The Humanities Center at Harvard has received a $268,000 grant from the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation to help strengthen the role of humanities throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences…
Professor of Mathematics Richard Taylor has received the 2002 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in number theory. Presented every three years by the American Mathematical Society (AMA), the prize recognizes outstanding…
William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of the History of Religion in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will serve as Acting Dean of the Harvard Divinity School pending the appointment of a permanent dean, President Lawrence H. Summers announced today.
A total of 1,174 students were admitted this year under the College’s early action program, the fourth consecutive year in which the number of students admitted early has stayed roughly…
Every Saturday morning, country music gets an Ivy League shine … and Harvard goes just a little bit hillbilly. That’s when the banjos and barn-dances of Hillbilly at Harvard, one of New England’s best-loved, most respected, and longest-lived country music radio shows, take over the microphones of WHRB (95.3 FM), Harvard’s student-run radio station.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH) have found that elevated levels of specific antibodies that fight a range of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antigens are associated with the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS).
The Office for the Arts (OFA) has announced its sponsorship of more than 40 spring grants for creative projects ranging from music and the visual arts to theater and the cultural arts.
The Office for the Arts (OFA) has announced its sponsorship of more than 40 spring grants for creative projects ranging from music and the visual arts to theater and the cultural arts.
The Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds have approved a $1.58 million grant to Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership to create a leadership program for school superintendents.
The present Ivy League Player of the Week, Harvard forward Hana Peljto ’04, made a strong case for Player of the Year candidacy last Saturday night (Jan. 5) at Lavietes…
Charles Segal, Walter C. Klein Professor of the Classics at Harvard University, died Jan. 1 after a long struggle with cancer. He was 65. Segal, whose scholarly career spanned almost…
Don C. Wiley, Harvard’s John L. Loeb Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and one of the most distinguished structural biologists of his generation, died recently at the age of 57.…
Following twenty-seven years as a member of the Harvard Corporation, Robert G. Stone, Jr., will conclude his service as Fellow of Harvard College at the end of the 2001-02 academic year.
The Institute for Government Innovation at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced that five initiatives have won 2001 Innovations in American Government Awards for their outstanding creative problem…
After three hours of mathematics one recent Saturday morning, 25 Boston middle school teachers paused briefly for lunch, after which they began their fourth hour of class totally engaged with…
January 2002 marks the launch of National Mentoring Month, a public service campaign created and spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project (HMP) in collaboration with AOL Time Warner, the ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox television networks, the National Mentoring Partnership, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and other nonprofit groups.
Red-tailed hawks, Harvard Yard residents for several years, are alert and watchful now. Recently, they treated the sharp-eyed to a view of natureÕs spectacle that might have been hidden by the leaves of summer or fall.
Elijah Wood, the young actor currently starring as Frodo in the blockbuster film “The Lord of the Rings,” journeyed from Middle Earth to Harvard Yard last Saturday and Sunday (Jan.…
William Clinton Burriss Young ’55, formerly associate dean of freshmen in Harvard College, died in Cambridge on Jan. 8 after a long illness. He was 68 years old. For more…
They see some of the worlds worst birth defects at Childrens Hospital in Boston. Dario Fauza remembers a big beautiful boy born with a normal heart outside of his body. There was no way we could cover it, the baby died of infection, the Harvard Medical School surgeon recalls.
What do an Eagle Scout, a mountain climber, a concert pianist, a skydiver, and a Mormon missionary have in common? Theyre all Harvard Students who have been named as Rhodes Scholars this year. After a day of final interviews and anxious waiting, the five students got the news on Saturday (Dec. 8) that theyd been chosen, giving Harvard the most Rhodes Scholars in the nation. This years winners bring the total number of U.S. Rhodes Scholars at Harvard to 300. In addition, Harvard student Karin Alexander from Zimbabwe was named an International Rhodes Scholar (see sidebar).
At its sixth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council heard (and viewed) a report on space planning in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences presented by Nancy Maull, executive dean of the faculty, and David Zewinski, associate dean of the faculty for Physical Resources and Planning.
Dec. 16, 1788 – From the “Journal of Disorders” of Eliphalet Pearson, the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages: “Still greater disorders at Doctor Wigglesworth’s public lecture. As…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Dec. 8. The official log is located at 29 Garden St.
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: Dec. 13 Feb. 1, 2002 March…
The 2001 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a sub-committee of the president and fellows, is now available upon request from the Office for the Committees on Shareholder Responsibility. Please call (617) 495-0985 to request copies.
John Mark Hansen, newly appointed professor of government, stands squarely at the intersection of the public and policy. Much of Hansen’s research, from questioning how and why voters vote to…
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