Nine new fellows, including two Kennedy School of Government (KSG) alumni and members of the faculty of Tsinghua University in China, will join 23 returning and senior fellows at the Schools Center for Business and Government (CBG) this spring.
You always hear people say, If scientists can send men to the Moon, why cant they find a way for us to eat what we want and not get fat? And why cant they invent a pill that will extend our lives?
Jackie ONeill, who has spent nearly a decade as staff director in Massachusetts Hall, has been appointed director of communications and external relations for the Allston Initiative. She began her duties this week.
Reviewing books can be a thankless task. To do the job conscientiously requires many hours of attentive reading, perhaps additional hours of collateral research if one is not an expert on the subject, followed by an often agonizing session of massaging an unruly cluster of reactions into a cogent, accessible, and impossibly brief piece of writing.
The audience at the Feb. 7 concert by the Boys Choir of Harlem never would have guessed that the performers were all suffering from fatigue if they hadnt been told so by the choirs founder and director, Walter J. Turnbull.
It was a quiet, bright, snow-blanketed Saturday morning (Feb. 8), the kind that keeps most college students snug in warm beds until late. But inside Malkin Athletic Center, some of Harvards women athletes were already working up a sweat while awaiting the arrival of an important team – young girls from Allston-Brighton, East Boston, and Cambridge.
A record 20,918 students have applied for entrance to the Class of 2007 next September. For the 12th time in the past 13 years the number of applications rose. Last year, 19,609 students applied for admission.
The two buildings on either side of Cambridge Street comprising the new Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) will not be linked by a tunnel. Despite lengthy negotiations and even a momentary agreement, representatives of Harvard and Mid Cambridge community organizations could not reach a consensus.
At its ninth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council heard a report from Dean Michael Shinagel (Continuing Education and English) on current issues in the Division of Continuing Education, including its evolving distance education program, the residency requirement for its degree programs, and summer study abroad programs. Deans Peter Buck (History of Science) and Henry Leitner (DEAS) of the division were present for this discussion.
Feb. 1, 1838 – An explosion rocks the chapel (now the Faculty Room) of University Hall in the first of several blasts in the building&’s history. Outsiders are deemed the…
Harvard students organized a solemn ceremony of remembrance for astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia on Sunday (Feb. 2). About 60 students attended the ceremony at Harvards Memorial Church, including representatives of more than a dozen student groups.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Jan. 31. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
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:
With subzero temperatures and lingering snow, its hard to imagine surviving winter this year. But take heart. Long before spring arrives, hundreds of yellow bundles will be delivered to Harvards door, boosting spirits – and saving lives as well.
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) have published a study that for the first time casts doubt on a widely held belief that larger hospitals that see more patients have better surgical outcomes.
Despite subzero temperatures, Allston-Brightons youngest hockey fans recently turned out for Harvard Universitys annual Allston-Brighton Family Skating Party at the Bright Hockey Rink. This has been a popular night out for Allston-Brighton families for the past 14 years. David Reilly (left) gives son Shawn a push, while friend Taylor Laffey (right) gets into the act.
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -Walt Whitman As an artist, Heather Stewart, like Whitman, happily contradicts herself. One day,…
Researchers at Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) have found that women who care for sick or disabled spouses for nine or more hours a week may have an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The findings are published in the February issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Its National Literacy Week, and all over Harvard, teachers and learners are engaged in an ongoing, multilevel effort to improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.
Sports page change For special Beanpot coverage, see pages 14 and 15. CSWR summer grants available The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School has announced…
Jerome H. Buckley, the Gurney Professor of English Literature Emeritus, died Jan. 28 at Massachusetts General Hospital at the age of 85. The cause of death was respiratory failure following a series of strokes.
Nathan named Howland Medal winner The American Pediatric Society has named David G. Nathan, president emeritus of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the 2003 recipient of the John Howland Medal, the society’s…
Ann E. Berman has been named vice president for finance and chief financial officer of the University, President Lawrence H. Summers announced on Monday (Feb. 3).
The new University Ombuds Office, providing confidential and impartial problem-solving assistance to all faculty, staff, and students, opened on Feb. 1.
Arthur Rock, a member of the Harvard Business School M.B.A. Class of 1951 and a pioneering venture capitalist who helped form numerous start-ups that went on to become 20th century success stories, including Intel Corp., Teledyne, Scientific Data Systems, and Apple Computer, has donated $25 million to the School to fund the establishment of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.
In anticipation of Feb. 14, two groups of Harvard students are preparing to mark the occasion not with hearts and cupids but with a consciousness-raising celebration of the other V: vagina.
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