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Campus & Community
Re-union
During a first-time-ever labor-management conference of 100 union members and 100 Harvard managers held Oct. 16, former Harvard President Derek Bok and Kris Rondeau, Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers lead organizer, listen to speakers. Union members and managers later broke into groups to discuss the important themes to be addressed during the upcoming…
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Police reports
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Oct. 18. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
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Campus & Community
Elisabeth MacDougall, pioneer in formal study of gardens
Elisabeth Blair MacDougall, an art historian who helped transform the study of gardens into an academic discipline, died Oct. 12. She was 78.
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Campus & Community
This month in Harvard history
Oct. 17, 1944 – In the “Harvard Service News,” Anthropology Professor Earnest A. Hooton advocates the election of a woman to the U.S. presidency, noting that “the females of our…
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Cloistered
Against a backdrop of fall foliage and sunlight, Kirsten McCarthy, GSE degree candidate, studies at Gutman Library.
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Campus & Community
Creativity tied to mental illness
Ignoring what seems irrelevant to your immediate needs may be good for your mental health but bad for creativity.
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Campus & Community
President outlines ideas on Allston planning
In an open letter to the Harvard community, President Lawrence H. Summers Tuesday (Oct. 21) outlined a number of programmatic assumptions intended to guide the next phase of the Universitys planning for the eventual long-term use of its properties in Allston.
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Harvard Stadium
In 1905, just two years after the completion of Harvard Stadium, President Charles W. Eliot threatened to expel – once and for all – the savage game of football from…
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Project finds Hindus in New Jersey, Buddhists in Montana
An influx of new immigrants that began in 1965 when U.S. immigration laws were liberalized has changed our society in ways that contradict traditional assumptions about the correlation of religion…
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Low-carb more effective than low-fat
A study put three groups of dieters on different regimens. They included a low-fat group, a low-carbohydrate group that ate the same number of calories, and a third group on…
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Health
The links between creativity, intelligence, and mental illness
“Scientists have wondered for a long time why madness and creativity seem linked, particularly in artists, musicians, and writers,” notes Shelley Carson, a Harvard psychologist. “Our research results indicate that…
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Campus & Community
Sissela Bok stalks the notion of happiness
With a title like The Pursuits of Happiness, its no wonder that philosopher and ethicist Sissela Bok packed Science Center C Tuesday night (Oct. 14) for her Lowell Lecture sponsored by the Harvard Extension School: Is there any pursuit more elemental to our existence?
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Bishop in a pickup truck
In July 2000, when the Right Rev. Vashti McKenzie was elected the first female bishop in the 213-year history of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, her reaction made national headlines. The stained-glass ceiling has been pierced and broken, she said after the bishops and elders of her church had placed their hands on her…
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Harvard Foundation honors governor of Puerto Rico
For her leadership in government and humanitarian causes, the Harvard Foundation will honor Gov. Sila Calderón of Puerto Rico at a reception this Friday (Oct. 17). Calderón will receive the Harvard Foundation Medal at a reception for students and faculty in Leverett House at noon, and will deliver a public address titled Value-Based Democracy: A…
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Campus & Community
Police reports
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Oct. 11. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
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Engelhorn family endows internship to Busch-Reisinger Museum
Marjorie B. Cohn, acting director of the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM), recently announced that members of the Christof Engelhorn family have endowed a curatorial internship at the Busch-Reisinger Museum. According to Cohn, Formal internships have been a part of the Art Museums academic mandate for decades and with this endowment the Busch-Reisinger Museum will…
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Edwards plays ‘Hardball’
Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), fighting to break out of the middle of the crowded pack of Democratic presidential contenders, answered his critics Monday night (Oct. 13) during the first in a series of one-on-one interviews with the candidates at Harvards Kennedy School of Government. The program was televised live from the John F. Kennedy Jr.…
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Campus & Community
Third Sackler Saturday series to open this weekend
This fall the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) will return with a third year of the successful Sackler Saturdays program. Families with children ages 6 to 11 are invited to explore artworks from ancient cultures and distant lands such as China, Japan, Korea, India, Greece, and Rome. The program, which is free and open to…
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Campus & Community
Skating the light fantastic
Was it to watch Olympic stars, to cheer local ice-skaters, to support the Jimmy Fund of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, or to take a break from Red Sox mania? Whatever spurred people to attend Eliot Houses 34th An Evening with Champions, they were well rewarded, watching phenomenal ice-skaters, such as Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul,…
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Ahrens and Flaherty sing a song of inspiration
Richard Cozzens 07 has written a love duet in which a man who has gone to the moon to be with his lover realizes that he cannot love her away from the Earth.
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Artists’ visions/versions of ancient Sardis
A small map greets you as you enter the Fogg Museums exhibition The City of Sardis: Approaches in Graphic Recording.
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Interest in public service careers jumps
At the Office of Career Services (OCS) Career Forum last Friday (Oct. 10), Will Krause 04 expressed pride and relief. Hed made his way halfway around the booths that lined Gordon Track without being lured away from his chosen career of government. Ive managed to avoid the consulting trap so far, he said.
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Harvard recycling rates rise, hit record
Harvards waste recycling rate continued its upward climb last year, reaching a record 36 percent and preserving enough paper fiber to equal 80 acres of forest cut for pulpwood.
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Sports briefs
Crimson bounce Big Red, 27-0 Junior quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 12 of 17 passes for two touchdowns and rushed for another to shut out Cornell this past Saturday (Oct. 11)…
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Crimson rack Crusaders, 3-0
Sophomore goalkeeper Ryan Johnson registered a career-high 10 saves on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 14) to preserve a 3-0 shutout against visiting Holy Cross (1-8-1). With the win, Johnson – ranked second in the Ivy League in the number of goals allowed per game (.84) – earns his third shutout of the season. Still unbeaten at…
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The Big Picture
Im a spiritual person, a Christian, but Im not what you would call orthodox. Im a preachers kid. My dad was the minister of a small, evangelical church on the south side of Atlanta. I learned how to pray as a kid, but I found that it didnt work for me. What does work for…
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Campus & Community
HBS students named Toigo Foundation Fellows
The Robert Toigo Foundation, a leading organization supporting the advancement of exceptional minority business degree students and alumni within the finance industry, recently announced the selection of 13 Harvard Business School (HBS) students as Toigo Fellows. The new fellows include Schelton Assoumou, Tchintcia Barros, Eugene Chiu, Jason Davis, Jaimee Fomer, Christopher Johnson, Leroy Kennedy, Kristal…
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Campus & Community
Puddle piercing
A puddle left by an overnight rainstorm is pierced by the image of the Memorial Church steeple appearing behind Sever Hall.
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Newsmaker
Frosch receives NAE award The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) recently presented senior research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government Robert Frosch with the Arthur M. Bueche Award. Frosch…