Physician and acclaimed novelist underlines immigrants’ contributions to Harvard and the nation, urges graduates to show courage, character in the face of hardship
Education met hands-on science on Boston Harbor’s Thompson Island on Oct. 9, 2006, as roughly 100 Harvard undergraduates fanned out from beach to beach collecting insects to be included in…
Sixty years ago, as a junior at Harvard, Leonard Bernstein ’39 already had a reputation among undergraduates for his precocious performances with the Works Progress Administration orchestra. He also cut classes, doodled instead of taking notes, and suffered unlikely lapses in scholarship. The future composer of wide fame got a “C” in at least one core music course.
Free flu shots are now available for high-risk adults every Monday and Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m. at Harvard University Health Services at Holyoke Center.
October 1941 – In “The Undergraduate” column of the “Harvard Alumni Bulletin,” Dana Reed ’43 reports the passing of one more Harvard tradition: “Bill Young, head cheer-leader, announced that two…
Dennis memorial service today Former Harvard College Library staffer member Rodney Dennis, who joined the Houghton Library in 1963 before being named curator of manuscripts at the library from 1965…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 16. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq may be the impetus Iraqis need to set aside their differences and their arms to join together for the good of their country – or it may spark a bloodbath targeting those who cooperated with American forces in hopes of establishing democratic government.
Harvard’s defensive unit forced four consecutive turnovers over a 6-and-a-half-minute span covering the second and third quarters this past Saturday (Oct. 14) to stifle the visiting Lafayette football team and come out victorious, 24-7. With the win, the 15th-ranked Crimson extend their unbeaten streak to 5-0 (2-0 Ivy).
For 79 minutes and 33 seconds, the Harvard women’s soccer team outran, out-shot, out-dribbled, out-passed, and, quite frankly, out-performed their Holy Cross counterparts.
The Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics recently welcomed its faculty fellows and senior scholars for 2006-07. The faculty fellows, who study ethical problems in business, government, law, medicine, and public policy, were selected from a pool of applicants from universities and professional institutions throughout the United States and several other countries.
Reporters, editors, and analysts from both mainstream and new media outlets gathered last weekend (Oct. 13-14) at the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and discuss an industry in the throes of massive change.
The Peabody Museum and the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston will host a celebration of the traditional Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Nov. 2 at the museum. A unique blend of Mesoamerican and Christian rituals, the holiday for remembering and celebrating the dead is separated into All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1), which is usually dedicated to children, and All Souls’ Day (Nov. 2), which is dedicated to adults. The free event will feature a puppet performance, a special altar installation, music, and traditional Day of the Dead refreshments.
If the United States is going to maintain a leadership position in stem cell research, there has to be more emphasis on teaching modern science in schools and less political concern “about what ‘kind’ of science to teach in the schools,” Debora L. Spar, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, told those attending a Stem Cell Leadership Summit Friday (Oct.13).
Lizabeth Cohen, the Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, recently announced the names of undergraduate and graduate students awarded grants for the current academic year. Established in 1965, the Warren Center aims to further the study of American history at Harvard and to share the University’s rich historical resources with scholars from the United States and around the world. Grants for Harvard students have been an important part of the center’s program since 1971.
In a win-win for Harvard students, student groups, and a gem of 1960s architecture, a former library left largely empty after its collections were consolidated has been reincarnated as a hub for Harvard student organizations.
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the ninth funding cycle for the Kuwait Program Research Fund. With the support of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, a KSG faculty committee will consider applications for one-year grants (up to $30,000) and larger grants for more extensive proposals to support advanced research by Harvard University faculty members on issues of critical importance to Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. Grants can be applied toward research assistance, travel, summer salary, and course buyout.
Hadzi memorial service on Oct. 30 A memorial service for Dimitri Hadzi, professor of visual and environmental studies emeritus, will be held Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. at the Memorial…
Toward the end of his speech Monday (Oct. 16) at Harvard Law School’s Austin Hall, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff joked that speaking to university audiences might not seem the most favorable route to gaining public support for the Bush administration’s policies in the war on terror. “Of course there’s a lot of skepticism,” he said, “as there should be.” But open expressions of skepticism were muted, and for the most part the secretary was welcomed politely and even warmly by the audience of more than 100.
As part of its ongoing “what-if” planning process to respond to a bird flu pandemic, emergency managers from across the University gathered at the Graduate School of Education Monday (Oct. 16) to consider a draft avian flu pandemic emergency plan, and to listen to a presentation on the importance of planning for business continuity in the case of an emergency.
Years of diplomacy aimed at stabilizing the troubled Balkans region have begun to yield some promise and reason for optimism, the Greek ambassador to the United States Alexandros Mallias told Harvard faculty and students this week during a daylong campus visit.
The Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) and IBM announced the implementation of CrimsonGridBGL. The system will currently rank among the top 50 fastest supercomputers in the world, according to the latest statistics gathered from the TOP500 Supercomputer Sites list.
Williams honored by Yale Divinity School with award of distinction Preston N. Williams, Houghton Research Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change, received the Yale Divinity School’s Alumni Award for Distinction…
Pinkett-Smith talk will aim to empower young women Actress and musician Jada Pinkett-Smith, who has starred in such films as “The Matrix” and “Ali” and who fronts her own band,…
Clicking kickers boot Brown, Holy Cross Men’s soccer grabbed its second consecutive victory over a nationally ranked opponent in impressive fashion this past Saturday (Oct. 14), outscoring No. 14 Brown…
The Kennedy School hosted the premiere of the CBC documentary “Abiding Liberal: The Life and Times of John Kenneth Galbraith” on Oct. 16. The program honored the life and work of the the greatly admired, long-lived, and politically significant Harvard economist, who died last April at 97.
The long-awaited Lamont Library Café opened for business this past Tuesday (Oct. 17) with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Located on the main level of the library, the café seats approximately 100 and features a light menu of prepackaged sandwiches, salads, baked goods, coffee drinks, teas, and other beverages. The café will provide library users with an alternative study space that fosters group work in a relaxed setting where food and conversation are welcome, and will also fulfill a need for social space on campus.
Many studies have shown the nutritional benefits of eating fish (finfish or shellfish). Fish is high in protein and omega-3 fatty acids. But concerns have been raised in recent years about chemicals found in fish from environmental pollution, including mercury, PCBs, and dioxins. That has led to confusion among the public – do the risks of eating fish outweigh the benefits?
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