Each year, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) selects a number of distinguished scholars and professionals, many from Latin America, to spend a minimum of one semester at Harvard. While in residence, visiting scholars and fellows spend time working on their own research and writing projects, making use of the Universitys extensive library resources, participating in the centers conferences and seminars, and interacting with faculty and students. Many of the DRCLAS Visiting Scholars and Fellows are supported by endowed fellowships named in honor of the donor. In April 2004, the executive committee of the center selected visiting scholars for the 2004-05 academic year from a pool of 80 applicants.
Matthew S. Meselson, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, has received the Pauling Legacy Award and the Dart/New York University (NYU) Biotechnology Achievement Award. Each award honors his five decades of pioneering molecular genetics research and his 40 years of work to eliminate biological and chemical weapons.
Specially designed college savings plans that offer tax-free savings can actually cost low- and middle-income families more than they save by reducing their eligibility for financial aid, according to a researcher at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Memorial Hall and Memorial Church have long been luminous nocturnal landmarks of the Cambridge campus. Now, the Adolphus Busch Hall clock tower has joined the dignified beacons of their neighbors. Four years ago, the clock mechanism underwent a major restoration. Now the exterior clock faces have become illuminated. All four clock faces shine with the correct time throughout the night. The light fixtures run on photo cell batteries and go on automatically when it gets dark, turning off just as automatically when daylight creeps back.
Two receive Killam Fellowship Awards The Killam Fellowships Program, an undergraduate scholarship and exchange program between Canada and the United States, recently granted Nassira Nicola ’04 and Christopher Doucette ’06…
Sacha Baron Cohen, worldwide TV personality and comedy phenomenon who currently hosts HBOs Emmy Award-nominated late-night comedy series Da Ali G Show, is the 2004 Class Day speaker, announced the Harvard College Class of 2004 Senior Class Committee and the Harvard Alumni Association. Baron Cohen was selected after months of secret negotiations. Baron Cohen will address the senior class and guests on Class Day, June 9, at 2 p.m., in Tercentenary Theatre.
Over the past several years, corporate scandals have made the headlines. Last week (May 19 and 20), leaders from business, government, and law joined with University experts at the Kennedy School to discuss government responses to the current corporate crisis.
Young Women’s Conference seeks participants Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership encourages young women (18-24 years of age) to apply for consideration to the Young Women’s Leadership Conference – a nonpartisan…
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has announced that it has awarded 48 student grants and fellowships amounting to over $100,000 for the 2004-05 academic year. Twenty grants will support Harvard College undergraduates, and 28 will support graduate students. In recent years the Weatherhead Center has significantly expanded its support for Harvard students, both increasing financial resources and the number of student awards available, and establishing new programs and seminars for students.
Juniors Darren Morris (left) of Mather House and Gina Bruno of Adams House have been chosen by the Harvard Alumni Association to receive the 2004 David Aloian Memorial Scholarships. The award recognizes special contributions to the quality of life in the Houses and thoughtful leadership that makes the College an exciting place in which to live and study. Each House community nominates one House resident for the award.
For the third consecutive year a piece from Harvard Review has been selected for inclusion in The Best American Series (Houghton Mifflin), a showcase for the years finest fiction and nonfiction writing since 1915. Yarn, by Kyoko Mori, was chosen for the 2004 edition of The Best American Essays and was selected by guest editor Louis Menand, a critic, essayist, and Harvard professor of English and American literature and Language. It originally appeared in Harvard Review 24 (spring 2003). Contributors to Harvard Review have also been selected for The Best American Poetry 2002, The Best American Essays 2003, and The Best American Short Stories 2003.
Thirteen U.S. journalists and 12 international journalists were recently appointed to the 67th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. Established in 1938, the Nieman program is the oldest midcareer fellowship for journalists in the world. The fellowships are awarded to working journalists of accomplishment and promise for an academic year of study in any part of the University. More than 1,000 U.S. and international journalists have studied at Harvard as Nieman Fellows.
