The Harvard-Yenching Library is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year – not all that old compared with its parent institution, created when John Harvard left his 300-plus book collection to the commonwealths fledgling college in 1638. But it is old enough to have been a constant in the lives of some of its most devoted users.
Harvard researchers have stimulated mice to increase their production of blood stem cells, a development with apparent human parallels that researchers hope will have immediate benefits in the treatment of blood cancers.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Oct. 25. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave, sixth floor.
This is my fourth season on staff as craft artisan at the ART [American Repertory Theatre]. There are three areas of costuming that are my responsibility: craftwork, fabric painting/dyeing, and distressing.
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the fifth funding cycle for the Kuwait Program Research Fund. With support from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science, a KSG faculty committee will consider applications for small one-year grants (up to $30,000) to support advanced research by Harvard University faculty members on issues of critical importance to Kuwait and the Gulf. Grants can be applied toward research assistance, travel, summer salary, and course buyout.
Harvard Colleges Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) donated $11,000 of its profits from its 155th production, Its A Wonderful Afterlife, to help launch the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Fund for Cultural Enrichment in Cambridge Public Schools. The fund will provide
The Harvard University Alumni Association presented six awards this year to some of its most loyal longtime volunteers who work all over the world administering alumni services. The award is named in honor of Hiram S. Hunn 21 who did schools committee work for 55 years in Iowa and Vermont. At the Agassiz Theatre event, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William Fitzsimmons (left) introduces award recipient Teresita Alvearez-Bjelland 76.
A study put three groups of dieters on different regimens. They included a low-fat group, a low-carbohydrate group that ate the same number of calories, and a third group on…
An influx of new immigrants that began in 1965 when U.S. immigration laws were liberalized has changed our society in ways that contradict traditional assumptions about the correlation of religion…
In 1905, just two years after the completion of Harvard Stadium, President Charles W. Eliot threatened to expel – once and for all – the savage game of football from…
In an open letter to the Harvard community, President Lawrence H. Summers Tuesday (Oct. 21) outlined a number of programmatic assumptions intended to guide the next phase of the Universitys planning for the eventual long-term use of its properties in Allston.
Oct. 17, 1944 – In the “Harvard Service News,” Anthropology Professor Earnest A. Hooton advocates the election of a woman to the U.S. presidency, noting that “the females of our…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Oct. 18. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
During a first-time-ever labor-management conference of 100 union members and 100 Harvard managers held Oct. 16, former Harvard President Derek Bok and Kris Rondeau, Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers lead organizer, listen to speakers. Union members and managers later broke into groups to discuss the important themes to be addressed during the upcoming contract negotiations.
HUHS to present ‘Myths and Realities of Aging’ The Center for Wellness and Health Communication at Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) is sponsoring the second installment of “Myths and Realities…
As part of Harvards continuing effort to address issues of alcohol and health that have affected college-age students here and nationwide, Harvards provost and College dean have announced the formation of the Committee to Address Alcohol and Health at Harvard that will work to review all institutional prevention, education, outreach and treatment services to reduce the negative health consequences associated with excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol abuse.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $250,000 start-up grant to Harvards School of Public Health (SPH) and Kennedy School of Government to develop and establish the National Preparedness Leadership Academy (NPLA). In light of bioterrorist and other terror threats, this university-wide training initiative is geared toward senior government officials with responsibilities for preparedness and public health.
LuPone class canceled Due to unforeseen circumstances, the master class with Tony Award-winning actor/singer Patti LuPone on Oct. 24 in Paine Hall at the Department of Music has been canceled.…
Katie Couric, one of the most recognizable faces on television, accepted an award from Harvards School of Public Health (SPH) Tuesday (Oct. 21) for work that she said is more important to her than her daily interviews with newsmakers and stars.
This past summer, when Claire Porter 05 was rising at 5 a.m. to greet the Ugandan dawn by recording the vocalizations of colobus monkeys, she hardly imagined she was leading a Harvard trend. Delivering babies in rural Mexico, Ashkan Abbey 05 didnt have a broad educational initiative on his mind.
A stronger, larger Europe will become a better partner, not a bigger rival, to the United States in international affairs, according to European ambassadors and consuls gathered at the Kennedy School of Government last week (Oct. 15).
Deep and persistent racial segregation remains a fact of American life and leads to a host of social ills and health concerns that perpetuate stereotypes and create a vicious cycle keeping many African Americans trapped in inner-city neighborhoods.
Promoting Physical Activity and Health by Urban Design – a conference sponsored by the School of Public Health (SPH) and the Design School – will be held Nov. 4 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 600 Atlantic Ave. (across from South Station). With obesity emerging as a serious public health problem in America, the conference will focus on how infrastructure can be changed to bring physical activity opportunities close to where people live and incorporate exercise as a routine part of the day.
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