The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs recently announced that it has awarded 60 student grants and fellowships amounting to nearly $200,000 for the 2006-07 academic year. Twenty-four grants will support Harvard College undergraduates, and 36 will support graduate students. In recent years the Weatherhead Center has significantly expanded its support for Harvard students, by increasing financial resources, expanding the number of student awards available, and establishing new programs and seminars for students.
Even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) faces proposed budget cuts, the agencys director, Julie Gerberding, reminded Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) graduates of a long list of concerns, such as health disparities and chronic diseases, that need continued attention – and she reminded them as well of their particular power to bring about change.
The Asia-related centers and institutes at Harvard University have announced the recipients of awards and fellowships for research, language study, internships, and volunteer work for students in all stages of their academic careers at the University. The Asia Center, the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, the Korea Institute, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and the South Asia Initiative have awarded 202 grants totaling more than $675,000 for summer 2006 and academic year 2006-07.
Thirty-four undergraduate students, selected by Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics (IOP), will begin prestigious paid summer political internships this month, the institute recently announced. In addition, the IOP is providing financial assistance to more than 100 current Harvard undergraduates for help in securing public service summer jobs, to rising seniors conducting summer thesis research, and to Kennedy School of Government (KSG) students working on political campaigns.
Austin L. Vickery, Jr., M.D., Professor of Pathology, emeritus, at Harvard Medical School and a leader in Surgical Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital for over 50 years, died March 2, 2005, at his home in Westwood, Massachusetts. Dr. Vickerys contributions to medical science place him in the top tier of pathologists of his day. He was an expert on the pathology of the endocrine system, particularly the thyroid gland. He authored many important papers on the thyroid, including pioneering descriptions of needle biopsy diagnosis, radiation effects, thyroiditis and thyroid tumors. Having trained before the era of subspecialization, Dr. Vickery was knowledgeable in many areas of surgical pathology, and also published important studies in prostatic and gastrointestinal pathology.
Harvard University Tuesday (June 13) released the inaugural report of its newly created Office for Faculty Development and Diversity, along with the announcement of $7.5 million in enhancements to its work-life programs. These enhancements are designed to better support faculty, doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff as they balance the demands of work and family.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending June 12. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) has announced the creation of the Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professorship of Divinity, which is made possible by a gift from alumnus Thomas M. Chappell. A 1991 graduate of the School, Chappell is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Toms of Maine, one of the nations leading manufacturers of natural personal care products.
With the goals of making Harvard the leading center of Chinese studies in the United States, supporting China-related activities University-wide, and supporting University activities in China, Provost Steven E. Hyman has announced the launch of the Harvard China Fund (HCF), to begin operation July 1. William C. Kirby, currently dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and incoming director of Harvards John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, will serve as chairman of the fund.
The Class of 2006 recipients of this years Elliot and Anne Richardson Fellowships in Public Service will be serving others in locations from Massachusetts to the Middle East, and in areas ranging from assisting immigrants to advocating for human rights.
Harvard University announced on June 13 that it will enter into an agreement with the town of Hulls municipal light department to purchase the renewable energy credits (RECs) generated by the 1.8 megawatt Hull wind turbine for a 10-year period.
Education, Irene Maxwell told her five daughters, is the only thing that you can take all you want and theres plenty left for everyone else. So make sure you take your share.
One might have expected Linda Greenhouse 68, the Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times and recipient of the 2006 Radcliffe Institute Medal, to devote her keynote address at the annual Radcliffe luncheon June 9 to an analysis of recent court decisions or predictions about the courts future course under its new Chief Justice John Roberts.
Harvard University today (June 13) released the inaugural report of its newly created Office for Faculty Development and Diversity, along with the announcement of $7.5 million in enhancements to its work-life programs. These enhancements are designed to better support faculty, doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff as they balance the demands of work and family.
Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: •…
Harvard University Wednesday (June 7) announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with 470 Dining Services workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 26. Members of Local 26 are expected to vote on ratification of the agreement in the coming days. If ratified, the new contract would be in effect until June 19, 2011. It would result in an average increase ranging from 5.5 percent in the first contract year to 4.5 percent by the fifth and final year.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 5. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
After more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Harvard and Children’s Hospital Boston have been cleared to begin experiments using Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) to create disease-specific stem cell lines in an effort to develop treatments for a wide range of now-incurable conditions afflicting tens of millions of people.
Maria Polinsky, a linguist who combines careful empirical work with a subtle appreciation of linguistic theory, has been named professor of linguistics in Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Commencement represents a time for both departing and returning. Just at the moment when seniors graduate, alumni gather for reunions – and the opportunity to assist the College. Each class is unique, demonstrating its support in different ways.
When Fung Hon Chu asked sons Victor Ph.D. 71 and William M.B.A. 72 to apply their Harvard training to the family company as if it were a case study, he may not have imagined how their educations would help transform Li & Fung into the success that it is today. Li & Fung is a multinational group of companies headquartered in Hong Kong that operates three distinct core businesses – export sourcing, retailing, and integrated distribution.
Susan L. Graham 64, the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, has been elected president of Harvards Board of Overseers for 2006-07. She will succeed Patti B. Saris 73, J.D. 76 following Commencement. Paul Buttenwieser 60, M.D. 64, a psychiatrist and novelist, will become vice chair of the boards executive committee, succeeding M. Lee Pelton Ph.D. 84. Both Graham and Buttenwieser are entering the final year of their six-year Overseer terms, having been elected to the board by Harvard alumni in 2001.
Stefan Behnisch, principal of Behnisch Architekten and the lead architect for Harvards Allston science complex, will be developing a preliminary design concept for the building over the next several months. With this first Allston project, Behnisch, working in conjunction with Harvards master planning team, will help launch the beginning of a process to define how Harvards Allston campus will look and feel.
A special kind of leadership, embodied in the selfless service of five Harvard Business School (HBS) students – Michael Arlotto and Jill Szuchmacher, Kathleen Cassie Kearney, Avichai Avi Kremer, Yael Gayle Tzemach – is being recognized this week with the 2006 Deans Award, one of HBSs highest honors.
More than 70 undergraduates have won the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for outstanding scholarly work or research. The prize is funded by the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes 19. The prize winners, including their advisers, are as follows:
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University has named 12 recipients of its annual alumnae awards. Among others, this years honorees include Susan Faludi 81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Amy Gutmann 76, president of the University of Pennsylvania and Elaine Pagels 70, author of Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas and The Gnostic Gospels. The awards will be presented and the recipients will speak at the Radcliffe Awards Symposium, Women, Power, and Change: How Far Have We Come? to be held Friday (June 9) at Agassiz Theatre, 10 Garden St., Cambridge, Mass., from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Linda Greenhouse, longtime Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times and graduate of Radcliffe and Harvard College, will receive the 2006 Radcliffe Institute Medal.
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