Depression is more likely to break your heart than smoking or eating fatty food. “Recurrence of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks, strokes, cardiac arrest, severe chest pain and other problems…
Vitamin D plays a critical role in the human body’s response to tuberculosis, according to new research that explains why people of African descent are more susceptible to TB. The…
Harvard-affiliated Judge Baker Children’s Center is launching a research project to study autism. Jerome Kagan and Nancy Snidman, director and research director, respectively, of Harvard’s Infant and Child Study Center,…
A major new public health campaign focused on AIDS is needed in the wake of the World Health Organization’s “3 by 5” campaign, which forced a new approach to fight…
There is something about the physical manifestations of history that communicate both intellectual heft and inspirational authority. Which is why Longwood’s Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine — the largest…
When Gazette photographer Rose Lincoln first proposed shooting the Arnold Arboretum in wintertime, the entire Harvard News Office staff responded enthusiastically at the prospect of capturing the still and barren beauty of Harvards 265 woody acres during the cruelest and often prettiest months of the year. And though winter 2006 hardly cooperated with our preconceived ideas of bare-branched snow-swept oaks and elms (what with anomalies like pussy willows defiantly budding between the occasional cold snaps), we managed to learn something quite unexpected. Whether the winter is harsh or mild, the arboretum teems with life, botanical and otherwise.
At its 13th meeting of the year on March 8, the Faculty Council met with incoming interim President Derek Bok, continued their discussion of the Curricular Review, and heard reports…
A memorial service for John Langstaff, founder of The Christmas Revels, will be held at the Memorial Church on March 18 at 2 p.m. Langstaff passed away this past December…
President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates: Wednesday, March 15, 4-5:30 p.m. (students and staff) Thursday, April 20,…
A conceptual artist named Eduardo Kac ignited a fierce controversy in 2000 when he tried to enter a genetically modified bunny that glowed green under ultraviolet light in an art exhibition in France.
Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers thanked the parents of this years juniors for giving him the chance to work with their children, saying working with and for the students has been an enormous privilege and the greatest joy of his time as president.
Canadian actress Tantoo Cardinal presented a sampling of her films at the Harvard Film Archive and accepted the Sun Hill Award for Excellence in Native American Filmmaking on March 3 and 4, respectively. Now in its second year, the award (jointly sponsored by the Sun Hill Foundation and the Harvard Film Archive) is given in honor of a director, actor, producer, or writer who has made a significant contribution to the legacy of Native American film.
Dr. Juan M. Taveras died March 27, 2002, in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, at the age of 83. He was widely regarded as the father of neuroradiology, and pioneered the concept of subspecialization in radiologic practice. He was emeritus Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and emeritus Chair of the Department of Radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
International diplomacy requires both policy and political savvy to succeed, explained U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, M.P.P. 81, in a March 2 discussion on the future of U.S. foreign policy at a Kennedy School forum.
You were created for such a time as this, attendees of the Harvard Graduate School of Educations Alumni of Color Conference were told – or, rather, challenged – as they listened to the conferences keynote talk. The inspiring voice belonged to John Jackson Ed.D. 00, chief policy officer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Two of the nations top economists, Gregory Mankiw and Gene Sperling, offered their perspectives on how to keep the American economic engine revving during a panel discussion March 1 at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers moderated the Kennedy School event.
March 9, 1857 – The faculty adopts the recommendation of a joint faculty/Overseers committee that annual examinations of each Class in each subject before an Overseers Visiting Committee be in…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending March 6. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Associate Vice President for Sponsored Programs Elizabeth Mora has agreed to serve as acting vice president for finance while the search for a permanent successor to outgoing Vice President for Finance Ann Berman proceeds. Mora will assume her new role on April 1.
Grapplers grab EIWA titles Harvard wrestlers Bode Ogunwole ’07 and Andrew Flanagan ’09 captured individual championships at the 102nd Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) championships at Lehigh University on March…
Peter Salama, M.P.H. 97, is an expert on the epidemiology of conflict and famine in complex emergencies, which is to say that he studies what kills people when things like war and droughts happen. On March 2, Salama visited the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as part of the Voices of Public Intellectuals lecture series and shared some of his experiences and insights.
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced a new full-tuition Native American Public Service Fellowship (NAPSF), to be awarded to an individual who has demonstrated commitment to matters of concern to Native American tribes. Areas of focus may include (but are not limited to) tribal self-governance and policy.
Biological engineering, which once excited the medical community, has been fraught with the difficulties of keeping transplanted cells alive and getting them to integrate with a host’s body. Researchers at…
A longitudinal study of 410,272 elderly American couples indicates that the “widowhood effect” – the increased probability of death among new widows and widowers – is large and enduring among…
Is the problem with evolution A) people don’t believe in it; B) people believe in it but don’t understand it; or C) evolution comes packaged with troubling implications that we…
Gold compounds have been used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases for more than 75 years, but, until now, how the metals work has been a…
Horng-Tzer Yau’s affinity for mathematics was obvious in high school, where, in his native Taiwan, he began studying advanced calculus and college algebra. He developed an interest in physics at…
Actor, tap dancer, and People magazines former sexiest man alive Richard Gere was tested to see if he was man enough to receive the Hasty Pudding Pot on Friday night (Feb. 24).
On Feb. 23 at approximately 1:30 a.m., two male undergraduate students reported to the Boston Police Department (BPD) that they were the victims of an armed robbery while walking on North Harvard Street near the Murr Athletic Center. The victims were approached by an individual who displayed a handgun and demanded that they hand over their belongings. The victims surrendered their wallets and a cell phone. The suspect then punched one of the victims before fleeing.
March 27, 1737 – President Benjamin Wadsworth dies in office. March 1770-March 1773 – Seeking refuge from the political tumult of Boston, the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay…
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