Holes as tiny as 30 atoms across are allowing researchers to obtain intimate views of molecules in acts never before seen. Peeping Ph.D.s have seen strands of DNA, the stuff of genes, folding themselves in a new type of microscope invented at Harvard University.
GSE names Fogel dean for administration Business School leader Robert Fogel assumed the deanship for administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE) on Sept. 4. Most recently, Fogel…
Two years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, America is no less vulnerable to terrorism than it was a year ago and hardly better prepared to respond to another attack, said a panel of the Universitys foremost authorities on terrorism at a Kennedy School of Government (KSG) panel Sept. 10.
The American diet has gone astray, lured by fat-free grains, breads, and cereals that have led not to a leaner promised land but to a quagmire of flabby bodies and rising risk of diabetes, experts at the Harvard School of Public Health said Sept. 9.
The presentations in the Harvard Medical School lecture hall were devoted to Staphylococcus aureus, antibodies and antigens, cholesterol, cloning, and cancer, none of which were unusual subjects for a medical school campus.
Family, friends, and colleagues of the late Archie C. Epps III, former dean of students at Harvard College, crowded the Memorial Church Sept. 4 for a funeral service that commemorated Epps life in song, prayer, and words spoken from the pulpit by his close friend, the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes. Epps died Aug. 21 of complications from surgery. He was 66.
Lambert Williams, Ph.D. student in the history of science, is about to be hidden behind canvas-covered scaffolding as he descends the stairs in the Science Center, where extensive renovations are in progress. The Science Center is just one of a range of projects that ramped up over the summer months. In addition to renovations at Lippmann House, the Faculty Club, Widener Library, and other sites, the construction of a new north campus garage and the twin buildings of the Center for Government and International Studies are also underway. (Harvard News Office/Jon Chase)
Former Harvard College Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, whose career at Harvard spanned four decades, died Aug. 21 of complications from surgery. He was 66.
Academic, business, and government leaders sought to forge a collective vision of the life sciences Sept. 12 that would spur collaboration and secure the Boston regions position as the worlds pre-eminent location for life sciences research, development, and manufacturing.
As part of Freshman Orientation Week, entering undergraduates participated in local field trips to help them get acquainted with Cambridge, Boston, and surrounding areas. The Salem Witch Museum, the North End, Mount Auburn Cemetery, and a Red Sox game were only a few of the places that freshmen experienced under the direction of volunteer trip leaders.
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics Lene Vestergaard Hau has won the 2003 Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers. According to the teachers association, Hau won the award for her dedication to teaching and research and her ability to give an exciting and informative lecture.
A former spokesman for the Czech president, The New York Times science editor, and an investigative reporter are among the fellows at the Kennedy Schools Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy this semester.
As hundreds of first year students strode, ambled, or tiptoed through their new crimson and green and only slightly intimidating surroundings during Freshman Week, there were events aplenty to help them adjust. For instance, there was the venerable Freshman Barbecue, which took place on the lawn between Sever Hall and the Fogg Museum – in attendance, honored guest President Lawrence H. Summers.
Modular design is a familiar concept in many engineered systems, from computer software to automobiles. Now an interdisciplinary team of scientists, centered around Harvard Universitys Bauer Center for Genomics Research and supported by a five-year, $15 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is asking whether biological systems are also modular, at the molecular and cellular levels.
Eleven new fellows will join the Center for Population and Development Studies for the 2003-04 academic year. The three fellowship programs include the David E. Bell Fellowship in Population and Development, the Saltonstall Population Innovation Fund, and the Mortimer Spiegelman Fellowship Fund.
Franklin L. Ford, distinguished historian and former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University, died on Aug. 31, 2003, after a period of ill health following a stroke. Ford passed away at Brookhaven At Lexington, a retirement facility in Lexington, Mass. He was 82.
John Shearman, distinguished scholar of Italian Renaissance art, died Aug. 11 of a sudden heart attack while vacationing in the Canadian Rockies. He was 72.
Tobaccos killing grounds are shifting to the developing world, as new research from the Harvard School of Public Health shows the number of tobacco-related deaths in developing nations in 2000 roughly equaled those in the industrialized world.
The University Center for Ethics and the Professions has selected six Faculty Fellows in Ethics for the 2003-04 academic year. They include the Edmond J. Safra Faculty Fellow in Ethics and the Eugene P. Beard Faculty Fellow in Ethics. The fellows, who study ethical problems in business, government, law, medicine, and public policy, were chosen from a pool of applicants from colleges, universities, and professional institutions throughout the United States and 37 foreign countries. Nancy Rosenblum, Senator Joseph S. Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government, will join the fellows in their weekly seminar, which is directed by Dennis Thompson, the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy.
The campaign manager for Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a prominent civil rights activist and anti-war leader, and Alaskas first woman lieutenant governor, among others, have been selected for resident fellowships this fall at Harvards Institute of Politics (IOP).
The rhinoceroses that have protected the Biological Laboratories since 1931 are being moved to a warehouse, where they will be stored until completion of a new, underground Biolabs building. A rhino (left) is hoisted by crane onto a waiting truck. The bronze beasts represent the great Indian species, Rhinoceros unicornis, and are equal in size to the largest recorded specimen. The preliminary studies for these bronzes were made at the New York Zoological Park. The sculptor is Katherine Ward Lane Weems.
It was a busy, fun, and educational summer for area kids (and grown-ups) participating in one of the many Harvard programs. Whether it was tennis camps for Boston and Cambridge youth, a picnic in Harvard Yard for Cambridge seniors, concerts on the Charles, or summer school for Cambridge high schoolers, summer learning and fun was a focus in the neighborhoods surrounding campus.
A memorial service for David Lewin, Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music, will be held Saturday (Sept. 20) at 4 p.m. in the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall. Lewin died May 5 from heart disease. He was 69.
Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced today to the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government that he intends to step down as dean effective June 2004. Nye said his years as dean have been gratifying and that he looks forward to continuing his work as a member of the School faculty.
The Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health named Wayne A. Fuller, professor in liberal arts and sciences at Iowa State University, the recipient of the 2003 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. Fuller delivered a lecture at Harvard titled Analytic Studies with Complex Survey Data this past May.
Benedict H. Gross, dean of Harvard College, has appointed Susan Marine to direct the new Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR). Marine, who served as the Colleges first coordinator of Sexual Assault Prevention Services during the academic year 2002-03, assumed her new duties in June 2003.
Goethe called architecture frozen music. Well, yes, but if composers had to work under the constraints that architects face as a matter of course, we would probably all be sitting restlessly in our seats waiting for the orchestra to begin playing.
A molecule that is an active ingredient in red wine can slow the aging of human cells. It extends the life expectancy of every organism that, so far, has been fed on it, including yeast, worms, and fruit flies.
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