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  • HESLS presents discussion on ‘Power Dynamics in Negotiation’

    The Harvard Extension Service and Leadership Society (HESLS), in conjunction with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, presented “Power Dynamics In Negotiations” on Saturday (May 3).

  • This month in Harvard history

    May 9, 1643 — Lady Mowlson (Ann[e] Radcliffe) creates Harvard College’s first scholarship fund with a gift of £100. The “Harvard Annex,” founded in 1879 for women’s education, formally adopts her maiden name in 1894 to become known as Radcliffe College.

  • Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending April 28. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

  • Newsmakers

    RUVKUN RECEIVES GAIRDNER AWARD; HARVARD PROFESSOR ELECTED TO LEAD HUMANE SOCIETY BOARD; PHARR RECEIVES JAPANESE AWARD

  • Faculty Council

    At its 11th meeting of the year on April 23, the Faculty Council discussed the Harvard College Administrative Board and developments in General Education and approved the Extension School courses for 2008-2009.

  • Janet Ward McArthur

    Janet Ward McArthur was born in Bellingham, WA, on June 25, 1914 and died at the age of 92 among friends at North Hill, Needham MA, on October 6, 2006.

  • Harvard economist and adviser to presidents Houthakker dies at 83

    Harvard economist Hendrik Samuel Houthakker, 83, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers for two presidents and holder of a papal knighthood, died on April 15 at Genesis Healthcare in Lebanon, N.H.

  • Sports briefs

    CRIMSON SAILING EARNS BERTH TO COED NATIONALS; ROOKIE GRAPPLER PINS FILA CHAMP; CRIMSON COLOR CWPA TEAM

  • Harvard fencer Emily Cross to represent U.S. in Beijing

    The United States Fencing Association (USFA) announced this week that rising senior Emily Cross has been selected to the U.S. team for the upcoming 2008 Olympics in China.

  • Crimson tune up for Tigers

    Even with the Ivy League North Division championship all wrapped up, the Harvard softball team (which clinched the title on April 20) has hardly been taking it easy. Before kicking off a pair of nonbinding doubleheaders at home and away against Dartmouth on Saturday and Sunday (April 26-27), the Ancient Eight-leading Crimson took on another first-place team in cross-town rival Boston University.

  • SEAS tackles Cambridge/ Allston links in design class

    Fifteen undergraduates reported on “Bridging the Gap: Connecting Harvard’s Allston and Cambridge Communities.” Their semester-long mission: devising a plan to keep the campus together even as it expands across the Charles River, while finding a way to preserve what they viewed as the essential characteristic of everyday student life — serendipity.

  • National Academy of Sciences elects eight Harvard professors

    The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced the election of eight Harvard faculty members among its new field of members.

  • Zipser named Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ dean for faculty affairs

    Nina Zipser, Harvard’s director of institutional research, has been named dean for faculty affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), effective May 27.

  • Stephen Greenblatt to be honored

    Cogan University Professor Stephen Greenblatt will join seven other distinguished artists and writers to be inducted into the 250-member American Academy of Arts and Letters next month.

  • Memorial services for Meyers, Knowles

    GRAD STUDENT ISAAC MEYERS MEMORIAL SERVICE SET FOR MAY 7; JEREMY KNOWLES TO BE REMEMBERED AT SERVICE ON MAY 30

  • This month in Harvard history

    April 23, 1949 — For the eighth consecutive time, the Harvard Varsity Crew wins the Compton Cup Race on the Charles, outrowing teams from Princeton, MIT, and Rutgers. “All of the races were rowed under miserable conditions — wind, rough water, rain, and, in the varsity race, semi-darkness,” notes Athletics Director William J. Bingham ’16.

  • Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending April 21. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

  • AAPT to honor mazur for contributions to teaching

    The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has named Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Eric Mazur its Robert A. Millikan Medal recipient.

  • Kagan joins American Indian Empowerment Fund

    Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan has been named an advisory board member of the American Indian Empowerment Fund (AIEF).

  • Portrait of a master

    Rulan C. Pian (right) watches at Cabot House as S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation, and foundation intern Marisol Pineda-Conde unveil Pian’s portrait.

  • Cash Receipts closes May 9, re-opens May 12 at 1033 Mass. Ave.

    Next month, the Cash Receipts Office will move to its new home on the mezzanine level at 1033 Massachusetts Ave.

  • HDS names new associates for 2008-09

    The Women’s Studies in Religion Program at the Harvard Divinity School recently announced its selection of five scholars as 2008-09 research associates and visiting faculty.

  • Panels, lectures to mark Asia Center anniversary

    The Harvard University Asia Center, which celebrated its official opening in March 1998, will commemorate its 10th anniversary May 1-2.

  • Kleinman named next director of Asia Center

    Arthur Kleinman has been appointed the next director of the Harvard University Asia Center. He succeeds Tony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and the first Victor and William Fung Asia Center Director.

  • Sports briefs

    Women’s golf whizzes by Lions, Tigers to land Ivy title; Men’s lacrosse finale approaching; Ski team honors past and future; Stone selected to mentor U.S. at Four Nations Cup

  • Organic matters: The Yard returns to its roots with help of GSD

    On April 16, seeding began with a healthy dose of “compost tea” — a liquid biological amendment — from the brewing vat located just past the entrance to the Yard across from the Science Center.

  • Ho-Am Prize, ‘Korea’s Nobel,’ is awarded to BWH’s Charles Lee

    Assistant Professor of Pathology Charles Lee of Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has been named the recipient of the 2008 Ho-Am Prize in Medicine.

  • Ash Institute announces system reform semifinalists

    Earlier this month, the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced eight semifinalists for the 2008 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform.

  • Stephen Kosslyn named divisional dean for the social sciences

    Stephen M. Kosslyn, John Lindsley Professor of Psychology and chair of the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has been named divisional dean for the social sciences, effective July 1.

  • Yings play Harvard swan song

    After more than 30 appearances in the concert halls, libraries, and Houses of the University, the familiar familial group the Ying Quartet will conclude its residency at the Department of Music. On April 18, the quartet will play their final concert as Blogdett Artists-in-Residence, for which they were chosen in 2001. The farewell concert takes place at 8 p.m. and will feature Beethoven’s Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3; Stravinsky’s complete works for string quartet; and Schoenberg’s “Verklarte Nacht” (with Roger Tapping on viola and Natasha Brofsky on cello).