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Cinematic wunderkind Larry Meistrich addressed the Dudley Film Program on Nov. 7 about the state of independent filmmaking and distribution in todays changing economy. Meistrich, 35, was the founder and CEO of The Shooting Gallery, a premiere independent film studio and entertainment production company. Between 1990 and 2001, he produced more than 30 films including…

After a summer of scorching heat waves up and down the Eastern seaboard, apocalyptic flooding in Prague and Dresden, droughts parching the western United States, and population-displacing monsoons throughout the Himalayas, if there is still anyone out there who does not believe in global warming, Michael B. McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies and…

There is a growing consensus among scientists that inhabitants of the Earth are facing more-than-minor climate changes in the coming years. What are the nature of these changes? Are they inevitably negative, and if so, what are the solutions? A group of leading scientists and experts will wrangle over these questions at a fundraising symposium…

Pennsylvanias womens volleyball team continued its hassling of the Crimson this past Saturday (Nov. 9) at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), sweeping the Harvard hitters in three games: 30-15, 30-14, 30-21. The shutout marks Harvards second defeat of the season against the Quakers – who endure as the only Ivy team to earn a pair…

Gerald Gabrielse needs magnetic quiet to work. The professor of physics generates magnetic and electric fields, super-empty vacuums, and supercold temperatures in his basement workshop in Jefferson Laboratory at Harvard University. He needs such exotic conditions to hold bits of antimatter steady. If antimatter touches normal matter, such as makes up the walls of ordinary…

I picture Siberia, three weeks away

Yucel inducted as ACR Fellow E. Kent Yucel, associate professor of radiology and director of cardiovascular imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was inducted as a fellow in the American…

Giving a gift to Harvard seems a simple thing. A donor writes a check or transfers some stock, and thats the end of it.

Dean’s Award nominations sought The Joint Committee on the Status of Women (JCSW), on behalf of Joseph Martin, dean of the faculty of medicine, is seeking nominations for two distinguished…

Why does the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) take longer to approve asthma medicines than arthritis medicines?

Friends and colleagues of Arthur Solomon, professor of biophysics emeritus, are invited to attend a memorial service at the Memorial Church on Friday (Nov. 15) at 12:30 p.m. Following the service, a reception will be held at the Fogg Art Museum.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Nov. 9. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Nov. 28, 1942 – The Cocoanut Grove, a celebrated Boston night spot, burns on Thanksgiving weekend, killing some 500 people, including 15 from Harvard. Already in Boston at the time, an instructing officer and several student officers of the Harvard-based Naval Communications School are among the first to arrive on the scene. They play an…

In an effort to combat the flu across campus this season, University Health Services (UHS) will be providing free flu vaccines to all members of the Harvard community. The walk-in clinics are being held at the following locations:

The students of the South Asian Association, Dharma, and the Harvard Foundation welcomed renowned Nepalese actress and Bollywood star, Manisha Koirala (left) to Harvard on Friday (Nov. 8). Before a packed Boylston Hall audience, the popular Koirala presented clips from her latest film Escape from Taliban and spoke on Hindu-Muslim relations and women in films.…

The Starship Enterprise is propelled through the universe of science fiction by a rocket fuel that combines ordinary matter and antimatter. When the two meet, they annihilate each other in a burst of energy that thrusts the starship from galaxy to galaxy.

Well have done enough groundwork to back up a decision, said Kathy Spiegelman, associate vice president for planning and real estate, who was recently appointed chief University planner and director of the Allston Initiative. She takes over the new position Jan. 1, 2003.

The toilet runs, there’s graffiti on the windows and a former resident left behind some belongings.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 15, 2002, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

According to legend, spirits of the dead are drawn to the smell of marigolds. Since ancient times, the flowers have been scattered in villages throughout Mesoamerica on Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, to lure the souls of departed family members and friends.

Ms. Magazine co-founder Letty Cottin Pogrebin remembers attending a Women and Identity conference in the 1970s and being asked, with all the conferees, to stand beneath a sign – black, Latina, woman, Jew – that best identified her.

Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, will speak on Looking Back on Perestroika at Sanders Theatre on Monday (Nov. 11).

Professor Robert Stavins stepped down last month after five years at the helm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) top economic advisory board, during which time he helped to raise the profile of economic thinking about environmental problems and to standardize economic analysis in EPA decisions.

At its fifth meeting of the year the Faculty Council heard a report from Professor Cynthia Friend (chemistry and chemical biology), associate dean of the faculty, on the plans of the committee which she chairs to review the appointments processes in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Deans Vincent Tompkins and Rebecca Wasserman (Academic Affairs)…