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Campus & Community
Celebrating a bridge built to last
From August through May, the workers in the program get four hours of paid release time each week to learn English, computer skills, or the subjects they need to earn a high school diploma. Held onsite, the classes are staggered to cover work schedules ranging from 9-to-5 to the graveyard shift.
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Campus & Community
351st Commencement
351st Commencement: Harvard confers 6,409 degrees and 361 certificates
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Campus & Community
The divine secrets of the Jimenez sisterhood
No one needs to tell the Jimenez family that Harvard is worlds away from their home in Rancho Cascade, Calif.
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Campus & Community
Ben Crockett is off to the show
Major League Baseballs scouting report for Harvard pitcher Ben Crockett 02 applauds his loose, live, strong arm, comparing his lean frame to legend Orel Hershiser. The report celebrates his downer curve with late bite and his solid fielding skills. It concludes with something of a curveball, at least in the world of bottom-line professional sports,…
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Campus & Community
KSG graduates help Kenyans battle AIDS
Shanti Nayak and Nazanin Samari-Kermani have made the Kenyan battle against AIDS a personal matter, traveling this semester from Mount Elgon in Kenyas west to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in the east to help a leading anti-poverty organization gear up to fight the disease.
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Campus & Community
He wants to be America’s dentist
When Phillip Woods was in the eighth grade, he announced to his parents, Im going to Harvard. It was a big goal for the son of a Baptist preacher in rural North Carolina.
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Campus & Community
Ngwenyama plays the ‘music of the spheres’
Now that Nokuthula Ngwenyama is about to receive her masters in theological studies, she feels less sure about her goals than when she started the program.
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Campus & Community
Commencement bells have appeal
A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge today (June 6).
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Campus & Community
GSAS Medalists announced
A physicist who has helped guide U.S. science policy, a biologist who is Indias foremost conservationist, a psychologist who studies organizational behavior, and an engineer who has made major contributions to the science of aerodynamics received the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal on Wednesday (June 6) at the Harvard Faculty Club.
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Campus & Community
Franken’s counsel: ‘It’s lonely at the bottom’
Al Franken is the perfect Class Day speaker – just ask him.
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Campus & Community
Billie Jean King to receive Radcliffe Medal
Billie Jean King, a leader for social change both on and off the tennis court, will be presented with the 2002 Radcliffe Medal during ceremonies on Friday (June 7) at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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Campus & Community
Police reports
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday (June 1). The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
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Campus & Community
University’s general counsel to step down
Anne Taylor intends to step down as the Universitys vice president and general counsel by early fall, she announced Wednesday (June 5).
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Campus & Community
Employment Services Office to host forum
Employment Services Office, collaborating with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2002 on June 11 at the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St.
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Campus & Community
Capping off a great year
Jesse Grunfeld, a Law School graduate, looks like hes about to give his mortarboard a sporty tilt as he gets his ensemble together for the great event. A slightly more solemn Ph.D. mannequin looks on.
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Campus & Community
Memorial service set for Carolyn Andrews
A memorial service for Carolyn E. Andrews, who served as associate master of Leverett House from 1971 to 1981 with her husband, Kenneth R. Andrews, Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, will be held on Tuesday (June 11) at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Church.The service will be followed by a reception at…
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Campus & Community
Williamson is named Overseers’ president
Thomas S. Williamson Jr. 68, has been elected president of Harvards Board of Overseers for 2002-03. He will succeed Richard E. Oldenburg 54, after Commencement.
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Campus & Community
Twelve to receive honorary degrees
Nine men and three women will receive honorary degrees at Harvards 351st Commencement Exercises this morning, including the Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who will speak at the Commencement Afternoon Exercises.
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Campus & Community
In jest and in earnest, President Summers bids graduates ‘Godspeed and veritas’
At his first-ever Baccalaureate address, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers encouraged the Class of 2002 to develop their unique talents, contribute to their communities, and devote the coming years to nurturing the friendships that will sustain them into the future.
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Science & Tech
Kennedy School students help Kenyans battle AIDS
Two Kennedy School master’s students, Shanti Nayak and Nazanin Samari-Kermani, went to Kenya to help a leading anti-poverty organization investigate how best to fight AIDS. Their research, with ActionAid-Kenya, a…
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Health
One in five women iron deficient, many children also at risk
Iron-deficient anemia reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells, thus decreasing energy and endurance. When there is not enough iron, the red blood cells are not able to produce…
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Campus & Community
Class Day Address June 5th, 2002: Al Franken ’73
I was all set to give a speech today entitled, “American Jihad.” But after receiving several complaints, I’ve decided instead to give a less controversial speech entitled: “The Case for…
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Science & Tech
Three in five Americans would get vaccinated for smallpox
Substantial public interest in receiving a smallpox vaccination grows in part from continuing fears about a future bioterrorist attack. Nine months after the September 11th attacks, more than four in…
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Science & Tech
South Pole telescope maps heart of Milky Way
Research results obtained by a team of astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) led by Chris Martin and Antony Stark suggest that we are headed for some celestial…
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Health
Imaging test may detect gene for genetic cardiac disease
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common cause of cardiac death among young people and affects one in every 500 individuals, including professional athletes. It is characterized by an enlargement…
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Health
Researchers use therapeutic cloning to create functional tissue in cows
In a study, researchers obtained cow oocytes (donor eggs from cow ovaries) and removed and discarded the nuclei, which contain the cells’ genetic material, leaving behind just the shell. A…
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Science & Tech
Patents have negative impact on access to HIV/AIDS drugs in developing countries
Researchers Joan-Ramon Borrell and Jayashree Watal collected sales data for HIV/AIDS drugs in a sample of 34 low- and middle-income countries between 1995 and 1999 to assess the impact of…