In January 2002, former Medical School Executive Dean for Administration Paul Levy took over as president and chief executive officer of ailing Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which had been losing $50 to $60 million a year.
On April 22, the Harbus Foundation presented grants totaling $60,000 to five Boston-area nonprofit organizations. The Harbus Foundation is a student-run Harvard Business School organization whose mission is to support education, literacy, and journalism projects in Boston. This year, approximately 50 Harvard Business School students reviewed almost 100 grant applications submitted by Boston-area nonprofit organizations. Through a rigorous evaluation process that seeks to measure an organizations potential to positively impact the community, students selected five grant recipients.
Artemas Wards troubles began one April day in 1775 when he got out of bed, and they have continued now for more than 200 years. Wards two-century-old journey from pre-eminence to obscurity has provided lessons in historical research techniques for modern-day Harvard graduate students, lessons that they in turn have passed along to undergraduates.
Although the personal relationship between George Bush and Vicente Fox may have cooled since Mexicos refusal to support the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda told an audience at Harvards Yenching Lecture Hall last Wednesday (May 14) that he believed the future was bright for relations between the two countries. In a speech titled Mexico and America: Partners and Protagonists, Castañeda struck a conciliatory tone and called President Bush Mexicos best friend in the United States.
Juniors Shaka Bahadu of Dunster House (left) and Shira Sivan Simon of Leverett House have been chosen by the Harvard Alumni Association to receive the 2003 David Aloian Memorial Scholarships. The award recognizes special contributions to the quality of life in the Houses and thoughtful leadership that makes the College an exciting place in which to live and study. Each House nominates one House resident for the award.
A thick cable of nerve cells connecting the right and left sides of the brain (corpus callosum) is smaller than normal in abused children, says Martin Teicher, associate professor of…
A barrage of editorials and letters to the editor have appeared in the press in recent weeks charging that the U.S. military ignored the advice of experts on Middle Eastern art and archaeology about what needed to be done to protect Iraqs cultural heritage after the fall of Saddam Husseins government.
Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers President Adrienne Landau (left) and Director Bill Jaeger balloon the campus on Monday (May 19), just as it was decorated 15 years ago, when the election that led to the unions formation was held.
May 1638 – The College Yard expands as the Town of Cambridge grants the College a lot of land that today includes Harvard, Hollis, Stoughton, and Holworthy halls.
Representing a broad range of disciplines, from computer science to Yiddish literature, five distinguished members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been named Harvard College Professors.
Law School Dean Robert C. Clark has announced that the School has received a $10 million grant from the John M. Olin Foundation. The gift is the largest foundation grant in the Law Schools 186-year history.
Orchestra seeks players, to hold auditions The Harvard Summer School Orchestra is holding open auditions June 24-26 from 5 to 9 p.m. in Lowell Hall (Rooms B12 and B13). Viola,…
In a study of the possible association between phthalate exposure and human semen quality, researchers at the School of Public Healths (SPH) Occupational Health Program have found an association between select phthalates and low sperm count, low sperm motility, and an increased percent of abnormally shaped sperm among a group of men from couples seeking treatment at a fertility clinic in Boston. Low sperm count, low motility, and abnormal sperm morphology can affect the likelihood of conception but do not mean that a man is infertile.
At its 16th meeting of the year, the Faculty Council heard a report on the year now concluding from Dean William C. Kirby. The council also discussed with Dean Benedict Gross (mathematics and undergraduate education) the possibility of collecting data for the CUE Guide via an online questionnaire. In addition, the council discussed with Dean Harry Lewis (Harvard College and DEAS), and with Gross, the explanatory note provided for Item 2, the approval of Regulations and Standards of Conduct, on the agenda for the May 20 Faculty Meeting. Finally, the council reviewed the comments made at the May 6 Faculty Meeting concerning the Report of the Committee to Address Sexual Assault at Harvard.
