Jay O. Light, the Dwight P. Robinson, Jr., Professor of Business Administration, has agreed to serve as Acting Dean of Harvard Business School starting August 1, President Lawrence H. Summers announced June 30, 2005.
What could the fierce dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex and a modern songbird such as the sparrow possibly have in common? Their pulmonary systems may have been more similar than scientists previously…
Even with modern medical treatment, patients who have experienced a heart attack remain at increased risk for sudden death after they are discharged from the hospital. In an effort to…
Damaged or unusable cells in our bodies will commit suicide to protect us from harm. That’s a well-known process with the awkward name of “apoptosis.” There’s also necrosis, meaning “to…
Nobody believed Judah Folkman when, in the 1960s, he claimed that the growth of cancers could be stopped, even reversed, by blocking the tiny vessels that feed them blood. Over the years, however, he has survived peer rejection of his theory, and gone on to develop drugs that did what he predicted they would do.
At Afternoon Exercises of this years Commencement (June 9), the Class of 2005 was delighted to hear a childrens story and a song about a manatee. Actor and arts activist John Lithgow 67 charmed the large Tercentenary Theatre crowd with his disarming address offering lighthearted advice and self-deprecating wisdom along the way.
Ryan Travia, coordinator of alcohol and drug education programs at Dartmouth College, will become director of alcohol and substance abuse services at Harvard University, announced Paul Barreira, director of the Department of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling. In this new position, Travia will lead the University in addressing issues of alcohol and health among students as recommended by the Committee to Address Alcohol and Health at Harvard in its October 2004 report to University Provost Steven E. Hyman.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 13. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
The president of the Harvard Alumni Association has announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers. The results were released at the annual meeting of the association following the Universitys 354th Commencement (June 9).
On June 14, troops muster on Cambridge Common in advance of historical re-enactments that commemorate the 230th birthday of the U.S. Army. The establishment of a Continental Army was approved by Congress on June 14, 1775.
The University will soon launch a new set of tools for accessing and searching electronic resources on the Harvard Libraries Web site (also known as the portal) located at http://lib. harvard.edu. Known as E-Research @ Harvard Libraries, the tools – set to launch June 30 – will replace the portals current E-Resources menu.
The Rowland Institute for Science, an interdisciplinary research institute in Cambridge, Mass., that merged with Harvard in 2002, has announced its selection of two new junior fellows. These researchers have been chosen to perform independent experimental research for five years, with full institutional support and access to the institutes technical and scientific resources.
Doctoral student accepts Horowitz Foundation grant The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy has named Jeremy Tobacman, a Harvard doctoral candidate in the Department of Economics, as a 2004 grant co-recipient.…
Harvard co-sponsored diversity forum approaching Members of the University community are invited to join the M.B.A. Diversity Forum at the Hult International Business School (One Education St., Cambridge, Mass.) on…
Art historian Benjamin Buchloh, recognized internationally as one of todays most important contributors to the study of post-1945 art, has been named Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of Modern Art in Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences, effective Sept. 1, 2005.
Emily Abrams was fact-checking Aaron Coplands tenure as Norton Professor at Harvard as part of her research on a forthcoming book on the composer edited by her professor, Carol Oja. The official lectures from his visit (there were six) were published in the volume Music and Imagination in 1952. Abrams, a second-year musicology graduate student, also came upon something very few people knew about.
Allison Gerrity (from left), 15, her father Steve and sister Erin, 13 – all in town to see brother Michael 05 graduate – cool off at Widener Library during Class Day.
Rapping, stepping, and sidewalk-chalking are hardly customary modes of communication at Harvard Medical School (HMS). But such youth-focused expressions were the media of the day Monday (June 13) at HMSs second annual Reflection in Action: Building Healthy Communities event.
Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) is currently seeking volunteers interested in public art education for its museum docent program. The program consists of approximately 35 volunteer guides who give tours…
Not exactly in disguise, but nicely dressed and well-behaved, a couple of intrepid Gazette reporters mingled unobtrusively in the lively, vibrant 354th Commencement of Harvard University. They were on the lookout, as they are every year, for what is known in the trade as color. This year, under friendly skies and surrounded by movement, noise, and a great deal of color, they were not disappointed. Following are some of the usual – and not-so-usual sights and sounds of the triumphant day.
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) has announced that 31 Harvard students have received DRCLAS certificates in Latin American studies.
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has announced that it has awarded 59 student grants and fellowships amounting to more than $190,000 for the 2005-06 academic year. Twenty-four grants will support Harvard College undergraduates, and 35 will support graduate students. In recent years, the center has significantly expanded its support for Harvard students, both increasing financial resources and the number of student awards available, and establishing new programs and seminars for students.
The Asia Center, the South Asia Initiative, the Fairbank Center, the Korea Institute, and the Reischauer Institute have announced their award recipients for this summer and the upcoming academic year.
Scientists are surprised and delighted that a recently discovered group of small molecules show an unexpected potential for easily distinguishing healthy cells from tumors and one type of cancer from…
About half of all the people in the United States will develop one or more mental disorders in their lifetimes, according to the latest national survey. During any year, one…
Nobel laureate and laser inventor Charles H. Townes told a packed Science Center lecture hall Monday (June 13) that science and religion are parallel, rather than antagonistic, disciplines and that…
Wind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists interested in playing with the Harvard Summer Pops Band are invited to attend open rehearsals (no audition required) beginning June 29 through Aug. 7 from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. Interested individuals should bring their instrument and, if possible, a folding music stand to Lowell Hall at the above-mentioned times. Directed by Tom Everett, the pops band will give performances Aug. 3 at 4 p.m. in the Yard, and Aug. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Hatch Shell. For more information, call (617) 496-2263.
Drew Gilpin Faust, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Lincoln Professor of History, has announced the names of 51 women and men selected as 2005 – 06 Radcliffe Institute fellows. While at the institute, the fellows – among them creative artists, humanists, social scientists, and scientists working on projects ranging from cancer treatments to installation art – will work individually and across disciplines on projects chosen for both quality and long-term impact. Together, the fellows distinguished academic, professional, and creative endeavors are the center of a scholarly community convened to pursue and generate new knowledge.
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