Campus & Community

When the Berlin Wall fell, student Mary Lewis knew she should study the past. Now a professor, she is an authority on how France evolved.

In accordance with the University’s fair market rent policy, Harvard Real Estate Services has announced the proposed rent for Harvard University Housing for 2011-12.

A Harvard student leader travels to Russia for a firsthand look at how that country’s government works.

Harvard undergraduates and College administrators are looking back on winter break 2011 to evaluate the many new programs, and to ponder changes. One thing is already clear: winter break provided experiences not usually available to students during the semester.

Snow removal and storm related operations will continue this afternoon and tonight across the University to ensure roads, sidewalks, and buildings are accessible.  Harvard will resume normal business operations and…

Harvard wrestlers work toward a turnaround after an early-season losing streak.

In response to the winter storm moving through the area, many Schools will either be canceling classes or operating on modified schedules on Wednesday. Students, faculty, and staff should check…

Harvard programs assist employees trying to juggle careers and families, bridging coverage gaps.

It snowed on Julianne Moore’s parade, but the acclaimed actress and 2011 Woman of the Year didn’t let weather stop her from visiting Harvard for a tour, a roast, and the coveted Pudding Pot on Thursday (Jan. 27).

Daniel Bell, the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University and one of America’s most dynamic thinkers, died on Jan. 25. He was 91.

The Faculty Council met on Jan. 26 and heard reviews of the chemical biology program, the standing committee on writing and speaking, and the rules concerning honors.

As of 11 a.m., the University has resumed all normal business operations across Harvard’s Central Administration. Students, faculty, and staff are still encouraged to take any necessary precautions while traveling…

Running and walking can do wonders for our physical, mental, and emotional health. At the launch of Harvard on the Move, President Drew Faust and a panel of University experts made the case that it should also be fun — even in winter. The first community walk is noon Feb. 1.

PEN New England will present this year’s Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing on Feb. 8 to author Edward O. Wilson in recognition of his exceptional talents.

The Harvard Decision Science Laboratory, a cross-faculty research facility based at the Harvard Kennedy School, has received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support the lab’s scientific research in human judgment and decision making.

In response to the winter storm moving through the area late Wednesday and early Thursday, the University has adjusted its normal staffing plans. For further details, see the Harvard University…

Walter H. Abelmann, professor of medicine emeritus at Harvard Medical School and member of the faculty of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences Technology, died on Jan. 6. He was 89.

Maintain Don’t Gain and Team Fitness Challenge are team-oriented programs that help Harvard employees avoid gaining weight during the winter months. A new session of Team Fitness Challenge starts Jan. 31.

Hasty Pudding Theatricals names comedian and talk show host Jay Leno as its 2011 Man of the Year. The Man of the Year festivities will take place on Friday (Feb. 4).

The Harvard Library has joined the Borrow Direct Partnership, which will enable faculty, staff, and students to search a combined catalog of more than 50 million volumes at nine institutions and request circulating items.

The Harvard Kennedy School of Government is establishing the Kenneth I. Juster Fellowship Fund to support the research of outstanding Master in Public Policy students specializing in international and global affairs.

Students use four days of winter break to look inside the comforting universe of cheese, soup, bread, chocolate, coffee, and desserts.

For many Harvard undergraduates, the learning continues after the school year ends. While there’s much to be gained from traditional work and internship experiences, many College students use the summer months to expand their horizons and explore areas not necessarily related to their concentration or career plans.

Harvard plans a running and walking program designed to build community and fitness among students, faculty, staff, alumni, and neighbors.

Harvard launched the library module of its mobile app, offering access to the world’s largest university research library from virtually anywhere.

Harvard astronomers Robert P. Kirshner and Gaspar Bakos were honored this month (Jan.) by the American Astronomical Society.

Max R. Hall, a former journalist, writer, teacher of writing, and scholarly book editor, died in Cambridge on Jan. 12 at 100 years of age. Until his retirement, Hall was editor at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, social sciences editor at Harvard University Press, and editorial adviser at Harvard Business School.

The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, has announced five spring fellows.

For more than two decades, Harvard’s Phillips Brooks House Association after-school programs have provided a safe and fun place for students to go in the crucial afternoon hours.

Scores of Harvard undergraduates will participate in nearly 100 activities — from stand-up comedy to public service — during Harvard’s inaugural Optional Winter Activities Week (OWAW), Jan. 16-23. College officials say that OWAW is a response to the new academic calendar and to student interest in programming during the downtime between fall and spring semesters.