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An increasingly competitive and deregulated market economy has dramatically changed the medical and legal professions, a panel of five experts agreed last Friday during one of six symposia held to commemorate the inauguration of new Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers.

The rich around the world are getting richer, but the poor arent necessarily getting poorer, as globalization-spurred trade boosts their nations economies, a panel of international development experts said Friday (Oct. 12).

At an Oct. 12 symposium honoring the inauguration of Lawrence H. Summers as Harvards 27th president, five of Harvards top scientists described their cutting-edge research and sought to envision the ways that that research might affect our future.

Recently, a group of about 35 Harvard Neighbors ventured outside of Cambridge for the fragrant and only slightly demanding New England tradition of apple picking at the Honey Pot Orchards in Stow.

Students as consumers, great researchers as inspiring teachers, and technology as anything but a magic bullet were some of the ideas discussed and argued Friday morning (Oct. 12) at The Company of Educated Men and Women: Challenges for the 21st-Century Undergraduate Experience, one of six faculty symposia held as part of the Inauguration of President…

Have you ever purchased a lottery ticket thinking, Maybe this time the big winner will be me? Do you play the same lottery numbers every week because you believe that as soon as you change them, they are sure to be the winners? Emily Oster 02, became intrigued by these questions in her class on…

Harvard University Office of the President Massachusetts Hall October 16, 2001 Dear Faculty, Students, and Staff, Our community has shown remarkable strength, resilience, and compassion during these past few difficult weeks. Many of you have offered much-needed support to people directly touched by the September 11 attacks. Others of you have joined in the effort…

Koehler receives Switzer Award Business environmental management expert Dinah Koehler, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Health (SPH), has been awarded a Switzer Environmental Fellowship from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. Koehler joins 19 other early career environmental leaders selected this year for the $13,000 award to finance the completion of master’s…

A Kennedy School researcher has concluded that patent protection for AIDS drugs – blamed by some activists for restricting access to medication needed in the African AIDS epidemic – actually has little effect on the distribution of the drugs on that continent.

Pull it up from your toes! legendary Harvard crew coach Tom Bolles would yell to his rowers when he saw that they were running out of steam. During Bolles tenure from 1937 to 1951, Harvard oarsmen responded to his call. In 1947, the heavyweight crew set a world record of 5:49 over the 2,000-meter course…

The stars of Harvards creative firmament shone Thursday night, Oct. 11, in Segue! … A Celebration of Students and the Arts, the first official event of the Inauguration of President Lawrence H. Summers. A dizzying array of orators, dancers, and musicians took the stage of Sanders Theatre in a seamless showcase of Harvard talent.

The Institute of Politics (IOP), consistent with its mission to stimulate students interest in public service, announced the creation of a fund to encourage undergraduate student groups to participate in political activities. Student groups are invited to apply for grants – ranging from approximately $100 to $2,500 – to perform politically oriented projects. Student groups…

As 11th-graders across Massachusetts awaited the results of last springs Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, educators and administrators gathered at the Kennedy School of Government for lively and sometimes heated discussions of the MCAS, testing, and school reform.

They said the inaugural symposium on brain science would change our brains if we stayed awake, and they were right.

Fred Whipple enjoys solving problems. Like the time he was working for the Air Force during World War II and came up with the idea for chaff – little bundles of shredded aluminum foil that could be dropped from U.S. aircraft to confuse the German radar. Air Force wits dubbed him the Chief of Chaff…

Chinese historian Jonathan D. Spence will illuminate the life of the mind in 17th century China when he speaks as part of the Deans Lecture Series sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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The John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the establishment of the Daniel Paul Professor of Government. The professor will focus on regional, state, and municipal governance, as well as public policy.

School of Public Health to host symposium on bioterrorism School of Public Health (SPH) Dean Barry R. Bloom invites members of the Harvard community to attend a special symposium on bioterrorism on Thursday, Oct. 25, and Friday, Oct. 26, in the Snyder Auditorium at SPH. The conference will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on…

On a day steeped in centuries-old ceremony, President Lawrence H. Summers delivered an inaugural speech that nodded briefly to the past but looked boldly forward. Perhaps the most important creative tension in our university is this: we carry ancient traditions, but what is new is most important to us, he said, adding, Our most enduring…

A new study of cognitive changes caused by heavy marijuana use has found no lasting effects 28 days after quitting. Following a month of abstinence, men and women who smoked pot at least 5,000 times in their lives performed just as well on psychological tests as people who used pot sparingly or not at all,…

Members of the Harvard community can air their views on the economic welfare of the Universitys lowest-paid employees at a public hearing set for Oct. 22 at the John F. Kennedy School of Governments ARCO Forum.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. on the following dates: Oct. 26 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Feb. 1, 2002 March 5, 2002 April 10, 2002 May 8, 2002 In addition, office hours will be open to any employees of the University…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 13. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.

Oct. 6, 1870 – The Rev. Phillips Brooks lays the cornerstone of Memorial Hall. October 1874 – The Harvard Athletic Association forms, with Benjamin R. Curtis, Class of 1875, as president. For almost 20 years, this undergraduate group oversees competitions of running, leaping, boxing, wrestling, and gymnastics. Oct. 15, 1901 – The Harvard Union (now…

Harvard University inaugurated Lawrence H. Summers as its 27th president Friday (Oct. 12) in a Tercentenary Theatre ceremony that celebrated the Universitys centuries of tradition and set a tone for the institutions future.

The new study of cognitive changes caused by heavy marijuana use has found no lasting effects 28 days after quitting.