Campus & Community

Janet King, mother of 2nd Lt. Samuel Knox King, is filled with emotion after pinning her son. Ten Harvard College seniors swore to support and defend the U.S. Constitution on June 9 as they were commissioned as officers in the U.S. armed forces.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 12. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Bruce Yankner, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, is investigating how human brains change between ages 26 and 106. If you are more than 40 years old, the news may not be good.

Financial aid to graduate students will increase by $3 million next year, thanks to significant cost savings achieved by collaborative efforts in the Universitys Central Administration to maintain level funding for fiscal year 05.

The several AIDS-related programs that exist at Harvard will be united under the new Harvard University Program on AIDS (HUPA), Provost Steven E. Hyman announced today (June 17). The program will better harness and leverage the Universitys research, education, and fundraising resources to prevent and treat this deadly global disease.

The Harvard mens heavyweight crew managed its fourth consecutive sweep of the freshman, JV, and varsity races in the 139th annual Harvard-Yale Regatta this past Saturday (June 12) in New London, Conn. The Crimson rowers now hold an 86-53 series advantage in the storied regatta – the nations oldest intercollegiate sporting event.

Distinctive spiral grooves carved on ornamental jade rings used in Chinese burial rites some 2,500 years ago appear to have been created with a highly precise machine, a Harvard University graduate student reports in the June 11 issue of the journal Science.

Faculty to receive HMS-HDS mentoring awards Seven faculty members of Harvard Medical School (HMS) will receive Excellence in Mentoring Awards, co-sponsored by HMS and the School of Dental Medicine (HDS),…

The first group of Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows got their marching orders this week during training designed to prepare them for a summers work of creating new online course content aimed at enhancing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) educational experience.

The first Herchel Smith Harvard Undergraduate Research Fellowships have been granted to seven Harvard College students who will use the awards to support scientific research conducted around the world this summer.

New York State Sen. Thomas K. Duanes three weeks at Harvard in February were among the richest he can remember.

The Student Mental Health Task Force, convened in December 2003 by Provost Steven E. Hyman and Dean of Harvard College Benedict Gross, released its final report today (June 17) urging a broad range of recommendations aimed at improving mental health education, resources, and services across the University.

Shirley Tilghmans keynote address at the Radcliffe Day celebration on Friday (June 11), brought up some interesting issues regarding the role of science in society, the importance of scientific literacy, and the obstacles facing women scientists. But it would have made an even more interesting debate.

Harvards disparate graduate programs in the life sciences will be unified under a single programmatic umbrella beginning in July in a reorganization that aims to increase coordination between the individual courses of study and allow greater student mobility and programmatic versatility.

Timber!

Harvard is committing financial and scholarly resources to widening access to high-quality education, President Lawrence H. Summers said at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) during the Afternoon Exercises of Commencement.

Public Interest Careers at Harvard promotes and supports College undergraduates whose career goals are focused on the public interest.

It was a science picnic for alums. A 50th reunion symposium on June 9 featured five of the best minds on the Harvard faculty, if not in the world.

Harvard researchers have shown that an apple a day isnt quite enough to keep the eye doctor away – at least for the most common type of blindness that afflicts the elderly.

Kofi Annan Doctor of Laws Kofi Annan is the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations and the first to be elected from the ranks of UN staff. Born in Kumasi,…

One of the worlds foremost constitutional scholars and a chemist whose groundbreaking work in nanotechnology has had far-reaching impact will become Harvards newest University Professors, President Lawrence H. Summers announced Monday (June 7).

Gomes receives five honorary degrees this spring The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes was awarded five honorary degrees this spring, including that of doctor of music from Westminster Choir College…

Summer orchestra to hold open auditions The Harvard Summer School Orchestra will hold open auditions June 28-July 1 from 5 to 9 p.m. in Lowell Hall (rooms B12 and B13).…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending June 5. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Security screening will be taking place at the entry points to Harvards Commencement today (June 10). All Harvard participants in the ceremony, including faculty, should bring their Harvard IDs. Both participants and guests are strongly advised not to bring bags as searches will delay entrance to the event.

I got the name Knowledge from my mother, says South African Knowledge Rajohane Raji Matshedisho. One reason was because it was a unique name, and the other is that she always wanted me to be one of those clever kids. Those are the two reasons she gave me.

…united we are forever invincible….

As they wind down their doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Education (GSE), Susan Kardos, David Kauffman, Edward Liu, and Heather Peske leave an impressive body of work. Each has been lead author on an academic article and collaborator on a published book theyve delivered conference talks, conducted quantitative and qualitative research, written grant proposals, and extensively reviewed each others dissertations.

Shirley M. Tilghman, a world-renowned scientist and president of Princeton University, will receive the 2004 Radcliffe Institute Medal on Friday (June 11) at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard Universitys yearly Radcliffe Day luncheon.

Seven outstanding educators in the Boston and Cambridge community were honored by the Graduate School of Education (HGSE) on June 2 at the Faculty Club. The Conant Awards, which are given to support the professional growth of exemplary public school teachers and administrators, were awarded to Christine Colbath-Hess (Haggerty School), Robert Comeau (Another Course to College School), Folashade Cromwell (Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot School), Mary Skipper (TechBoston Academy), Christopher Stapel (Boston Community Leadership Academy), Emily Qailbash (Center for Leadership Development), and Gail Ranere-Nunes (Cambridgeport School).