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Jeffrey Hamburger remembers the moment he fell in love. It happened in the rare book library of Yale University.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 3. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Jan. 29: Officers were dispatched to Peabody Terrace on a possible domestic assault. Subject was placed under arrest. A mouse and keyboard were reported…

Next Wave, a weekly electronic journal dedicated to the career development of graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, is now accessible from any computer within the University. Produced by the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science magazine, the site features scientific news, discussion forums, career profiles, and career advice.

Emily B. McCarthy, a 30-year employee at Harvard, passed away on June 20, 2000. She was 80. McCarthy worked at the Herbarium, the Department of Sociology, Harvard Business School, and as a secretary at the Department of Economics. She retired from the University in the late 1980s.

Feb. 28, 1942 – In the Yard, Houghton Library is formally opened and dedicated as the new home of Harvard’s rare books and manuscripts. It is the nation’s first academic library specifically constructed for this purpose and the world’s first library with built-in climate control. The fireproof and earthquake-proof structure is originally designed to house…

At its ninth meeting of the year, the Council discussed with Dean Harry Lewis his “Five-Year Report on Harvard College.” The Council also met with professors Dale Jorgenson (economics) and Gary King (government) to hear a report on the work of the Resources Committee. Finally, the Council discussed proposed legislation to formally establish the new…

Volunteer at the Peabody The Peabody Museum at the University is looking for a volunteer to help with public relations activities for at least three hours per week. Duties will include mailings and telephoning. For more information, call Monni Adams at (617) 495-8789. Mendelssohn String Quartet to perform The Mendelssohn String Quartet – the Blodgett…

Most people dont think of evolution as very dynamic. If they think of it at all, they see it as something that happened in the deep past. But all species possess chromosomes, coiled strands of genes in every one of their cells, and these genes are constantly changing.

In their return to action following the break, the Crimson mens basketball team (10-6, 3-1 Ivy) staved off a late-game surge by the Hartford Hawks (4-15), eking out an 80-78 win this past Monday at Lavietes Pavilion. Sophomore guard Patrick Harveys game-winning floater at the buzzer, his second game-winning shot for the Crimson this season,…

Women in Business project is now online The Baker Library at the Harvard Business School has recently completed the first year of its Women in Business project — a survey documenting female entrepreneurship in the 18th and 19th centuries. More than 200 of the Baker Library’s business manuscript collections were reviewed. The project’s findings, titled…

On Saturday, Jan. 27, between 4 and 4:10 a.m., two individuals unaffiliated with the University were the victims of an assault and battery while walking along Francis Avenue at Bryant Street when a vehicle approached them. Words were exchanged between the vehicles occupants and the two individuals after one of the individuals had fallen down.…

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December 12, 2000, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

Think of a space 33 percent larger than the Boston Common and the Public Garden combined. This is what New York Citys 503 privately owned public spaces would add up to if they were combined to form a single area.

Historian Simon Schama returns to Harvard next week to speak on a subject in which he has established impressive credentials: bringing history to a popular audience.

The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute offers graduate and undergraduate student fellowship support and summer research travel funding in the field of Japanese studies.

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Robert L. Mallett will teach at the Kennedy School of Government this semester, Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced. Mallett will join the Kennedy School and serve as visiting professor of the practice of public management.

Proposed 2001-02 rents for current Affiliated residents living in Affiliated Housing

The morning the selections were announced, the Gazette surveyed a dozen students at random to get their thoughts on the Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year. Here is a sampling of their comments.

Starting this month, the Harvard Divinity School&rsquos Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) will be hosting the directors of some of the world&rsquos leading museums at regular intervals.

One is certainly among the most accomplished and well-respected actors of his generation, while the other is a former childhood star who burst upon the American scene when she was just a first-grader. Anthony Hopkins and Drew Barrymore this week have been named the 2001 Man and Woman of the Year by Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, a research center based at the Kennedy School of Government, will introduce its 2001 spring fellows and visiting faculty on Monday, Feb. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the Taubman Building, Kalb Seminar Room T-275, at the Kennedy School. The event is open to the…

Former U.S. Education Secretary Lamar Alexander has been named the Roy M. and Barbara Goodman Family Visiting Professor of Practice in Public Service at the Kennedy School of Government, Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced.

Harvard computer experts got a glimpse of an educational future filled with virtual experiences and real-time information-gathering last week, along with a warning that education, not technology, should drive the coming changes.

With a nod to failed predictions of the past, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg Tuesday painted a picture of Harvard in the 21st century as a place in even greater demand, with more adult students, and with learning occurring in different times and places.

Logan McCarty: Opera singer, chemist