Yaa Bruce 05 conducted biomedical research in Beijing Katherine Jarvis-Shean 05 learned the ins and outs of running an organic farm in Oliveto, Italy and Andréa Mayrose 06 worked in a pediatrics ward at a hospital in Ngaoundéé, Cameroon – just a sampling of the variety of internships that 31 Harvard students arranged, secured, and then pursued this past summer as part of the Weissman International Internship Program. The program, which is administered by the Office of Career Services, was established in 1994 by Paul 52 and Harriet Weissman to help foster the development of Harvard College students understanding of the wider world. Since its inception, the Weissman Program has enabled 223 students to work in 68 countries, in fields ranging from public service to business, science to arts administration. Last summers group of 31 was the largest group to be sent abroad in the programs history.
As Americans prepare to elect a president next month, most of them can be confident in one thing: Each vote, whether cast by pulling a lever or checking a box or touching a computer screen, will be veiled in complete anonymity. For the most part, no one but the individual voter will ever know whether his or her vote went to President Bush, Sen. Kerry, Ralph Nader, or the family dog.
A new national poll by Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics (IOP) finds exceptionally high interest in the presidential campaign on college campuses, and turnout among college students is expected to rise dramatically. Nearly 72 percent of college students report that they are certain they are registered to vote and definitely plan on voting this November. More than in other years, students believe that they have a stake – and will have a say – in the outcome of the election.
Eight new fellows have been selected for the 2004-05 Administrative Fellowship Program. Of the eight fellows, five are visiting fellows and three are resident fellows. Visiting fellows are talented professionals drawn from business, education, and the professions outside the University, while resident fellows are professionals currently working at Harvard who are identified by their department and selected by the fellowship program review committee to have the leadership potential to advance to higher administrative positions.
The Fogg Art Museum will host Bridging the Gaps: African American Art Conference 2004 – a two-day symposium sponsored by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research – on Nov. 5-7. Presenters are invited to explore the generational, methodological, and ideological gaps that exist within the field of African-American art, and examine such gaps that arise from differing definitions of the field of African-American art and art of the African diaspora.
Americans have more places to turn for news coverage than ever, but its the quality of the content that concerns ABC News President David Westin. Westin told an audience at the Kennedy School Forum Monday night (Oct. 25) that an explosion of opinions on the airwaves is beginning to drown out reporting of the facts.
A new exhibition organized by students in a Harvard seminar on the history of printmaking challenges viewers to approach printmaking as a language with its own vocabulary, grammar, syntax, poetry, and prose. On view at Harvards Fogg Art Museum through Jan. 30, Prints: System, Style, and Subject includes 53 works from the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) collection. Although most of the works are prints, the show includes two paintings and a sculpture on loan from the artist.
The Noma-Reischauer Essay Prizes in Japanese Studies for the best graduate and undergraduate essays on a Japan-related topic were awarded on Oct. 15, at the 10th annual Edwin O. Reischauer/Kodansha Ltd. Commemorative Symposium. The Reischauer Institute of Japanese studies hosted the event.
Here’s the problem. You’ve just been offered the job of your dreams, but congratulations are not yet in order. Up next is the salary negotiation, and if you happen to be a woman, you are – statistically speaking – in trouble. You will end up with a lot less than your male counterpart. You’ll also miss out on that corner office and other juicy perks.
History graduate student Ben Waterhouse is working on a research paper about the building of Bostons Prudential Center in the early 1960s. He plans to examine the influence of corporations in bringing the massive building project to fruition and the reaction of ordinary people to that corporate influence.
Israels elder statesman and Nobel laureate, Shimon Peres, told a rapt audience at the Kennedy School of Governments John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum that terrorism – a swamp made of desperation – will not prevail, and that a peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians is possible in our lifetime.
William Vincent McDermott, Jr., was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on March 7, 1917, son of Mary Feenan and William V. McDermott. Dr. McDermott died at his home in Dedham, on July 19, 2001, surrounded by his family and loved ones.
Kenneth John Ryan, M.D. was born the son of a wealthy industrialist in New York City in 1926 into some comfort and good fortune. Severe financial reverses during the Depression and his mothers death when he was ten resulted in the dissolution of his family. Thrust into the foster care system of his time, Ken lived and worked on a tomato farm on Long Island and later on a goat farm in New Jersey. He recalled with fondness the men he worked for who repeatedly encouraged him to continue his education, but he refused to eat fromage au chevre for the rest of his life. He attended five different high schools but graduated early and enlisted in the Navy at age 17. There he served on a submarine in the South Pacific and off the coast of Japan during the last year of World War II.
Planning for Harvards future development in Allston is moving ahead on several fronts this fall. The planning firm Cooper, Robertson and Partners has begun its work, a series of faculty retreats are fleshing out recommendations involving the sciences, and Harvard continues to work with the city of Boston and with Allston in a community-based planning effort.
Did you hear the one about the psychiatrist who laughs during therapy? Humor was once considered taboo at such times because it might disrupt a patients chain of thought or hurt his or her feelings. But analysis of videotapes of 10 recent sessions reveals that psychotherapy can be a laughing matter.
Oct. 6, 1642 – “The times and order of their Studies, unlesse experience shall shew cause to alter,” the earliest detailed Harvard curriculum, is preserved in writing. Harvard’s undergraduate course…
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School recently announced that Richard Holbrooke, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations credited with helping to end the war in the former Yugoslavia in 1995, is the recipient of its 2004 Great Negotiator award. Holbrooke will receive the award at a dinner in his honor at the University on Oct. 27. Earlier in the day, Holbrooke will participate in panel discussions with faculty members of the Program on Negotiation at Spangler Auditorium.
Robert A. Jones, a 37-year veteran of the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), died of colon cancer on June 10. He was 61. A Boston native, Jones joined the HUPD force in 1963 after brief stints as a cook and security guard at Radcliffe College. Jones was promoted to sergeant in the late 1970s and retired in 2000.
A memorial celebration honoring the life of Philip S. Holzman will be held on Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Holzman, who died on June 1, was the Esther and Sidney R. Rabb Professor of Psychology Emeritus, and professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry emeritus. A reception will follow.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Oct. 18. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Dennis N. Skiotis, director of undergraduate studies at Harvards Department of History from 1985 to 1998, and associate director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies from 1976 to 1985, passed away on Oct. 19 from complications of pneumonia after a long struggle with leukemia. He was 67.
Concerned about a recent trend that has seen a decline in the number of international students studying in the United States, Harvard University continues to work to smooth the road for those students, who in recent years have faced tougher screenings and longer waits to enter the United States.
Peabody, Consulate General of Mexico to fete Day of the Dead The Peabody Museum and the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston will host a celebration of the traditional Mexican…
Harvard University announced a groundbreaking partnership agreement Thursday (Oct. 14) with Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), creating a premiere fellowship program at Harvard for outstanding Ph.D. students from Mexico.
Scientists identify major molecular pathway that leads to diabetes Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health have discovered what they believe is the fundamental mechanism within cells that links…
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