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Capping his first-ever visit to the United States with a talk at Harvard University yesterday (Dec. 10), Wen Jiabao, premier of the Peoples Republic of China, drew upon Chinas rich cultural past and current atmosphere of openness to predict a bright future of development, economic wealth, and democracy.

Faculty task forces with representation from across the University will help shape the next phase of planning for a future campus in Allston. The four task forces are charged with discussing, and ultimately sharpening, the preliminary academic framework outlined in President Lawrence H. Summers October letter to the Harvard community.

The following Harvard seniors were elected to Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, the Harvard College Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK). The students, listed below with their Houses and concentrations, were elected in November.

Dec. 1, AIDS Awareness Day, is commemorated on the Science Center lawn with rows of red ribbons. (Staff photo Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office)

For six hours on Sunday (Nov. 23), approximately 60 faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates shared their thoughts about the ongoing review of the Harvard College curriculum.

In the Boston area, the average commuter will spend 58 maddening hours this year stuck in traffic. Even NPR isnt that good.

Professor of Chinese Literature Wilt Idema, director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, has announced the centers fellows and visiting scholars who are spending the 2003-04 academic year at Harvard. Each of these scholars specializes in some aspect of China, Idema said, and each is contributing new insights to their field of inquiry.…

You wont find brooms like these at Home Depot. Made to order in the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) scene shop, they feature Plexiglas handles and fiber-optic bristles whose tips are bobbing pinpoints of white light.

Gore Vidal, the outspoken and prolific writer of novels, essays, screenplays, and history, visited the Graduate School of Educations Askwith Forum on Nov. 20, ostensibly to promote his new book Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson.

A certain slant of November afternoon light haunts a stairway in Paine Hall. (Staff photo Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office)

Its like some brain-teasing riddle – How can a baby have five parents, none of whom are recognized by law?

Nov. 20 was a good day in South Africa, according to U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Cameron Hume.

Twice this year, delegations representing the Dalai Lama have gone to Beijing to hold talks with officials of the Chinese government. Many have interpreted these discussions as a sign that tensions between Beijing and the Tibetan religious leader are easing, and that the next step may be a visit to China by the Dalai Lama…

Joan Larrabee, instructor in medicine at Joslin Diabetes Center, hopes to discover whether there is a distinct subtype of neuropathy in patients with diabetes.

They may be grandmas little pride and joy, but taking care of grandchildren more than nine hours a week can also be the ticket to increased heart problems, a study by Harvard researchers said.

Alma mater honors Nye Princeton University recently announced that Kennedy School of Government Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. has been chosen the 2004 recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award, one…

This is the sixth in a series of interviews with Democratic presidential candidates.

It was what Id always imagined Ethiopia to be like. Afar was dry, hot, and barren. Located near the border with Djibouti, its where the bones of prehistoric Lucy were discovered. Afar is a region thats mostly desert baked by a scorching sun, where afternoon temperatures reach well over 100 degrees. Camels dot the landscape,…

As the wind howls outside and staying in shape moves indoors, a couple of young warriors fight it out in the Hemenway Gymnasium. Matt Prasse 06 (right), poised and ready, waits for Gregg Peeples HLS 03 to challenge him with a mighty stroke.

In a new joint degree program with the University of Cambridge law faculty in Cambridge, England, up to six Harvard Law School (HLS) students each year may spend their third year in England to pursue that schools LL.M. degree. After earning an LL.M. at the end of the academic year, students would then be eligible…

James Gray, a seasoned professional in real estate management, has been appointed associate vice president of Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES). He assumed his new Harvard role on Nov. 11.