Campus & Community

Mathematicians have a reputation for being a bit detached from the concerns of ordinary mortals. Living in a realm of abstract ideas, of seductive puzzles and tantalizing conundrums, they tend to regard the ordinary physical world as so much clutter, annoyances to be perfunctorily dealt with before returning to their equations and proofs.

In the Indian state of Orissa, Dharitri Patnaik has loomed large, fighting for the rights of poor women and children.

The Afghan province of Badakhshan has the highest maternal death rate ever recorded, with 6,500 women dying in childbirth out of every 100,000 births.

Nathaniel Fogg, graduating from Harvard Business School this year, is something not often found on an Ivy League campus in this age of an all-voluntary military: a veteran of the United States Navy.

The Harvard Committee on African Studies has awarded 11 research grants for undergraduate and graduate students to travel to sub-Saharan Africa during the summer of 2005.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) recently presented five outstanding educators in the Boston and Cambridge public school systems with James Bryant Conant Fellowships. The awards, which were given…

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies has announced the recipients of its 2005-06 fellowships, prizes, research travel grants, and internships. A total of eight postdoctoral and senior fellowships have…

The committee of the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science (GIS) at Harvard has announced the recipients of the award for the 2004-05 academic year.

Today the University awarded a total of 6,580 degrees and 224 certificates. A breakdown of the degrees by schools and programs follows. Harvard College granted a total of 1,590 degrees.

This year, the Harvard University Extension Schools Commencement Speaker Award will go to Monica Antoinette Brooker A.L.B., cum laude. Brooker will speak on the topic Commencement as Perfection this afternoon (June 9).

So much happens at Harvard University during the year, its quite a task to winnow all thats worth noting into a two-page summary.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 6. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

Mary Ellen Avery Doctor of Science Mary Ellen Avery, recipient of an honorary doctor of science degree, received the National Medal of Science in 1991 for her discovery of the…

Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark announced Monday (June 6) that he will step down on July 31, in order to accept the role of president of Brigham Young University, Idaho, shortly thereafter. Clark was named dean of Harvard Business School (HBS) in 1995 he is the eighth dean in the Schools 97-year history.

PBHA and Class of ’55 fete 100 years of service More than 100 members from the Class of 1955 kicked off their 50th reunion at a June 5 dinner reception…

…in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing….

Professor Felton Earls, director of the Harvard South African Fellowship Program, recently awarded special certificates signed by President Lawrence H. Summers to eight South African Fellows who studied in various programs throughout the University this past year. The Harvard South African Fellowship Program is funded by the Presidents Office and the individual Schools that the fellows attend as part of the Universitys commitment to the building of a new South Africa.

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 of the Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University will honor, among others, writer and editor Ann Fadiman 75, pianist Ursula Oppens 65, and biologist Susan Lindquist Ph.D. 76 at its annual Radcliffe Day celebration on Friday (June 10). The awards will be presented and the recipients will speak at the Radcliffe Awards Symposium, Discovering Different Truths: In Search of Common Ground. In addition, Distinguished Service Awards will be presented. Lincoln Professor of History and Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust will address alumnae, their guests, and the award recipients at the Radcliffe Annual Luncheon in Radcliffe Yard following the symposium.

Harvard alumni celebrating their 50th reunion have been out of school more than twice as long as most graduating seniors have been alive. What have they learned in all that time? What do they remember of their student days? How does life look from the perspective of 50 years out? We talked to some members of the Class of 1955 and found them to be a vital, enthusiastic, and generally satisfied group of guys.

Nobodys perfect, not even Harvard students, Alicia Menendez 05 will tell graduates and their families today.

Aaron Holzapfel looks about as youd imagine the captain of Harvards championship heavyweight crew would look – 6 foot 3, 220 pounds, with a trim beard and longish, wavy blond hair.

Having an identity crisis is not uncommon for college students. Who am I? Where do I belong? What is my purpose in life? These are questions that haunt many a young person preparing for the plunge into adulthood.

Michelle Whites love of animals has shown her a way to reach out to others and is leading to a possible lifetimes work as a veterinarian.

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has announced its student grants and internships for the 2005-06 academic year. The center will support the projects of 52 undergraduate and graduate students with awards that total more than $320,000. In addition to funding research conducted abroad, CES has been working with Harvard alumni clubs in Europe and the WorldTeach organization to develop summer internships in Europe in order to encourage students to include an international experience as part of their Harvard education.

The suicide rate among men and women ages 18 to 54 years fell 6 percent since 1990. In 1990-92, the rate was approximately 15 out of every 100,000 adults. It…

The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) weighed in on the battle over America’s bulging middle Thursday (May 26), with a panel of health experts saying a government study showing…

Provost Steven E. Hyman announced today (June 2) that John P. Huchra, Doyle Professor of Cosmology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and senior astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been appointed to the newly created post of vice provost for research policy.

Venkatesh Narayanamurti has announced his intention to step down in June 2006 as dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) and dean for physical sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University. Narayanamurti, the John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, plans to devote himself to teaching, research, and other forms of university service.