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In 25 years as a locksmith with Harvards Facilities Maintenance Operations, Dan Hilly has seen it all.

Richard M. Hunt, a Harvard faculty member for 42 years and its University marshal since 1982, has announced that he will retire Aug. 30. He also will retire from his position as Senior Lecturer on Social Studies.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning July 14 and ending Aug. 17. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Elizabeth Beppie Huidekoper, Harvards vice president for finance since 1996, has accepted the position of executive vice president for finance and administration at Brown University. She will begin her new duties at Brown on Oct. 15.

During the month of August:

A memorial service for Stephen Jay Gould, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, will be held on Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. All members of the Harvard Community are invited to attend. Gould died on May 20 at the age of 60.

Following a nationwide search that began last fall, President Lawrence H. Summers announced on Aug. 12 that he has appointed William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and professor of the history of religion, as the next dean of the Harvard Divinity School, effective immediately. Graham has served as acting dean…

Rob Odilon, who is working this summer at the Fogg Museum, scorns temperatures in the upper 90s as he scales the Harvard Stadium steps during the recent heat wave. Odilon plays football for Dean College in Franklin.

University Marshal Richard M. Hunt to retire

Elizabeth Huidekoper, Harvard’s Vice President for Finance, to become Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration at Brown University

James C. Thomson, former Nieman Foundation curator, East-Asia historian and key figure in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2002, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital of cardiac arrest after a brief illness. He was 70.

Following a nationwide search that began last fall, President Lawrence H. Summers announced today that he has appointed William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of the History of Religion, as the next dean of the Harvard Divinity School, effective immediately.

Following a nationwide search, President Lawrence H. Summers announced today that he has appointed William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of the History of Religion, as the next dean of the Harvard Divinity School, effective immediately. Graham has served as Acting Dean of the School since January 2002.

Forty years after their forerunners took to the lunch counters and streets of the American South, 21 young activists are putting their own spin on civil rights: by dancing, teaching, praying, and learning. The future leaders are honing their advocacy and activism skills at the second annual Civil Rights Summer (CRS), a fellowship program sponsored…

Seven months after a Harvard committee recommended changes to improve wages and working conditions for the University’s lowest-paid workers, wages have been raised and a parity policy enacted to ensure that contracted employees receive compensation equivalent to their Harvard counterparts. These measures implement the core recommendations of the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies…

At Harvard, academic success is measured in many ways. We look at things such as admissions yield, research breakthroughs, alumni achievements, Rhodes scholarships, global name recognition, and yes, rankings in US News and World Report to tell us how were doing. But when it comes to measuring Harvard as an employer, the markers are less…

A new study, co-authored by Kennedy School of Government researcher James Quane, concludes that housing subsidies can significantly lessen the financial strain on low-income families and assist in the transition from welfare to work. The report is based on data collected from low-income African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white families with children in poor and near-poor…

Eyes may be a window to the soul, but Donna Mager prefers looking into a mouth. She sees it as a mirror that reflects the body’s health.

While studying a rare genetic disease, scientists have unexpectedly found a new way to detect a variety of inherited cancers.

Swimming. Crafts. Field trips. Public service.

Each fall, wide-eyed freshmen arrive in Cambridge in droves, brimming with excitement as they consider all the possibilities for a major. Aspiring attorneys turn up to learn the lay of the law. The business school welcomes soon-to-be CEOs, CFOs, and other corporate VIPs. But Harvard also has programs that play host to an impressive assembly…