Birds of prey have rebounded since DDT era and returned to Memorial Hall. Now new livestream camera offers online visitors front row seat of storied perch.
REAI panel to examine rising interest rates The Real Estate Academic Initiative (REAI) at Harvard University will host a panel discussion on “Real Estate Investing in a Climate of Rising…
Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies Lizabeth Cohen, director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, recently announced the names of undergraduate and graduate students awarded Warren Center grants for the current academic year. Established in 1964, the mission of the center is to further the study of American history at Harvard and to open Harvards facilities to scholars from elsewhere.
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) will hold a celebration of the life and science of Fred Whipple on Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Science Center, Hall B. Whipple, the Phillips Professor of Astronomy Emeritus, died on Aug. 30 at the age of 97.
Following the Harvard football teams 38-0 blanking of Columbia this past Saturday (Nov. 6) at the stadium, running back Clifton Dawson 05 might feel right at home aboard a roving parade of Duck Boats. The sophomore sensation put the Crimson up 6-0 on a 2-yard run to collect his 96th point of the season, breaking Harvards 92-year-old single-season scoring record. Consider the great curse of Charles Brickley 15 – who set the record in 1912 with 94 points – reversed.
Harvard field hockey blanked visiting Columbia, 2-0, on Saturday (Nov. 6) to close out the Crimson’s regular season and improve the squad to 11-6 (6-1 Ivy). With the win, Harvard splits the league title — the stickwomen’s first in 13 years — with Penn (13-4; 6-1 Ivy).
Women’s b-ball poll sets pick for Crimson Members of the media recently voted the Harvard women’s basketball team second in the annual Ivy League preseason poll. The Crimson, which garnered…
Douglas Melton has been named one of Scientific Americans 50 national leaders in science and technology for 2004. The Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences was recognized for his work over the past year in developing 17 new lines of human embryonic stem cells, part of a long career researching the pancreas and its role in diabetes.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation recently named Assistant Professor of Geochemistry Ann Pearson of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences as one of its 16 new Packard Fellowship recipients for science and engineering. Each fellow will receive an unrestricted research grant of $625,000 over five years.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) has named Joshua B. Plotkin, a junior fellow of the Society of Fellows, as one of the 11 recipients for its Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI). These awards encourage research at the interface between the physical/computational sciences and the biological sciences, recognizing the vital role cross-trained scientists play in furthering biomedical research. Plotkin received the award for his research on novel methods to compute selection pressures on proteins at the genomewide scale.
Last Friday afternoon (Nov. 5), the winds off the Charles River sent swarms of leaves swirling by the windows of the Ceramics Program Studio, while inside a group of about 30 people sat in tranquil silence. Some sketched or scribbled notes, some leaned forward, rapt, for a better look. The center of attention was Yo Akiyama – more specifically, his hands and the slab of clay he was working with as it spun on a potters wheel. With the nimble fingers of a masseur and a concentrated gaze, he manipulated the clay until its shape bore a vague resemblance to a lamp shade.
Timothy Johnson, medical editor for ABC News, will deliver the prestigious William Belden Noble Lectures in three parts on Nov. 15, 16, and 17 at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Church. The series is titled Finding God and the topic for Nov. 15 will be Finding God in the Universe on Nov. 16 Johnson will discuss Finding God in Jesus and on Nov. 17, Finding God in Everyday Life.
A memorial service in honor of John E. Mack, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School since 1972 and founding chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital, will be held at the Memorial Church on Saturday (Nov. 13) at noon. Mack was struck by a car and killed on Sept. 27 in London. He was 74.
In a gathering marked by friendly exchanges of thanks and praise, the first recipients of the Ashford Dissertation Fellowship and Ashford Graduate Fellowship in the Sciences met the family that made their awards possible. A luncheon at the Harvard Faculty Club on Nov. 1 celebrated the occasion.
Harvard School of Public Health nutrition experts are looking to bring their fight for healthier eating to restaurants, cafeterias, and other food service establishments through an annual retreat with food service industry leaders.
As the annual Community Gifts Through Harvard Campaign gets under way toward its goal of raising $1 million, many Harvard faculty, staff, and retirees will no doubt direct their gifts toward the United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB), which consistently receives more than half the donations from Community Gifts.
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is revealing deep spaces globular clusters, nebulas, and galaxies to the general public, opening the galactic skies with a new 25-inch outreach telescope that promises to bring smaller instruments distant blurs into astonishing clarity.
A voter passes in front of other participants in the democratic process at Gund Hall, which served as a polling location for the city of Cambridge during the presidential election on Tuesday (Nov. 2).
Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) transferred 2,000 doses of the flu vaccine Fluzone to the Boston Public Health Commission Friday (Oct. 29), announced HUHS Director David Rosenthal. The additional doses will help local communities ensure that their most at-risk residents are vaccinated against influenza.
Nov. 6, 1770 – Rumblings of Revolution: Joseph Avery, Class of 1771, orates on “Oppression and Tyranny” before the Speaking Club. Nov. 1791 – A writer in the Boston press…
A memorial service in honor of John E. Mack, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School since 1972 and founding chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital, will be held at the Memorial Church on Nov. 13 at noon. Mack was struck by a car and killed on Sept. 27 in London. He was 74.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Nov. 1. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Once again, the staff of the University is pulling together to embark on a succesful campaign to help surrounding communities. This November, as in Novembers past, the Community Gifts Through Harvard Campaign is being launched with an ambitious objective. This years campaign has set its sights on a fundraising goal of $1 million. Harvards campaign gives employees the option of donating to the charity of their choice – or to umbrella organizations – through the convenience of a payroll deduction. Pledge cards are being mailed to all employees this week, and this year it is possible to pledge conveniently online. For more information on making donations online, visit http://www.community.harvard.edu/communitygifts.
Like the amorphous Chinese monster Taowu, whose 5,000-year history has been marked by shape-shifting and reinventions, Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature David Der-Wei Wang has undergone transformations and permutations throughout his academic career.
Effective Feb. 1, 2005, Jennifer Leaning, professor of international health at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), will be affiliated with the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as a senior adviser in international and policy studies. Leaning will retain her positions at HSPH and HMS during the three-year appointment. As senior adviser, she will join other faculty of the University who devote a portion of their time to Radcliffe Institute program development and administrative leadership.
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