Bishop Charles E. Blake, minister of the 20,000-member West Angeles Church of God In Christ in Los Angeles, was awarded the Harvard Foundation Humanitarian Medal on Feb. 27. The ceremony took place before a crowd of students, faculty, and members of the greater Cambridge community at Harvards Memorial Church. The event, sponsored by the Harvard Foundation, the Memorial Church, and the Harvard Divinity School honored Blakes work with Save Africas Children, an international church-based effort to build and sustain orphanages for millions of Africas AIDS-orphaned children and hospices for children with HIV/AIDS. During his Harvard visit, Blake met with Harvard Divinity School Dean William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Harvey Cox, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, Ben Wikler 03, founder of the Harvard AIDS Coalition, and Robert Franklin, visiting professor of African American Religious Studies.
In the Feb. 6 issue of the Gazette, in a page 7 article on literacy programs around the University, the Gazette neglected to properly credit authorship of a section of the article. The section dealing with the Department of Social Medicine Writing Seminar for International Postdoctoral Fellows was written by Robynn Maines, who teaches the seminar. The Gazette regrets the omission.
In an article about Heinz Award winners that appeared on page 10 of the Feb. 27 issue of the Gazette, Professor of Medical Anthropology Paul Farmer was not included as an award recipient because complete information had not been provided to the Gazette by press time. Farmer received the Heinz Award for the Human Condition for his work in treating deadly infectious diseases among the worlds poorest people.
March 27, 1828 – Corporation Fellow Nathaniel Bowditch lambastes President John Thornton Kirkland, who has in practice ignored many recent cost-saving measures that Bowditch had set in motion. To everyone’s…
Rotberg to deliver Rhodes Lecture Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution, will deliver the first of this year’s Rhodes…
Sandy Seleskys idea of fun is spending hours on her hands and knees, inching toward a covey of terns or sandpipers in the hope of snapping a few shots with her Nikon before they scatter and regroup farther down the beach.
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the fourth funding cycle for the Kuwait Program Research Fund. The fund is made possible through the generous support of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. A KSG faculty committee will consider applications for small one-year grants (up to $30,000) to support advanced research by University faculty members on issues of critical importance to Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. Grants can be applied toward research assistance, travel, summer salary, and course buyout.
The Boston Cameratas 2002-03 season concludes on March 14 at 8 p.m. with a colorful musical anthology titled O Triumphale Diamante: Music for Ferrara 1400-1500. Music for this concert is drawn from the brilliant court of 15th and 16th century Ferrara, Italy, and includes works by Guillaume Dufay and Josquin des Près. Music director Joel Cohen and the Camerata musicians are joined by the Harvard University Choral Fellows for this one-time performance to be held at Memorial Church. Assistant Professor of Music Sean Gallagher will deliver a lecture before the concert at 7 p.m.
What America bills as a War on Drugs at home is executed as a war on peasants in the Bolivian Andes, the leader of a peasant coalition told a Kennedy School of Government audience on Friday (Feb. 28).
A beautiful young actress and a teen magazine with articles like Get cute hair in minutes put a fresh, surprising face on the subject of eating disorders at a panel discussion Monday night (Feb. 24) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 22. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
The University has received inquiries regarding its level of emergency preparedness as a result of the federal governments elevation of the Homeland Security threat level. It is important to emphasize that no threats have been made against the University. University police are in regular, coordinated contact with city, state, and federal authorities, and will notify the campus community should there be cause for concern.
A memorial service for John Rawls, the James Bryant Conant University Professor Emeritus, will be held at Sanders Theatre today (Feb. 27) at 3 p.m. A reception will immediately follow in Loeb House, 17 Quincy St.
Harvard faculty huddled with business, government, and nonprofit representatives last week at the Kennedy School of Government in an effort to forge new partnerships in the global fight against AIDS.
If she had it all to do over again, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell said shed address the issue of gender bias in political coverage head on, instead of being blindsided by it, as she was in the 1993 election that forced her out of office.
Citing the Constitutions function as establishing a minimum floor beneath which no American or state law can fall, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) made the case at the ARCO Forum Monday night (Feb. 24) for two new constitutional amendments to guarantee equal quality education and basic health care for all Americans.
Note to readers The Big Picture will resume next week. French cinema (cheap) at Film Archive The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Boston, in conjunction with the Harvard…
The No. 1 ranked Harvard womens hockey team clinched both the ECAC regular season and Ivy League title with a 4-3 win over visiting Brown this past Tuesday night (Feb. 25). Seniors Kalen Ingram and Jennifer Botterill each notched a goal and an assist in the win, which improved the Crimson to 24-1-1, 13-0-1 Ivy. With the victory, Harvard earns its second ECAC regular-season title, and fifth Ivy title in program history.
One of Harvard and Bostons most appealing summer activities for adults and kids alike, The Tennis Camps at Harvard (TCH), will be starting its 13th season June 9 at the Beren Tennis Center at Soldiers Field.
John D. Spengler, the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation in the Faculty of the School of Public Health (SPH), has been named a co-recipient of the ninth annual Heinz Award for the Environment. Together with 1995 Nobel Prize-winner Mario J. Molina of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is being recognized for his groundbreaking contributions toward understanding the impact of air pollution on human health.
Jane Edwards, well known for her work in international education, has been named director of International Programs. In making the announcement, William C. Kirby, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said the appointment is one of the first steps in his efforts to increase opportunities for Harvard students to include significant international experience in their undergraduate programs. Edwards will take the reins of the department beginning July 1.
Rinde Eckert respects the classics, but he isnt afraid of them. In his theatrical productions and performance pieces, he has radically reinterpreted classic texts by Dante, Shakespeare, Herman Melville, and many others.
Who steals my purse steals trash tis something, nothing Twas mine, tis his, and has been slave to thousands But he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.
Shes got a Grammy on her shelf and an Oscar nomination, but actress and rap musician Queen Latifah didnt let fame and royalty stand between her and a good time with Harvard students. Latifah, the Harvard Foundations 2003 Artist of the Year, mingled warmly and performed enthusiastically at Harvards 18th annual Cultural Rhythms Festival Saturday (Feb. 22) at Sanders Theatre.
Most people have upward of 700 different bacteria living in their mouths. Some cause bad breath, while others may protect you from it. Dental researchers have known this for a long time but have difficulty telling which bacteria are which.
Feb. 6-7, 1978 – The Blizzard of ’78, a snowstorm of historic proportions, dumps 27 inches of snow on Greater Boston and brings the state to a virtual standstill for…
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:
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