Campus & Community

The high life is a healthy life, at least in Greece. Residents of a village at an altitude of 3,100 feet suffered fewer heart attacks and lived longer than people…

A team of Harvard archaeologists is hoping to uncover new evidence of settlements along the ancient Silk Road. It will be the first American-led expedition to Iran since the shah…

Scientists have discovered some fascinating details about a handy repair service in your genes that that not much is known about. It searches through the huge amounts of DNA in…

Viral upper respiratory and gastrointestinal infections are the two most common illnesses that occur in children enrolled in day care, and secondary attack rates within families can be as high…

A study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), finds that promoting cleaner, more efficient technologies for producing charcoal in Africa…

Scientists at the Forsyth Institute have found that blue light can be used to selectively suppress certain bacteria commonly associated with destructive gum disease. The research, published in the April…

When it comes to the knowledge that loud noise may result in hearing loss and that hearing protection can help, the MTV generation suffers a definite disconnect, according to the…

John A. Lithgow, award-winning actor and tireless supporter of the arts at Harvard, will be the principal speaker at Afternoon Exercises during Harvard Universitys 354th Commencement, to be held on June 9.

Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending April 4. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

Harvards new Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) has led to the largest applicant pool (22,796) and the most competitive admission rate (9.1 percent) in the history of the College. The Class of 2009 will also be Harvards most economically diverse.

It all started with a plastic Kodak camera bought with S&H Green Stamps when Mary Kocol was just 7.

The 2005 Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Awards have been presented to Edward Glaeser (Economics), Stephen Soumerai (Ambulatory Care and Prevention and Health Policy), and John Stauffer (English and History of American Civilization). The three professors received the awards, presented by the Graduate Student Council (GSC), at an event held in the Faculty Club on March 24.

MAC to host Family Fitness Night The Malkin Athletic Center is sponsoring an evening of exercise and fun for members of the University community and their families on April 29…

Roughly two weeks after the Harvard womens hockey team fell to the University of Minnesota, 4-3, in their third consecutive NCAA championship appearance, one might begin to wonder: Is there a new curse in town? While losing three straight games with the national title on the line might seem a little bit freaky (and certainly disappointing), getting to the Big Dance for three straight years – particularly this year – is also something quite extraordinary.

Students wishing to receive a medical degree as well as a doctorate in social science will be able to pursue their studies in the new M.D – Ph.D. social sciences track, headed by Allan Brandt, the Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine in the Department of Social Medicine and professor of the history of science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences March 15, 2005, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

With the snow gone, traffic makes its way through Harvard Square with renewed energy.

We are announcing today (April 4, 2005) the Harvard Corporation’s decision to direct Harvard Management Company (HMC) to divest itself of stock held by HMC in PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina).

The Harvard Corporation today (April 4, 2005) announced its decision to have Harvard Management Company divest its holdings of stock in PetroChina Company Limited.

Chemists David R. Liu and Xiaowei Zhuang of Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences are among 43 young researchers nationwide named new investigators of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Monday (March 21). HHMI will collaborate with Harvard to fund the new investigators research for the next five years, with the possibility for funding renewal in 2010.

As its 11th meeting of the year on March 23, the Faculty Council discussed the work of the Task Forces on Women Faculty and Women in Science and Engineering. Dean Drew Faust and the chairs of the task forces, Professors Barbara Grosz and Evelynn Hammonds, were present for the discussion.

March 16, 1951 – Nieman Fellows produce an issue of “The Harvard Crimson” in which (among other things) the veteran journalists hand out “Oscars” (from the “Harvard Square Academy”) to…

A memorial service for Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Emeritus Ernst Mayr will be held April 29 at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Church. Widely considered the worlds most eminent evolutionary biologist, Mayr joined Harvards Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1953 and led Harvards Museum of Comparative Zoology from 1961 to 1970.

Looking like he might be trapped inside a modernist sculpture, custodian Marcus Baptist pauses for a moment in the temporary entrance to the music building to peer through a mysterious portal.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending March 21. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

A renowned cancer epidemiologist, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Professor Dimitrios Trichopoulos, has received a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Innovator Award to explore fetal and early-life factors associated with adult breast cancer, including whether exposure to hormones such as estrogens and insulin-like growth factors while in the womb may cause the disease years later.

Harvard College has announced its fees for undergraduate tuition, room, and board for the 2005-06 academic year. Tuition is set at $28,752. Overall charges will total $41,675, an increase of 4.5 percent, including room rate, $5,148 board, $4,430 health services fee, $1,370 and student services fee, $1,975.