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The Biology Prize, awarded for a report “On the Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles From Costa Rica.” Winner Richard Wassersug of Dalhousie University clarified that while the tadpoles were eaten to gauge palatability, they were neither dried nor seasoned. The Chemistry Prize, awarded for a discovery that romantic love may be indistinguishable from severe obsessive-compulsive…

While more informed minds awaited this week’s Nobel Prize awards, the Sanders Theatre crowd cheered the Tenth 1st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring “achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced.” The two-hour ceremony was conducted in comedic overdrive, with an over-the-top wink and nudge to the audience, from the traditional “Welcome, Welcome” speech…

Listening to Mozart won’t raise a child’s IQ, but music classes could help her or him to understand directions and diagrams. For enhancing a student’s ability to speak, read, and write, drama is a better choice. Beyond that, the arts don’t offer much boost to academic achievement in math or other non-arts courses. That’s the…

A memorial service will be held this coming Saturday (Oct. 14) for a Harvard graduate student who found an opportunity to serve others under the most challenging of personal circumstances. Julie Goldman, a graduate student in anthropology, died Sept. 8 after a five-year struggle with cancer. She was 37. From 1998 until her death, Goldman…

It was labeled “the greatest, most pathetic, and most arbitrary tragedy in history” in a statement published in the New York Times on Nov. 1, 1915. The American Committee on Armenian Atrocities cited “authentic reports” of a “war of extermination being waged by the Turks against the Armenians.” As many as a million people had…

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) announced the 2000-01 Carr Center visiting faculty and fellows. The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy is a research, teaching, and training center that examines the effects of governmental policies and actions, international organizations, and independent actors on human rights around…

Celebrating the acquisition of a stately 1920’s-era apartment building using funds from Harvard’s 20/20/2000 initiative, Cambridge City officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday at the site of its latest affordable housing development. The handsome 65-unit four-story brick building, featuring mostly studio and one-bedroom apartments, is located in the prestigious Avon Hill neighborhood near Porter…

James Cuno, the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums, and Susan Flannery, director of the Cambridge Public Library (CPL), recently agreed to forge “a partnership in cultural literacy” between their respective institutions. Under this new agreement, the Art Museums are extending free admission to all Cambridge Public Library cardholders…

Michael Armini has been appointed director of communications at Harvard Law School, a newly created position designed to support the Law School’s current strategic planning initiative. Armini served most recently as director of public affairs at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Prior to his experience at Harvard, Armini worked primarily in the political arena…

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established in 1990 to recognize alumni who provide outstanding volunteer service to Harvard through alumni activities. This year’s recipients will be honored on Nov. 2 during the opening dinner of the HAA Board of Directors. The 2000-01 HAA Awards recipients are as follows: Rozlyn L. Anderson ’77, JD…

Rising to 265 feet, the church has the honor of being the tallest in New England. Its height includes the metal spire, culminating in a weather vane in the form of a medieval battle pennant topped by a large crown in which two openings form Greek crosses. Its position atop the lofty spire as well…

Eight visting Wasserstein Fellows and one fellow-in-residence have been named at Harvard Law School. The program brings outstanding public interest attorneys from across the country to campus for one or two days to counsel and advise law students about public service. Wasserstein Fellows are selected based on the breadth and diversity of their public interest…

More than 300 students and community members attended a big-screen showing of the presidential debate Tuesday night at the ARCO Forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Although the audience was predominantly pro-Gore, both candidates received applause and guffaws at times throughout the evening. The Gazette surveyed viewers on their thoughts after the…

The Rockefeller Center exhibit “Of Reflections and Ceremonies: Meeting With a Mazatec Shaman” features a collection of photographs by Montreal-based artist Dominique Pepin that is the result of three years of collaboration between Pepin and Mexican Mazatec shaman Apolonia Martínez. The photographs were taken between the shaman’s home and the sacred mountain of El Cerro…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Sept. 30. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Sept. 24: A caller reported a stolen bicycle from Gallatin Hall. Sept. 25: Baseball equipment was reported stolen from a shed at the Harvard…

George Buckley to deliver coral reef lecture The Harvard Extension Alumni Association is sponsoring a lecture on coral reef ecology by underwater photographer, biologist, and Extension School lecturer George Buckley on Thursday, Oct. 12, from 6:30-9 p.m., in the Grossman Common Room, 51 Brattle St. Buckley will take participants on an exploration of the coral…

It’s only early October, but we have what must be considered a key Ivy League showdown as Harvard hosts Cornell Saturday, Oct. 7, with first place on the line. The Crimson and Big Red are both 1-0 in the League, having defeated defending co-champions Brown and Yale, respectively. The circuit’s other two 1-0 teams —…

On Sept. 18, the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission approved the redesign of Harvard’s new Center for Government and International Studies. Project architect Henry N. Cobb ’47, MAR ’49 created the substantially modified design in response to views expressed by commission members and other residents at earlier hearings. The new center will unite members of…

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) is the hub of research, teaching, and training in international security affairs; environmental and resource issues; science and technology policy; and conflict studies. The center’s mission is to provide leadership in advancing policy-relevant knowledge about the most important challenges…

Introduced by economist and Women’s Studies director Juliet Schor, Nader strode to the podium amid thunderous applause from the largely student audience, their enthusiasm stirred perhaps by the knowledge that they alone would be the recipients of Nader’s message. Nader and other third party candidates had been ruled ineligible to participate in the night’s televised…

Recent statistics reveal that more women than men use the Internet. At a time when the exploding Web culture is changing the face of society, this datum is significant. Some of the ways in which it is signficant will be explored at a conference taking place on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3…

Dave Rennard ’03 looks comfortable enough on the floor of the Science Center as he finishes up some homework prior to class. Staff photo by Justin Ide

The Advisory Committee on Honorary Degrees will be meeting during the fall and spring to consider nominees for honorary degrees in 2002. Members of the Harvard community are invited to submit names of likely honorary degree candidates. Through its conferral of such degrees, Harvard aims to recognize excellence of broad relevance to higher education. The…

The Asia Center has announced the results of its spring 2000 funding for faculty-led research projects. The primary purpose of these faculty grants is to encourage research on topics that cut across national boundaries in Asia and reach across departmental and school boundaries at Harvard. Funding for these grants is provided by the president and…

In response to new regulations from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Office for Sponsored Research (OSR), in conjunction with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) offices of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Medical School (HMS), and School of Public Health (SPH), recently launched a Web site to provide training to grantees responsible…

Bosnia, Kosovo, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Angola, the Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo are among the areas of contemporary conflict to be discussed in an upcoming symposium. Sponsored by the World Peace Foundation (WPF) Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) and the Center…