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After orchestrating Harvards impressive 43-23 season-opening victory over Holy Cross this past weekend, Crimson quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick 05 has been named the Ivy Leagues first offensive player of the week. Fitzpatrick set a single-game school record for total offense with a 471-yard performance, completing 20 of 27 passes for 359 yards, while rushing for 112…

Given the precarious state of the mens soccer teams net-minding these days – what with all three of Harvards goalies nursing (and playing through) injuries – the 2-2 double-overtime draw against visiting Fairfield (2-2-2) on Sept. 17 starts to feel like not such a bad thing. Factor in the sheer duration (110 minutes) and physical…

James Coveney has been riding motorcycles

The title of the Institute of Politics Sept. 23 forum discussion Will the Korean Nuclear Crisis Lead to War? promised to throw light on a subject that has kept much of the world in a state of anxiety ever since it was revealed in October 2002 that North Korea had resumed its nuclear weapons program…

In a national landscape of increasingly sparse clubs, leagues, and societies, Americans are still coming together, fighting for a cause, a job, or an education through hands-on, face-to-face organizations that are hopeful exmples that, if followed, could help reweave the fabric of American society.

A memorial service for John Shearman, Adams University Professor Emeritus, will be held Nov. 3 at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Church.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Sept. 20. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Sept. 1, 1922 – The Divinity School and the Andover Theological Seminary formally begin a closer affiliation under a new agreement approved in the spring. Sept. 28, 1925 – In…

Sept. 25, 2003 For decades, disparities among the calendars of Harvard’s faculties and Schools have made it more difficult than it should be for students in one School to cross-register…

Harvard University is one of the nations 100 best places to work if youre a mom, Working Mother magazine announced Sept. 23 in its annual 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers issue. It is the only university on the 2003 list and just the third university honored in the 18-year history of the 100 Best…

Its possible – although not necessarily easy – to combine a legal career with one in public service, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher told Harvard Law School (HLS) students Sept. 5. Touching upon some of the defining moments of his long career in community, state, and national service, Christopher demonstrated that blending the two…

The University Center for Ethics and the Professions has selected five Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellows in Ethics for the 2003-04 academic year. The graduate fellows, who study ethical problems in law, political science, and philosophy, were chosen from an outstanding pool of Harvard graduate students who are writing dissertations or engaged in major research…

It was a stroke of genius on [former Dean of the College] John Munros part to bring Archie, then a young divinity student, into the College deans office in 1964. Throughout his long tenure there, Archie gave everything of himself to the College and to its students. His firm, often very firm, guidance as well…

A molecule that is an active ingredient in red wine can slow the aging of human cells. It extends the life expectancy of every organism that, so far, has been fed on it, including yeast, worms, and fruit flies.

Goethe called architecture frozen music. Well, yes, but if composers had to work under the constraints that architects face as a matter of course, we would probably all be sitting restlessly in our seats waiting for the orchestra to begin playing.

Benedict H. Gross, dean of Harvard College, has appointed Susan Marine to direct the new Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR). Marine, who served as the Colleges first coordinator of Sexual Assault Prevention Services during the academic year 2002-03, assumed her new duties in June 2003.

The Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health named Wayne A. Fuller, professor in liberal arts and sciences at Iowa State University, the recipient of the 2003 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. Fuller delivered a lecture at Harvard titled Analytic Studies with Complex Survey Data this past May.

Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced today to the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government that he intends to step down as dean effective June 2004. Nye said his years as dean have been gratifying and that he looks forward to continuing his work as a member of the School faculty.

A memorial service for David Lewin, Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music, will be held Saturday (Sept. 20) at 4 p.m. in the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall. Lewin died May 5 from heart disease. He was 69.

It was a busy, fun, and educational summer for area kids (and grown-ups) participating in one of the many Harvard programs. Whether it was tennis camps for Boston and Cambridge youth, a picnic in Harvard Yard for Cambridge seniors, concerts on the Charles, or summer school for Cambridge high schoolers, summer learning and fun was…

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 20, 2003, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

The rhinoceroses that have protected the Biological Laboratories since 1931 are being moved to a warehouse, where they will be stored until completion of a new, underground Biolabs building. A rhino (left) is hoisted by crane onto a waiting truck. The bronze beasts represent the great Indian species, Rhinoceros unicornis, and are equal in size…

The campaign manager for Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a prominent civil rights activist and anti-war leader, and Alaskas first woman lieutenant governor, among others, have been selected for resident fellowships this fall at Harvards Institute of Politics (IOP).

The University Center for Ethics and the Professions has selected six Faculty Fellows in Ethics for the 2003-04 academic year. They include the Edmond J. Safra Faculty Fellow in Ethics and the Eugene P. Beard Faculty Fellow in Ethics. The fellows, who study ethical problems in business, government, law, medicine, and public policy, were chosen…

Tobaccos killing grounds are shifting to the developing world, as new research from the Harvard School of Public Health shows the number of tobacco-related deaths in developing nations in 2000 roughly equaled those in the industrialized world.

John Shearman, distinguished scholar of Italian Renaissance art, died Aug. 11 of a sudden heart attack while vacationing in the Canadian Rockies. He was 72.

Franklin L. Ford, distinguished historian and former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University, died on Aug. 31, 2003, after a period of ill health following a stroke. Ford passed away at Brookhaven At Lexington, a retirement facility in Lexington, Mass. He was 82.

Eleven new fellows will join the Center for Population and Development Studies for the 2003-04 academic year. The three fellowship programs include the David E. Bell Fellowship in Population and Development, the Saltonstall Population Innovation Fund, and the Mortimer Spiegelman Fellowship Fund.