Tommy Lee Jones 69 returned to Harvard to attend the premiere of his new film, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. The film marks Jones debut as the director of theatrical films (he directed a TV movie, The Good Old Boys, in 1995). This time, however, he is also co-producer, co-writer, and star.
Its just one of those nights when you know youre going to get a full house, said Allston Brighton resident Dan McLaughlin as he watched his two boys stickhandling pucks and kicking up plumes of ice with a bunch of other excited boys, girls, and Harvard hockey players under the lights of the Bright Hockey Center.
William C. Kirby, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Geisinger Professor of History, has announced his plans to step down from the deanship at the end of the 2005-06 academic year.
Robert Bridgeman (from left), director of PBH Programs, Amanda Sonis Glynn, director of the Harvard Public Service Network, Mina Makarious 06, and Mae Bunagan 06 seem to enjoy sorting through gifts donated for the Phillips Brooks House gift drive.
Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated that gas bubbles can exist in stable non-spherical shapes without the application of external force. The micron- to millimeter-scale peapod-, doughnut-, and sausage-shaped bubbles,…
After three weeks in a tiny tunnel 50 feet below an ancient Maya pyramid in the Guatemalan jungle, Peabody Museum researcher Bill Saturno finally got to view his prize. Fine…
The second in a series of gatherings described by Michael Sandel as “conversations that transcend the areas that we normally populate” was a far cry from the first such conversation,…
A new type of treatment has been found to protect mice against a nasty strain of herpes virus common in humans. Because this genital virus is an important co-factor for…
Just over 800 students were admitted to Harvard Colleges Class of 2010 under the Early Action program this week (Dec. 14-15), the smallest number since the Class of 1999. While the exact numbers were not available by press time as the Admissions Committee finished its final deliberations, it appears that there will be 80 or so fewer admitted compared with last years 892 for the Class of 2009.
At its seventh meeting of the year on Dec. 14, the Faculty Council received a report from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Resources Committee and from the dean for development.
Dec. 3, 1954 – During Radcliffe’s 75th Anniversary ceremony, Radcliffe President Wilbur Kitchener Jordan presents Ada Louise Comstock (Notestein, since her 1943 marriage), his immediate predecessor, with a citation hailing…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Dec. 12. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Harvard University Monday (Dec. 12) announced the creation of a University-wide program on Islamic studies, made possible by a $20 million gift from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud. The new program will build on Harvards strong commitment to the study of the religious traditions of the world. It will also augment Harvards existing strength by increasing the number of faculty focused on Islamic studies, providing additional support to graduate students, and making rare Islamic textual sources available in digital format.
With thousands of foreign scholars coming to Cambridge and Boston to study and to pursue careers in research or teaching, Harvard has long been a global university. Increasingly, in addition to being a global destination, Harvard has been extending itself to locations around the world, either in partnerships with governments and institutions or through physical sites.
Harvard College has created the Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.
Robin Abrahams is living her dream. I always wanted to be an advice columnist, she said. As a young girl, I was always very attracted to the character of Lucy from Peanuts with her booth of psychiatric advice for five cents. I wasnt quite sure what psychiatric advice was, but I was quite sure I could dispense it.
Family Firm Institute honors HBS professor Renato Tagiuri, professor of social sciences in business administration emeritus at Harvard Business School (HBS), has received the Richard Beckhard Practice Award from the…
Rev. Griswold to preach at Memorial Church service The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold III ’59 will preach at the Memorial Church on Sunday (Dec. 18) at the 11 a.m.…
The intimate confines of the fencing room in Harvards Malkin Athletic Center are perhaps better-suited for practice than competition, but on the evening of Dec. 7, it was bursting at the seams as a raucous and impassioned crowd of Crimson supporters watched the Harvard fencing teams continue their strong start with convincing victories over Brandeis.
Tay nabs rookie honors The Ivy League nominated Harvard basketball’s Emily Tay ’09 its Rookie of the Week for the period beginning Dec. 12. The freshman guard is Harvard’s top…
The Tennis Camps at Harvard (TCH), one of the areas most appealing summer activities for children and adults, will start its 16th season on June 12 at the Beren Tennis Center at Soldiers Field Athletic Complex.
David Westfall, who held the John L. Gray and Carl F. Schipper Jr. professorships at Harvard Law School (HLS), died Dec. 7 surrounded by his family. He was 78.
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English and American Literature and Language Marjorie Garber has won the 2005 Christian Gauss Award for Shakespeare After All (Pantheon Books, 2004). The $2,500 award is offered annually by the Phi Beta Kappa Society for books in the field of literary scholarship or criticism.
The music industry should embrace the passion of fans for their tunes and find ways to encourage consumer tools like online playlists rather than fighting such innovations as yet another form of file-sharing, a new report says.
Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus of biology at Harvard, is celebrated worldwide for his contributions to evolutionary biology, spurred by a lifelong passion for ants. He is also the distinguished recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes for nonfiction writing. But on Nov. 29, Wilson assumed the role of amateur historian to commemorate another famed scientist and writer. The Geological Lecture Hall was filled to capacity when Wilson delivered a lecture on Darwin in the Twenty-First Century. This lecture was hosted by the Harvard Museum of Natural History to celebrate the release of From So Simple a Beginning, a four-volume anthology of selected works by Charles Darwin published by WW Norton and edited by Wilson.
Monique Rinere, dean of Butler College at Princeton University, has been named associate dean of advising programs for Harvard College, effective Feb. 27. In this newly created position, the associate dean will coordinate, manage, and monitor the academic advising systems for all undergraduates.
The official portrait of beloved former Dean of Students Archie Epps III was unveiled recently in its permanent home in University Hall. The framed, oil-on-canvas portrait was painted by Stephen Coit 72. Valerie Epps, professor of law at Suffolk University, spoke at the unveiling of her late husbands picture. Archie Epps, who received a degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1961, became assistant dean of students at Harvard College in 1964. Six years later, he became the dean of students and remained in the position for more than 30 years. He retired in 2001.
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