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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.

In the communal living room at Bostons South Cove Plaza Saturday, under the quiet swirl of twin paddle fans, words from two languages – rapid-fire Chinese and slow, careful English – mingled in the rooms slowly stirring air.

He was committed tirelessly to hard work, clearly an example to family, friends and colleagues. His contagious joy in life with that infectious, irrepressible chuckle, encompassed his work, his relationships to people, as well as his travels, and delight in being exposed to the new and challenging.

Harvard Law School announced today that its library – the largest law library in the world – has received its most significant gift in more than 150 years, a major collection of rare English law books spanning 400 years of legal writing from 1491 to 1891.

The Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Council on the Arts have announced the winners of the 2000-2001 prizes for outstanding accomplishments in the arts. The winners are as follows:

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt slammed President George Bushs global warming record Sunday, delivering a combination call to action and political stump speech to an enthusiastic Earth Day crowd of about 800 gathered in Sanders Theatre.

As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch yields significant influence over the future direction of the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Utah Republican told a packed audience at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on Monday night that hes determined to keep politics out of it.

The NFLs Cleveland Browns have signed Harvard All-America offensive tackle Mike Clare 01 to a free agent contract. Clares signing gives Harvard six players who have signed professional football contracts in the last four years.

Freshman Sara Williamson doubled in the bottom of the seventh to drive in the winning run of a 5-4 decision against Boston University this past Tuesday afternoon at Harvards Soldiers Field. The loss ended an 18-game win streak for the Terriers, while extending the Crimsons run to a season-high five games. With the win, the…

With electronic privacy becoming more difficult to attain for everyone from governments to lovers, the need for an unbreakable code is rising rapidly toward the top of many most wanted lists. Michael Rabin, the Thomas J. Watson Sr. Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, says he has come up with the solution: a code…

Ask yourself why paper currency is still engraved, and you will stumble into the exacting and elegant realm of the repeatable image. The query will take you back at least 150 years, to a time when engraving was an immensely popular printmaking technique. So much so, in fact, that in the 19th century the term…

The present and future presidents of the University were honored in the nations capital this week. President Neil L. Rudenstine and incoming president, Lawrence H. Summers, were honored at a luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 24. Hosting the event were Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) and Harvards…

A memorial service for Seymour S. Kety, Harvard Medical School professor of neuroscience emeritus, will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 10, at the Memorial Church. A reception…

At its 13th meeting of the year, the Council discussed a proposed new “Certification and Disclosure Statement” for researchers applying for or receiving support from the National Science Foundation and…

John Mich is doubly gifted. Not only does he know a lot about art, but he knows what he likes. So, when someone in the Harvard Information Office mentioned that the office needed a new coloring book, Mich, assistant director for events and operations of the Office of News and Public Affairs, knew just where…

Senior Peggy T. Lim has been selected winner of this years Harvard College Womens Leadership Award for showing exceptional leadership, contributing to womens advancement, and positively affecting the lives of her fellow students.

Richard Evans Schultes, the Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology Emeritus and renowned expert on medicinal uses of plants, died April 10 in Boston at age 86.

The Harvard Alumni Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2001 Harvard Medal: Samuel C. Butler ’51, LL.B. ’54, Victor Kwok-King Fung Ph.D. ’71, and Myra A. Mayman.…

O’Connor to give Lowell Lecture Thomas H. O’Connor, the prolific author and Boston historian, will deliver the annual Lowell Lecture on Tuesday, May 1, at 8 p.m. at Hall C…

Walk around and look at everything. Touch things and move things and whatever. Kitty Pechet wants visitors to her studio to experience the artwork to the fullest. Theres a lot to see. Colorful horses canter across a canvas at one end of the huge, bright space and a wash of monochromatic waves is frozen, unfinished…

Many of the yoga classes around today seem designed more to torture you than to help you reach nirvana. The warrior pose, the downward-facing dog, and the extended side-angle pose are nothing in comparison to the really advanced postures, the hard-core twists and bends and joint-crushing coils that most people would need several lifetimes to…

Medicine seems to offer a wider field for fruitful research on a definitely scientific basis.

Former FDA chair talks about fighting the good fight

The William S. Kaden Endowment at Harvard University Health Services was established by the Harvard Business School (HBS) to honor the extraordinary commitment and dedication of William Kaden to the Harvard community. Kaden served as a physician and director of HBS Health Services for more than 35 years, before his retirement in 2000.

The Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History has announced the recipients of its 2001-02 fellowships. The fellows, who will come to Harvard from faculty positions at other institutions to spend a sabbatical year writing and conducting research, will concentrate on this years core theme, Exceptional By Nature?: American Science and Medicine, 1500-1900.