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The Harvard University English Department resolved on Nov. 19 to renew its invitation to Tom Paulin to give a poetry reading under the Morris Gray Lectureship. All faculty members present, constituting nearly the entire department, approved this decision.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students and employees in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Nov. 16.

The city of Cambridge and the Harvard Square Design Committee invite the public to attend a community meeting today (Nov. 21) between 6:30 and 9 p.m. to review potential changes to the streets and sidewalks in the square. Specifically, the meeting, which will be held in the Cronkhite Living Room (6 Ash St.), will address…

Nov. 13, 1875 – New Haven, Conn., hosts the first Harvard-Yale football game, which Harvard wins, to the delight of some 150 student boosters from Cambridge. November 1903 – After…

On Nov. 13, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers responded to Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School to take a report of an unarmed robbery that occurred in the Yard approximately 30 minutes prior. The victim, a Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School student, stated that while walking through the Yard…

Implants of stem cells have, for the first time, been used to replace and preserve missing and dying nerve cells in the brains of mice with human-like diseases. The research opens the way for a better understanding of how our brain develops and ages, and how stem cells might be used to treat injuries and…

Earlier this week, the Science Center lawn became a dumping ground for about 500 bags of Harvard-generated trash. And if the heaps of soggy newspapers, candy wrappers, used coffee cups, and banana peels were unsightly and a little smelly, that was the point.

His wiry body clad in tight-fitting black, Robert Woodruff hunches over his coffee cup struggling to express his thoughts about the job he has taken on, artistic director of Harvards American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.).

It’s easy to think humankind is above nature in this age of genetically engineered corn, superdrugs, microsurgery, and all the man-made comforts that insulate us from nature’s harshness.

Women from conflict-ravaged nations around the world gathered at the Kennedy School of Government last week for a colloquium focused on how to empower women worldwide to work for peace.

China Keitetsis autobiography is currently number two on Germanys best-seller list. Its title is They Took Away My Mother and Gave Me a Gun, and that is literally what happened to her.

Harvard faculty and students gathered recently for a candid discussion of the Core Curriculum: its strengths, weaknesses, and areas for potential change. The symposium, held Nov. 6, was the first of two community conversations this month. The discussions are part of Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean William C. Kirbys widespread efforts to examine all…

At a Nov. 6 lecture, Helen Vendler, Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor (seated front row), spoke on the image of Greece in the poetry of James Merrill. Vendler explored the polyvalent presence of modern Greece in the poetry of one of the most influential contemporary American poets. This lecture continues the series of lectures by…

Even as Harvards picture-pretty offense made for another noteworthy performance against Columbia (1-7, 0-5 Ivy) this past Saturday (Nov. 9) at the stadium, it was the Crimsons less glamorous defensive game that really stole the show – and the 28-7 win – from the cagey Lions.

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:

In a Nov. 7 article about Day of the Dead events at the Peabody Museum and the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Gazette neglected to mention the Peabody Museum in its headline. The altar at the Peabody was, as the article stated, the central attraction. Some of the artists who worked on the exhibit…

John Mekalanos (far left), the Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School Debra Peattie Ph.D. 80, M.B.A. 96, and president of RCT BioVentures NE and David Edwards, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and scientific founder of Advanced Inhalation Research (AIR), participated in a panel on therapeutic product start-ups. The…

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) is the hub of the Kennedy School of Governments (KSG) research, teaching, and training in international security affairs, environmental and resource issues, science and technology policy, and intrastate conflict prevention and resolution studies.

The Loeb Drama Center, home to the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.), the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) – will open its doors to the Cambridge and Boston community on Saturday (Nov. 16), 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

It is commonly held that the rare collections of Harvards libraries are awe-inspiring, albeit widely dispersed among various faculties. And they are however, through Nov. 27, bibliophiles have the unique opportunity to view rare and historical materials from the collections of six major libraries in one central location. The exhibition – Some Special Collections at…