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Who would suspect that an unassuming Greek Revival house, barely a Frisbee-toss from Harvard Divinity School, contains a doorway to another world?

When K.A. Kelly McQueen, M.P.H. student, came to the School of Public Health (SPH) last fall, her intention was to study international health and humanitarian crises, but her goals changed on her first day of school, Sept. 11.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday (May 18). The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Deadline set for Noma – Reischauer Prize

Two land Hertz award

The president of Iceland, Olafur Ragmar Grimsson (left), greets President Lawrence H. Summers as Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Center for International Development at the Kennedy School, looks on.

Due to incorrect information supplied to the Gazette, Du Bois Institute fellow Malick Walid Ghachem was incorrectly identified in the May 9 issue. Ghachem, a J.D. candidate at the Law School, received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

A committee will be formed to enhance educational and outreach efforts regarding sexual violence on campus.

Stephen Jay Gould, Harvards outspoken and often controversial paleontologist whose groundbreaking work on evolutionary theory – coupled with his award-winning writings – brought an expanded world of science to thousands of readers, died Monday morning (May 20) in Manhattan of metastasized lung cancer. He was 60.

William C. Kirby, Geisinger Professor of History, will be the next dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), President Lawrence H. Summers announced Monday (May 20).

Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard’s outspoken and often controversial paleontologist whose groundbreaking work on evolutionary theory – coupled with his award-winning writings – brought an expanded world of science to thousands of readers, has died after a twenty-year battle with cancer. He was 60.

In this age of desktop publishing, on-demand printing, and more copy machines than pay telephones, its easy to forget where the whole thing started, but a visit to the Bow and Arrow Press in Adams House is a good place to refresh your memory.

Actor Harrison Ford received the 2002 Global Environmental Citizen Award from Harvard Medical Schools Center for Health and the Global Environment Monday (May 13) for his efforts to protect the planets biodiversity.

The Kennedy School of Governments Carr Center for Human Rights Policy has announced the appointment of Michelle Greene as its new executive director. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, Greene brings an array of experience in law, management consulting, government, and human rights to the Carr Center.

As part of Cambridges annual GoGreen Month Celebration, Rob Gogan (left), waste manager for Harvard’s Facilities Maintenance Operations, receives a GoGreen Award for Harvard’s recycling work from Cambridge Mayor Michael Sullivan (right).

Scientists have shown that the kitchen sink – not the regularly scrubbed toilet – harbors the most fecal matter in the average home, carried there by unwashed hands after using the bathroom.

This summer, when Harvard rolls out the new and improved online HOLLIS catalog, library patrons – faculty, students, staff, and other researchers – will benefit from a number of new features. The entirely Web-based catalog has a new format and design, offering users a variety of new and more functional features, while giving users more…

William C. Kirby, Geisinger Professor of History, will be the next Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), President Lawrence H. Summers announced today.

Ada Jane Maxwell 02 likes to focus on things that bring people together, not keep them apart.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 7, 2002, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

The Office of the Assistant to the President and Workforce Initiatives, Office of Human Resources at Harvard University, recently sponsored the Seventh Workforce Management Conference at the Law School (HLS). Focusing on Globalization and Diversity in the 21st Century University, the conference opened with remarks by President Lawrence H. Summers, who stressed the Universitys commitment…

Eileen Chang 04, a history and literature concentrator in Quincy House, is committed to improving the Spanish she has studied since she was in junior high school.

For the past nine years the Weissman International Internship Program, established by Paul (52) and Harriet Weissman in 1994, has provided nearly 150 Harvard sophomores and juniors with the opportunity to participate in an international internship in a field of work related to their academic and career goals. The internship strives to expose students to…

Dennis C. Marnon, administrative officer at Houghton Library, has been named the recipient of the 2001-02 Douglas W. Bryant Fellowship. Marnon will use the fellowship to pursue his work on the recovery and description of Charles Olsons research notes on the life and works of Herman Melville.