Ellen Condliffe Lagemann announced March 21 that she will step down as dean of the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at the close of the 2004-05 academic year and will refocus her energies on scholarship and teaching as a member of the GSE faculty.
Eduard Sekler awarded Austria’s Decoration for Science and Art In a March 9 ceremony at the Vienna Hofburg, Austrian President Heinz Fischer awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art…
CERtoon winners honored by Greenies The Harvard Green Campus Initiative held an awards luncheon Wednesday (March 23) to honor the winners of the 2005 CERtoon (“carbon emissions reduction”) Cartoon Competition.…
As the Harvard and Mercyhurst womens hockey teams lined up at center ice for the customary exchange of Good games and handshakes following Saturdays (March 19) triple overtime thriller at Bright Hockey Center, visiting goaltender Desi Clark – the very root of Harvards frustration over the past four hours and 17 minutes – suddenly found herself the object of a whole lot of Crimson love. Down the procession line, Harvard players leaned into Clarks helmet a little bit closer than usual, and lingered there just a bit longer. After collecting 78 saves (a new single-game NCCA record) in what proved to be the longest game in the history of the womens tournament, the superb Mercyhurst goalkeeper earned every bit of the home teams respect.
First-year foiler captures NCAA title Freshman foiler Emily Cross defeated Alicja Kryczalo of Notre Dame, 15-7, to capture the NCAA women’s foil title last week. The win helped bring Harvard…
Several recent initiatives have enabled the University to enact substantial cuts in next academic years rates for student Blue Cross health insurance and to restructure rates to make purchasing health insurance more affordable for students with children.
In the 1880s, the U.S. government set out to create detailed maps of the country, resulting in a series of topographical maps that can be viewed as both science and art. An exhibition of this rare cartography at the Harvard Map Collection features approximately 30 maps dating from 1885 to 1893. Cities like Boston and Seattle are represented but so too are Western mining towns and rural regions like Plaquemines Parish, La. These maps, many of them rare, represent early mapmaking experiments with contour depiction and the establishment of universal symbols. The exhibition runs Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Pusey Library through June 30.
Asher Fredman 07 (left) and Francis Bok, a former slave from Sudan, share a minute of silence at the Memorial Church as part of a nationwide event sponsored by The Holocaust Memorial Museum in solidarity with hundreds of thousands of victims of the genocide in Sudan. The Harvard event was sponsored by the Darfur Action Group, a student-run coalition committed to mobilizing the University community to put public pressure on world leaders to act effectively in ending the Darfur crisis.
Harvard waste management officials saw a large drop in trash pickup in January, which, combined with increased rates of recycling, have them optimistic about the direction of the Universitys waste disposal efforts.
Linda Snyder has been appointed associate executive dean for physical resources and planning in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Reporting to FAS Executive Dean Nancy L. Maull, Snyder will assume her new role at Harvard in early May.
According to keynote speaker Robert Franklin, there was – even before it had ended – a buzz already afoot nationally and internationally about the March 18 conference on black Pentecostalism held at Harvard Divinity School (HDS).
Light from two worlds far from our solar system has been detected for the first time. The planets that emit it are too hot to be inhabited, at least by…
The puzzle of how lungs grow has been solved. Scientists watching the process in mice embryos have found that budding and branching of new air sacs is driven by the…
John F. Kennedy School of Government energy experts testified to the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee this month (March 10) on ways to use clean coal technology to…
Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs Ellen Roy Herzfelder outlined Monday (March 21) what state officials hope will become the nation’s first ocean management plan to provide guidance for development projects…
Harvard researchers have found a new treatment for heart attack that provides greater hope for the roughly one in four patients whose heart arteries remain blocked even after standard drug…
Senior Elaine Belitsos drives the ball down Jordan Field with her Syracuse opponents in hot pursuit on March 16. Harvard lost the contest, 10-4, after the Orange got off four straight goals in the first period. It was the Crimsons first loss of the season, putting them at 2-1.
New research is calling into question the prevalence and increasing popularity of religious schooling in Pakistan, with survey data that show previous estimates of enrollment in Islamic madrassas to be far lower than widely reported.
Sidney Coleman is famous for his physics and his wit, and both were celebrated at a recent conference that included a history-making combination of winners of nine Nobel Prizes, a Fields Medal, and an Oscar.
Once again the Harvard community outdid itself in the American Cancer Societys Daffodil Days fundraiser, collecting a record $36,124. The total number of beautiful bouquets sold: 5,001, many of which (1,394) were donated to five area hospitals.
Sheldon H. Shep White, a developmental psychologist who was instrumental in the formulation of childrens policy and programs in the United States, died unexpectedly at a Boston hospital on March 17.
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced that it will hold its first annual Harvard Black Policy Conference this spring. The student-led conference, titled A Celebration of Black Leadership and Alumni: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Emerging Global Trends, seeks to strengthen the network of public service leaders in order to address and strategize around issues facing communities throughout the African diaspora. Expected to draw more than 200 participants, the conference will take place April 8-10 in Cambridge, Mass.
The East Asian Legal Studies (EALS) program of Harvard Law School (HLS) is now accepting submissions for the Yong K. Kim 95 Memorial Prize, which recognizes the student who has made the most significant contribution to fostering U.S.-East Asian understanding at HLS. The most important factor in determining the winner is the authorship of a paper concerning the law or legal history of the nations and peoples of East Asia or concerning issues of law as it pertains to U.S.-East Asia relations, however, other contributions made to the intellectual life of EALS and the Law School more generally will also be considered.
During a speech Tuesday night (March 22) at the Kennedy School, longtime NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell slammed fellow broadcasters for airing pre-packaged government news reports. Mitchell was honored with the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism during ceremonies at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
Each year, senior medical students apply to residency programs. When students have chosen their preferred program and the programs their preferred students, both submit preferences to the National Resident Matching Program, which matches the lists using a computer algorithm program. At this years Harvard Medical School Match Ceremony, grads Loretta Erhuhmhunsee (left) and Brad Carthon chat while HMS student Medell Briggs (center) looks on.
Impediments to Change: Revisiting the Women in Science Question was one of a number of recent events at which faculty, administrators, and students have been able to share research and opinions on the issue of women in science. It featured several speakers whose research casts light on why women are underrepresented in math and science and how the situation can be changed. Among the speakers were:
Genetic defects give immune system green light to attack the pancreas Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have found genetic regions that, when defective, allow the immune system to attack the…
The Office of Work/Life Resources and the Task Forces on Women Faculty and Women in Science and Engineering have increased outreach to the Harvard community this week, including the start of an assessment of child-care needs across the University and the announcement of two additional individuals working with the Task Forces to enhance confidential communications between the committees and women faculty, students, and staff.
Nine Harvard-related students are among the 30 recipients of this years Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellows. Fellows receive up to a $20,000 stipend plus half-tuition for as many as two years of graduate study at any institution of higher learning in the United States.
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