Ever been so close to a tarantula you can see the hair on its legs? Curious to know why some crystals grow large and others are like tiny jagged teeth? Wonder what a bees stinger looks like under a microscope?
At its 13th meeting of the year (April 13), the Faculty Council met with Provost Steven E. Hyman, as well as discussed the role and responsibilities of the Faculty Council. There was also a demonstration presented by the registrar, Barry Kane, on newly developed online tools for undergraduate registration and course enrollment.
April 17, 1928 – In Emerson Hall, Pierre Roland-Marcel, Director of the National Library of France (Bibliothèque Nationale), gives an illustrated public talk in French on the library he runs.…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending April 11. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
At the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School, an audience member listening to the proceedings of a conference is reflected in a portrait of President Kennedy.
Those who take for granted that Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Mass., had an opportunity over the past weekend to think differently: From the Indian perspective, Harvard is really situated in the heart of Wampanoag country, where the inhabitants had lived for 10,000 years before English settlers arrived to build a new world, and to Christianize the heathen.
Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture Jennifer Roberts and Assistant Psychology Professor Matthew Nock are this years winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award, given to faculty for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
KSG fellow named chair of New York Stock Exchange Marshall N. Carter, a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), was recently elected chairman of the New York Stock…
Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has begun construction of the Northwest Science Building at the north end of the Cambridge campus, laying a cornerstone for faculty growth in the coming years. Upon its completion late in 2007, the low-slung glass and wood structure is expected to house up to 30 faculty and their research groups.
Harvard softball continued its pattern of extreme highs and lows with a pair of losses on Tuesday afternoon (April 12) against a hot-swinging Boston College club in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The non-conference setbacks – a 5-1 loss followed by a 12-2 thumping in five innings in game two – amounts to a three-game losing streak for the Crimson (who also fell to Yale, 4-2, on April 10).
It may be presumptuous for a university that is a mere 369 years old to tell a 5,000-year-old city, Job well done. Nevertheless, that is what Harvard has said to the city of Aleppo, Syria, by awarding it the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design.
The U.S. Latino population has grown exponentially today Latinos are the fastest-growing group in the United States. U.S. Census Bureau estimates put the Latino population at more than 37 million. For the first time in this countrys history, Latinos are now the largest minority group. The census bureau estimates that by 2050, a full quarter of the U.S. population – about 100 million people – will be of Latino origin. That means that in just two generations, the United States will have the second-largest number of Latinos in the world, after Mexico.
The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health has announced the launch of a Spanish-language version of its popular risk assessment Web site, Your Disease Risk. The new site, Cuidar de su Salud (Take Care of Your Health), provides tailored prevention messages and health information for Hispanic/Latino Americans, as well as Spanish speakers worldwide.
Harvard Universitys Navin Khaneja, assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS), has received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
What traits will help the next generation of women scientists succeed? According to top female scientists from the nations universities, corporations, hospitals, research journals, and museums who spoke at a symposium held last week at Harvard, they include: zealous guarding of personal time, the ability to juggle numerous life tasks, and the willingness to sacrifice perfection.
Carla A. Harris, managing director, head of Equity Private Placements, Financial Sponsors and Retail Capital Markets Coverage for Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley in New York, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Harvard College Womens Professional Achievement Award.
A miniature book is just that – a diminutive text, generally less than 3 inches tall. A few of these books can be read fairly easily, some with effort and eyestrain, and others only with high-powered magnification. Houghton Librarys upcoming exhibition A Miniature Lesson in the History of the Book, opening today (April 14), will feature approximately 300 of these tiny books from the collection of Julian I. Edison 51, M.B.A. 1953.
The Association of Black Harvard Women will kick off its 30th year by honoring renowned journalist and broadcaster Ed Gordon as its Outstanding Man of the Year at the annual 2005 Tribute to Black Men to be held on April 16.
Melanie Li Green, advanced-level conservation intern in the Paper Lab of the Straus Center for Conservation, died March 31 after being involved in a motorcycle accident. Li Green, 32, had worked at the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) since Sept. 1, 2004, and was to complete her internship at the end of June 2005. She worked under Craigen Bowen, Philip and Lynn Straus Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and deputy director of conservation.
Stanley J. Korsmeyer, a scientific leader at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute whose landmark discoveries about why cancer cells survive opened a promising new avenue for cancer treatment, died March 31. A nonsmoker, he died of lung cancer at 54.
Mathematician Horng-Tzer Yau, who has harnessed the power of mathematics to analyze and explain physical processes from atomic behavior to the stability of stars, has been named professor of mathematics in Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.
During the summer months, the Harvard University Bridge to Learning and Literacy Program – an education program for the Universitys service workers – offers citizenship classes. But during the academic year, the Bridges efforts continue, with students working one-on-one with Faculty of Arts and Sciences tutors to prepare for their citizenship test. These tutors – like Alexandra Messiter 08 (above left), working with staff member Sabrina Contreras – have become an indispensible feature of the preparation program. Recently, the Bridge Program gathered to recognize the efforts of these volunteers as well as to celebrate the accomplishment of 21 new U.S. citizens who participated in the program. Speakers included Carol Kolenik, Bridge Program director, and President Lawrence H. Summers, who warmly congratulated the new citizens and commended their tutors.
More than 400 cyclists from dozens of Northeastern colleges and universities churned up the country roads and concrete jungles of Grafton and Somerville this past weekend as part of the third annual Beanpot Cycling Classic collegiate race.
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…
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