote loves pianos and loves being around them. He plays, but his passion is getting them to sing in their best voices.

Thirteen U.S. journalists and 12 international journalists were recently appointed to the 67th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. Established in 1938, the Nieman program is the oldest midcareer fellowship for journalists in the world. The fellowships are awarded to working journalists of accomplishment and promise for an academic year of study in any…

For the third consecutive year a piece from Harvard Review has been selected for inclusion in The Best American Series (Houghton Mifflin), a showcase for the years finest fiction and nonfiction writing since 1915. Yarn, by Kyoko Mori, was chosen for the 2004 edition of The Best American Essays and was selected by guest editor…

Juniors Darren Morris (left) of Mather House and Gina Bruno of Adams House have been chosen by the Harvard Alumni Association to receive the 2004 David Aloian Memorial Scholarships. The award recognizes special contributions to the quality of life in the Houses and thoughtful leadership that makes the College an exciting place in which to…

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has announced that it has awarded 48 student grants and fellowships amounting to over $100,000 for the 2004-05 academic year. Twenty grants will support Harvard College undergraduates, and 28 will support graduate students. In recent years the Weatherhead Center has significantly expanded its support for Harvard students, both increasing…

Young Women’s Conference seeks participants Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership encourages young women (18-24 years of age) to apply for consideration to the Young Women’s Leadership Conference – a nonpartisan…

Over the past several years, corporate scandals have made the headlines. Last week (May 19 and 20), leaders from business, government, and law joined with University experts at the Kennedy School to discuss government responses to the current corporate crisis.

Sacha Baron Cohen, worldwide TV personality and comedy phenomenon who currently hosts HBOs Emmy Award-nominated late-night comedy series Da Ali G Show, is the 2004 Class Day speaker, announced the Harvard College Class of 2004 Senior Class Committee and the Harvard Alumni Association. Baron Cohen was selected after months of secret negotiations. Baron Cohen will…

Two receive Killam Fellowship Awards The Killam Fellowships Program, an undergraduate scholarship and exchange program between Canada and the United States, recently granted Nassira Nicola ’04 and Christopher Doucette ’06…

Memorial Hall and Memorial Church have long been luminous nocturnal landmarks of the Cambridge campus. Now, the Adolphus Busch Hall clock tower has joined the dignified beacons of their neighbors. Four years ago, the clock mechanism underwent a major restoration. Now the exterior clock faces have become illuminated. All four clock faces shine with the…

Specially designed college savings plans that offer tax-free savings can actually cost low- and middle-income families more than they save by reducing their eligibility for financial aid, according to a researcher at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Matthew S. Meselson, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, has received the Pauling Legacy Award and the Dart/New York University (NYU) Biotechnology Achievement Award. Each award honors his five decades of pioneering molecular genetics research and his 40 years of work to…

Each year, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) selects a number of distinguished scholars and professionals, many from Latin America, to spend a minimum of one semester at Harvard. While in residence, visiting scholars and fellows spend time working on their own research and writing projects, making use of the Universitys extensive…

The new wing on the Nieman Foundations home at Harvard University was dedicated Monday (May 24) in honor of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its long-standing support of the Nieman mission to elevate the standards of journalism.

The Chayes International Public Service Fellowship program provides Harvard Law School (HLS) students with an opportunity to work in international public service for the summer. Students work within governments of developing nations making difficult transitions to peace and democracy, as well as with the intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that support them.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 20, 2004, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

Who among us hasnt appreciated the convenience of filling a prescription at 10 p.m., pleading with tech support when our computers freeze the night before a big deadline, or enjoying a midnight burger at a highway rest stop? As our lives fill to overflowing and families increasingly send two parents into the workplace, weve grown…

A professor of government and a professor of English and American literature and language have won this years Roslyn Abramson Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching.

Its that time of year again! Against the imposing pillars of the Memorial Church, Alan Young works on a giant supporting beam for the Commencement tent as it is hoisted up by a crane. See Commencement Exercises guidelines.

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University will honor a molecular biologist, a neuroscientist, and an award-winning director, writer, and producer, among others, at its annual Radcliffe Day celebration on June 11.

To Marcia Morgan, receiving the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Administrative/Professional Prize was a huge surprise.

On May 12 the Harvard Foundation and the Harvard Alumni Association sponsored an evening in honor of Senior U.S. Federal District Court Judge A. David Mazzone 50 at his undergraduate residence, Kirkland House. The evenings program, hosted by Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter and Kirkland House Masters Tom and Verena Conley, began with a…

The Project on Justice, Welfare, and Economics at Harvard University has announced its graduate student dissertation fellowship and research grant recipients for 2004-05. This interdisciplinary initiative, which supports faculty and student research across the University, promotes research and knowledge connecting the study of freedom, justice, and economics to human welfare and development.

The amount of potential nuclear weapons material secured in the two years immediately following Sept. 11, 2001, was less than the amount secured in the two years immediately prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to official data described in a new report from Harvard University on steps needed to keep nuclear weapons out of…

Harvards Kennedy School of Government has named Edward L. Glaeser co-director of the Schools Taubman Center for State and Local Government and co-faculty director of the Schools Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. A longtime faculty affiliate of both the Taubman Center and the Rappaport Institute, Glaeser will assume his new posts July 1. Alan Altshuler,…