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Facing the challenges of tomorrow Jeremy R. Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences prevPage 5 Financial Status The new chart of accounts allows me to report the…

Facing the challenges of tomorrow Jeremy R. Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences prevPage 4next The Library Two years ago, I invited the Standing Committee of the…

Facing the challenges of tomorrow Jeremy R. Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences prevPage 3next The Graduate School Admissions. The number of applicants rose again this year,…

Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule, distinguished archaeologist, classicist, and art historian, died last Tuesday, Feb. 6 at her home in Cambridge, Mass. She was 72. Vermeule was professor emerita at Harvard University.

Almost two years ago, senior Marta Szabo found out she was pregnant just weeks before her spring exams, and although Szabo is now successfully juggling classes and diapers, she said it hasnt been easy. So with the hope of making the experience of unexpected pregnancy easier for future students, Szabo joined a group of six…

Lunch with Sen. John McCain have a shot at stardom with a nonspeaking, walk-on role in the hit TV show Dharma &amp Greg tour the set of ER or The West Wing get into the action as a ballboy or ballgirl at a Celtics game shadow CNN correspondent William Schneider for a day.

February 1949 – As a gesture of sympathetic distress over a Jan. 26 fire that destroys 11 of 12 great murals in the Gondo (Golden Hall) of Horyu-ji Monastery at…

The Stride Rite Post-Graduate Public Service Grants support involvement in public service projects during the year following graduation. Graduating seniors are eligible to apply and receive grants between $10,000 and $25,000. Funded programs are to be full time and community-focused

Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree…

Scholarships for one academic year of study or research in China are made possible through an agreement between the Ministry of Education of the Peoples Republic of China and Harvard University. For academic year 2001-2002, five full scholarships (covering tuition, housing, health insurance and books) and ten partial scholarships (covering tuition only) will be offered…

Cells from fetuses implanted in the brains of a dozen people with Huntingtons disease improved the ability of nine of them to control their movements and has, perhaps, postponed their deaths.

When a gay tutor at Mather House opted to leave Harvard after becoming a target of harassment last year, his friend Serre-Yu Wong 01 was devastated. That was a sad moment for our community because we couldnt come together enough for him, in support of him.

Drew Barrymore accepts 2001 Woman of the Year award at the Hasty Pudding Theatre.

Brett Cook-Dizneys artwork stinks. The spray-paint fumes wafting through Gutman Library this week are proof of that, but whats really happening inside the glassed-in, makeshift studio demands appreciation far beyond a single sense – or category.

Lifting the heavy wooden trap door and peering down into the dark, dusty secret room beneath the floorboards at the top of the stairs, Larry Hall appears entranced. Its as if he can feel the ghosts of his hidden past, shrouded beneath a veil of silence for generations and now exposed for all the world…

Senior Tammy Shewchuk and sophmore Kalen Ingram each registered a hat trick as the Harvard womens hockey team defeated Boston College 8-1 in the first round of the 23rd annual Womens Beanpot Tournament held at Boston College this past Tuesday night.

In their second encounter this season, the Harvard mens hockey team (10-10-1, 9-5-1 ECAC) was unable to avenge an early-season overtime loss against the Boston College Eagles (21-6-1, 13-3-1 Hockey East) – a game the Crimson let slip away – falling 4-1 this past Monday night in the first round of the 49th annual Beanpot…

Upon the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the President approved and announced the following Standing Committees at the F.A.S. Faculty Meeting of Oct. 17, 2000. Standing Committees of the Faculty are constituted to perform a continuing function. Each committee has been established by a vote of the Faculty, and…

Holdren wins 2000 Heinz Award for Public Policy John Holdren, professor of environmental science and public policy in the department of earth and planetary sciences, and the Teresa and John…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he wants an end to the conflict in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, but not at any price.

With cold winter winds still blowing up and down the Charles River, it may seem far too early to begin thinking about summer. Not for Amy Meyer, Community Outreach manager in the Office of Human Resources and program manager for Harvards new Summer Teen Employment Program (STEP).

Colon cancer kills approximately 48,000 men and women every year in the United States. In addition, more than 97,000 people in this country will be diagnosed with the disease this…