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At the Kennedy School of Governments ARCO Forum Monday night (Jan. 27), syndicated columnist and political turncoat Arianna Huffington gave an opening nod to her former Comedy Central and Politically Incorrect sparring partner, Shorenstein Fellow Al Franken 75. During the 1996 presidential campaign, she was the conservative voice of their point-counterpoint segment Strange Bedfellows, and,…

Brenda Shaffer wants to shatter our stereotypes about Muslim societies.

Cardosa Abubaca of FMO steers three empty carts as he passes the Aiken-IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, a primitive computer inside the Science Center.

Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of health problems that includes high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, high blood sugar, and obesity, is a common condition that medical experts believe is caused by a combination of genes, lack of physical activity, and overeating. Now researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) have shown that even people…

Many Americans view government regulations as complicated edicts handed down by distant bureaucrats. But what if ordinary citizens from across the country could monitor rulemaking in Washington, D.C., and participate actively in the process of making new government regulations – all without ever leaving their offices or homes? Information technology may hold the answer.

When it comes to testing alternative fuel vehicles that could reduce the Universitys impact on the environment, Harvard is cooking with gas.

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) have found that both long and short sleep durations may be independently associated with an increased risk of heart disease in women. These findings are published in the Jan. 27 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Poster day registration Faculty and students of the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH) are invited to participate in the 17th annual Poster and Exhibit Day, to be held March…

It took two years of negotiations after decades of steadily rising tensions for the Idaho Nez Perce Tribe and a coalition of 23 local non-Indian government groups to agree to sit down and talk to resolve their disputes.

Musician Larry Flint and the Rev. Dorothy Austin join others in song as approximately 450 friends, co-workers, and fans attended a memorial service for Brian Sinclair 62, longtime Harvard employee and co-host of the WHRB country music radio show Hillbilly at Harvard, on Friday (Jan. 24) at the Memorial Church. Friends, including Hillbilly co-host Lynn…

The Boston Theological Institute will convene at the Brattle Theatre on Feb. 7 and 8 for the third annual Boston Faith and Film Festival. Sponsored by the institute, which counts the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) among its members, this years festival will screen films that stimulate discussion about the nature of holiness and saintliness. Among…

As the nation remembered the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. last weekend, Harvards Civil Rights Project (CRP) released a report on Americas increasingly segregated schools that blew a chilling wind on the optimism of Kings I have a dream speech.

U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy continued his attack on President Bushs Iraq and domestic policies Friday (Jan. 24), calling the looming Iraq conflict the wrong war at the wrong time and assailing policies on education, health care, taxes, and affirmative action during a speech at the Kennedy School of Government.

An award-winning political satirist, a television news anchor, and a chief congressional correspondent are among the new fellows this semester at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvards Kennedy School of Government.

A proposal co-written by a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government establishes the framework for the sale of low-cost generic HIV drugs in developing nations. The proposal is outlined in an article published in the Jan. 25 edition of The Lancet, and is co-authored by Amir Attaran, research fellow at the Kennedy Schools…

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Jane Fonda have decided to scale back plans announced in 2001 to create a new center on gender and education. The HGSE will, however, continue to collaborate with Fonda on research and curricular programs relating to gender in the classroom.

The Harvard fencing team traveled to Chestnut Hill this past Saturday (Jan. 25) where the Crimson went undefeated in Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) competition against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Tufts, Brown, Smith College, and host Boston College.

Annemarie Schimmel, Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture Emerita, died this past Sunday (Jan. 26) in Bonn, Germany, at the age of 80.

Ernst Kitzinger, the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor Emeritus, an art historian specializing in Byzantine, early Christian, and early medieval art, died of a stroke Jan. 22 at his home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 90 years old.

The realm where science blends into art lies in a back room of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, on a small sheet of paper under Laszlo Meszolys hand.

Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and author of a new book that views postwar American history through the lens of consumerism, is laughing at herself. Asked to suggest a local shopping mall for a photo shoot, shes stumped. I hardly ever go to the mall, she admits.

President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven Hyman will hold office hours for students in their Massachusetts Hall offices from 4 to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) on the following dates:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Jan. 25. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Jan. 9, 1961 – U.S. President-elect John F. Kennedy ’40 visits Cambridge for a meeting of the Board of Overseers, attracting a huge swarm of well-wishers and news media in…

It sounds like an Alice in Wonderland tale. Children intoxicated by mercury shake and grab themselves like Mad Hatters in a mountain settlement known as the place that no one can find.