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…
Ever wish you could get rid of that tattoo of barbed wire around your wrist, or the forearm-length dragon you once thought of as so stylish or macho? It’s not…
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…
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?
The Harvard University Art Museums Friday (Oct. 13) announced a major acquisition of Asian works of art through Walter C. Sedgwick and the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation. Three Japanese Buddhist sculptures and more than 300 early Chinese ceramics, previously on loan to the art museums, will enter the permanent collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum’s Department of Asian Art. Exceptional in their beauty, historical significance, and cultural value, the pieces will make a vital contribution to the art museums’ mission of teaching and research. These qualities and the objects’ early dates of creation make these works among the most significant to enter the general holdings of the art museums in many decades.
At its fourth meeting of the year on Oct. 25, the Faculty Council received a report from Professor Lisa Martin, the senior adviser to the dean on diversity issues, and…
For Harvard Medical School researchers and clinicians, nothing is in shorter supply than time – and time is money. For Sonya Shin, relief comes from the Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowship for Scholars in Medicine.
At its third meeting of the year on Oct. 11, the Faculty Council discussed Dean Jeremy R. Knowles’ Letter to the Faculty on FAS finances and was joined by the…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 9. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright, an internationally renowned writer and theologian, will deliver this year’s William Belden Noble Lectures – “The Gospel and Our Culture” – on three consecutive evenings, Oct. 23-25, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Church.
Twenty years after winning the Nobel Prize in literature (the first African to be so honored), Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Soyinka continues to use his fame as a bully pulpit, and his magical turns of phrase as weapons. For decades, he has employed a polymath’s blend of plays, poems, novels, and memoirs to bring art to bear against artistic repression, political tyranny, and religious excess.
The preliminary proposal, released by the task force Oct. 3 for discussion by the FAS, is intended as a series of suggestions for how most effectively to replace the college’s present “core curriculum.”
Orchestra auditions for ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ The Lowell House Opera will commence open orchestra auditions this weekend for its March 2007 production of Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” Established in 1938, the…
Featured series 
Gallery
