Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree…
At its 14th meeting of the year the Faculty Council continued its review of a draft of the Report of the Committee to Address Sexual Assault of Harvard. Professor Jennifer Leaning (Medical School and School of Public Health), and other members of the committee, as well as Robert Iuliano, acting general counsel and David Fithian, assistant dean of Harvard College and secretary to the Administrative Board, were present for this conversation.
President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven Hyman will hold office hours for students in their Massachusetts Hall offices from 4 to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) on the following dates:
Geoffrey Nyarota knew something was wrong last December when an acquaintance called to tell him the government-owned radio was reporting that he had been dismissed as editor-in-chief of the Daily News, Zimbabwes largest independent newspaper.
A small serological study that is published in the April 14 issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology shows, for the first time, that the bacterial pathogen Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae), a common bacteria that can cause respiratory infections, is associated with age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the United States.
The Harvard Undergraduate Council (UC) and President Lawrence H. Summers have announced that they will co-host Springfest 2003 on Sunday (April 27) from noon to 4 p.m. in the area of the MAC Quad.
Stuart Eizenstat calls it the greatest robbery in world history – the Nazis theft of money, valuables, artworks, and property from Jews, Catholics, and others during World War II.
Author and naturalist Peter Matthiessen described a life seeking the mystery within nature Sunday (April 13). He told of traveling to the Icelandic coast where the last great auk died, chasing great white sharks in the southern ocean, and traversing todays environmental battleground in Alaskas oil fields.
Twelve Harvard-related students are among the 30 recipients for the 2003 Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellowship. Fellows receive up to a $20,000 stipend plus half-tuition for up to two years of graduate study at any institution of higher learning in the United States.
Jack was a thief and Little Red Riding Hood a seductress. Kids adore ogres and beheadings as much as princesses and obedient little children. The moral to the story might…
April 1910 – The Andover-Harvard Theological Library formally comes into existence. Owen S. Gates, former Librarian of the Andover Theological Seminary, becomes the first librarian of the combined collections. April…
The Harvard Medical School flag is at half-staff this morning in memory of Brian A. McGovern, assistant professor of medicine, who was killed in his Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) office on April 8.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending April 5. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
William C. Kirby, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has appointed Benedict H. Gross, dean for Undergraduate Education at Harvard, as dean of Harvard College. Gross will head the consolidated offices of the dean of Harvard College and the dean for Undergraduate Education, effective July 1.
Co-authors claim Samuelson Award Assistant Professor of Business Administration Luis M. Viceira and Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics John Y. Campbell have been named co-winners of the seventh annual…
Samantha Power, lecturer in public policy at Harvards Kennedy School of Government, was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction for her book A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, which examines U.S. foreign policy toward genocide in the 20th century.
Beginning next fall, Harvard College will return to its longstanding policy of requiring that early action applicants not apply early elsewhere. As always, early admission at Harvard will remain nonbinding, meaning that students admitted early to Harvard are free to apply to other institutions during the regular admissions cycle and need only reply to a Harvard offer of admission by May 1. The change applies to next years high school seniors and reverses a policy adopted last year that allowed students to apply simultaneously to an unlimited number of nonbinding, early action colleges (such as Harvard) even if they also had applied to another college with a binding early decision policy.
Inner Jerk vs. Mr. Sparkle Mr. Sparkle, CW, and Inner Jerk – three rock bands from Harvard’s graduate schools – will battle it out this evening (April 10) at the…
The Passion According to St. John by Johann Sebastian Bach will be performed on April 18 in the Memorial Church. The music, based on St. Johns Passion, will be conducted by Gund University Organist and Choirmaster Murray Forbes Somerville and performed by the Harvard University Choir, the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (directed by Robert Mealy), guest soloists, and Thomas Gregg as the Evangelist.
Kevin Cullen, a member of the current Nieman class, was one of the team of reporters for the Boston Globe that won the Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service for its coverage of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests. Cullen had been an international correspondent for the Globe, based in England and Ireland, until he returned to the newsroom last year. The Pulitzer citation praised the Globe for courageous, comprehensive coverage of sexual abuse by priests, an effort that pierced secrecy, stirred local, national and international reaction and produced changes in the Roman Catholic Church.
After more than 12 years of service, Murray Forbes Somerville will depart from his office as Gund University Organist and Choirmaster, and Curator of the University Organs in the Memorial Church and take up a new appointment as director of music at St. Georges Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tenn.
Coming off a bumpy 5-9 road trip and a rained out home opener against Rhode Island (a 3-0 five-inning loss), the Harvard baseball team opened the Ivy League portion of its season this past weekend with some promising spring in its step. The visiting Crimson split a pair of doubleheaders against Pennsylvania and Columbia to improve to 7-12 (2-2 Ivy) – good enough for a first place tie with Brown in the leagues Red Rolfe Division.
Two former White House economic advisers engaged in a spirited debate on the merits of President Bushs tax-cut plan Thursday night (April 3) at the Kennedy School Forum.
No one in her right mind would associate a lot of TV watching with a healthy lifestyle. Now a new study of more than 50,000 women over a period of six years backs common sense with scientific support.
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