In the 1920s, a young bandleader named Duke Ellington galvanized audiences at Harlems Cotton Club with infectiously rhythmic dance tunes that came to be known as jungle music because of their supposed resemblance to the music of Africa.
When Eric Dawson started Peace Games as a Harvard undergraduate in 1992, his aim was to prevent violence by equipping children with the skills they needed to resolve conflict. Since that time Harvard student volunteers have taught conflict resolution each year in Cambridge and Boston public schools.
New hope may be on the horizon for some people with the wet form of macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease in which abnormal blood vessel growth causes loss of vision. Results of two large international clinical trials have shown positive results using Macugen, an experimental treatment that targets these abnormal blood vessels. The results, described last weekend at the American Academy of Ophthalmologys annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., demonstrated the drugs ability to decrease vision loss in this form of AMD.
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris visited the Harvard Film Archive for a benefit screening of his newest film The Fog of War, a look at Robert S. McNamara, who served as secretary of defense during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Morris confesses during the Q&A session, One of my greatest fears is to be seen as an apologist for Robert McNamara … because Im not. (Staff photo Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office)
It’s been known for a while that sleep helps consolidate certain memories; that’s probably a major purpose of sleep. But the latest experiments by Harvard Medical School researchers show that…
At a Harvard-convened social science research conference on Nov. 14, 2003, research from the fields of economics, social psychology, and public health showed how psychological changes could affect sexual health,…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Nov. 15. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Harvard Band manager Dave Nierenberg 04 was showered with flour after showering his fellow band members with real flowers, as is the tradition at the Penn game. Harvard lost, 32-24. (Staff photo Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office)
Phillips Brooks House (PBH) will launch its annual holiday gift drive on Dec. 1. Organizers hope to collect over 1,000 gifts for children in Boston and Cambridge, many of whose parents are impoverished, homeless, or incarcerated.
Heading into halftime down just 15 points this past Saturday (Nov.15) against a sharp Penn squad, the Harvard football team could have considered itself the luckiest team in all of football. Later in the fourth quarter, down eight points and threatening to score and possibly tie the game in the closing moments, the Crimson appeared to be the sports feistiest team as well. Harvards last-ditch effort, however – a 60-yard drive in the final seconds – fell six yards short of the end zone, as the Quakers held on for the 32-24 win.
Austin applauded for leadership Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration James E. Austin has received a faculty pioneer award from the Aspen Institute and World Resources Institute…
In the prep room behind the blackboards of the Science Centers five lecture halls, excitement crackles in the air as 11 oclock approaches. Members of the media services and lecture demonstrations staffs stand at the ready with computers, buckets of soapy water, a bicycle wheel, and a bed of nails. As the top of the hour hits and classes end, they swoop into the halls for their hourly seven-minute window to strike the last professors lecture needs and ready the next class for optimal learning.
After an exhausting, if exciting, tour of Roman busts and Indian painting at the Sackler, a thrilling, if wearying, rendezvous with the Renaissance at the Fogg, and a provocative and stimulating, albeit enervating and challenging, flirtation with German Expressionism at the Busch-Reisinger, you need a place to sit and down some coffee or tea and maybe a little sandwich. The perfect spot is just a couple of buildings down on Quincy Street in the shapely Carpenter Center, the only building in the United States designed by the great Swiss architect Le Corbusier. There you will find, overlooking Quincy Street and beautiful Harvard Yard, the Sert Gallery Cafe. The glassy enclosure is spare, cozy, friendly, and tranquil. As you sip your mocha, you can tune in to the sometimes pretentious, sometimes profound conversations around you. Or just tune out, relax, and prepare yourself for your next move – a visit to the adjoining Sert Gallery, which features modern and contemporary art. Admission is free.
Gift of the season: Bright red ivy enlivens a chimney on the roof of a Mt. Auburn Street building. Strong winds in the next couple of days should remove whats left of falls leaves.
University Health Services (UHS) will be providing free flu vaccines to members of the Harvard community beginning in November. The walk-in clinics are being held at the following locations:
November 1942 – A Harvard Alumni Association advertisement for the well-known Harvard chair (black with gold trim and mahogany-colored arms; weight: 28 pounds; advertised price: $13.50) yields the following historical…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Nov. 8. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
When Elsbeth Kalenderian, executive director of the Cambridge-based nonprofit Transition House, heard Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers speak about Harvards recent donation of a microscopy unit to Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, she sprung into action. Theres a link, she told him, between academic achievement and the dating violence her organization was fighting to prevent.
For an increasing number of children whose first language is not English, learning to read – arguably one of schools most important and most difficult lessons – can be an especially high hurdle.
When Veronica Fullard performed at her first Renaissance festival, she hid behind a camera snapping publicity photos (in character, of course, with an innovative back story to explain her portrait-taking device) to minimize her interaction with patrons. I used to be the most horribly shy person I knew, says Fullard, who is a staff assistant in the Department of Philosophy. Five years ago, if you had asked me, I never would have guessed that I would be so immersed in this.
A school-record 35 digs by co-captain Allison Bendush 04 wasnt enough to lift the Harvard womens volleyball team past visiting Yale on Saturday (Nov. 8), as the Crimson dropped its final home match of the season, 3-1. The loss, which fell on the heels of Harvards 3-0 sweep of Brown on Nov. 7, ends a five-game win streak for the Crimson. With the loss, Harvard falls to 8-14 (7-5 league) for a fourth-place spot in the Ivy rankings.
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