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June 19, 1725 – The Harvard Corporation elects Benjamin Wadsworth, Class of 1690, as Harvards eighth President.

Because of incorrect information supplied to the Gazette, a page 8 article in the May 30 issue, Biotech Club Announces Winners, reported an incorrect title for David Edwards. His correct title is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering.

As he edged into the main theme of his Phi Beta Kappa oration, The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Ozzy Osbourne, historian Simon Schama divulged some interesting biographical clues to the sources of his own eloquent speaking and writing.

This year, the Extension Schools Commencement Speaker award will go to Linda Hime Newberry, A.L.M. 02, whose speech is titled An Extension Degree as a Patchwork Quilt. Francis J. Aguilar, professor of Business Administration Emeritus, will deliver the main address, titled Cleared for Take-Off, at the graduate certificate ceremonies.

The Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at the Divinity School has announced the recipients of its 2002 Summer Research Grant Awards in the field of religion, health, and healing. The funded research promises to contribute significantly to the community of scholarship on the intersection of religion and healing. Students will present their…

Question: What do the growth of suburbia, contemporary landscape painting, the evolution of sea urchins, marriage laws in colonial India, and the women writers of imperial China have in common?

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has announced its student awards and internships for the 2002-03 academic year. The center will support the projects and research of 35 undergraduate and graduate students with grants that total more than $350,000.

Harvards Joint Center for Housing Studies has announced its selection of Rachel D. Jaffe and Abigail N. Hoover, both of the Graduate School of Design, as this years recipients of the Awards for Outstanding Housing Paper or Design. Each year, the center awards the prizes for graduate-level research and design that best advances the field…

The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies has announced that two graduating seniors are the recipients of the 2002 Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies and the Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.

The Department of Music has announced that $120,000 went toward fellowship and award programs for the departments graduate and undergraduate students.

The Davis Center for Russian Studies has announced the recipients of its fellowship, dissertation, and research travel awards for 2002-03.

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.

351st Commencement: Harvard confers 6,409 degrees and 361 certificates

No one needs to tell the Jimenez family that Harvard is worlds away from their home in Rancho Cascade, Calif.

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,…

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.

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.

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.

A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge today (June 6).

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.

Al Franken is the perfect Class Day speaker – just ask him.

Four faculty receive awards from academy in Berlin

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.

Four faculty receive awards from academy in Berlin

Cecil B. DeMille has nothing on Grace Scheibner.

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.

Anne Taylor intends to step down as the Universitys vice president and general counsel by early fall, she announced Wednesday (June 5).

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.

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.

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…