Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean William C. Kirby has appointed Diana Sorensen dean for the humanities in the FAS for the coming academic year while current Dean Maria Tatar is on sabbatical. Sorensen will assume her new duties on July 1.
In this past weekends best-of-three series for the Ivy title at ODonnell Field, the Princeton baseball team came, saw, and conquered. They also silenced the as-of-late cracking Crimson bats.
The prophets of the new abolitionism met in Austin Hall over the weekend, and one of them, Barry Scheck of the Innocence Project at the Cardozo School of Law in New York, predicted the end of the death penalty within our lifetimes. Considering the unanimity of opinion on this one main point – that capital punishment is a bad idea – the gathering was in some ways more a revival meeting for activists than a debate. But, the devils in the details and so the conference didnt lack for pyrotechnics.
Prominent theologian Letty M. Russell called for people to reach across national, religious, and ethnic boundaries Tuesday (May 9) and defeat attempts by world leaders to stay in power by dividing people against each other.
Free rides for blood drive givers For its spring blood drive, the Massachusetts General Hospital Blood Donor Center is providing free transportation to and from the Harvard campus (or back…
To the gentle strains of a bossa nova and the tangy aroma of salgadinhos, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) launched its new Brazilian Studies Program last week. In addition to the festive reception, the May 1 event was marked by a lecture by University of São Paulo historian Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, with more than 250 students, faculty, members of the Brazilian community, and friends attending. Director of DRCLAS and Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs John H. Coatsworth called the occasion a splendid mixture of Brazilian past, present, and future.
Merilee S. Grindle, the Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government, has been appointed the new director of Harvard Universitys David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, beginning on July 1.
Under the direction of guest conductor Jameson Marvin, the Masterworks Chorale will perform three cantatas by J.S. Bach in Sanders Theatre this Saturday (May 13) at 8 p.m.
The Harvard Foundation recently honored members of the Harvard community who are outstanding contributors to improving intercultural and race relations at the University. More than 40 students and one distinguished faculty member were presented with awards at the annual Harvard Foundation Student/Faculty Awards Dinner held April 28 in Quincy House in memory of David S. Aloian, former Quincy House master. Faculty, administrators, and House masters nominated the student award recipients, who were then chosen by the faculty and student advisory committee of the Harvard Foundation.
Pleasurable experiences are more fun to relive than negative ones, but a new study by psychologists at Harvard University reveals that memories of good times can be less accurate than those of bad times.
Those of us who remember grammar-school geography lessons as a tedious affair involving a pink and green window shade map and a chalky wooden pointer would probably never guess that,…
May 30, 1901 – Memorial Day. The Harvard Lampoon distributes its first parody of The Harvard Crimson (which never publishes on Memorial Day). May 25, 1905 – On Ralph Waldo…
Seth MacFarlane, who is creator and executive producer of televisions Family Guy, as well as the voice of the shows major characters, will be the 2006 Class Day speaker, the Harvard College Class of 2006 Senior Class Committee and the Harvard Alumni Association announced. He will address the senior class and guests on Class Day, June 7, at 2 p.m. in Tercentenary Theatre.
Political scientist Claudine Gay, a scholar whose work has illuminated how race informs political behavior, has been appointed professor of government in Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.
A Nobel Prize-winning professor, renowned for his research on the psychological elements of economic decision making, and the founder of an innovative microfinance lending institution are recipients of the 2006 Thomas C. Schelling and Richard E. Neustadt Awards. The winners were announced at a May 4 event hosted by the Kennedy School of Government (KSG).
Crimson lacrosse tourney bound Within 24 hours of the men’s lacrosse team’s heartbreaking, triple-overtime loss to Dartmouth on Saturday (May 6), the Crimson were named one of 10 teams to…
Three Harvard faculty members were recently elected to the 2006 class of the American Philosophical Society (APS). The new members from the University include Howard E. Gardner, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education Stephen Owen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, professor and chair, Department of Comparative Literature and Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and director of the Center for American Political Studies.
Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology honors HBS professor Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration emeritus Michael Beer has received the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial and…
The Harvard University Center for the Environment recently announced the recipients of its inaugural Environmental Fellowship for postdoctorate candidates. Among the research these seven fellows plan on conducting over the next two years: the development of new materials for fuel cells, the distribution of vegetation in arid landscapes, and an examination of the role of Alaska in Americas environmental imagination. As a group, they will enhance environmental scholarship at Harvard and help tie together many of the Universitys academic departments and graduate schools.
For young women, the way into engineering may begin with a celebrity sighting (of the academic kind), a face-off with a busted pinball machine, or even a casual crush. While math and science remain the sine qua non of a field most readily defined by hard hats, pocket protectors, and Dilbert-like characters, chance encounters, passion, and – gasp! – fun, often play an equal role in putting engineering on the map.
The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) held its fifth annual Public Service Celebration this past Monday (May 8) in Lowell House dining hall. Two hundred students deeply committed and involved in public service activities attended the event, along with faculty, staff, and PBHA supporters.
Merilee S. Grindle, the Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government, has been appointed the new director of Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies to begin on July 1, 2006.
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: •…
May 12, 1638 – By order of the Great and General Court, Newetowne is renamed Cambrige (Cambridge). May 1638 – The College Yard expands as the Town of Cambridge grants…
Four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been selected as Harvard College Professors, an honor recognizing particularly distinguished contributions to undergraduate teaching in all its forms: in Core courses and in general education, in teaching within concentrations, and in advising and mentoring students.
Boston Public Schools Superintendent Thomas W. Payzant has been named a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Payzant, who holds masters and doctoral degrees from HGSE, will begin his new post on July 1.
Smith Professor of French Language and Literature Christie McDonald and Professor Bradley S. Epps of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard were recently presented with medals by Philippe Merlo-Morat, professeur des Universités (Université Lumière Lyon 2) on behalf of Gérard Collomb, mayor of Lyon, and Jean-Jack Queyranne, president of the Rhône-Alpes district.
Womens tennis scores fourth straight league title The 17th-ranked Harvard women’s tennis team closed out its regular season with a 6-1 win over host Dartmouth on April 25 to stay…
Sidney Verba, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the University Library, has announced a University-wide call for proposals for library-related digitization projects that support teaching and research at Harvard. According to Verba, grant funding is available through Harvards Library Digital Initiative (LDI) and its internal challenge grant program.
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