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When Timmy OSullivan started working at Harvard, things were different. I started on June 30, 1959, says OSullivan, his ruddy complexion and lilting accent confirming the national origin his name suggests. I started as a dining hall busboy. But in those days it was very different. In the summer, I switched outside and worked on…

In an effort to make Harvard research more accessible to the public, a new Harvard Web site, Research Matters, was launched this week.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, June 2. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.

June 19, 1638 – Shortly before this date, Nathaniel Eaton, first Master of the College, moves with his family from Charlestown into a house in the Yard. By Sept. 17, he has already assembled and begun teaching the first freshman Class of nine. Until the Bay Colony starts using coins for commerce, students for many…

June 19, 1638 – Shortly before this date, Nathaniel Eaton, first Master of the College, moves with his family from Charlestown into a house in the Yard. By Sept. 17, he has already assembled and begun teaching the first freshman Class of nine. Until the Bay Colony starts using coins for commerce, students for many…

Eight men and three women will receive honorary degrees in Harvards 350th Commencement Exercises this morning, including Robert Rubin, who also will deliver this years Commencement Address.

The worlds longest continuous study of physical and mental health has come up with predictors that individuals can use to determine how well they will age.

Thank you for that introduction. But I suppose I should say a few more words about who I am and what on earth I’m doing up here. My name is…

A team of researchers, led by G&oumlkhan S. Hotamisligil, associate professor of nutrition at the School of Public Health, has successfully generated mice resistant to atherosclerosis and has discovered an important new pathway that could be manipulated to prevent and treat the disease. Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease in which fat and cholesterol are deposited…

Hello, our names are Benjamin Bath and Julia Berthet. We are seventh-grade students from the Graham &amp Parks School. Every year our school sends junior high students to different workplaces across Cambridge. The objective: to give students a taste of what a week of work is like. We were assigned to work at the Harvard…

What will it cost corporations to reduce the sulfur emissions that lead to acid rain? What incentives will spur consumers to conserve water?

Seven scholars from Ukraine, Poland, and the United States have been selected as the first recipients of the Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies at Harvard University. The…

After a period of productive negotiation, we have reached agreement on the terms of a new three-year contract that includes wage and benefit improvements as well as a new emphasis on education and professional development for staff. The new contract, which was ratified by the unions members on May 1, will go into effect on…

Legal scholar Lani Guinier ’71, author Esmeralda Santiago ’76, and former Vermont Gov. Madeleine May Kunin B ’92 are among the distinguished women who will be honored by the Radcliffe…

Harvard College Library has received approval to proceed with Phase 2 of the Widener Library renovation. While the Widener stacks renovation project currently under way affects levels 1-10 in the…

Harvard is quietly greening. And though it’s spring, the greening in this case is not just getting the Yard ready for Commencement. It’s an effort to get Harvard to practice…

Anthony K. Tjan, founder and former executive vice president of ZEFER, a leading Internet-focused consulting and services firm, is returning to Harvard June 7 as a fellow at the Belfer…

Staff photos by Justin Ide It’s moving time again: cars on curbs, sore muscles, stuffed cars, sidewalk couches, a scarcity of boxes, and a profusion of parents

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 15, 2001, the following Minute was placed upon the records. Sterling Dow was born on 19 November 1903…

Osler Peterson’s deep analytical understanding and critique of the health care system of our own and many other countries earned him not only admiration but also a great deal of…

When Martin Sullivan became director of the New York Museum in the 1980s, he was surprised to learn that one of his official titles was Keeper of the Wampum.

The Boston Living Center is always a little hectic right before lunch when volunteers get things ready for the 75 to 100 members who will drop in for food and the fellowship of others who have HIV/AIDS. But on this sunny Saturday in April, its downright crazy.

The Department of Music has announced its fellowship and award recipients. More than $150,000 went toward fellowship and award programs for the department’s graduate and undergraduate students. The John Knowles…

Seven seniors and one graduate from the University have been selected as Gates Scholars. The new scholarship program, set up by a $210 million trust from the Bill and Melinda…

Lawrence H. Summers will be officially installed as Harvards 27th president on Friday, Oct. 12, in an outdoor ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre.

Conjuring images of dancer Isadora Duncan on the beach and comedian Lucille Ball at the candy factory, the founder of the Society for Ladies Who Laugh Out Loud gave about 30 Harvard women some seriously silly advice during a noontime talk Thursday, May 24.