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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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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

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.

Employment Office to host Career Forum

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…