Preterm babies are born with preterm brains. They need to learn in the harsh world outside the womb what normal babies learn inside the comfort of their mothers bodies.
May 13, 1941 – At the Harvard Forest (Petersham, Mass.), the University dedicates Shaler Hall and the Fisher Museum as working and living quarters for Forest staff and students. May…
A memorial service for Elizabeth (Betty) M. Furdon, assistant cataloger in the Property Information Resource Center of Harvard Real Estate Services, will be held on Sunday (May 23) at 2:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Place. Furdon died April 20 of breast cancer.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending May 15. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
In recognition of their dedication to teaching, advising, and mentoring undergraduate students, four distinguished members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been named Harvard College Professors.
Harvards new financial aid initiative aimed at students from low and moderate economic backgrounds helped support close to an 80 percent yield on students admitted to the College Class of 2008 entering in September. Announced in February by President Lawrence H. Summers in an address to the American Council on Education, the new financial aid initiative requires no contribution from parents with incomes below $40,000 and reduces expectations from families with incomes between $40,000 and $60,000. The yield on students from families with incomes below $60,000 is just under 84 percent.
For the past 11 years, the Weissman International Internship Program, established by Paul (52) and Harriet Weissman in 1994, has provided nearly 200 sophomores and juniors with the opportunity to participate in an international internship in a field of work related to their academic and career goals. The Weissman program enables students to develop a richer understanding of the global community in which they live and work, and provides an opportunity for them to share their experiences with the Harvard community when they return.
Green Campus Initiative named GoGreen awardee The Harvard Green Campus Initiative (HGCI) was recently selected as a co-recipient of the GoGreen Award in the large business/institution category for energy (a…
Directory artwork sought The Harvard Directory Project seeks artwork to be considered for the front cover of the 2004-05 Faculty & Staff Telephone Directory. Entrants must be faculty or staff…
On the long road to the 2004 NCAA tennis championships, the Harvard mens and womens teams encountered a fair share of potholes and roadblocks. And success. Ultimately, the women got lost somewhere against visiting Ohio State, while the Crimson men cruised past Tulane to advance to Tulsa – the site of this years Sweet 16.
From pornography to privacy, domain names to Napster to iTunes, Harvard Law Schools Berkman Center for Internet and Society grappled with the complex legal issues of the cybercourtroom at its three-day Internet Law Program (iLaw) last week (May 13 – 15). Some of the leading thinkers in cyber law, including Harvard Law School (HLS) faculty members William Fisher, Charles Nesson, and Berkman Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies Jonathan Zittrain, presented cutting-edge, often controversial views on the ever-emerging field.
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is a monument to preservation. The librarys extensive collections of books and manuscripts, from Julia Childs recipe files to Amelia Earharts baby book to oral histories of black women, preserve and perpetuate an understanding of womens lives for future generations of scholars.
Six professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) have been honored for their achievements in history, literature, or art, as broadly defined by the Cabot Fund. This years Walter Channing Cabot Fellows are David Blackbourn, Coolidge Professor of History Giuliana Bruno, professor of visual and environmental studies Daniel Donoghue, John P. Marquand Professor of English Michael Herzfeld, professor of anthropology Jay Jasanoff, Diebold Professor of Indo-European Linguistics and Philology and Mary Waters, Harvard College Professor and professor of sociology.
Last December, Plan B, the emergency contraceptive or morning after pill, which prevents pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse, was approved for over-the-counter sale by the Federal Drug Administrations (FDA) expert advisory panel. But the FDA, contrary to its usual practice, ruled against the panels decision and turned down Plan B for over-the-counter use. The reason given was that the drugs effect on young teenage girls had not been established.
Two laptops are in use in the audience as Howard Stevenson, the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, talks about participant-centered learning in the context of teaching the case method to a large audience. Stevenson was one of several presenters Tuesday (May 18) at the Workshop on the Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning, sponsored by the Harvard Academic Computing Committee, at the Business Schools Spangler Auditorium. The Harvard Academic Computing Committee is co-chaired by Harvard Provost Steven Hyman and by Assistant Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Dan Moriarty.
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