School of Public Health to host symposium on bioterrorism School of Public Health (SPH) Dean Barry R. Bloom invites members of the Harvard community to attend a special symposium on…
The John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the establishment of the Daniel Paul Professor of Government. The professor will focus on regional, state, and municipal governance, as well as public policy.
Chinese historian Jonathan D. Spence will illuminate the life of the mind in 17th century China when he speaks as part of the Deans Lecture Series sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Fred Whipple enjoys solving problems. Like the time he was working for the Air Force during World War II and came up with the idea for chaff – little bundles of shredded aluminum foil that could be dropped from U.S. aircraft to confuse the German radar. Air Force wits dubbed him the Chief of Chaff as a result.
As 11th-graders across Massachusetts awaited the results of last springs Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, educators and administrators gathered at the Kennedy School of Government for lively and sometimes heated discussions of the MCAS, testing, and school reform.
The Institute of Politics (IOP), consistent with its mission to stimulate students interest in public service, announced the creation of a fund to encourage undergraduate student groups to participate in political activities. Student groups are invited to apply for grants – ranging from approximately $100 to $2,500 – to perform politically oriented projects. Student groups may obtain applications by visiting the institute or its Web site at
The stars of Harvards creative firmament shone Thursday night, Oct. 11, in Segue! … A Celebration of Students and the Arts, the first official event of the Inauguration of President Lawrence H. Summers. A dizzying array of orators, dancers, and musicians took the stage of Sanders Theatre in a seamless showcase of Harvard talent.
Pull it up from your toes! legendary Harvard crew coach Tom Bolles would yell to his rowers when he saw that they were running out of steam. During Bolles tenure from 1937 to 1951, Harvard oarsmen responded to his call. In 1947, the heavyweight crew set a world record of 5:49 over the 2,000-meter course at the Lake Washington Regatta in Seattle.
A Kennedy School researcher has concluded that patent protection for AIDS drugs – blamed by some activists for restricting access to medication needed in the African AIDS epidemic – actually has little effect on the distribution of the drugs on that continent.
Koehler receives Switzer Award Business environmental management expert Dinah Koehler, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Health (SPH), has been awarded a Switzer Environmental Fellowship from the Robert…
Harvard University Office of the President Massachusetts Hall October 16, 2001 Dear Faculty, Students, and Staff, Our community has shown remarkable strength, resilience, and compassion during these past few difficult…
Have you ever purchased a lottery ticket thinking, Maybe this time the big winner will be me? Do you play the same lottery numbers every week because you believe that as soon as you change them, they are sure to be the winners? Emily Oster 02, became intrigued by these questions in her class on behavioral economics. A paper on the demographics of lottery behavior sparked Emilys interest in the players of Powerball, the multistate lottery with two drawings each week, and started her thinking about possible thesis topics.
Students as consumers, great researchers as inspiring teachers, and technology as anything but a magic bullet were some of the ideas discussed and argued Friday morning (Oct. 12) at The Company of Educated Men and Women: Challenges for the 21st-Century Undergraduate Experience, one of six faculty symposia held as part of the Inauguration of President Lawrence H. Summers.
Recently, a group of about 35 Harvard Neighbors ventured outside of Cambridge for the fragrant and only slightly demanding New England tradition of apple picking at the Honey Pot Orchards in Stow.
At an Oct. 12 symposium honoring the inauguration of Lawrence H. Summers as Harvards 27th president, five of Harvards top scientists described their cutting-edge research and sought to envision the ways that that research might affect our future.
The rich around the world are getting richer, but the poor arent necessarily getting poorer, as globalization-spurred trade boosts their nations economies, a panel of international development experts said Friday (Oct. 12).
An increasingly competitive and deregulated market economy has dramatically changed the medical and legal professions, a panel of five experts agreed last Friday during one of six symposia held to commemorate the inauguration of new Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers.
Final details were being set into place this week &mdash along with thousands of chairs in Harvard&rsquos Tercentenary Theatre &mdash in preparation for installing Lawrence H. Summers as Harvard University&rsquos 27th president on Friday (Oct. 12).
Oct. 7, 1783 – With high ceremony, Harvard Medical School officially opens as the “Medical Institution of Harvard University.” Its first home is the ever-versatile Holden Chapel. Oct. 23, 1832…
A.R.T. costume sale The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) costume shop will hold a giant sale on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Loeb Drama Center,…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 6. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…
It seems strange that a person who makes her living asking probing, often intimate questions of complete strangers and having those conversations broadcast daily to a nationwide radio audience should confess to being shy, but that is exactly how Terry Gross, host of National Public Radio&rsquos &ldquoFresh Air,&rdquo describes herself.
Tompkins to lead NIGMS grant project The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has selected Ronald Tompkins, chief of trauma and burn services at Massachusetts General Hospital, to lead…
The Office of the Provost has announced a new round of grants under the Provost&rsquos Fund for Student Collaboration. These grants are designed to promote intellectual interchange among students across faculties of the University. The deadline for grant applications is Friday, Nov. 2.
A. Michael Spence, Ph.D. &rsquo72, former dean of Harvard&rsquos Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), won the Nobel Prize for Economics yesterday, Oct. 10, for economic theories based on his doctoral thesis. Spence, Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus and former dean at Stanford University&rsquos Graduate School of Business, shares the award with economists George A. Akerlof and Joseph E. Stiglitz.
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