In an effort to preserve a number of significant buildings in its plan to develop a portion of its land, McLean Hospital in Belmont is offering five 19th and 20th century cottages to parties who will pay the expenses to relocate them off its grounds.
Sophomore Dennis Chira (left) speaks with Mark Gaipa, preceptor and an editor of Exposé Magazine, which features the best work of students who participated in the Expository Writing Program. The two are at the annual celebratory lunch at the Harvard Faculty Club. Chiras essay, Breaking with Our British Brethren: The Declaration of Independence Revisited, was chosen to be included in this years issue of Exposé. Among the other published writers this year were (all sophomores) Timur Akazhanov, Rachel Eliza Bender, Ben Black, Josiah Child, Veronica Heller, Yi-An Huang, Nan Lou, Jura Pintar, and Rasheed Sabar. Huangs essay was awarded the 2002 Sosland Prize in Expository Writing. Childs essay was awarded the 2002 Lawrence Lader Prize in Expository Writing. And Lou received the 2002 David Rice Ecker Short Story Prize.
In a study assessing the impact of specific type and intensity of exercise and the risk of coronary heart disease among men, researchers from the School of Public Health (SPH) have found that men who train with weights, run, jog, row, or walk briskly, show the most significantly reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to those who dont do those forms of exercise. The results appear in the Oct. 23 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Thirty-two foreign scholars and professionals have been named Fulbright Scholar Program grant recipients for the 2002-03 academic year. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, participating governments, and host institutions in the United States and abroad, these grants allow scholars from across the globe to lecture or conduct research at the University. In addition, five Harvard faculty and professionals received Fulbright grants to lecture or conduct research abroad.
Back in the technological dark ages, before travelers could download turn-by-turn directions prior to setting out for an unfamiliar address or switch on their Global Positioning Systems to help them find their way in a foreign city, motorists relied on maps, those fluttering sheets of paper that unfolded to the size of a bedsheet, contained a jumble of microscopic details unintelligible to the naked eye, and soon wore away to shreds and tatters of little use except to mop up spilled soft drinks from the floor mats.
What comes to mind when you think of Halloween? Pumpkins? Witches? Black cats? Five-year-olds in Spiderman masks proffering open shopping bags while their mothers lurk anxiously in the shadows?
One of the biggest mysteries of biology is how humans and other animals get their shapes. For example, why do most people have their heart on the left side? A few humans have it on the right side, and they apparently suffer no ill effects. In fact, some people have all their visceral organs reversed. Their bodies are mirror images of whats considered normal, yet they live long, healthy lives.
Justin Pasquariello 01, who was raised in foster care, speaks at the groundbreaking for Bostons Hope. A foster care and adoption program, Bostons Hope will not only provide new, affordable housing in Dorchester, it will also provide a program aimed at building permanent support for kids whove had multiple foster care placements. Listening are (from left) Elmer Eubanks, president and CEO of Boston Aging Concerns, Young and Old, United, Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, and state Rep. Liz Malia.
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass, leading philanthropists of American secondary and higher education, recently gave Harvard $7 million to endow two professorships in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Government scholar Michael J. Sandel will serve as the first Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor. The second professorship will be named in the near future.
Those looking for the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) entered a nondescript stairwell and had to climb three flights to find what they were looking for.
In a classroom in Pound Hall at the Harvard Law School (HLS), HLS student Yael Bar-Ilan is making her case. The good faith doctrine, a fundamental maxim of American contract law, is a dynamic tool with no autonomous content, she says.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH), Trinity College, and the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland, examined the effect of a 1990 ban on coal sales and coal burning in Dublin on death rates in the city for six years before and after the ban was implemented. The study found that black smoke concentrations and nontrauma death rates were substantially reduced. The findings appear in the Oct. 19. issue of The Lancet.
The head of the Ford Foundations South Asia operation, Gowher Rizvi, has been selected as director of the new Institute for Government Innovation at the Kennedy School of Government, Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced earlier this week. Rizvi is scheduled to begin his new duties this month.
William C. Kirby, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), announced at this Tuesdays faculty meeting plans to undertake a comprehensive review of the undergraduate curriculum. This review, the first such examination in almost 30 years, is designed to ensure Harvards continuing position of strength among institutions of higher education, said Kirby in a letter sent to FAS faculty preceding the faculty meeting.
Infectious bacteria that sicken species from worms to humans can be harnessed to clean up chemical spills. Floating microbes, which remove carbon dioxide from ocean air, might reduce the impact of global warming. To explore such capabilities, the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $15 million to researchers at the Harvard Medical School, in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and two Harvard-affiliated hospitals.
Oct. 7, 1642 – By order of the Great and General Court, a reorganized Board of Overseers becomes a permanent part of College governance. Oct. 25, 1780 – The Massachusetts…
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:
A memorial service for David Riesman, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus, will be held at the Memorial Church on Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. Riesman, best known for his influential study of post-World War II American society, The Lonely Crowd, passed away on May 10, 2002.
A memorial service for Philippe E. Wamba 93, the former editor of Africana.com whose memoir, Kinship: A Familys Journey in Africa, dealt with culture, race, and his roots in the United States and Africa, will be held on Saturday (Oct. 19) at 2 p.m. at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 3 Church St., in Cambridge. A reception following the service will be held at the Barker Center at 12 Quincy St. Wamba was killed in a car crash in Kenya on Sept. 11. He was 31.
Kuwait Fund accepting grant proposals The Kuwait Program Research Fund is accepting proposals for small one-year grants (up to $30,000) to support advanced research by University faculty members on issues…
Almost 30 years ago this Faculty undertook a comprehensive re-examination of undergraduate education. That multiyear review led to the introduction of the Core Program and to a number of significant changes in other parts of the curriculum.
Showing that its not how much time you have, but rather how you use it, the Harvard football team effectively KOd Cornell this past Saturday (Oct. 12) at the Stadium, 52-23. In just over 24 minutes of possession, the Crimson amassed a whopping 553 yards on their way to scoring seven touchdowns. The Big Red, on the other hand, who never took the lead despite controlling the ball for 35 minutes, collected 368 total yards. Still perfect in the Ivy League at 2-0, the win extends the Crimsons Ivy streak to nine games (matching the standing record set in the 1983-84 season), leaving the Harvard gridders non-too-shabby at 3-1 overall.
Widener Librarys cascade of granite steps, its tall oak doors guarded by Corinthian columns, and the classical serenity of its marble lobby will be off-limits for the next six months as phase two of the buildings renovation project gets under way. The grandeur of the buildings facade and entranceway will not change, however. It will merely emerge cleaner, spiffier, and ready to face the 21st century.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the symptoms of menopause, a hot topic since research found it more risky than beneficial this past summer, took center stage at the third annual Womens Health Research Conference of Harvard Medical Schools Center of Excellence in Womens Health on Oct. 9.
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) is the hub of the Kennedy School of Governments (KSGs) research, teaching, and training in international security affairs, environmental and resource issues, science and technology policy, and intrastate conflict prevention and resolution studies.
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