Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending May 31. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Twenty-five years ago, when she was just 18 years old, Cindy Huff had a stroke that paralyzed her right side and left her unable to talk, read, or write. Feisty and focused, Huff, a server in Adams House for Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), re-learned speech and literacy skills, then added driving, sewing, playing pool, and skiing to her curriculum.
For the most part the photos illuminating the dark theater are indistinguishable from one another. This is the building before… and this is the building after.
Margaret Atwood 62, Canadian novelist, poet, and critic, will receive the 2003 Radcliffe Medal on Friday, June 6, at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at the yearly Radcliffe Association luncheon.
At first glance, it is hard to see a campus on the 110 undeveloped acres that Harvard owns in North Allston. The parking lots, warehouses, and industrial sites are evidence that there is much groundwork to be done. Officials say it could take years, if not decades, before a new campus can be fully realized. Still, there has been an enormous amount of activity in the last year centered around planning and analyzing data and opinion from across the University. Through these efforts the University hopes to inform a decision on how to design and build an Allston campus.
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is pleased to announce the names of the women and men selected as 2003-04 Radcliffe Fellows. While at Radcliffe, this years fellows will work individually and across disciplines on projects chosen for their quality and long-term impact. Together, the fellows distinguished endeavors are the focus of the institutes scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work in any of the academic disciplines, professions, or creative arts. Within that broad purpose, the institute sustains a continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society.
Celebrating the excellence and diversity of research by Harvard College seniors, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study awarded its 2003 Fay Prize to three students whose theses explored mangroves, motors, and the mind.
Albert W. 43 and Katharine E. Merck, enthusiastic advocates for excellence in public and private education, have given $15 million to Harvard to strengthen teacher training and instructional technology. With gifts to the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the Mercks will enable the University to share its pedagogical research with teachers of students of all ages around the world, and help improve the quality of undergraduate instruction in Harvard College.
Achievement at the Business School (HBS) takes many forms, both inside and outside the classroom. Each year the Deans Award recognizes individuals whose daily lives and actions embody and further define the Schools most important ideals. Five members of the Class of 2003 were honored by Dean Kim B. Clark for their outstanding contributions to the HBS community over the past two years they include the Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, C.S.C., Moon K. Lee, Brandt B. Pyles, Douglas K. Schillinger, and Matthew J. Turner.
One hundred seventy-one people were honored on Thursday (May 29) for reaching a milestone this year: 25 years of service to the University. The 49th annual 25 Year Recognition Ceremony – a unique event in that it recognizes both faculty and staff from across the entire University – was held at the Ropes-Gray Room, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School.
An art educator, a political philosopher, a bioethicist, and a Washington journalist received the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Centennial Medal on Wednesday, June 4, at the Harvard Faculty Club.
Harvards Class of 2003 reaped sage advice and congratulatory wishes from not one but two Class Day speakers yesterday (June 4): Saturday Night Live comedian and actor Will Ferrell and President George W. Bush, impersonated with hilarious accuracy by Ferrell.
Two extraordinary women contributed their inspiring presence to this years Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Literary Exercises. Ruth Simmons, president of Brown University, presented the oration, and Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, read the Phi Beta Kappa poem.
At Harvard College, no one has to live on campus after freshman year, yet an astonishing 97 percent of students continue to do so until graduation – and whether they know it or not, they have their house masters to thank.
As a part of its new program in Berlin, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) will be sending three Harvard College students to Berlin, where they will serve as interns at important German institutions of learning and research.
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In Aftertaste, senior Ceridwen Doveys documentary film about South African empowerment project wine farms, there are no good guys or bad guys, no obvious winners or clear losers.
Next fall, while many of her fellow graduates are sending their resumes around to Fortune 500 companies or getting ready to pursue graduate or professional degrees, Shelby Braxton-Brooks 03 will be taking a route that is a little less well-worn and, in some peoples estimation, a lot riskier.
In his sophomore year, Sachin Shivaram 03 spotted a course at the Kennedy School of Government that sounded tailor-made to his interests: Race, Class, and Poverty in Urban America, taught by sociologist William Julius Wilson.
When Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton receives the M.Ed. degree today from Harvards Graduate School of Education (GSE), hell be one of the few graduates whose parents are not proud.
For someone who likes to get things done, often in overtime, senior hockey standout Jennifer Botterill places a surprising amount of stock in the power of persuasion. Yet the explosive Canadian forward – part owner of four Beanpot titles (two of which she won in OT), one national championship (also won in OT), and two Olympic medals – also understands when to pounce on opportunities like few in the game.
Johanna Paretzky 03 came to Harvard a jock. Her high school days and summer vacations had been filled with soccer, basketball, and karate, and she considered competing at Harvard.
On his first day at Harvard, John Rigby 03 thought the place was a mess. The Yard was littered with branches, twigs, trash, and whole oak trees torn from the ground. Of course, there was a good reason for the carnage: Boston was just beginning to peek out from hiding after the great hurricane of Sept. 21, 1938.
Driving along Interstate 80, pulling a rented trailer containing all his worldly possessions, Christopher Alloways-Ramsey had no way of knowing that his life was suddenly about to change.
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