Harvard Business Schools message to tomorrows business leaders couldnt be clearer – or more timely: Values like honesty, integrity, and corporate responsibility are as important to leadership development as any business skills.
Benedict H. Gross, professor of mathematics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has been named the new dean of Undergraduate Education, effective Sept. 1. Gross assumes his post at an important time in undergraduate education at Harvard, as FAS Dean William C. Kirby begins a broad-based examination of the curriculum and academic policies.
Harvard Habitat for Humanity helped incoming freshmen furnish their new homes on the cheap with its annual Stuff Sale Sept. 7Ð9. Habitat spread its wares Ñ tangles of lamps, pyramids of stacking crates, rugs, and furniture already recycled to within an inch of its life Ñ in front of the Science Center, capturing the attention and dollars of students and parents en route from the costlier business of purchasing computers and cell phones. Harvard Habitat for Humanity, which offers students the opportunity to help build affordable housing, collected four trailers full of cast-off dorm dcor from students moving out last spring, according to Stuff Sale coordinator Tim Li Õ03. At rock-bottom prices, merchandise quickly recycled itself into the next generation of dorm rooms.
Richard M. Losick, Harvard College Professor and Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has received a $1 million grant to support innovations in his teaching of science to Harvard undergraduates.
The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has updated two resources that outline many of the practices, procedures, and safety tips for members of the Harvard community: the 2002-03 Playing It Safe booklet and the revised HUPD Web site http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Following on the heels of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumis visit to Harvard on Sept. 9, Harvard is hosting the 50th anniversary celebration of U.S.-Japan cultural and educational exchanges under the aegis of the Fulbright Program, Americas premier international exchange program.
To the Cabot, Currier, and Pforzheimer House residents who enjoyed its sauces, stews, and other concoctions, it was just a giant kettle, an anonymous player in their daily dining.
The University Center for Ethics and the Professions has selected six Faculty Fellows in Ethics and a Visiting Scholar in Ethics for the 2002-03 academic year. They include the first Edmond J. Safra Faculty Fellow in Ethics and the Eugene P. Beard Faculty Fellow in Ethics. The fellows, who study ethical problems in business, government, law, medicine, and public policy, were chosen from a pool of applicants from colleges, universities, and professional institutions throughout the United States and many other countries. They will be joined by visiting professors Nicholas Christakis, professor of medical sociology, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, and Stephen Macedo, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics, Princeton University.
Ten scholars of exceptional promise have joined the Society of Fellows as Junior Fellows. The society gives scholars at early stages of their careers an opportunity to pursue their studies in any department of the University, free from formal requirements. Fellows must demonstrate exceptional ability, originality, and resourcefulness.
Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers welcomed the incoming class of the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) at its convocation Wednesday (Sept. 18), reinforcing the importance of the Schools mission and offering his support to the School in meeting key challenges.
The Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Design School (GSD) announced that 12 individuals have been awarded fellowships to participate in one year of independent study using the curriculum and programs of GSD as well as other resources at the University. The only program of its kind in the nation, the Loeb Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for nurturing the leadership potential and professional development of accomplished midcareer individuals in design and other fields related to the built and natural environment.
Learning at Harvard: anywhere, anytime. That might be the slogan for the unveiling of the new wireless computer network that got up and running this summer. Students, faculty, and staff whose laptops and personal digital assistants are equipped with wireless networking cards can now log on to the Internet without having to plug in.
Skritch, skritch, skritch. The room high in the Carpenter Center is quiet except for the scratching of charcoal on paper, the sound accented by the rooms high ceilings and concrete walls. The clear studio lighting also seems to amplify the sound somehow. Or perhaps the amplification comes from the students silence.
More than 10,000 members of the Harvard University community gathered in Tercentenary Theatre at noon on Sept. 11 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. With words, music, and prayer, students, religious leaders, and President Lawrence H. Summers honored the days tragic events and offered messages of peace and hope.
Top Olympic and world skaters will continue their battle against cancer this fall as they once again gather at Harvard to participate in Americas premier figure skating exhibition, An Evening With Champions.
Ive been auditioning students all this week, and no matter how well prepared you are, its like a landslide. In the beginning of the week its exhilarating, students come in and we can actually talk to them, help them relax, help them understand were people too. But toward the end of the week it gets to be physically exhausting. No one wants to be the first to audition. Everyone thinks, if only I could practice for just one more day Id have a better chance.
One can imagine that for Harvard football coach Tim Murphy, this past Junes graduation ceremony wasnt an entirely joyous affair. Murphy, who guided the Crimson to a perfect 9-0 campaign last season – the first such run in nearly 90 years – witnessed the departure of 13 of his starting players to the real world. Included in the exodus were tailback Josh Staph (who rushed for 506 yards last season on his way to eight touchdowns), receiver Sam Taylor (who managed 382 yards on 22 receptions), and defensive-backs Andy Fried, Eric LaHaie, and Willie Alford (who collectively made 114 tackles and five interceptions).
Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf reaffirmed Pakistans support for the U.S.-led war on terror during a Sept. 8 speech at the Kennedy School of Government, but drew the line at aiding a U.S.-led war on Iraq, saying Pakistan already has its hands full.
As the Class of 2006 anxiously looked ahead to the start of classes this week, they were able this weekend to get a bit to eat and meet the man at the head of it all, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers.
More than 10,000 members of the Harvard University community gathered in Tercentenary Theatre at noon today (Sept. 11) to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. With words, music, and prayer, students, religious leaders, and President Lawrence H. Summers honored the day’s tragic events and offered messages of peace and hope.
Rob Odilon, who is working this summer at the Fogg Museum, scorns temperatures in the upper 90s as he scales the Harvard Stadium steps during the recent heat wave. Odilon plays football for Dean College in Franklin.
Following a nationwide search that began last fall, President Lawrence H. Summers announced on Aug. 12 that he has appointed William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and professor of the history of religion, as the next dean of the Harvard Divinity School, effective immediately. Graham has served as acting dean of the School since January.
A memorial service for Stephen Jay Gould, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, will be held on Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. All members of the Harvard Community are invited to attend. Gould died on May 20 at the age of 60.
Elizabeth Beppie Huidekoper, Harvards vice president for finance since 1996, has accepted the position of executive vice president for finance and administration at Brown University. She will begin her new duties at Brown on Oct. 15.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning July 14 and ending Aug. 17. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Richard M. Hunt, a Harvard faculty member for 42 years and its University marshal since 1982, has announced that he will retire Aug. 30. He also will retire from his position as Senior Lecturer on Social Studies.
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