The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government recently announced its group of fellows for the 2006-07 academic year. The Carr Center’s Fellows Program brings together a diverse group of human rights practitioners, scholars, and activists to conduct research on human rights policy, contribute to the center’s programs, and participate in broader dialogue with students, faculty, and researchers throughout the Harvard community.
Faced with upcoming revision of Norway’s law regarding the application of biotechnology in medicine, a group of 10 members of Norway’s parliament came to Cambridge Sept. 27 to spend a day with Harvard stem cell scientists, University administrators, and those involved in the shaping of state and federal stem cell legislation – all to better understand the scientific, legal, ethical, and legislative thicket that is the U.S. stem cell debate.
The last day to register online for the upcoming “Leonard Bernstein: Boston to Broadway” symposia is Oct. 10. Running Oct. 12-14, the conference will include talks and performances showcasing the multifaceted career and extraordinary legacy of one of the most illustrious music artists of the 20th century. The cost to register is $100, which includes access to symposia, exhibits, “Boston’s Bernstein” concert on Oct. 12 (Paine Hall, 8 p.m.), and the “Celebrating Bernstein” concert on Oct. 14 (Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m.).
The never-before-seen, the never-before-heard, the never-before-endured mini-opera “Inertia Makes the World Go Around” will be the centerpiece of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The event, which takes place on Oct. 5 at Sanders Theatre, honors original scientific research from around the globe that distinguishes itself through … well, that achieves a certain … well … that is recognized eventually by the Ig Nobel awards. Or as one scribe put it, research will be honored for achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.
Nobody has counted them, but the best estimates put the number of human brain cells in the trillions. The best known among them, called neurons, do the heavy thinking and…
A research team led by scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced Sept. 28 the development of a new kind of genetic “road map” that can connect…
Joseph B. Martin, dean of the Harvard University Faculty of Medicine, who for more than nine years has fostered collaboration, interdisciplinary research, diversity, and the highest standards in research, has announced that he will step down from his position in July 2007.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 2. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Interim President Derek Bok will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 24 and Dec. 11. Sign-up begins at 2:30…
Walter Johnson, a historian whose groundbreaking study of slave markets in the American South provided a jolt to slavery studies, has been appointed professor of history in Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), effective July 1.
Hans-Olov Adami, professor of cancer epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, will become chair of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Department of Epidemiology on Feb. 1, 2007.
Winless away and repeatedly defeated at home, it seems the woes of Harvard’s field hockey team know no bounds. Still, final tallies and records aside (0-9 overall heading into Wednesday evening’s [Oct. 4] battle against Northeastern), tiny victories continue to surface here and there for the struggling Crimson.
Rookie standout heads Crimson comeback Freshman striker Andre Akpan netted a pair of goals against Yale this past Saturday (Sept. 30) at Ohiri Field, including the eventual game-winner in the…
For close to a half-century, Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C., has sponsored conferences and publications and hosted research fellows from all over the world. In September, the center officially opened its first branch overseas – an office in Nafplion, a Greek seacoast city that dates to the Bronze Age.
Top Olympic and world ice skaters will join in the battle against cancer this weekend as they gather at Harvard for the annual “An Evening With Champions” exhibition Oct. 6-7 at Bright Hockey Center. Friday’s show (Oct. 6) begins at 8 p.m. and Saturday’s show (Oct. 7) starts at 7 p.m.
The Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) recently announced that 10 midcareer professionals have been awarded fellowships to participate in one year of independent study in fields related to the built and natural environment.
During spring semester 2007, Harvard College students will have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad at the University of Havana, Cuba. Developed by the Harvard College Office of International Programs and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), the Harvard College Program in Cuba was formed as a result of discussions between Cristina Díaz, vice rector of international relations of the University of Havana, DRCLAS program associate Lorena Barberia, and Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I.
Until Oct. 7, Harvard faculty and staff may purchase a subscription for the 2006-07 season at half the regular price when they select all eight productions. For each production, Harvard faculty and staff may purchase tickets for any performance during the first week of the run at half the regular single-ticket price.
“The New Chinese Landscape: Recent Acquisitions,” an exhibition showcasing the Harvard University Art Museums’ most important contemporary Chinese acquisitions to date, is on display through Nov. 12 at the Sackler.
Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies Lizabeth Cohen, director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, has announced the names of seven resident scholars participating in the Warren Center’s 2006-07 workshop, “Cultural Reverberations of Modern War.” Leading the workshop are Nancy Cott, the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, and Carol Oja, William Powell Mason Professor of Music.
Scorpions, spiders, beetles, and their leggy kin are front and creepy-crawly center in the first new permanent exhibit in 20 years in the biological galleries of the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Harvard University’s Harvard Forest $4.9 million to study drivers, dynamics, and consequences of landscape change in New England. The six-year grant, the largest in the Harvard Forest’s 99-year history, will support research on forest responses to natural and human disturbances across the northeastern United States.
The academic job search has just taken a quantum leap. A database with thousands of faculty and staff jobs at 35 institutions of higher education and affiliated teaching hospitals is now available online at http://www.newenglandherc.org. The database was launched Monday (Oct. 2) by the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (New England HERC), whose aim is to improve member institutions’ recruitment and diversity efforts for both faculty and staff with a particular focus on assisting dual-career couples by helping to find suitable employment for spouses and partners at academic institutions in the same region.
Four decades after Julius Richmond wrote a prescription in the journal Pediatrics to fight childhood ills, Harvard is stepping in to fill it, creating a new Center on the Developing Child to foster scientific inquiry and to inform real-world solutions.
September 1959 – Quincy House opens as the eighth upperclass undergraduate residence and the first addition to the Harvard House system since completion of the original group in 1931. It…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Sept. 25. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
The Indian defense minister, Pranab Mukherjee, presented his country’s perspective on a long list of security issues, including nuclear technology in India and Iran and the war on terror, in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School of Government Monday (Sept. 25) evening.
Amir Yacoby, a condensed matter physicist whose work has illuminated the behavior of electrons confined to fewer than three dimensions, has been appointed professor of physics in Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), effective July 1, 2006.
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