Campus & Community

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.

Attention must be paid.

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.

A phone totin pedestrian casts a long shadow as he walks in front of the Malkin Athletic Center.

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.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

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.

Theres a war going on inside our bodies, early in life.

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.

Six alumni/ae were recognized for their outstanding Schools and Scholarships work during an awards ceremony on Oct. 15.

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…

You walk into a room and spy a plate of gooey doughnuts dripping with chocolate frosting. But wait: You were saving your sweets allotment for a party later today. If it feels like one part of your brain is battling another, it probably is, according to a newly published study.

An undersized Harvard football team effectively dismantled 19th-ranked Northeastern, 41-14, this past Saturday (Oct. 16) to keep its unbeaten season intact. Now 5-0, the host Crimson (2-0 Ivy) held the husky Huskies (3-3) to just two first-half touchdowns – 24 points below their per-game season average – while converting five turnovers into 13 Harvard points.

Winning finish caps 7-1 season for men’s water polo A pair of wins over Iona and Fordham this past Saturday (Oct. 16) in New London, Conn., improved the Harvard men’s…

This fall the Harvard University Art Museums will return with a fourth year of its successful Sackler Saturdays program. Families with children ages 6 to 11 are invited to explore artworks from ancient cultures and distant lands such as China, Japan, Korea, India, Greece, and Rome. The program, which is free and open to the public, is held in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. The first Sackler Saturdays event – Dressed to Impress: What Did Ancient People Wear? – will be held Oct. 23.