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Modular design is a familiar concept in many engineered systems, from computer software to automobiles. Now an interdisciplinary team of scientists, centered around Harvard Universitys Bauer Center for Genomics Research and supported by a five-year, $15 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is…

As hundreds of first year students strode, ambled, or tiptoed through their new crimson and green and only slightly intimidating surroundings during Freshman Week, there were events aplenty to help them adjust. For instance, there was the venerable Freshman Barbecue, which took place on the lawn between Sever Hall and the Fogg Museum – in…

A former spokesman for the Czech president, The New York Times science editor, and an investigative reporter are among the fellows at the Kennedy Schools Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy this semester.

Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics Lene Vestergaard Hau has won the 2003 Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers. According to the teachers association, Hau won the award for her dedication to teaching and research and her ability to give an exciting and informative lecture.

As part of Freshman Orientation Week, entering undergraduates participated in local field trips to help them get acquainted with Cambridge, Boston, and surrounding areas. The Salem Witch Museum, the North End, Mount Auburn Cemetery, and a Red Sox game were only a few of the places that freshmen experienced under the direction of volunteer trip…

Academic, business, and government leaders sought to forge a collective vision of the life sciences Sept. 12 that would spur collaboration and secure the Boston regions position as the worlds pre-eminent location for life sciences research, development, and manufacturing.

Former Harvard College Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, whose career at Harvard spanned four decades, died Aug. 21 of complications from surgery. He was 66.

Lambert Williams, Ph.D. student in the history of science, is about to be hidden behind canvas-covered scaffolding as he descends the stairs in the Science Center, where extensive renovations are in progress. The Science Center is just one of a range of projects that ramped up over the summer months. In addition to renovations at…

Family, friends, and colleagues of the late Archie C. Epps III, former dean of students at Harvard College, crowded the Memorial Church Sept. 4 for a funeral service that commemorated Epps life in song, prayer, and words spoken from the pulpit by his close friend, the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes. Epps died Aug. 21…

The presentations in the Harvard Medical School lecture hall were devoted to Staphylococcus aureus, antibodies and antigens, cholesterol, cloning, and cancer, none of which were unusual subjects for a medical school campus.

The American diet has gone astray, lured by fat-free grains, breads, and cereals that have led not to a leaner promised land but to a quagmire of flabby bodies and rising risk of diabetes, experts at the Harvard School of Public Health said Sept. 9.

Two years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, America is no less vulnerable to terrorism than it was a year ago and hardly better prepared to respond to another attack, said a panel of the Universitys foremost authorities on terrorism at a Kennedy School of Government (KSG) panel Sept. 10.

If you cant say something nice, dont say anything at all.

GSE names Fogel dean for administration Business School leader Robert Fogel assumed the deanship for administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE) on Sept. 4. Most recently, Fogel…

Holes as tiny as 30 atoms across are allowing researchers to obtain intimate views of molecules in acts never before seen. Peeping Ph.D.s have seen strands of DNA, the stuff of genes, folding themselves in a new type of microscope invented at Harvard University.

Top world and Olympic skaters will join host Paul Wylie 91 in supporting the Jimmy Fund at the 34th annual An Evening With Champions at the Bright Hockey Center Oct. 10-11 at 8 p.m. More than $2.1 million has been raised for cancer research and care since the first exhibition in 1970.

Like language instructors introducing new words to their students, Harvard Medical School researchers have taught cellular ribosomes – a cells protein factory – to create new compounds using foreign substances.

Hearing loss and vestibular disorders can be debilitating to affected individuals, with symptoms ranging in severity from modest difficulty with speech comprehension to profound deafness, tinnitus, or dizziness. Hearing loss is the most prevalent chronic disease of the elderly, affecting more than one-third of people over 65 years of age. In most cases, hearing loss…

The Department of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health has announced the establishment of the Distinguished Alum Award. This annual award is being created by a committee composed of a diverse group of alumni.

Just as the University prepares to celebrate the centennial of the rock-solid stadium, its principal tenant – the Harvard football team – finds itself in the midst of rebuilding. The not-so-long-ago-team-to-beat Crimson lost a total of seven All-League players to graduation, including some of the most prolific offensive players in the history of the program.

Send resumes online Beginning this month, resumes and applications for positions at the University will only be accepted online. In order to be considered for any position(s), applicants must apply…

When Joel Richard finishes his day as a staff assistant in Harvards Freshman Deans Office, he hops on his bike, pedals through the crowded streets of Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford, then turns into his driveway. There, smooth pavement gives way to weeds and potholes, and the landscape turns from three-deckers and storefronts to deep woods,…

I wrote your name in the sky, but the wind took it away.

Blood is vital for human survival, but getting it to people who need it involves thorny problems.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning Aug. 18 and ending Sept. 13. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

The animated blockbuster Shrek has been chosen as the feature presentation for this years Movie Time at Harvard. After two days of voting during registration week, Shrek edged out runner-up Ferris Buellers Day Off – last years winner – to win a place on Harvards outdoor silver screen.

Sept. 7, 1775 – The “New-England Chronicle or Essex Gazette” advertises that the Harvard Corporation and Overseers have chosen the Town of Concord as “a proper place for convening the…

The Faculty Council of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at its first meeting of the year Wednesday (Sept. 17) heard several reports on developments since the council adjourned in May. Dean William C. Kirby (FAS and history) spoke on the year ahead. He also briefed council members on new appointments to tenure, on new…

Harvard workers will take center stage today (Sept. 18) when Robert Putnam, the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, will discuss his new book, Better Together: Restoring the American Community, (Simon & Schuster, 2003) with co-author Lewis Feldstein, at 6 p.m. at Askwith Hall.

Tibetan Buddhism, with its pantheon of gods and demons, its elaborate rituals, colorful costumes, and esoteric meditation techniques, seems, to Westerners at least, to be the most exotic manifestation of the religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama 2,500 years ago.