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  • Gene patterns reveal disease risks

    A new discovery could make it much easier to find each person’s genetic risk of getting cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and other common diseases.

  • 2002 Harvard Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Directors are announced

    2002 Harvard Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Directors are announced

  • Harvard scientists contribute to National Academy terrorism report

    Harvard scientists contribute to National Academy terrorism report

  • In jest and in earnest, President Summers bids graduates ‘Godspeed and veritas’

    At his first-ever Baccalaureate address, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers encouraged the Class of 2002 to develop their unique talents, contribute to their communities, and devote the coming years to nurturing the friendships that will sustain them into the future.

  • Twelve to receive honorary degrees

    Nine men and three women will receive honorary degrees at Harvards 351st Commencement Exercises this morning, including the Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who will speak at the Commencement Afternoon Exercises.

  • Williamson is named Overseers’ president

    Thomas S. Williamson Jr. 68, has been elected president of Harvards Board of Overseers for 2002-03. He will succeed Richard E. Oldenburg 54, after Commencement.

  • Memorial service set for Carolyn Andrews

    A memorial service for Carolyn E. Andrews, who served as associate master of Leverett House from 1971 to 1981 with her husband, Kenneth R. Andrews, Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, will be held on Tuesday (June 11) at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Church.The service will be followed by a reception at the Harvard University Faculty Club.Mrs. Andrews died on March 20 at the age of 85.

  • Capping off a great year

    Jesse Grunfeld, a Law School graduate, looks like hes about to give his mortarboard a sporty tilt as he gets his ensemble together for the great event. A slightly more solemn Ph.D. mannequin looks on.

  • Employment Services Office to host forum

    Employment Services Office, collaborating with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2002 on June 11 at the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St.

  • University’s general counsel to step down

    Anne Taylor intends to step down as the Universitys vice president and general counsel by early fall, she announced Wednesday (June 5).

  • Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday (June 1). The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

  • The Big Picture

    Cecil B. DeMille has nothing on Grace Scheibner.

  • Newsmakers

    Four faculty receive awards from academy in Berlin

  • Billie Jean King to receive Radcliffe Medal

    Billie Jean King, a leader for social change both on and off the tennis court, will be presented with the 2002 Radcliffe Medal during ceremonies on Friday (June 7) at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

  • In brief

    Four faculty receive awards from academy in Berlin

  • Franken’s counsel: ‘It’s lonely at the bottom’

    Al Franken is the perfect Class Day speaker – just ask him.

  • GSAS Medalists announced

    A physicist who has helped guide U.S. science policy, a biologist who is Indias foremost conservationist, a psychologist who studies organizational behavior, and an engineer who has made major contributions to the science of aerodynamics received the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal on Wednesday (June 6) at the Harvard Faculty Club.

  • Commencement bells have appeal

    A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge today (June 6).

  • Ngwenyama plays the ‘music of the spheres’

    Now that Nokuthula Ngwenyama is about to receive her masters in theological studies, she feels less sure about her goals than when she started the program.

  • He wants to be America’s dentist

    When Phillip Woods was in the eighth grade, he announced to his parents, Im going to Harvard. It was a big goal for the son of a Baptist preacher in rural North Carolina.

  • KSG graduates help Kenyans battle AIDS

    Shanti Nayak and Nazanin Samari-Kermani have made the Kenyan battle against AIDS a personal matter, traveling this semester from Mount Elgon in Kenyas west to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in the east to help a leading anti-poverty organization gear up to fight the disease.

  • Ben Crockett is off to the show

    Major League Baseballs scouting report for Harvard pitcher Ben Crockett 02 applauds his loose, live, strong arm, comparing his lean frame to legend Orel Hershiser. The report celebrates his downer curve with late bite and his solid fielding skills. It concludes with something of a curveball, at least in the world of bottom-line professional sports, describing Crockett, the Crimsons 6-foot-3-inch slinger, as an Outstanding person. Seems the senior economics major has made an impression with more than just his 92 mph fastball.

  • The divine secrets of the Jimenez sisterhood

    No one needs to tell the Jimenez family that Harvard is worlds away from their home in Rancho Cascade, Calif.

  • 351st Commencement

    351st Commencement: Harvard confers 6,409 degrees and 361 certificates

  • Celebrating a bridge built to last

    From August through May, the workers in the program get four hours of paid release time each week to learn English, computer skills, or the subjects they need to earn a high school diploma. Held onsite, the classes are staggered to cover work schedules ranging from 9-to-5 to the graveyard shift.

  • Davis Center names awardees for 2002-03

    The Davis Center for Russian Studies has announced the recipients of its fellowship, dissertation, and research travel awards for 2002-03.

  • Music fellowships, awards announced

    The Department of Music has announced that $120,000 went toward fellowship and award programs for the departments graduate and undergraduate students.

  • Center for Jewish Studies announces prize winners

    The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies has announced that two graduating seniors are the recipients of the 2002 Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies and the Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.

  • GSD students win Joint Center awards

    Harvards Joint Center for Housing Studies has announced its selection of Rachel D. Jaffe and Abigail N. Hoover, both of the Graduate School of Design, as this years recipients of the Awards for Outstanding Housing Paper or Design. Each year, the center awards the prizes for graduate-level research and design that best advances the field of housing studies as an academic endeavor.

  • CES announces student awards and internships for 2002-03

    The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has announced its student awards and internships for the 2002-03 academic year. The center will support the projects and research of 35 undergraduate and graduate students with grants that total more than $350,000.