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  • Campus & Community

    I’ll take that to go

    Food facts Prepared for Commencement 2001: More than 26,000 chicken breasts  2,950 pounds of pasta salad  2,650 pounds of rice salad  More than 320 sheet pans of brownies baked in…

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    Rocker Bono to grads: Rebel against indifference

    Third World countries are drowning in debt, and its up to the wealthy countries to save them, said rock superstar Bono, highlighting an afternoon of reflection, thank-yous, and goodbyes for members of the Harvard College Class of 2001 during Class Day ceremonies in Tercentenary Theatre.

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    Design School awards Fisher Prize to two

    The Committee of the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science (GIS) has announced that Scott Bassett of the Graduate School of Design (GSD) and Irina Harris of the…

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    Directory Project selects artwork

    The Harvard Directory Project has announced Hannah Sarvasy ’03 as the winner of the 2001-02 student directory cover art competition. Sarvasy’s painting, “Weld Boathouse and the Charles,” will appear on…

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    What was your first job after graduating from Harvard?

    John Lithgow ’67 “After Harvard, I spent two years on a Fulbright, studying acting in England. And after that, I spent a year working for my father, acting at Princeton’s…

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    Rudenstine bids farewell at Baccalaureate

    Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine bid farewell to the Class of 2001 Tuesday even as the students bid goodbye to him as the Universitys outgoing 26th president during the traditional pre-Commencement Baccalaureate Service.

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    Seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa

    The following are the graduating seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa: Deborah Jo Abel, Cabot, Earth and Planetary Sciences; Michael Ugo Antonucci, Winthrop, Biology; Tal Astrachan, Cabot, Psychology; James Carl…

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    Area teachers receive Conant Fellowships

    The Graduate School of Education (GSE) has awarded six fellowships to outstanding Cambridge and Boston public school teachers. The Conant Fellowships, named after Harvard president (1933-53) and School of Education…

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    Garrison Keillor brings his brand of humor to PBK

    To an audience of about 100 freshly minted Phi Beta Kappa graduates and the esteemed faculty members who led them, Garrison Keillor extolled the virtues of laziness and failure.

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    Journey to America comes full circle

    Santiago Creuheras, who graduates today (June 7) with two masters degrees (a master of liberal arts in history and a master of liberal arts in government) and a certificate of special studies in administration and management from the Harvard Extension School, has been pursuing what often seems a highly improbable path toward his goals. It…

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    25th reunion leaders endow professorships

    Calling the endowment of new professorships one of his highest priorities in the coming years, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles recently set a goal of expanding the Harvard College faculty by 60 members overall.

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    HUCE bolstered by new support

    The newly established Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) recently received major commitments of support for its research and education programs. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) will allocate physical and faculty resources to the center, including new space for the China Project – HUCEs multidisciplinary research…

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    Joseph Connors named director of Villa I Tatti

    Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine announced today the appointment of Joseph Connors as director of Villa I Tatti, effective in the summer of 2002. Located on the outskirts of Florence, the Villa is Harvards international center for advanced study of the Italian Renaissance.

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    Ribbonless ribbon-cutting, fond farewell at GSE

    There was no ribbon at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Harvard Graduate School of Educations (GSE) new Learning Technologies Lab on May 31.

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    Internship encourages public service

    The John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the Sylvia E. Kelman Summer Internship recipient. The internship will provide a $4,000 stipend to support a master in public policy (M.P.P.) student in a public sector work/training program. In so doing, the Sylvia E. Kelman Summer Internship introduces students to careers in public service.

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    In Brief

    Employment Office to host Career Forum

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    Timmy O’Sullivan, president’s driver

    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…

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    Harvard launches a new Web site, Research Matters, for public audience

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

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    Police Reports

    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.

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    Moments to remember

    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…

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    This month in Harvard history

    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…

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    Honorary degrees awarded to eleven

    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.

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    How to be happy and well rather than sad and sick

    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.

  • Science & Tech

    Astronomers detect dust disks around very young brown dwarfs in the Orion Nebula

    The results of recent observations by an international team of astronomers suggest that brown dwarfs share a common origin with stars. Brown dwarfs are more similar in nature to stars…

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    Class Day Address June 6th, 2001: Bono

    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…

  • Science & Tech

    Star factory near galactic center bathed in high-energy X-rays

    A team of astronomers, including some from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has looked into the core of our own Milky Way galaxy and discovered a new phenomenon. The “cauldron”…

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    Chandra sees wealth of black holes in star-forming galaxies

    Three independent teams of research scientists, including one from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to find what they suspect are groups of mid-mass black holes…

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    Depiction of alcohol, tobacco use in G-rated animated films still high

    Alcohol and tobacco use is depicted as normal behavior in nearly half of G-rated animated feature films. While researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say that this is…

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    Researchers develop mice resistant to atherosclerosis

    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…

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    Gazette raises cubs

    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…