The complex personality and power of President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his legacy to todays political and media landscape were the topics of the Theodore H. White Seminar Wednesday morning (Oct. 29) at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Johnson, Robert Caro, joined a panel of prominent media figures for a lively discussion that probed Johnsons ascent from the U.S. Senate to the vice presidency to president and his engineering of successful policies, such as his Great Society and the Civil Rights Act, and disastrous ones like the countrys involvement in Vietnam.
Professor of Ophthalmology Joan W. Miller, an internationally recognized expert in the field of macular degeneration, was recently named chief of ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) and chair of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS).
Richard E. Neustadt, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government Emeritus at Harvards Kennedy School of Government and eminent presidential scholar and former adviser to three U.S. presidents, is being remembered fondly by former colleagues as a guiding force in Kennedy School history. Neustadt passed away in England on Friday (Oct. 31) at age 84.
William L. Fash Jr. has been named Howells Director of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, effective Jan. 1, 2004. Fash, the Charles P. Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology in the Harvard Anthropology Department, will succeed Rubie Watson, the first Howells Director of the Peabody Museum, who announced earlier this year that she will step down from the position on Dec. 31.
In the 1980s, after a rash of attacks by pit bull terriers on children and adults as well as on other dogs, many municipalities passed ordinances making it illegal to own pit bulls.
The name is instantly familiar from the beer: Busch, as in Anheuser-Busch, the worlds largest brewer and producer of such well-known brands as Budweiser and Michelob. But what, one wonders, does Harvards Busch-Reisinger Museum have to do with a family of St. Louis beer barons?
As one of the final projects in the renovation and restoration of Widener Library, the bridge that formerly connected the Widener Library stacks to the Houghton Library reading room will be removed in spring 2004. During the course of the stacks renovation, the bridge was identified as a structure that did not meet current building codes and that posed security problems for collections, staff, and patrons. The bridge was closed permanently on the Widener end in March 2002.
Twelve new fellows have been selected for the 2003-04 Administrative Fellowship Program. Of the 12 fellows, seven are visiting fellows (talented professionals drawn from business, education, and the professions outside the University) and five are resident fellows (minority professionals currently working at Harvard). Resident fellows are identified by their department and selected by the fellowship program review committee to have the leadership potential to advance to higher administrative positions. The University-wide program, coordinated by the Office of the Assistant to the President, began its year with a one-day orientation at the Faculty Club in September. President Lawrence H. Summers was present to welcome the sponsors and the 12 new fellows.
An Oct. 28, 2003 eruption created a monstrous solar flare – the third largest recorded since 1976 – and an associated coronal mass ejection, in which superheated gas, called plasma,…
Most people are well aware that AIDS in Africa is a crisis of vast and terrible proportions. In a speech Oct. 28 at the School of Public Health (SPH), President Lawrence H. Summers declared that is it also one that offers a great deal of hope.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 22, an undergraduate student was walking through Cambridge Common when a male approached her from behind, grabbed her wrist and waist, spun her around, grabbed her breast, and then attempted to remove her coat. The victim struck the suspect in the face. The suspect then struck the victim in the face and fled the area.
At the Faculty Councils third meeting of the year, the council discussed pending changes in the facultys appointment procedures with Associate Dean Cynthia Friend (FAS and chemistry) and Associate Dean Vincent Tompkins (academic affairs). Friend is currently chairing a faculty committee on the appointments process.
A recent party marked the 10-year partnership between the Law School and Boston-based law firm Hale and Dorr. The product of this collaboration, Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of…
Oct. 17, 1943 – The Fogg Museum announces that Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Class of 1886, LLB 1889, has left Harvard “the most valuable and comprehensive art collection ever given to…
After 12 terms in Congress and innumerable legislative battles, former Kentucky Congressman Ron Mazzoli could teach students of government a thing or two.
Peter G. Rowe, dean of the Harvard Design School and an authority on urban planning and design, announced Wednesday (Oct. 29) at a faculty meeting that he would step down as dean, effective June 30, 2004, after 12 years of service. Under Rowes leadership, the faculty of the School has been significantly expanded, educational offerings have been broadened, and new initiatives have been launched in such areas as technology and real estate.
Van Valkenburgh wins design award Charles Eliot Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture Michael Van Valkenburgh was named a finalist in the environment design category at the National Design Awards…
Committee on Honorary Degrees to consider nominees The Advisory Committee on Honorary Degrees will be meeting during the fall and spring to consider nominees for honorary degrees to be awarded…
Harvard and the city of Cambridge, following a unanimous vote from Cambridge city councilors, reached a milestone agreement this week regarding University development in Riverside.
For a month dedicated to celebrating the centennial of Harvard Stadium, the Crimsons dramatic 43-40 overtime victory against Princeton this past Saturday (Oct. 25) made for a fitting installment to the stadiums rich 100-year history. In fact, the emotional game – featuring five lead changes, two ties, two missed field goals, four (for four) botched two-point conversion attempts, and the aforementioned OT ending – nearly felt like a scripted homage to the sport as a whole.
A late Crimson surge proved to be too late as Harvards field hockey team dropped a 3-2 decision to Princeton this past Saturday (Oct. 25) at Jordan Field. The No. 15 Crimson, suffering its first defeat since an Oct. 8 heartbreaker against Northeastern, cut the lead to a single goal on a Jennifer McDavitt 06 score with 12 ticks remaining on the game clock, but the Tigers – bolstered by a pair of second-half goals – held on for the win.
There were two principals walking the halls of Jackson/Mann Elementary School last Tuesday (Oct. 28) – one who has helped to shape the school and its children over the past 12 years, and the other, a newcomer, who runs a school across the Charles River that those children may one day attend.
Seven Harvard faculty have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the worlds largest federation of scientists. The honorees, to be announced on Oct. 31, include Richard Bambach, Edward Benz, Gary Chamberlain, Jeremy Knowles, Clifford Saper, Dennis Selkoe, and Fred Winston.
If José Padilla can be held incommunicado in a U.S. Navy brig, without being charged, without the prospect of a trial, and without access to legal counsel, then none of us is safe.
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