Seven Harvard faculty members were recently elected as members of the American Philosophical Society (APS). The nations oldest learned society, APS is devoted to the advancement of scientific and scholarly inquiry.
May 1943 – Shortly before Commencement, the Qing (Ch’ing) Dynasty stone dragon just west of Widener Library is set on a new base. The dragon had been a Tercentenary (1936)…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 16. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
On May 18, Cambridge School Volunteers Inc. (CSV) honored its more than 1,000 volunteers who have served in grades K-12 of the Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) during the 2004-05 academic year at a reception hosted by the University at the Faculty Club. Together, these volunteers have provided more than 60,000 hours of individualized academic services to Cambridge youth.
Center court took center stage in first round NCAA womens tennis action against Maryland this past Friday (May 13). With the doubles point up in the air following host Harvards 8-1 thrashing of the Terrapins in court 1 and Marylands 8-4 win in the far court, the tiebreaker pitting the Crimson duo of Elsa ORiain 07 and Courtney Bergman 05 against Neda Mihneva and Tamar Huppes was suddenly thrust into the spotlight.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently announced the election of 196 new fellows and 17 new foreign honorary members. Among this latest class of leaders in scholarship, business,…
The principal objective of the awarding of the Harvard Medal is to recognize extraordinary service to Harvard University. Extraordinary service can be in as many different areas of University life as can be imagined, including teaching, fundraising, administration, management, generosity, leadership, innovation, or labors in the vineyards.
The 2005 Kennedy School Spring Conference opened Friday (May 13) with a thoughtful discussion of the top challenges facing both the global community in general and the academic community in particular.
Thirty Harvard undergraduates have been named recipients of the second annual Herchel Smith Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships. After seven pilot projects were awarded last year, 2005 marks the first year of a full cohort of fellows. The program is designed to support promising undergraduate scientists in a formative, self-designed laboratory experience at the early stages of their academic life during 10 weeks of the summer.
Sitting forward and big-eyed in their seats, or leaning back with eyes closed and only their ears open, a recent Sanders Theatre audience let the sounds of Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms inspire them, amuse them, thrill them, bring them a momentary moment of peace. Nothing unusual about that – except in this case the audience of 400-plus consisted almost entirely of Cambridge elementary school students, their teachers, and chaperones. The free Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) Childrens Concert is, according to the chair of the HRO outreach committee Johann Cutiongco 06, one of the most fun and meaningful events of the year.
For 30 years, Learning From Performers has been bringing artists to Harvard to lecture, teach, and interact with students. Just a partial list of the performers who have spent anywhere from a day to a week at Harvard under the auspices of the program is enough to widen the eyes of even the moderately starstruck – Mel Gibson, Whoopi Goldberg, Mandy Patinkin, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Beverly Sills, Mark Morris, Judith Jamison, Bill T. Jones, Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, Bobby Short, Tony Kushner, Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, David Hockney, Maurice Sendak.
Scott Lukas, professor of psychiatry at McLean, a psychiatric hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School, says these results inspired his team to test on humans. The study was conducted on…
Desperation and frustration are prompting some patients with failing organs to turn to modern technology and the Internet to bypass lengthy organ donation waiting lists and find donors themselves. The…
Harvard’s Task Forces on Women Faculty and on Women in Science and Engineering, appointed three months ago to address concerns of women faculty and women in science throughout the University,…
Kerala is one of the poorer states in India, and yet it enjoys India’s highest life expectancy and lowest infant mortality rates. This seeming anomaly has caused many to wonder…
Employment Services, collaborating with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting its seventh annual career forum on June 14. This years event will be held at the Graduate School of Designs Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St. The event will be open to the public from 3 to 7 p.m.
John Fitzgerald Gates, a senior adviser to the president and the provost of the University of Vermont, has been named associate dean of Harvard College for administration and finance. Gates will report to Deputy Dean Patricia OBrien. The appointment is effective July 1, 2005.
In a bold move to eliminate financial barriers for graduate students who will go on to confront some of societys most challenging problems, the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation is giving $10 million to create a major fellowship program in social entrepreneurship at Harvard University.
HGSE student Sherri Sklar (left) reads with her Amigos School buddy, second-grader Avianna Perez. Managed by Cambridge School Volunteers (CSV), Reading Buddies is a program that pairs adults from the Graduate School of Education and from BookPALS, a program of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, with young students from a Cambridge public school. At the year-end picnic in Radcliffe Yard, each student received a special gift book chosen by their reading buddy.
Reischauer seeks submissions The deadline for submitting works for the 2005 Noma-Reischauer Essay Prizes in Japanese Studies, given to the best graduate and undergraduate papers on a Japan-related topic, is…
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has received a grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to establish a program to reduce cancer disparities in minority and underserved populations. The program, named MASS CONECT (Massachusetts Community Networks to Eliminate Cancer Disparities through Education, Research and Training), has received $500,000 for the first year of a five-year grant.
Eastern Sprints spring gold for Crimson crew The Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges’ 60th annual Eastern Sprints turned up gold for both the Harvard heavies and lightweights on May 15…
The Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC), a collaborative effort of Phillips Brooks House, the Office of Career Services, and the Harvard Alumni Association, aims to expose Harvard College students to the public interest sector during their college summers and at the start of their professional careers. Entering its fourth year, the internship and fellowship program has connected more than 150 College students and recent graduates with public interest organizations. By working closely with University, community, and alumni counterparts to provide high-quality learning opportunities, the center seeks to become a model for supporting the development of a new generation of graduates working for the public interest.
What are the challenges facing emerging democracies? Thats the complex question asked, and partially answered, by a panel of Kennedy School professors on May 13 as part of the 2005 Kennedy School Spring Conference.
A federal judge and a respected social policy writer and scholar were recently honored during the inaugural Richard E. Neustadt and Thomas C. Schelling Awards ceremonies at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) hosted the event.
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