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The disappearance of a prominent Bostonian. Dismembered body parts in the bowels of Harvard Medical College. A trial that pitted a Harvard professor deeply in debt against a grave-digging janitor.

Photo by Ruby Arguilla During the first annual ‘Commute Another Way Fall Fun Fair,’ Holly Bogle, manager of the Commuter Choice Program, demonstrates the new easy-to-use bicycle racks that will…

Theyre quite a bit uglier than Darwins celebrated Galapagos Islands finches. Uglier than a canary in a coal mine too.

The 50th Anniversary Program for Scholars in Medicine was established in 1995 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to the Medical School, to acknowledge the important contributions of women to the School, and to enhance the quality and diversity of the Faculty of Medicine at all ranks.

Im pretty fragile as a human being, Mandy Patinkin told a group of undergraduates who had come to hear him speak last Friday (Sept. 27) as part of the Office for the Arts Learning From Performers Series. Its ironic because I often play parts that are rather big – tough, strong. I do that to…

The Office for the Arts (OFA) has announced that more than 700 Harvard students will participate in over 25 creative projects ranging from music and theater to literature and the cultural arts this fall semester. Sponsored in part through funding from the OFA, the grants, which range from $75 to $700, aim to foster creative…

The first publisher of the signed Declaration of Independence was a woman.

An old joke asks the question, What do you call a 200-pound black man with a gun? The answer, of course, is Sir, the subtext being that it is only by physical intimidation that blacks can gain respect in the white world.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $1.2 million grant to a consortium of investigators and health care organizations for a national bioterrorism syndromic surveillance demonstration program, a kind of computer early warning system that initially will sweep, in real time, 20 million patient records in all 50 states for clusters…

A huge electronic resource of materials on architecture, urbanism, landscape design, and related issues of concern to the Muslim world – and people interested in it – went online Sept. 27 when the presidents of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) came together with His Highness the Aga Khan to launch http://www.ArchNet.org.

Thesis fellowship available from CSWR The Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) invites students enrolled in any Harvard doctoral program whose research involves the substantive study of religious…

Academic performance is a key benchmark in our society. Success or failure in this area can profoundly affect future opportunity, how we are perceived by others, and the way we see ourselves. Using 15 years of his own research to identify the unseen pressures affecting the academic performance of particular groups, Claude Steele, the Lucie…

Walter H. Annenberg, businessman, statesman, philanthropist, and Harvard benefactor whose donations helped finance undergraduate scholarships and the renovation of Annenberg Hall, died Tuesday (Oct. 1) at his home near Philadelphia from complications due to pneumonia. He was 94.

With a brilliant outing from backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick 05, the Harvard football team overcame a 12-point deficit to edge Brown, 26-24, this past Saturday (Sept. 28) at Brown Stadium. The win improved the Crimson to 2-0 on the season, while keeping the overall streak alive and well at 11 straight.

Theres no praise sweeter than that from ones colleagues, says Frank Westheimer, Morris Loeb Professor of Chemsitry Emeritus. After a lifetime of research, Westheimer, 90, has gotten this kind of sweet thrill to add to his many other laurels.

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:

Robert Dorfman A memorial service for Robert Dorfman, David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy Emeritus, will be held at the Memorial Church on Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. The…

Senior adviser to the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Ann Berman has agreed to serve as acting vice president for finance while the search for a permanent successor to Elizabeth Beppie Huidekoper proceeds. Berman will assume her new role on Oct. 10.

An economist who has conducted groundbreaking research on information technology and economic growth, energy and the environment, and applied econometrics, and a music scholar whose studies of Bach and Mozart have incorporated research in architecture, theology, medicine, and economics have both been named University Professors.

An odd, previously unknown sphere, some 360 miles in diameter, has been found at the bottom of the Earth. It was detected by a Harvard professor and a graduate student who patiently examined records of hundreds of thousands of earthquake waves that passed through the center of the planet in the past 30 years.

Walter H. Annenberg, businessman, statesman, philanthropist, and Harvard benefactor whose donations helped finance undergraduate scholarships and the renovation of Annenberg Hall, died Tuesday (Oct. 1) at his home near Philadelphia from complications due to pneumonia. He was 94.

As the 2002-03 academic year begins, returning students and faculty are finding that a new, Web-based version of the HOLLIS catalog is now in use. Users can connect to the new HOLLIS through the Harvard Libraries site at http://lib.harvard.edu.

When the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declared the phrase under God in the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional last June because it violated the separation of church and state, the ruling touched off angry protests across the nation, including a spontaneous pledge-in by members of Congress on the steps of the Capitol building.

With her characteristic candor and wit, the popular former first lady Barbara Bush provided glimpses of her famous family and offered up a few of Lifes Lessons to an admiring crowd at the ARCO Forum Thursday (Sept. 19) night.