A committee of 24 leading scientists from across Harvard University – five department chairs and one dean – have produced a preliminary set of proposals for ‘enhancing science and engineering at Harvard’ that range from continuing to invest in traditional ‘core disciplines’ to transforming the teaching of science by implementing ‘hands-on learning as a cornerstone in undergraduate science and engineering education.’
f you were born in the United States and celebrate your 65th birthday this year, you can expect to be around for your 81st birthday if you are male, and…
Harvard researchers have identified a protein that helps regulate bone growth and may lead to new drug targets to fight osteoporosis, the bone loss condition that the National Institutes of Health terms ‘a major public health threat’ to more than half of people age 50 or older.
Muscle cells have been used successfully to restore life-sustaining rhythms to ailing hearts, a first step toward developing natural pacemakers. Placed in a tiny raft of collagen implanted into the…
Harvard researchers have identified a protein that helps regulate bone growth and may lead to new drug targets to fight osteoporosis, the bone loss condition that the National Institutes of…
Alan Symonds, technical director for Harvard College Theatre Programs under the Office for the Arts at Harvard, died of heart failure on June 20 in Cambridge, Mass. He was 59.
College science instructors from around the country met at Harvard June 15 to see how technology can help retain freshmen interested in science, many of whom switch majors before completing introductory courses.
Betsy Lincoln felt pregnant all the time. Loss of muscle tone in her face, arms, and legs made her look so bad, she didn’t want to leave her apartment. She had little strength or endurance. Lifting one of her children or climbing a flight of stairs exhausted her.
The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University has announced the recipients of the 2006 Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies and the 2006 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.
Betsy Lincoln felt pregnant all the time. Loss of muscle tone in her face, arms, and legs made her look so bad, she didn’t want to leave her apartment. She…
As public health authorities monitor the global spread of avian influenza, or bird flu, Harvard officials continue to plan how the University would respond to the various needs of students, faculty, staff, and their families in the event of a human pandemic.
News and information about Harvard will be delivered digitally to the community beginning in July, including two summer issues of the Harvard Gazette (http://www.news-harvard.go-vip.net/gazette/gazette). Paper publication of the Gazette will…
June 1913 – Having proved itself during a five-year experimental period, the Business School emerges from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to become an independent graduate school. June 16,…
Despite all the destruction of forests, pollution, overpopulation, and overfishing, Edward O. Wilson is optimistic about the future of life on Earth. Science, prudent actions, and moral courage are showing some signs of making a difference, says one of the worlds most influential naturalists, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus at Harvard.
In the coming weeks, more than 3,500 Harvard employees – including most of the Universitys Central Administration – will change their e-mail and calendaring services to Microsoft Outlook. Because e-mail is such a vital aspect of University records, the planned rollover to Microsoft Outlook is an important reason to think about managing e-mail and reducing its volume.
Less than a month after the 203rd anniversary of Ralph Waldo Emersons birth, Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) have announced the completion of funding for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Professorship of Divinity at HDS. In recognition of the historical importance of Harvard Divinity School in preparing ministers in the Unitarian Universalist tradition and of a contemporary responsibility to educate the next generation of scholars who study this distinguished tradition, the professorship will advance studies in liberal religion, with particular attention paid to Unitarian Universalism.
The president of the Harvard Alumni Association announced on June 8 the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers. The results were released at the annual meeting of the association following the Universitys 355th Commencement. The five newly elected Overseers are as follows:
A little over a year ago, students petitioned the Harvard Medical School (HMS) administration requesting a student lounge that would give Ph.D. and M.D. students and postdocs a place to mix, mingle, and share ideas. On June 6, the Joseph Martin Student Lounge, the renovated and repurposed common room of Vanderbilt Hall, was officially commemorated and made available to students. Named after the dean of HMS for his efforts in helping to create the facility, the lounge is now equipped with a flat-screen satellite TV and bar, along with couches and plush high-backed chairs.
Slavic Languages awards essays on Russian literature The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures recently awarded Hui En Joanna Yeo ’06 and graduate student Emily van Buskirk the V.M. Setchkarev…
Summer orchestra, pops seek players The Harvard Summer School Orchestra is open to classical musicians from both Harvard and the Greater Boston area. Composed of approximately 60 players, the orchestra…
David Rockefeller 36, who recently returned to Cambridge to join classmates for his 70th Harvard reunion, has designated $1 million of his recent $10 million gift to the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies to create a doctoral fellowship program in honor of the centers founding director, John H. Coatsworth, the Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs. The fund will also benefit from a $500,000 challenge grant for Latin American history fellowships to the David Rockefeller Center from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Mellon grant, awarded in 2003, required a two-for-one match, and left the name of the new fellowship to be designated by the donor.
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) has awarded a record number of grants for research and internships in Latin America for summer 2006. DRCLAS made a total of 193 awards that resulted in support for 160 Harvard students from across the University.
Daniel Steiner, who had a long and distinguished career as vice president and general counsel at Harvard University, and later became president of the New England Conservatory of Music, has died at age 72.
In speeches delivered during afternoon Commencement Exercises (June 8), Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and journalist Jim Lehrer called for change at Harvard and across the nation.
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