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Donald Oliver, a professor of education who delighted in debate and developed a curriculum to stimlate discussion of social issues in junior and senior high schools, died June 28 at the age of 73.

It is early morning and a single scull glides over the rivers surface. Propelled by the rowers rhythmic strokes, it seems one with the water as it whispers past a family of geese or threads needle-like through the bridges arc.

A new report by a National Academy of Sciences panel co-chaired by Harvard Emeritus Professor Lewis M. Branscomb calls for the United States to take immediate steps, such as better protection of nuclear weapons and materials, to reduce its vulnerability to terror attacks. The report also outlines urgent areas for future research.

Researchers have identified a protein that may help to explain why the brains cerebral cortex is disproportionately larger in humans than in other species, a finding that appears in the July 19 issue of Science and adds an important piece to the developing blueprint of the part of the brain responsible for the intellectual abilities…

Think of Paul Gauguin, working as a stockbroker in Paris and painting on weekends. Or of Maurice de Vlaminck, supporting his family as a violin teacher while creating his incandescent landscapes.

They werent playing around while playing a round, because they were golfing for a serious cause.

Capping off a tremendous 2002 season, Harvards heavyweight crew captured three championship titles – a new school record – at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta, which concluded July 7 on the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England.

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.

As of June 13, the University and its three principal service unions completed negotiations resulting in significant wage increases for workers employed directly by the University and by outside contractors. Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU, Local 254), representing custodians, the Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees International Union (HEREIU, Local 26), representing dining hall…

Seven months after a Harvard committee recommended changes to improve wages and working conditions for the Universitys lowest-paid workers, wages have been raised and a parity policy enacted to ensure that contracted employees receive compensation equivalent to their Harvard counterparts.

July 18, 2002

Former Harvard Business School (HBS) Professor Pearson Hunt, an authority on corporate finance whose research helped shape modern financial management practices, died June 30 at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Hunt was 93.

René Becker has a thing for bread.

The President of the Harvard Alumni Association announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and the HAA Elected Directors. The results were released at the annual meeting of the association following the Universitys 351st Commencement. The five newly elected Overseers, in order of their finish, are:…

The Harvard Childrens Initiative and the Institute for Community Health in Cambridge released a report last month on the gap-s in Cambridges current child mental health system in hopes of making Cambridge a model community in its handling of child mental health issues.

Frank J. Weissbecker, director of Harvard Dining Services for nearly three decades, died of lung cancer June 27 at his home in Weston. He was 80.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning June 9 and ending July 13. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Ellen Condliffe Lagemann (right), in her second day as dean of the Graduate School of Education, visited the Cambridge Harvard Summer Academy at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Tuesday (July 16) with Professor Kay Merseth, director of the Teacher Education Program at the GSE (left). After visiting math, social studies, and literature classes, Lagemann…

July 17, 1810 – President Samuel Webber dies in office.

Imagine taking public transportation from Harvard Medical School to East Cambridge and never passing through Downtown Crossing – for the local inhabitant, a miraculous feat.

Multiple sclerosis is an unnerving disease. White blood cells, which usually protect the body against illness, launch attacks on the central nervous system. These rebellious cells destroy fatty sheaths that surround and protect nerve cells, interfering with conduction of nerve impulses in the brain and spinal cord. Movement, coordination, and sensation become impaired, leading to…