Campus & Community

Nominations are now being sought for the fourth annual Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HMS/HSDM) Deans Community Service Award. Faculty, residents, and students at all affiliated institutions are eligible for the award, which recognizes outstanding personal efforts in serving the local, national, or international community. At least one faculty member, trainee, staff member, and student are selected each year in recognition of their participation in community service activities and programs. The award includes a donation of $1,000 to the recipients community service program. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, March 22.

Theyve tackled reading.

The zebrafish floated on the video screen, the image piped in from a small container whose black and white striped walls rotated, providing motion on which the fish could focus. After a moment, one eye moved, indicating that the fish could see the motion around it.

Jeffrey Sachs, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade and director of the Center for International Development, has been named a special adviser to the United Nations secretary-general on the UNs Millennium Development Goals.

Dean Peter G. Rowe of the Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced the promotion of Preston Scott Cohen to professor of architecture with tenure. The promotion of Cohen, who has been teaching at the GSD since 1989 and is the coordinator of the introductory design studio, became effective Jan. 1.

A two-term U.S. senator, a 12-term U.S. congressman, Vice President Cheneys press secretary, and the daughter of President and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson are among those who have been chosen for exclusive fellowships at the Kennedy School of Governments Institute of Politics (IOP).

Whether your thing is studying computer science in Canada or Mayan textiles in Mexico, theres likely a fellowship to help defray your expenses. Now, a new fellowship offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) will help you explore homelessness in Houston or work-to-welfare in Walla Walla.

Spring in New England is a hard-won event. Snow lingers through April, chilly winds blast in May, and the Red Sox … well, maybe next year.

The United States is at a pinnacle of world power comparable to that reached by the British and Roman Empires, yet in todays world its military might, economic power, and cultural sway arent enough to go it alone, according to Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr.

When Elijah Ary was 4, he began telling his parents about a place he visited in dreams that he called my planet.

Breathing a collective sigh of relief that they are not violating federal law, the nation’s teachers return this week to the widespread practice of letting students correct each other’s papers.

Bobby McFerrin at Harvard

Harvard hockey stars win Olympic gold for Canada; Americans take silver

In the subheadline on page 1 of the Feb. 14 issue of the Gazette, Jeremy R. Knowles was misidentified as the dean of Harvard College. Knowles is the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harry R. Lewis is the dean of Harvard College.

At its 10th meeting of the year, the Faculty Council discussed the agenda for the March Faculty Meeting, particularly the motion to reduce the Core Curriculum Requirement from eight to seven half courses.

Feb. 4, 1952 – Time runs out for the street clock in front of the Harvard Trust Co. (now Fleet) after a moving van knocks it down, smashing it beyond repair. The bank promptly announces that in two to three months, it will replace the 40-year-old landmark with another in the same spot.

Margaret Bentley Sevcenko, editor of publications for the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, died of respiratory failure on Feb. 9 at the age of 71. In the words of Oleg Grabar, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art Emeritus, Sevcenko joined the program at Harvard and M.I.T. in 1979, guided its first steps, and set it on its successful course.

Noted actor, producer, and director Blair Underwood has been named the 2002 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation of Harvard University. Underwood will accept the Harvard Foundation award for his outstanding contributions to American performing arts in Sanders Theatre during Harvards annual Cultural Rhythms festival on Saturday, Feb. 23. The award bears the signatures of Harvards President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean of Harvard College Harry R. Lewis. Previous honorees have included Andy Garcia, Will Smith, Matt Damon, Halle Berry, and Jackie Chan.

A new study from the School of Public Health (SPH) has found that in states and regions with higher levels of household firearm ownership, many more children are dying from homicide, suicide, and gun accidents. The differences in rates of violent death to children across states are large. The higher death rates in high-gun states are due to differences in deaths from firearms. This elevated rate of violent death to children in high gun states cannot be explained by differences in state levels of poverty, education, or urbanization.

One day, it’s an ancient jade carving knife, so subtle in its contours that it appears flat until careful lighting restores its shadows and curves.

Andrea Quintana 02 was one of the first to donate blood at Harvards Red Cross Blood Drive, which continues at Memorial Hall today (Thursday, Feb. 21) and tomorrow. It costs me nothing and it can help someone else, said Quintana, who has participated in nearly all of Harvards quarterly blood drives since her freshman year.

Proposed 2002-2003 Rents for Current Affiliated Residents Living in Affiliated Housing:

WorldTeach, a nonprofit organization that places teachers in developing countries to teach English as a foreign language, has full-year programs in China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Namibia, departing in January, April, June, and September. Six-month programs in China and Honduras, or eight-week summer programs in China, Costa Rica, and Ecuador are also available. In August, WorldTeach will launch a new program in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific.

Bruce Willis didnt save the world on his Valentines Day visit to Harvard, but he did manage to salvage his dignity, fielding every curve his hosts threw him with good-natured grace and humor.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Medicine on December 19, 2001, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

Jeremy R. Knowles, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 1991, has announced his plans to end his service as dean and to return to the faculty at the end of this academic year.

Feb. 29, 1672 – President Charles Chauncy dies in office.

This evening (Feb. 14) the toughest movie star in America will be roasted at the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Awards. Actor Bruce Willis, who recently garnered critical raves for his work on the film Sixth Sense (and whose new movie, Harts War, will be released tomorrow), will be teased and toasted by his Hasty Pudding hosts at 8 p.m. at the Hasty Pudding Theatre, prior to the start of the opening night performance of Snow Place Like Home. A press conference will be held immediately after the roast at 8:25 p.m.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, Feb. 9. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. on the following dates: March 5 April 10 May 8…