Harvard and six other universities filed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court last week (Sept. 21), challenging a law that requires universities to provide military recruiters access to campus that is equal in quality and scope to other recruiters.
Edward O. Wilson has learned a great deal about life by studying ant societies. In this knowledge, he finds parallels between the social interactions of insects and those of birds, lions, monkeys, apes, and even humans. The last parallel got him into trouble in the late 1970s, but he now enjoys credit for establishing a new field of science – sociobiology, the influence of biology on human behavior.
The color! The glitter! The hot sizzle of skates on ice! Top Olympic and world skaters will continue to fight cancer this fall as they gather once more at America’s…
Fifty new units of affordable housing and the innovative partnership that helped make the development happen were the subject of celebration on Friday (Sept. 23) as the ribbon was cut on the Brian J. Honan Apartments at 33 Everett St. in Allston-Brighton.
Corn dogs, cotton candy, a mechanical bull, scattered bales of hay, and a dunking booth transformed usually staid Tercentenary Theatre into the first Harvard State Fair on a shady Sept. 23rd evening.
Public health researcher Sue Goldie, associate professor of health decision science at Harvard School of Public Health, has been awarded a $500,000 MacArthur grant for genius and creativity in applying the tools of decision science to evaluate the clinical benefits, public health impact, and cost-effectiveness of alternative preventive and treatment interventions for viruses that are major public health problems.
Two events at Harvard Law School (HLS) last week (Sept 15-18) focused attention on civil rights and economic equality and included a call to action from U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.
At its first meeting of the year on Sept. 21, the Faculty Council discussed the recommendations of the Task Forces on Women Faculty and on Women in Science and Engineering.
Tercentenary Theatre will take on the look and feel of a state fair this Friday evening (Sept. 23) as students get the chance to ride a mechanical bull, dunk their deans and House masters, and milk a mock cow. Presented by the College Deans Office, the event – the first-ever campus-wide, welcome-back celebration – will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Fundraising receipts for the University totaled $590 million in fiscal year 2005, a $50 million increase over fiscal year 2004, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Donella M. Rapier announced today (Sept. 22).
September 1902 – More than 600 undergraduates arrive in the Class of 1906. Until just before World War I, entering Classes stabilize around this size. September 1906 – The Medical…
The fourth annual Movie Time at Harvard – a free, outdoor film screening presented by President Lawrence H. Summers – will be held Sunday (Sept. 25) at 7:15 p.m. in Tercentenary Theatre (between Memorial Church and Widener Library). This years event will be a double feature. Movie Time is open to the entire University community and their families.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Sept. 19. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Homi K. Bhabha, the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Languages in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), director of the Humanities Center at Harvard, 2004 – 05 Radcliffe Institute fellow, and faculty associate at the institute for the past three years, is now also affiliated with the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University as senior adviser in the humanities. He will retain his position in the FAS and at the Humanities Center during the three-year appointment. As a senior adviser, Bhabha joins other faculty of the University who devote a portion of their time to Radcliffe Institute program development and administrative leadership.
Mikhail Lukin thinks that devices based on quantum science are at the same stage as radios were about 100 years ago. To catch up, the recently tenured professor of physics is stopping and storing light, making artificial atoms behave in new ways, and doing engineering with superconductivity. When quantum does overtake kilowatts, you can expect novel products like quantum transmitters and quantum computers that will change the world the way that radios and electronic computers have.
Donald Howard Shively, an authority on Japanese urban life and popular culture in the Tokugawa period and chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard, where he also served as director of the Japan Institute (now the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies), died on Aug. 13 in a nursing facility near his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 84.
Meselson named NYAS honorary life member Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Matthew Meselson was recently named an honorary life member of the New York Academy of Sciences…
A stubborn Harvard football team made do without its marquee player from last season – Ivy League Player of the Year Ryan Fitzpatrick 05 – to earn a come-from-behind win in their season opener opposite host Holy Cross this past Saturday afternoon (Sept. 17). The 31-21 victory extended the Crimsons winning ways to a dozen games over the past three seasons, momentarily putting to rest any concerns over Fitzpatricks June departure.
Evron and Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs John Ruggie was appointed as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annans special representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises this past month. Ruggie served as UN assistant secretary-general and adviser to Annan on strategic planning from 1997 to 2001.
Kenneth R. Andrews, who began his academic career as an authority on Mark Twain and went on to become a renowned professor at Harvard Business School (HBS), a founder of the field of corporate strategy, editor of the Harvard Business Review, and a beloved master of Leverett House, died on Sept. 4 at his home in Durham, N.H. He was 89 years old.
To help Harvard staff improve the organization of their files, the Universitys Records Management Office (RMO) is offering workshops on electronic record keeping. These workshops provide practical guidance on filing systems, filing rules and procedures, and equipment and supplies. This year, a new section will cover such issues as version control and naming conventions, and advice on how to use system properties to ones advantage.
Wayne Streilein once quoted a Zen proverb: A garden is never complete until there is nothing left to remove. In that statement, one can appreciate Waynes view of his own lifes work. His career was dedicated to spirited inquiry, and driven by novel insights. Waynes impact on science extends far beyond the discipline of immunology, a field that he represented, in that he was also a seminal figure in the fields of dermatology and vision research as well. Wayne Streilein died on March 15, 2004. At the time of his death, Wayne was the Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, and president of The Schepens Eye Research Institute.
The American Australian Association (AAA) recently announced that it is sponsoring its second year of United States to Australia Fellowships. The program will provide up to four awards totaling $80,000 to outstanding American students to pursue graduate and postdoctoral studies and research in life and ocean sciences, medicine, engineering, or mining at top Australian universities and research institutions. Harvard students are encouraged to apply.
The Harvard Medical School (HMS) Department of Ophthalmology has been awarded a $110,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB). The grant will help support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of diseases that cause blindness. Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology Joan W. Miller, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and chief of ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, will help in leading the research programs.
Harvards Program on U.S.-Japan Relations recently selected 17 fellows for the 2005-06 academic year. Founded in 1980, the program enables outstanding scholars and practitioners to come together to conduct independent research and participate in an ongoing dialogue with other members of the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.
Harvard Business School (HBS) formally reopened Baker Library – the historic building capped with a bell tower that has been the symbol of the School for over 75 years – marking the conclusion of an extensive two-year, $53.4 million renovation and expansion project.
The Harvard Green Campus Initiative is sponsoring an art and design competition this fall with $10,000 in cash prizes for the best visions of a sustainable Harvard campus.
More than 700 students will participate in 27 projects in dance, music, theater, and multidisciplinary genres at Harvard University this fall, sponsored in part through the grant program of the Office for the Arts (OfA). These grants are designed to foster creative and innovative artistic initiatives among Harvard undergraduates.
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