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  • Campus & Community

    The Body Shop

    Head Athletic Trainer Dick Emerson is big on feelings. The 30-year Harvard veteran – affectionately known as Emmo by both staff and students – is entrusted with the treatment, care, and physical rehabilitation of the Universitys 41 varsity and 23 junior varsity sports teams. And this is in addition to his traveling gig with the…

  • Campus & Community

    Ideas for treatment of depression win recognition for five

    Five students from Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have been named winners of the newly established Vincent Prize for outstanding suggestions on how to encourage depressed people to seek treatment.

  • Campus & Community

    Celebrating 25 years of service to the University

    A ceremony and reception to honor Harvard faculty and staff with 25 years of service to the University will be held on Thursday, May 17, in the Ropes-Gray Room at the Law Schools Pound Hall. One hundred forty-one faculty and staff will be honored at this years 25-Year Recognition Ceremony – the 47th annual event…

  • Campus & Community

    SPH study: More nurses equals better patient health

    The size and mix of nurse staffing in U.S. hospitals has a direct impact on the outcome of patient health. The finding comes from the most comprehensive study to date on the topic and was led by Jack Needleman of the Harvard School of Public Health and Peter Buerhaus of Vanderbilt Universitys School of Nursing…

  • Campus & Community

    BRA director describes Harvard’s 20/20/2000 as an ‘important resource’

    Boston Redevelopment Authority Director Mark Maloney brought his vision of a revitalized, energized, and still booming Boston to a crowd of about 100 who gathered at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) on Monday, April 30.

  • Campus & Community

    Stride Rite awards grads for public service work

    The Stride Rite Community Service Program was established in 1983 by the Stride Rite Foundation. The program’s goal is to provide training and skills development for students of diverse economic…

  • Campus & Community

    Rowe’s secret garden

    A new display, titled WSR Discovers: Addie F. Rowe, has been added to the Widener Stacks Renovation exhibition in the lobby of Widener Library. Inspired by a chance discovery in the recesses of Wideners stacks, the exhibit offers a glimpse of a dedicated woman who spent a lifetime aiding scholars at Harvard.

  • Campus & Community

    Message to students from Dean Harry Lewis

    Last night [April 30] a Harvard security guard was assaulted by two men inside a freshman dormitory. While conducting a routine security check to ensure the safety of the dormitories,…

  • Campus & Community

    What’s the score on chest pains?

    Once every 20 seconds in the United States, someone goes to a hospital emergency room with worsening chest pain or a small heart attack. Doctors must quickly determine whether that person should be given medication and sent home, or whether he or she should undergo aggressive treatment such as a catheter threaded into the heart.

  • Campus & Community

    Arts First festival blooms this spring

    If a three-ring circus is too much of a good thing, then what would an 80-ring circus be?

  • Campus & Community

    The Big Picture: Jimmy Randall

    You can see its more like a junk store here, says Jimmy Randall of Ahab Books, the rare books store a few flights up from Curious George. See, we used to have this sofa where people could sit, but its all filled up with books now.

  • Campus & Community

    Translating the Renaissance

    James Hankins wants to raise a sunken continent.

  • Campus & Community

    Theft at Widener

    French historical materials dating from the late 18th century have been reported stolen from Harvard’s Widener Library. Harvard College Library officials suspected theft when a number of empty book covers…

  • Campus & Community

    Sørensen, 59, leading authority on sociology

    Aage B. Sørensen, professor of sociology at Harvard University and one of the world’s leading authorities on social stratification and the sociology of education, died on Wednesday, April 18, in…

  • Campus & Community

    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, April 28. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

  • Campus & Community

    This month in Harvard History

    May 9, 1643 – Lady Mowlson (Ann[e] Radcliffe) creates Harvard College’s first scholarship fund with a gift of £100. The “Harvard Annex,” founded in 1879 for women’s education, formally adopts…

  • Campus & Community

    Faculty council notice

    In the Faculty Council notice that appeared in last week’s Gazette the Council’s discussion of a “Certification and Disclosure Statement” was reported. All individuals holding academic or research appointments in…

  • Campus & Community

    Experts say Mondrian’s rectangles not so square

    Having a face-to-face encounter with a painting by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) and looking at a reproduction are very different experiences.

  • Health

    Medicare rules restrict good care for dying patients

    Many health care providers believe that Medicare regulations block them from providing good care to dying patients. Researchers from Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health, and RAND…

  • Science & Tech

    Handheld calculator measures risk of heart attack

    When a patient goes to a hospital emergency room with worsening chest pain, doctors must quickly decide whether that person should be given medication and sent home, or whether he…

  • Health

    Caffeine linked to protection from Parkinson’s disease

    Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous disease occurring generally after age 50. It destroys brain cells that produce dopamine and is characterized by muscular tremor, slowing of movement, weakness and…

  • Campus & Community

    Statement from President Rudenstine

    As the Massachusetts Hall sit-in over wages for the Universitys lowest-paid workers extended into its eighth day on Wednesday, protesters and members of the Harvard administration searched for a resolution to the standoff.

  • Campus & Community

    Recommendations of the Faculty Committee

    As the Massachusetts Hall sit-in over wages for the Universitys lowest-paid workers extended into its eighth day on Wednesday, protesters and members of the Harvard administration searched for a resolution to the standoff.

  • Campus & Community

    Foundation to examine UN peacekeeping efforts

    Last years report on United Nations Peace Operations began with a somber statement: Over the last decade, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to meet the challenge of protecting people from war. The report, compiled by a panel of experts from all six continents and chaired by Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian foreign minister, proposes…

  • Campus & Community

    The Big Picture: Gregory Daugherty

    “Young ladies . . . Sir, good day, sir . . . Hello, big guy . . .” We’ve heard them all. Loud and smiling, Gregory Daugherty belts them out.…

  • Campus & Community

    In Brief

    Rosalynn Carter to speak at ARCO Forum Former first lady Rosalynn Carter will speak at the ARCO Forum, Kennedy School of Government, on Monday, April 30, at 6 p.m. Her…

  • Campus & Community

    NewsMakers

    Kirschner wins Gairdner International Award The Gairdner Foundation of Toronto has named Marc Kirschner, the Carl W. Walter Professor of Cell Biology, as one of the four recipients of the…

  • Campus & Community

    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, April 21. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

  • Campus & Community

    Resolution sought in Mass. Hall standoff

    As the Massachusetts Hall sit-in over wages for the Universitys lowest-paid workers extended into its eighth day on Wednesday, protesters and members of the Harvard administration searched for a resolution to the standoff.

  • Campus & Community

    Community Gifts Campaign raises almost $1 million

    Harvard faculty, staff, and retirees pledged a record-breaking $966,400 to local charities through this years Community Gifts through Harvard Campaign, surpassing last years mark by more than $95,000.