The Interlibrary Loan Division (ILL) at Widener Library is the No. 1 lender in the New England area according to statistics recently published by the New England Library Network (NELINET). ILL received, processed, and shipped 18,075 loans or copies through the national Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) in the year 2002.
Taped on the side of a gray filing cabinet in Eric Krakauers Harvard Medical School office is a black-and-white photograph of a 4-year-old Vietnamese girl holding a bowl of food and wearing a sour expression.
Somewhere between seared tilapia and popcorn chicken, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) Council of Chefs is cooking up a revolution. Assembled just over a year ago, the council – a critical mass of culinary talent, according to Alexandra McNitt, director for marketing and communications at HUDS – is in charge of creating and executing menus for Harvards 13 undergraduate dining halls, 10 campus restaurants, and Crimson Catering. At a clip of nearly 100,000 meals a week, the talented quartet – Andy Allen, Martin Breslin, Brendan Ryan, and Ludger Wessels – aims to transform the Universitys culinary system from an institutionally driven operation to a chef-based one.
What makes a great summer? Warm weather, cloudless skies, a blanket on the sand or an Adirondack chair by the lake, and, above all, a stack of reading matter that includes all the books you meant to read all year but didnt have the time.
Preparing for their positions as co-directors of a Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) summer day camp, Kristin Garcia 05 and Chris Vena 05 had a jam-packed semester this past spring. Into their Harvard studies they shoehorned the sorts of real-world duties that would make their camp – the Franklin I-O Summer Program in Dorchester – a success.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, in the first study to investigate the potential benefit in humans of the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) in reducing the risk of Parkinsons disease, have found that regular users of these drugs had a lower risk for Parkinsons disease than nonusers. The findings appear in the August 2003 issue of The Archives of Neurology.
You wouldnt expect a collection of crumbling documents from a trial that occurred more than half a century ago to still have power to shock, but Harry S. Martin, director of the Law School Library, knows better.
Robert C. Orr, a leading authority on nation building and peace operations, has been named executive director for Research of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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.
Roaming the stacks of Widener Library as a selector for the HD Push Project – which processed books for transfer to the Harvard Depository – Matthew Battles, mesmerized by rows and rows and rows of volumes, began to ponder his surroundings – the library. With Widener as an ever-present muse and a valuable resource, Battles undertook researching the history of libraries and now, four years later, has published Library: An Unquiet History (W.W. Norton & Co., 2003), which explores how libraries have accumulated, preserved, shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge.
Despite forecasts to the contrary, weather held a tentative truce with Harvards 28th annual Senior Picnic on Aug. 6, treating the 1,100 Cambridge senior citizens to a rain-free, albeit humid, celebration of friendship and community.
Harvard Extension School students Mario Garcia, So-One Hwang, Lily Kang, and Manoj Ramachandran in July 2003 experienced the weightlessness of microgravity through NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program, which…
The Harvard Business School (HBS) rugby team will open its fall 2003 season with a pair of home matches against the Boston Irish Wolfhounds Rugby Club on Sept. 13. The teams pitch is located next to Harvard Stadium and the action kicks off at noon. For more information, visit the squads Web site at http://sa.hbs.edu/rugby/.
Head coach of W’s lax named Two-time All-American Sarah (Downing) Nelson ’94 has been named head coach of the Harvard women’s lacrosse team. After starring on three Ivy championship teams…
Benedict H. Gross, dean of Harvard College, has assembled his senior staff for the Office of the Dean of Harvard College and completed the consolidation of this office with the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education, as begun this spring.
If your goal is to go home with a nice picture of an earthenware pitcher and a bowl of apples that you can frame and give to your Aunt Ida, better go somewhere else. Here its all about process, not product.
The courtyard of the Bauer Center for Genomics Research is brilliant in the summer sun. The centers goal is to combine a variety of approaches to find general principles that help to explain the structure, behavior, and evolution of cells and organisms. For more scenes of summer, go to www.harvard.edu and check out H20 (Harvard Square Online).
July 12, 1684 – President John Rogers dies in office during a total eclipse of the sun. July 18, 1780 – “Revolutionary” education? A young man visits Cambridge for the…
HMNH seeks Gallery Guides The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) seeks volunteers to share their enthusiasm for natural history with museum visitors in hopes of helping adults and children…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning June 8 and ending July 5. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
John Jay College awards Poussaint honorary degree Alvin Poussaint, professor of psychiatry and faculty associate dean for student affairs at Harvard Medical School, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters…
For years data on the relationship between dietary fat and breast cancer have left scientists and the public puzzled, but the latest study from Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) provides more compelling evidence for young women to replace their intake of animal fats with vegetable fats. In contrast to earlier work in this area, the researchers looked specifically at the diets of women during their premenopausal years. The study, published in the July 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that diets high in animal fats – not vegetable fats – may influence a womans risk of breast cancer.
Tom Lucey, president and chief executive officer of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed Harvard Universitys director of community relations for the city of Cambridge. Lucey will join Harvards Office of Community Affairs staff on July 28.
Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers joined city of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino at the Carter Playground in Bostons South End July 9 to celebrate Harvards contribution of $475,000 to the citys summer programs and jobs for youth.
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