Is Irans nuclear program a hazard to the international community? And if so, how should the problem be addressed? Those questions were posed to a panel Tuesday night (March 15) at the Kennedy School of Government.
Four seniors and one graduate from Harvard University have been selected Gates Scholars. Now in its fifth cycle, the scholarship program – set up by a trust from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – allows gifted students the opportunity to continue graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. These five students join 38 candidates from the United States to be offered Gates Scholarships.
Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) has announced the approval of the new rent schedule for approximately 2,500 Harvard-owned apartments rented by graduate students and other University affiliates. The new rents will take effect July 1, when the 2005-2006 rental season begins.
Award-winning actress Sharon Stone, who for the past 10 years has been a dedicated fundraiser and advocate for AIDS research, received the Harvard Foundations 2005 Humanitarian Award Monday evening (March 14) at the Memorial Church.
The show began with a blast of throbbing, high-decibel techno music from which the melody of The Star-Spangled Banner fleetingly emerged like a familiar voice shouting for help in the midst of a hysterical crowd.
If brain cell messages could be separated from the “noise” of other brain activity and clearly understood, researchers would be closer to repairing damage caused by a number of nervous…
White cell counts can be easily measured by inexpensive, widely available tests, raising the possibility of lowering the toll of heart disease fatalities, the leading cause of death among women…
To environmental chemist Scot Martin, chemistry is a way of understanding the Earth and some of its most pressing problems. From global warming to heavy metal pollution in groundwater, Martin,…
Women with a moderately elevated risk of breast cancer who underwent surgery to have both breasts removed reduced their risk of getting the disease by about 95 percent, a recent…
Gabriel Clement is hoping for a bigger bus to display all the photos of (mostly) Mather House students he has hanging in his vehicle. The five-year employee travels a route called run D, which makes a regular stop at Mather House.
Lets say youre an academic adviser and a student comes asking which course to take to fulfill a humanities requirement: Europe in the Age of Revolution or Beethovens symphonies? Or how about this one: the philosophy of Descartes or the poetry of Milton?
On March 10, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a female graduate student reported to the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) that she was the victim of an armed robbery while walking on Banks Street near Grant Street. The victim stated that while entering her residence she was approached from behind by an offender who began hitting her in the head with a metal object. The offender fled after taking the victims pocketbook.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted on two motions concerning Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers Tuesday (March 15) during a meeting at the Loeb Drama Center.
March 24, 1949 – In Sanders Theatre, Harvard debaters meet counterparts from Cambridge University, England, to consider the following proposition: “Resolved, That the American Revolution was a mistake.” Not surprisingly,…
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.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending March 14. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Seeking to accelerate the pace of research into the molecular mechanisms that govern aging, philanthropist Paul F. Glenn, an alumnus of Harvard Law School and founder of the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research in Santa Barbara, Calif., has committed $5 million to Harvard Medical School (HMS) over five years to launch the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging. The new resources will serve as a magnet to attract additional support for the potential creation of a larger Institute for Aging Research at Harvard Medical School.
Karl Stevens spends each workday surrounded by art. Little wonder then, that after steeping in it for three years, some art inside him is trying to get out.
A panel of educators met March 15 at the Graduate School of Education (HGSE) to discuss the 40-year history of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The panel members agreed on the acts beneficial impact on public education, but they could find little good to say about its most recent version, the Bush administrations No Child Left Behind.
Award-winning biophysicist Lily Jan was named the 2005 Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation of Harvard University. Jan will be awarded the foundations medal at the annual Science Conference ceremony on Friday (March 18) at Pforzheimer House.
NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell to accept Shorenstein award Sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism will…
Grossman Library to close during Sever Hall renovations The Harvard Extension School’s Grossman Library will be closed beginning May 28 while Sever Hall undergoes major renovations. The library will reopen…
Only two weeks after Brian Skotko, a joint-degree student at Harvard Medical School and the Kennedy School of Government, published a paper about problems in physician delivery of a Down syndrome diagnosis in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG), he has been invited to the nations Capitol for a joint press conference with Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan., on the topic. The senators plan to jointly introduce a new bill motivated by Skotkos study. The bill is titled the Prenatally Diagnosed Condition Awareness Act and proposes $25 million in federal funding so that women who receive prenatal test results for conditions like Down syndrome get accurate, up-to-date information and referrals to support groups.
Less than a week after crashing Dartmouths would-be Ivy clinching party with a 70-67 come-from-behind win (a victory that served to snag the Harvard womens basketball team a share of the league prize), the Crimson were turned away from the Big Dance. The snub followed the teams most recent match-up this past Saturday (March 12) in Providence, R.I., – a one-game showdown to determine which of these two clubs would represent the Ancient Eight in the NCAA tournament. After constructing a 12-point halftime lead on 53 percent shooting, an aggressive Dartmouth squad went on to demolish the Cambridge gang, 75-61, and close the door on Harvards postseason hopes.
Grumet-Morris grabs Walter Brown Award The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced this week that Harvard goalie Dov Grumet-Morris ’05 has been selected as the winner of the 53rd Walter…
Just days after President Bush returned from a fence-mending visit overseas, Frances defense minister told a Harvard audience that Europe and the United States are positioned to overcome their differences on Iraq and work together in confronting a range of world challenges.
Harvard has joined a new coalition of universities, hospitals, patient organizations, business groups, and scientific societies whose aim is to support embryonic stem cell research in Massachusetts and, specifically, to support pending legislation on stem cell research in the Massachusetts legislature.
New research shows that children between 8 and 15 years old who are in the upper half of the normal weight range are more likely than their leaner peers to become obese or overweight as young adults. This research was conducted over nearly a decade at the Harvard Medical School (HMS), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, and Childrens Hospital Boston and is reported in this months Obesity Research journal.
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