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.
A majority of college students say President George Bush is doing a good job even though they think his administration isnt being entirely truthful about Iraq, a new Institute of Politics (IOP) poll shows.
The next time Elliot Rojas sees his grandmother, hell have plenty to tell her about the breast cancer she battles. He can describe the role of the immune system, how stem cells work, and the research that is aiming to make bone marrow transplants more successful. He can even tell his grandmother what bone marrow cells look like through an inverted microscope, or how researchers measure molecules on stem cells with a flow cytometer.
With an accordion strapped across her shoulders and gold ornaments dangling from her neck, fingers, and hips, Petra Gelbart, a second-year graduate student in ethnomusicology, belted out a Rroma (Gypsy) song with a gorgeous urgency that she seemed to be channeling from generations past. Then Jessica Maya Marglin 06 turned the stage into a passage to India with a classical dance. As she whirled and lunged, ankle bells jangling seductive tempos, she delivered a monologue with her eyebrows: Come closer, I challenge you, I dare you. Next a Steinway & Sons grand piano was rolled on the Sanders Theatre stage. Anthony Cheung 04 took his perch on the bench and coaxed out the second movement of a sonata he composed for violin and piano, with accompaniment from Miki-Sophia Cloud 04.
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:
As a child, Frank Raines A.B. 71, J.D. 76 learned to appreciate the value of books while working in his junior high school library. Later, while studying at Harvard, Raines would browse the aisles at Widener Library, fascinated by the volumes upon volumes on display.
Harvard University and its most valuable resource – its faculty – exist for its students, President Lawrence H. Summers told the parents of freshmen on Friday (Oct. 24), the opening day of Freshman Parents Weekend.
Established even earlier than the venerable University across the street, the Old Burying Ground in Harvard Square, though beaten and battered over the centuries, persists as one of the citys most charming historic sites. The modest cemetery, located along Massachusetts Avenue and Garden Street between the First Parish and Christ churches and first fenced in 1635, holds the remains of nine Harvard presidents. Tutors and students as well rest in the church- and tree-cloistered space – the grave of a 14-year-old undergraduate who died in 1747, Winslow Warren, is marked by the words A Young Gentleman of Considerable Hopes.
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