Late May 1970 – Veteran football coach John M. Yovicsin announces that for reasons of health he will retire at the end of the 1970 season. After the gridiron, Yovicsin…
HBS installs solar panels Harvard Business School (HBS) has been awarded a grant for up to $172,800 from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) to install photovoltaic solar energy panels on…
“No!” “No!” “No! No! No! No!” Shouting in unison, the women gathered in an empty Gund Hall room to kick, punch, and shout in explosive, carefully choreographed moves, as if rehearsing some sort of angry, punk-rock chorus line.
In conjunction with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTWs) recent online housing survey, an open house will be held Saturday (May 17) for members of the Harvard community to learn about affordable housing. The event, which will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Middle East Restaurant in Central Square, marks the unions first housing-related open house and coincides with HUCTWs 15th anniversary.
On the corner of Brattle Street and James Street in Cambridge, just outside the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studys Gilman Gate, is a black sign on a black pole, naming the square in honor of Radcliffe recycling pioneer Scott Sandberg.
The Harvard mens heavyweight crew knocked off the favored University of Wisconsin by capturing its 22nd title at the Eastern Athletic Rowing Conference Regatta this past May 11 at Worcesters Lake Quinsigamond. The Crimson rowers conquered the blustery 2000-meter course in a time of 6:04.1, besting the Badgers by a length and a half. Dartmouth finished third at 6:10.61, followed by Navy (6:15.65), Brown (6:16.2), and Rutgers (6:31.45).
Based on the latest information from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Harvard University is adjusting its policies regarding travel by students, faculty, staff, and visitors to or from the SARS-affected areas of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. These particular changes will most immediately affect Commencement, reunions and upcoming Summer School and executive education programs. The University travel moratorium to these areas remains in effect. These policies have been adopted to help safeguard the health of everyone in the Harvard community while striving to provide pragmatic guidance.
For the past 10 years the Weissman International Internship Program, established by Paul (52) and Harriet Weissman in 1994, has provided nearly 170 sophomores and juniors with the opportunity to participate in an international internship in a field of work related to their academic and career goals. The internship program strives to enable students to develop a richer understanding of the global community in which they live and work, and provide an opportunity for them to share their experiences with the Harvard community when they return.
Teaching fellow Zahr Said changes the way her students think. Benjamin Friedman, a professor of economics, once visited a student in the hospital to help her catch up on class work. Mathematics preceptor Dale Winter makes sure all his students understand calculus, no matter how long he must stay after class.
The Program on Justice, Welfare, and Economics at Harvard University has announced its graduate student fellowship recipients for 2003-04. This interdisciplinary initiative promotes research that connects freedom, justice, and economics to human welfare and development. Dissertation fellowships and research grants seek to develop a new generation of scholars whose work encompasses ethical, political, and economic dimensions of human development.
Theres no shortage of college aspirations among low-income high school students. What distinguishes low-income kids from their middle class peers is follow through.
Drawing on the collection of the Loeb Music Library, the new exhibition In Her Own Hand: Operas Composed by Women, 1625-1939, features little-known scores by women composers, and follows the development of opera from the Italian courts in the 17th century, to the courts of the Holy Roman Empire and the German princely states in the 18th century, and finally to the public opera houses of postrevolutionary Paris and beyond. With many scores on display for the first time, the exhibition shines a light on a veiled world of female opera composers.
Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), the student-led public service agency at the University, has named Gene Corbin as its next executive director, PBHA President Rini Fonseca-Sabune 04 announced yesterday (May 14). Corbin, a senior research associate at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) with several decades experience in public service management and student leadership, assumes this position June 2.
At one point in his presentation at the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH), Joseph Henderson, associate director of the Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), asked his audience, How many of you are planning careers in public health?
This year, Dunster Houses spring formal boasted a record-breaking 400 students and tutors. As in the past, the ice moose and chocolate-covered strawberries were the hits of the evening. Beautifully attired ladies and gentlemen attested to the fact that, except for the annual Goat Roast, this evening was the most memorable event of the year.
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