Campus & Community

David Luberoff has been appointed executive director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston as of June 1. He will replace Charles C. Euchner, who has served since the institutes founding in 2000, and is leaving to pursue writing opportunities.

Faculty, students, and fellows interested in disparities in health care due to ethnic and racial differences convened at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Friday (May 7) for a symposium seeking to translate research into practice.

The Starr Foundation is giving Harvard $5 million to support the Colleges new initiative to attract students from families with low and moderate income. The gift, made possible by the efforts of Starr Foundation Chairman Maurice R. Greenberg, will provide scholarships to college students and support the recruiting and outreach efforts designed to eliminate economic barriers to attending Harvard. The Starr Foundation has been supporting scholarships at Harvard since 1999 through the C.V. Starr Scholarship Fund.

The Harvard Club of Australia (HCA) has announced a new award for senior Harvard researchers who may be planning collaborative work with Australian research organizations. Known as the Australia-Harvard Fellowship, this award aims to support learned exchange between the University and Australia.

Sophomore slugger Zak Farkes connects for a deep drive during Harvards 12-6 season-finale loss against visiting Northeastern on May 5. Despite the teams setback, Farkes closed out the season with gusto, blasting four homers in two outings against Dartmouth May 1-2 to earn Ivy League Player of the Week honors and break Harvards single-season and career home run records. The Boston native hit 14 homers on the season to give him 22 in his two-year Harvard career. The Crimson, meanwhile, ends its 2004 campaign at 21-18-1 (13-7 Ivy).

Lightweight crew captures Eastern Sprints Radcliffe lightweight crew captured its first Eastern Sprints crown since 1997 with a time of 6:38.6 in the grand finals Sunday afternoon (May 9) in…

Kyle Clark 04, an engineering sciences concentrator at the Harvard Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS), received praise and awe from faculty and students alike when he presented his senior design project, Design and Construction of a Dynamic Flight Simulator, at the Harvard Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Thirty high school freshmen from 14 Boston and Cambridge high schools – the inaugural class of Crimson Summer Academy – were welcomed into the Harvard family at a May 9 reception celebrating the new academic enrichment program for talented, low-income students from Boston and Cambridge.

Cambridge School Volunteers Inc. (CSV) honored approximately 1,000 of its volunteers who served in kindergarten through grade 12 of the Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) during the 2003-04 school year at a reception hosted by Harvard University at the Faculty Club on May 5. Together, these volunteers provided more than 60,000 hours of individualized academic services to Cambridge youth. After a welcome by CSV board President Andrew J. Bernstein CPS superintendent Thomas Fowler-Finn Cambridge Mayor Michael Sullivan and Manuel Davis, son of Mack I. Davis, longevity certificates were awarded by CSV Executive Director Jennifer Singh to those who had volunteered for four, five, 10, and 15 years.

Shirley Ann Jackson is alarmed by what she calls a confluence of negative factors – or a perfect storm – that is progressively making the United States lose ground in scientific development.

Harvard Medical School (HMS) is taking steps to dramatically advance the field of sleep medicine through the simultaneous establishment of three endowed chairs all devoted to this emerging field of medicine.

Caffeine is the worlds most widely used stimulant, yet scientists still do not know exactly how it staves off sleep. Researchers at Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and other institutions have now discovered that caffeine works by thwarting one of two interacting physiological systems that govern the human sleep-wake cycle. The researchers, who report their findings in the May issue of the journal Sleep, propose a novel regimen, consisting of frequent low doses of caffeine, to help shift workers, medical residents, truck drivers, and others who need to stay awake get a bigger boost from their tea or coffee.

The following minute was read at the annual Harvard Medical School Emeritus Faculty Event on May 7, 2004.

Introducing this years Arts First Medalist Yo-Yo Ma 76 at Sanders Theatre Sunday night (May 9), host and actor John Lithgow 67 described the ensuing interview as a private moment with about 1,100 eavesdroppers. Ma, ever the generous performer, delivered on Lithgows promise, sharing secrets that revealed his easygoing humanity and privileged the sold-out audience with an intimate glimpse into his musical life.

Harvard environmentalists made sure Arts First was clean behind the scenes Saturday (May 8) by powering the Arts First stage for the events kickoff performances entirely with solar power.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December 16, 2003, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

John Singleton Copleys portraits of 18th century Bostons grim-visaged elite are as integral a part of the image of the Colonial city as the Old North Church, Faneuil Hall, or Paul Reveres house.

Nearly 30 years ago, John Womack and a team of research assistants began interviewing retired industrial workers in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The interviewees, who had worked in textile mills, breweries, cigar factories, and other manufacturing operations from the 1920s to the 1940s, were eyewitnesses to the industrialization of Mexico in the early 20th century, and their recollections constituted an important resource for the industrial and labor history of the country.

The Harvard Alumni Association and the Board of Overseers have announced the recipients of the 2004 Harvard Medal: William J. Cleary Jr. A.B. ’56, Joan Morthland Hutchins A.B. ’61, Minoru Makihara A.B. ’54, A.M.P. ’77.

Four Harvard-affiliated artists and scholars have recently been named among this years field of Rome Prize recipients by the American Academy in Rome. Now in its 108th year, the prize is a residential fellowship lasting from six months to two years. It includes room and board, a stipend, and studio at the academy facilities in Rome.

The interplay of architectonic clouds and glowing sunlight produces a magnificent background to a modest-looking skyline consisting most noticeably of the Memorial Church tower and the Cambridge Fire Department tower.

Two teams of Harvard researchers have handed doctors a new weapon against lung cancer by explaining the peculiar success of a drug that is extremely effective against the nations top cancer killer, but only in a small percentage of cases.

People who injure an arm or leg sometimes develop pain, swelling, or other unexpected symptoms in the opposite, uninjured arm or leg. Medical reports of such mirror-image effects go back at least to the Civil War and usually are blamed on overuse of the undamaged arm or leg.

Richard M. Hunt (left), former Harvard University marshal and senior lecturer in social studies, is co-author with editor of The American Scholar John T. Bethell (right) of the new book Harvard A to Z. Hunt and Bethell discussed their book, which is a compendium of fascinating Harvard lore, at the Sackler Museum on April 29.

Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree…

May 14-15, 1874 – In response to a challenge from the McGill University Foot-ball (sic) Club, the Harvard University Foot Ball (sic) Club squares off against McGill at Jarvis Field…

John Kelleher service May 17 A memorial service for John V. Kelleher, professor of Irish studies emeritus in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, will be held May 17…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending May 1. 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 date:

The second floor of Widener Library opened over the first days of May. With the grand architectural features and finishes restored and the space aligned so that busy, noisy, interactive services are separated from the quiet space of the reading room, the second floor is both elegant and functional. Both ends of the Loker Reading Room, which previously housed the reference desk and staff work areas, have been reclaimed for reading room space. All of reference services is housed in adjacent room 230. Research services staff, who provide instruction and research assistance, occupy two rooms, Research Services East, room 240, and Research Services West, room 220.