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“It is a matter of survival. Whatever action is feasible now must be taken now because there may be no tomorrow.” Those haunting words were delivered by Republic of Botswana President Festus Mogae at the culmination of “Africa Now! A Leadership Summit to Define African Priorities for AIDS” held in Cambridge earlier this week. More…

Joyce Chaplin’s latest book attempts to shed new light on an event that has left scant evidence in the historical record – the initial encounter between English colonists and Native Americans. The book, “Subject Matter: Technology, the Body, and Science in the Anglo-Indian Encounter, 1500-1676” (Harvard University Press, forthcoming), uses ideas of 16th and 17th…

A Harvard affiliate was the victim of an unarmed robbery on Sunday, Nov. 12, at approximately 5:21 p.m. While riding a bicycle down Francis Avenue toward Bryant Street, the victim heard a fast approaching vehicle heading in the same direction. The victim pulled to the right between two parked vehicles. The vehicle then stopped and…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 11. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Nov. 6: At Soldiers Field Park Garage, officers investigated a vehicle that appeared to have been broken into. A wallet was reported stolen…

Volunteers sought for WorldTeach WorldTeach and Peace Corps staff and alumni invite students interested in volunteer opportunities to attend an information session today, Nov. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m., in the Junior Common Room at Eliot House. Refreshments will be served. Returned volunteers will share their experiences, answer questions, and provide information on how…

At its sixth meeting of the year the Council was briefed on the Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Structures (CIMS) by professors Bertrand Halperin (physics), Charles Marcus (physics), and David Weitz (DEAS & physics). Bill Appleton, the director of CIMS, was also present for this discussion. Dean Paul Martin (DEAS & physics), chair of the…

As of this writing, the outcome of the 2000 presidential election is still in the dark, but on Tuesday, Nov. 14, some light was shed on the situation by a panel of experts from the Kennedy School of Government. The format for the ARCO Forum panel discussion, titled “Election Impasse: How Do We Go Forward?”…

Harvard Business School, which pioneered the study of entrepreneurship more than 50 years ago, played host on Nov. 3 to the New England forum of Springboard 2000, a national organization dedicated to linking women entrepreneurs to investors. Chosen from a field of more than 300 candidates, 29 women, including Diane Hessan, MBA ’77 (above), and…

They’re only about 1/25th of an inch long, and no wider than a thread. You need a microscope to see these squirmy roundworms. But some scientists will tell you they are almost half human, genetically speaking. Called Caenorhabditis elegans, this little worm was the first creature to have all its genes sequenced, more than 19,000…

In many societies, people think of their country as a parent – a motherland or fatherland to which they owe their identity and their allegiance. Aloisea Inyumba has a different perspective. “Our country is like a baby,” she said, her expressive hands raised before her as though cradling a child. “It is only 4 years…

They identified difficulties in communication, a shifting corporate culture, and the lack of an understanding that the establishment of a diverse work force should be a stated goal for managers throughout the organization. Later, someone remarked that Millennium and Harvard may have some things in common. Which was the point, of course. Harvard’s Fifth Work…

Women Waging Peace, a global network of women working to stabilize regions of violent conflict, is holding its second annual colloquium Nov. 4-18. The initiative was founded last year by Swanee Hunt, director of the Kennedy School of Government’s Women and Public Policy Program. “Our first year has been a spectacular success,” Hunt said. “It’s…

“How are we going to give people salary increases? How are we going to pay rent increases? How are we going to pay health insurance premium increases? How are we going to afford computers and all the technology needs?” Those are the concerns voiced by Susan Ayers, the Center’s executive director. She says the agency,…

It’s difficult to imagine that scenic Franklin Park, one of Boston’s natural gems set aside for rest and recreation, is also home to the fierce competition of Harvard’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams. Hardly a jaunt through the woods, top runners can cover a 5-kilometer distance in less than 19 minutes. Add inclement weather, steep…

The Environmental Protection Agency even has a global warming Web site. Today’s debate isn’t over whether the globe will warm, it’s over how much and what in God’s name we can do about it. At Harvard Divinity School, some people are trying to find out. A number of theologians and environmental activists believe that it…

Composer and performer Livingston Taylor will speak at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard on Friday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m., as part of the Faith and Life Forum evening lecture series. The event is free and open to the public. A musician for 30 years with 14 albums to his credit, Taylor is a…

The Chinatown Computing program of the Chinatown Committee of the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) will celebrate the opening of its new community computer lab on Nov. 29. The creation of the lab, located at 65 Harrison Ave., Boston, was encouraged by the Stride Rite Foundation, which provides public service scholarships to outstanding volunteers working…

Sue, the author of the note, told her friend Rhonda that she thought Jill was wrong to break up with her boyfriend Tony. Tony’s mother had committed suicide, and Sue thought it was insensitive of Jill to dump him. But Rhonda broke Sue’s confidence by showing the note to Jill, and Jill got mad. Other…

To assist in responding to the changing religious needs of the Harvard undergraduate community, the Memorial Church has created a new position, the Epps Fellow and Chaplain to Harvard College. The Rev. Mark D.W. Edington, former seminarian in the Memorial Church and recently ordained a transitional deacon in the Episcopal Church, began his term as…

The Ukrainian Research Institute (URI) at the University has created a new program of postdoctoral fellowships. The Shklar Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies are designed to bring distinguished scholars from around the world to Harvard each year to complete their research and publication work on projects dealing with Ukrainian history, literature, music, and culture. The first…

Those in the overflow audience at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) who expected filmmaker Spike Lee to stamp his feet and scream out against racial inequity in Hollywood went home disappointed on Monday night. Lee did more listening than talking while the themes raised in his latest…

Pamela Stone, a sociologist specializing in work and gender, assumed her position as the new associate director of the Radcliffe Public Policy Center (RPPC) on Sept. 5. A former Radcliffe fellow and department chair at Hunter College, Stone holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Duke University and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. “We…

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) selection committee for the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize awarded John E. Malmstad, professor of Slavic Languages at Harvard University, and Nikolay Bogomolov, professor of Russian Literature at University of Moscow, Russia, with an honorable mention for “Mikhail Kuzmin: A Life in Art,” published by…

The Crimson football team earned its first home victory in style last Saturday (Nov. 4), blanking the Columbia Lions 34-0. The shutout, Harvard’s first in three years, advances the team to 5-3 overall, while boosting Harvard’s Ivy League mark to 4-1. The Crimson scored early in the first quarter, marching 65 yards in 7 plays.…

In perhaps the ultimate sign of eminence in the sport’s world, the Crimson women’s hockey team was singled out by Sports Illustrated Women magazine. The Harvard team was selected the second best in the nation. With the return of ECAC Player of the Year Jennifer Botterill, who tallied 31 goals last season, and ECAC scoring…