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.
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.
F. Barton Harvey, chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of Enterprise Community Partners, will deliver the eighth annual John T. Dunlop Lecture – “A Decent Home and Suitable Living Environment for All Americans: Rhetoric or Legitimate Goal?” – Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. in Piper Auditorium (Harvard Graduate School of Design). The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception.
Dawson, Crimson tame Bears, 38-21 All-America running back Clifton Dawson ’06 rushed for three first-half scores to help propel the Crimson past reigning Ivy champion Brown, 38-21, this past Saturday…
The Kavli Foundation and Harvard University have agreed to establish the Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology (KIBST). The endowment from the Kavli Foundation will help to boost the University’s research efforts at the interfaces of biology, engineering, and nanoscale science. In particular, the gift will fund postdoctoral research fellows and support a lectureship series dedicated to “nano-” or small-scale science.
More than 800 students will participate in 33 dance, music, theater, and multidisciplinary projects at Harvard University this fall. Sponsored in part through funding from the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OfA) Grant Program, the grants are designed to foster creative and innovative artistic initiatives among Harvard undergraduates.
On Thursday (Sept. 21), as the sun began to set, an ethereal female voice called out over the Charles River, sending a shiver through the hundreds of spectators standing on its banks. It was a call to fall.
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…
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