David G. Freiman, pathologist in chief at Beth Israel Hospital from 1956 to 1979 and the first person at Beth Israel to hold a chair endowed by Harvard Medical School, has died from complications resulting from a fall in his home. He was 92.
As Sarah Kinsella 07 works out at the Malkin Athletic Center, she is framed by the arms and weight of her equally determined roommate and friend Rejoice Opara 07.
Triangular nozzles provide the tiniest droplets, say researchers in Harvard Universitys Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences who used a mathematical algorithm to determine that a miniature three-sided tap could produce drips some 21 percent smaller than a conventional round nozzle.
While many individuals complain of difficulty adjusting to bright light, scientists have had little success in identifying an abnormality in the retina that causes this symptom. A research team led by scientists at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary has identified genetic defects in five unrelated individuals that interfere with the ability of cells in the eye to quickly adjust to changes in light intensity. Their work is described in the Jan. 1 issue of Nature.
A study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Womens Hospital has found that participants who regularly drank coffee significantly reduced the risk of onset of type 2 diabetes, compared to non-coffee-drinking participants. The findings appear in the Jan. 6 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Harvard Law School students and recent graduates have won an unprecedented eight Skadden Fellowships to pursue public interest work. The awards represent the most given to applicants from any single law school in the 15-year history of the Skadden Fellowship Foundation.
Warren A. Law (MBA 48, Ph.D. 53), the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking Emeritus at Harvard Business School (HBS) and an eloquent critic of the corporate takeovers that convulsed the world of American business in the 1970s and 1980s, died of cancer on Dec. 11, at his home in Belmont. He was 79 years old.
Attenborough named Peterson Medal recipient The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) has named world-renowned natural history filmmaker and conservationist Sir David Attenborough the 2004 Roger Tory Peterson Medal recipient.…
Albert Szabo, a teacher of architecture and design with a flair for finding beauty in the fragmentary debris of civilization, died Dec. 10 at Mt. Auburn Hospital from complications following surgery. Szabo, who suffered from Parkinsons disease, was 78.
Physicists at Harvard University have created a pulse of light that contains photons, is compressed to fit within several centimeters of space, and does not travel. The finding builds upon earlier demonstrations of stored light by halting actual photons, not just their signature.
Faust to offer insight on PBS program Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Dean Drew Gilpin Faust, who is also professor of history, will share her scholarly insight as a historian…
Sun Gate, a bronze sculpture weighing half a ton, arrived one day in the back of a pickup truck driven by artist Murray Dewart 70. Dewart and his assistant, aided by a group of undergraduates, rolled the piece down the ramp and into place at the exact center of McKinlock Courtyard at Leverett House, where it seemed to command the space as though the architectural setting had been designed to receive it.
Abby Feldman has a Laurel and Hardy screen saver with photos that change every five seconds or so. There are the boys in Sons of the Desert. There they are in Another Fine Mess, Way Out West, Babes in Toyland.
Upon the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the President approved and announced the following Standing Committees at the F.A.S. Faculty Meeting of October 21, 2003. Standing Committees of the Faculty are constituted to perform a continuing function. Each committee has been established by a vote of the Faculty, and can be dissolved only by a vote of the Faculty or, with the agreement of a particular Committee, by the Dean and Faculty Council. The Dean recommends the membership of each committee annually.
It’s not every Harvard class that opens with a standing ovation. But then, most Harvard classes aren’t launched with the introduction, “The king of the blues, B.B. King!”
Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital found a strong link between levels of C-reactive protein in the blood and the future development of high blood…
Marrying fiber optics with nanotechnology, scientists at Harvard University have created silica wires that are far narrower than the wavelength of light yet can still guide a light beam with great precision. The wires, about a thousandth the width of a human hair, function with minimal signal loss even when their walls accommodate well under half the breadth of a single light pulse.
Describing Saddam Hussein as a ticking time bomb who had destabilized the Middle East and represented a serious threat to the United States, Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman reiterated his support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq at a Dec. 15 live broadcast of MSNBCs Hardball from the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
Faculty task forces with representation from across the University will help shape the next phase of planning for a future campus in Allston. The four task forces are charged with discussing, and ultimately sharpening, the preliminary academic framework outlined in President Lawrence H. Summers October letter to the Harvard community.
Capping his first-ever visit to the United States with a talk at Harvard University yesterday (Dec. 10), Wen Jiabao, premier of the Peoples Republic of China, drew upon Chinas rich cultural past and current atmosphere of openness to predict a bright future of development, economic wealth, and democracy.
The 2003 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a subcommittee of the President and Fellows, is now available upon request from the Office for the Committees on Shareholder Responsibility. Please call (617) 495-0985 to request copies.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Dec. 6. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
An aerial view of Eliot Tower as seen from Lowell House. The Yard and its environs look all spiffed up by the regions first snow, a mighty storm that hit the East Coast well in advance of the official beginning of winter.
They packed Ticknor Lecture Room in Boylston Hall, some wearing pajamas, some snuggling beneath blankets. They drank warm milk and ate cookies. They listened to soothing music.
Scientists know that stem cells from embryos have the potential to develop into brain, bone, or any other type cell, but getting them to actually do this in a laboratory is a different thing. Now, for the first time, researchers have crossed this bridge by coaxing uncommitted stem cells to grow into sperm cells in a petri dish.
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