The head of the Worcester biotech company that claims to have cloned the first human embryo ‘searched his soul’ before embarking on the research, he said during a lively discussion on the ethics of cloning and stem cell research Monday (Dec. 3) at Harvard Medical School (HMS).
SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE 12/3/01 They are the hard-boiled scribes, the muckrakers, the first on the scene, the late-night newsroom hounds who put a humanistic spin on the tragic. In…
n Nov. 1, 1924 – The Harvard-Boston (Egyptian) Expedition begins excavation of the royal cemetery of King Cheops (Khufu) near the Great Pyramid and soon identifies the tombs of Prince Kawaab (Cheopss eldest son), four other princes, Princess Meresankh II, and two pyramid priests.
German President Johannes Rau (right) shakes hands with Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers during a visit by the German leader Nov. 15. Rau met with Summers after touring Harvard Yard with University Marshal Rick Hunt. Rau also visited the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, where he presented Abigail Collins, the centers associate director, with a medal in recognition of her commitment to German-American academic exchanges.
Susan L. Graham, a computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley, will speak on Improving Software Productivity today (Nov. 29) at 4 p.m., as part of the Deans Lecture Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The talk will be held in the Robert and Naida Lessin Forum in the Maxwell Dworkin Building, 33 Oxford St., Cambridge. The event is free and open to the public.
Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers have discovered nearly all the genes responsible for vision, which could help in diagnosing and treating blinding diseases. Macular degeneration alone affects 25 percent of people over age 75. The discovery in mice of the full set of photoreceptor genes expressed in the retinal cells could also lead to new methods for preserving and restoring the vision of those affected.
The role of the United States on the world stage remained the top concern of students who met with President Clinton at the ARCO Forum immediately following his address at the Gordon Track & Tennis Center Monday afternoon.
Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton spoke of the interaction among religion, public service, and globalization on Monday (Nov. 19) to a crowd of more than 5,600 in Harvard University’s Albert H. Gordon Track and Tennis Center.
The sound check went on, sounding like a monastic chant as it echoed off Gordon Track and Tennis Center’s high metal ceiling. Ignoring the droned 1, 2, 3, 4’s, 24 Harvard undergraduates rested on newly-erected risers Sunday (Nov. 18) as they gobbled pizza and prepared for the next phase of the operation.
Faced with greater responsibilities in the aftermath of Sept. 11, four mayors from big cities around the country spoke in the ARCO Forum about local leadership during times of global crisis . The event was part of a three-day training program (beginning Nov. 14) for new mayors that has taken place every other year at the Kennedy School since 1973. It is co-sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Institute of Politics.
Nathan Marsh Pusey, the 24th president of Harvard, died early on the morning of Nov. 14 at the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. He was 94.
On Monday, Nov. 12, three graduate students were the victims of two separate armed robberies. The first robbery occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. opposite 16 Holden St., when the suspect approached two students from behind and demanded their wallets. Although no weapon was produced, the suspect made a gesture to his pocket, along with threatening statements, as he demanded their wallets. The victims handed over their wallets and the suspect fled toward Kirkland Street. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 5 feet tall, about 25 years of age or younger, with a round face, close-cropped hair (possibly a crew cut), and was wearing a dark jacket and a dark-colored cap.
At its fifth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council discussed with deans Vincent Tompkins (academic affairs) and Jeffrey Wolcowitz (economics and undergraduate education) a new multiyear curricular planning initiative being undertaken in the faculty.
A fire in the Eliot House Grille, located in the basement below M-Entry, forced the evacuation of approximately 430 Eliot House students Sunday, Nov. 11, shortly after 8 p.m. Students in nearby Kirkland House were also temporarily evacuated as a precaution. No injuries were reported. Thick black smoke was reported coming from the basement common room, which contained the grill. Residents were allowed to return to their rooms by 1:15 a.m on Monday.
Nov. 7, 1898 – The Harvard Bulletin (predecessor of Harvard Magazine) publishes its first (four-page) issue. Cost: 8 cents. Nov. 10, 1903 – In the now-demolished Rogers Building (or Old…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 10. 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: Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Feb. 1,…
Harvey V. Fineberg, former provost of the University, has been selected to become the seventh president of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). He will begin his six-year term on July 1. Fineberg was dean of the School of Public Health for 13 years before serving as the Universitys provost from 1997 to June 2001.
None of the artists who participated in the Nov. 9 panel discussion Sprung From Ruins presumed to offer words of wisdom about how the arts might heal or soothe or put right the terrible damage wreaked on this country on Sept. 11.
The Faculty and Student Advisory Committees of the Harvard Foundation awarded 87 grants to some 40 different undergraduate student organizations for projects in the fall 2001 semester. More than $20,000 were disbursed for intercultural and race relations projects ranging from an East Coast Chicano (Mexican-American) Student Conference to a Korean Association lecture on the Korean Comfort Women of World War II to the French Clubs play, Molieres Le Malade Imaginaire.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) will be closing its Glass Flowers and Mineral galleries from Dec. 8 through Feb. 7 for a renovation of the Glass Flowers gallery.
A former slave and former slave owner from Mauritania urged Harvard students Tuesday night (Nov. 13) to fight the slavery that, though outlawed, still keeps more than 100,000 people in bondage in the West African nation.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the University of Penn – one of the best defensive teams in the nation – must have been absolutely smitten with…
Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) announced last month that the hospitals Department of Dermatology has been awarded a Skin Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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