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  • Kerrigan, Wylie to host ‘Evening With Champions’

    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.

  • Thomas Everett, Band Director

    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.

  • Seasonal change

    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).

  • Pakistan’s Musharraf speaks at KSG

    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.

  • Summers greets first-years at cookout

    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.

  • September 11 observance draws 10,000 to Tercentenary Theatre

    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.

  • Gladiator

    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.

  • Divinity School’s acting dean named to post

    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.

  • Memorial service set for Stephen Jay Gould

    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.

  • This month in Harvard History

    During the month of August:

  • ‘Beppie’ Huidekoper to become VP at Brown

    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.

  • Police Reports

    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.

  • University Marshal Rick Hunt to retire

    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.

  • Dan Hilly, Locksmith

    In 25 years as a locksmith with Harvards Facilities Maintenance Operations, Dan Hilly has seen it all.

  • No audition required

    On the last afternoon in July, on the steps of the Memorial Church, Harvard Band director Thomas Everett led a rebellion of sorts.

  • Arthur Loeb, leader in design, dies at 79

    Arthur Lee Loeb, a senior lecturer and honorary associate in the Department of Visual and Environmental studies, died July 19 at Brigham and Womens Hospital. He was 79.

  • Fired publisher named Nieman Fellow

    Russell Mills, who was fired as publisher of the Ottawa Citizen following publication of a story critical of Prime Minister Jean Chr&eacutetien and an editorial calling for his resignation, has been awarded a Nieman Fellowship.

  • Mo’alem Project gives voice to teachers of girls in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan

    Even before the World Trade Center towers fell, respected news sources and e-mail chain letters alike decried the state of education for girls under Afghanistans Taliban regime. For some, the news forged a link: Islam equals no education for women and girls.

  • Newsmakers

    Francine Benes receives national award

  • In Brief

    World-class ice show to benefit Jimmy Fund

  • Author calls for renewal of honor for heroes

    Seventy-six years ago today (Aug. 22, 1926), Charles William Eliot, Harvards longest-serving president, died at his summer home in Maine at the age of 92.

  • Bio-grant links faculty research to undergrads

    With breakthroughs like the human genome project, the fundamentals of biology dont seem so fundamental anymore. Yesterdays textbook might be obsolete by the time its bound and distributed.

  • Marjorie Cohn named acting director of Fogg

    Harvard Provost Steven E. Hyman has announced the appointment of Marjorie B. Cohn, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints at the Fogg Art Museum, to serve as acting director of the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) until a permanent successor to James Cuno is determined and installed. Cuno, director since 1991, will be leaving at the end of December to head Londons Courtauld Institute of Art.

  • Weather watchers forecast better forecasts

    The notorious inaccuracy of weather forecasts has been the stuff of countless jokes, comic strips, and sitcom disasters, such as the recent New Yorker cartoon that shows a weather reporter in a rain jacket, holding an umbrella. At this point, its still not classified as a hurricane, he says into the camera. Its still being called a raindrop.

  • From the literary page to the public stage

    Meenakashi Gupta 03, who has worked with Project HEALTH Girls Fitness and Nutrition Program for several years, knew that helping inner-city girls steer clear of obesity involved healthy eating and plenty of exercise.

  • The intersection of press and politics

    This fall, students in Deb Harmons advanced placement English class will be getting involved in politics in their hometown of Defiance, Ohio.

  • Fountain of youth discovered

    Ah, summer. Hanging out by the swimmin hole, paddling lazily with friends, splashing cannonballs and double-dog-dares off the highest dives.

  • Busquets is first Bucksbaum Professor

    Joan Busquets has been appointed the first Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design, effective July 1, the Graduate School of Designs Dean Peter G. Rowe announced in July. Busquets comes to the Faculty of Design from a position at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, where he has been Professor of Town Planning in the School of Architecture since 1979.

  • STEP-ping down

    Nelda Pierre, a rising senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, fielded questions from tourists (Wheres the Coop? Whens the next tour?) on Tuesday (Aug. 20), one of her final days as a summer employee in the Harvard Events and Information Center. Harvards Summer Teen Employment Program (STEP) filled 92 summer positions around Harvard – including Pierres – with teens from Cambridge and Boston public schools. STEP eased the students way into the world of work with seminars and social events.

  • Mental health workers prepare for Sept 11th ‘reaction’

    Mental health professionals call it the anniversary reaction – the triggering of negative feelings as the date of a past traumatic event makes its annual appearance on the calendar.