All articles

More than 10,000 members of the Harvard University community gathered in Tercentenary Theatre at noon on Sept. 11 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. With words, music, and prayer, students, religious leaders, and President Lawrence H. Summers honored the days tragic events and offered messages of peace and hope.

Skritch, skritch, skritch. The room high in the Carpenter Center is quiet except for the scratching of charcoal on paper, the sound accented by the rooms high ceilings and concrete walls. The clear studio lighting also seems to amplify the sound somehow. Or perhaps the amplification comes from the students silence.

Learning at Harvard: anywhere, anytime. That might be the slogan for the unveiling of the new wireless computer network that got up and running this summer. Students, faculty, and staff whose laptops and personal digital assistants are equipped with wireless networking cards can now log on to the Internet without having to plug in.

Once when my daughter was 7 or 8, I was listening to a jazz record, and I asked her what she thought of it.

The Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Design School (GSD) announced that 12 individuals have been awarded fellowships to participate in one year of independent study using the curriculum and programs of GSD as well as other resources at the University. The only program of its kind in the nation, the Loeb Fellowship provides a unique…

Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers welcomed the incoming class of the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) at its convocation Wednesday (Sept. 18), reinforcing the importance of the Schools mission and offering his support to the School in meeting key challenges.

Ten scholars of exceptional promise have joined the Society of Fellows as Junior Fellows. The society gives scholars at early stages of their careers an opportunity to pursue their studies in any department of the University, free from formal requirements. Fellows must demonstrate exceptional ability, originality, and resourcefulness.

The University Center for Ethics and the Professions has selected six Faculty Fellows in Ethics and a Visiting Scholar in Ethics for the 2002-03 academic year. They include the first Edmond J. Safra Faculty Fellow in Ethics and the Eugene P. Beard Faculty Fellow in Ethics. The fellows, who study ethical problems in business, government,…

To the Cabot, Currier, and Pforzheimer House residents who enjoyed its sauces, stews, and other concoctions, it was just a giant kettle, an anonymous player in their daily dining.

Following on the heels of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumis visit to Harvard on Sept. 9, Harvard is hosting the 50th anniversary celebration of U.S.-Japan cultural and educational exchanges under the aegis of the Fulbright Program, Americas premier international exchange program.

The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has updated two resources that outline many of the practices, procedures, and safety tips for members of the Harvard community: the 2002-03 Playing It Safe booklet and the revised HUPD Web site http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

With a Native American population of only 6,000, the Boston area can be an isolating place for kids of Native American heritage.

Richard M. Losick, Harvard College Professor and Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has received a $1 million grant to support innovations in his teaching of science to Harvard undergraduates.

Harvard Habitat for Humanity helped incoming freshmen furnish their new homes on the cheap with its annual Stuff Sale Sept. 7Ð9. Habitat spread its wares Ñ tangles of lamps, pyramids of stacking crates, rugs, and furniture already recycled to within an inch of its life Ñ in front of the Science Center, capturing the attention…

Benedict H. Gross, professor of mathematics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has been named the new dean of Undergraduate Education, effective Sept. 1. Gross assumes his post at an important time in undergraduate education at Harvard, as FAS Dean William C. Kirby begins a broad-based examination of the curriculum and academic policies.

Harvard Business Schools message to tomorrows business leaders couldnt be clearer – or more timely: Values like honesty, integrity, and corporate responsibility are as important to leadership development as any business skills.

Its time to pay attention to the unsqueaky wheel.

Symposium honors Herschbach

Meeting two bears was scary, but the zillions of mosquitoes was worse. The mountains were difficult to get over on a bicycle and the cornfields were drudgingly monotonous. Then there were the headwinds, heat, and flat tires.

Robert Mitchell has been named the director of communications for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) by FAS Dean William C. Kirby.

Bruce A. Beal and Robert L. Beal, longstanding friends of the School of Public Health (SPH), have endowed the Bruce A. Beal, Robert L. Beal, and Alexander S. Beal Associate Professorship at the School. The professorship is named to honor their father, Alexander S. Beal.

To ensure that the rights of permit holders who park at the University are protected, a number of changes will occur throughout University parking facilities including new access controls and increased enforcement as well as improved safety and security features.

KSG junior named foreign affairs fellow The U.S. Department of State has selected Kennedy School student Jane Rhee as a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow. Rhee, a junior majoring…

A good life: Aristotle defined it. Jesus Christ lived it. And for the past decade or so, college students have sought it out, says the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church. Contrary to the prevailing stereotypes of college students as spoiled and self-indulgent,…

Reflecting a significant reversal from recent trends, new figures indicate that more than eight in 10 public policy students who graduated this spring from the Kennedy School of Government are heeding the call for public service. That is more than a 35 percent increase from one year ago and the highest percentage in more than…

Harvard Law School (HLS) has announced the creation of a new research program, the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. The new program will bring the number of research centers at the School to 18 – with areas of focus ranging from Internet law to Islamic legal studies to international taxation. The Labor…

For Sigmund Freud there was considerable doubt. Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, didnt just question religious belief, he attacked it as childish, escapist, and unworthy of a mature, rational mind.

Psychiatrist Felton Earls has been selected to head the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program, replacing Anthony Appiah, who left the University at the end of the spring term.

Deborah Kuhn has joined Harvard Medical School (HMS) as the new associate dean for Planning and Facilities. Kuhn, who will direct the HMS Planning Office with overall responsibility for facilities planning for HMS and the School of Dental Medicine, began her new duties on Sept. 9.

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established in 1990 to recognize and honor alumni who contribute outstanding volunteer service to Harvard through alumni activities. The six recipients listed below will be honored on Oct. 10 at the opening dinner of the HAA board of directors.