Harvard, like universities throughout the country, is facing unprecedented change and new challenges brought about by the growth of new interdisciplinary fields, the explosion of information technology, the desire of students and faculty to engage globally, and a spate of new government regulations. In an effort to take advantage of the growing number of opportunities and to manage new risks, the Office of the Provost has undergone a strategic reorganization over the past several months.
Emily Arkin wanted a tattoo. But since tattoos are forever, she didnt want one shed regret later on. So she started doodling on napkins, trying to come up with an original design.
Harvard goalkeeper Katie Shields 06 seems to take her last name to heart. Over the Crimsons past 13 games, the senior has been responsible for 10 shutouts, win or draw, to help the womens soccer team to a 7-3-3 record (1-2-1 Ivy). In her past two outings against Brown and Holy Cross, she tied, and then surpassed, Harvards single-season record for shutouts – a record dating back to 1987.
Scherf’s strong finish drives Crimson at pre-nationals Sophomore cross country runner Lindsey Scherf placed fifth in the blue race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals Meet this past Saturday (Oct. 15) in…
The annual Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecture was initiated in 1993 in memory of Myrto Lefkopoulou, a former faculty member and student in the Department of Biostatistics. Lefkopoulou tragically died of cancer in 1992 at the age of 34 after a courageous two-year battle.
In recognition of innovation and excellence in American Indian tribal governance, the Honoring Nations awards program recently selected 14 finalists. The finalists will make public presentations to the Honoring Nations advisory board on Nov. 1 in Tulsa, Okla. The advisory board then selects up to seven programs to receive high honors and $10,000 to share their success stories with others. They also designate up to seven honors programs that will receive $2,000.
Kennedy School of Government (KSG) Dean David T. Ellwood has announced that Ricardo Hausmann, professor of the practice of economic development, has been named director of Harvards Center for International Development (CID). Hausmann, the CIDs first director from a developing country, assumed the post immediately.
What is the blues? The music can be described in terms of scales, harmonic progressions, song structure, but to really understand what the blues is, youve got to hear it, preferably live. Its even better if you can get an experienced practitioner to talk about the music, how he got into it, how it makes him feel.
Thirteen new fellows have been selected for the 2005-06 Administrative Fellowship Program. Of the 13 fellows, nine are visiting fellows – talented professionals drawn from business, education, and the professions outside the University – and four are professionals currently working at Harvard who are identified by their department and selected by the fellowship review committee to have the leadership potential to advance to higher administrative positions.
Calling the U.S. Supreme Court the most powerful branch of government, conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly said that grassroots conservatives who have focused on family and social issues are setting their sights next on reforming Americas imperial judiciary.
Harvard-Yenching Institute Director Weiming Tu recently welcomed 32 visiting scholars and fellows to the institute for the 2005-06 academic year. HYI offers a unique opportunity to create a learning community of scholars in the humanities at Harvard each year, benefiting both the scholars themselves and Harvard, Tu noted. The scholars are faculty members in the humanities and social sciences from selected universities in Asia, and will spend one year conducting research at the institute.
As she enters the room, she kicks off her shoes and seems to glide across the floor. Over here, she says, this wall, only about four feet deep, pulls out to produce 200 seats for audiences. We can convert the studio into a theater in 10 minutes! It used to take two hours. Then, on the opposite wall, we have an enormous screen on a roller that can be lowered for production backdrops. And, over here are legs – curtains, she explains, that mask stage lights. Four columns of lights, in fact, are arranged around the vast space. They can be raised when the full dance floor space is required for rehearsals, and lowered when lights are needed for staged productions.
Peter K. Bol, Harvard College Professor and Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been named the first director of Harvard Universitys Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA), a new center that will offer technology to support research and education in the fields of spatial analysis and geographic information.
Proteins gone wrong cause most human diseases. Find these mutated proteins, scientists reason, and they are on the way to predicting who will get what disease. They would also learn…
Actor David Hyde Pierce made an emotional plea for increased activism around Alzheimer’s disease Monday (Oct. 17), saying that federal funding has leveled off despite scientific progress in understanding and…
A comparison of the risks and benefits of fish consumption suggests that government advisories warning women of childbearing age about mercury exposure should be issued with caution. The study warns…
Six hundred feet below the Pacific Ocean surface last August, seven Russian sailors sat trapped in a small, cold submarine hoping it wouldnt become their collective coffin.
Blindness prevention organization honors Seddon Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Johanna M. Seddon was recently named the recipient of the first Dr. Maurice F. Rabb Jr. Award. Presented by Prevent Blindness…
RMO workshop on electronic recordkeeping Harvard’s Records Management Office (RMO) is offering one of its fall workshops on electronic recordkeeping Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. in Pusey Library. The 45-minute…
This years Evening With Champions was an Olympian event. No, Zeus and Hera didnt make it. But the yearly spectacular, which raises money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes Jimmy Fund, was again hosted by Olympic silver medalist Paul Wylie 91, M.B.A. 00. This 36th Evening With Champions, Wylie pointed, out was star-studded with past, present, and future Olympians, including gold medalists Ekaterina Gordeeva, Ilia Kulik, and Ludmilla and Oleg Protopopov. In addition to these demigods were other Olympic competitors and a number of skaters vying for spots in the 2006 international competition.
The Board of Harvard Management Company (HMC) today (Oct. 14) announced that it has appointed Mohamed A. El-Erian president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company, commencing early in 2006.
Oct. 6, 1862 – The Overseers confirm the Rev. Thomas Hill, Class of 1843, as Harvard’s 20th President. His brief tenure brings higher admissions standards, a series of public “University…
When George magazine burst onto the scene in September 1995 – with an attention-grabbing inaugural cover featuring supermodel Cindy Crawford as George Washington – Americans came face-to-face with a new reality, one that intertwined politics and pop culture in a provocative and oftentimes high-octane blend. How that blend attempted to move a generation was the focus of discussion last night at a Kennedy School of Government forum.
Harvard has made much progress in opening its arms, classrooms, and faculty ranks to people of all racial, ethnic, and economic groups, but much more needs to be done, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers said Saturday (Oct. 8).
The undergraduate Harvard University Women in Business (HUWIB) organization will host its first intercollegiate business convention, Leading Today: Taking Charge of Our Futures, this Saturday (Oct. 15) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel at Copley Place in Boston.
Turnovers undermine Crimson at Big Red A stingy Cornell football team limited the visiting Crimson to just 226 total yards on its way to a 27-13 victory this past Saturday…
Many stories and images are engraved in Christian Arbelaezs memory from the 12 days he spent as a volunteer working with people who had been driven into shelters by Hurricane Katrina, but a few stand out in high relief.
As Hurricane Katrina made landfall and tore through the Southern coastline with now-legendary ferocity, millions of Americans sat in front of their TVs with a familiar feeling of helplessness. What can I do? Many reached for their wallets a few took to the road. S. Allen Counter, who was watching TV in far-away Stockholm, was one of the latter. The director of the Harvard Foundation grabbed the next flight home and started to organize relief efforts.
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