Campus & Community

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.

If you like a challenge, youll love the work of Greer Gilman.

A relaxed, bearded Al Gore called for national unity in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist hijackings Thursday, praising the public servants who responded to the crisis and passing up a chance to criticize President George Bush before a packed Kennedy School crowd.

Movies, music, television, video games, and the Internet can warp the way children view sex, drugs, their bodies, and themselves, but they can also be a positive tool, educating and inoculating children against evils such as drunk driving and gang violence, according to participants at a Harvard School of Public Health symposium Friday (Oct. 5).

Like many Harvard schools and organizations struggling to make sense of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Graduate School of Education shuffled its Askwith Education Forums to include a new forum, &ldquoUnderstanding More About Islam,&rdquo on Wednesday evening, Oct. 3. The panelists at the well-attended forum included an Iowan, an Egyptian, a Christian Arab, and a self-described &ldquoAsian-African-American Muslim&rdquo not surprisingly, pluralism and diversity in Islam were major themes of the discussion.

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, many Americans are looking for answers. What could have motivated the hijackers to sacrifice their lives to kill thousands of innocent people? What is their hatred based on? Are these the acts of isolated extremists, or do the terrorists represent something larger to which the United States had best pay careful attention?

Today, Oct. 11 7 p.m. “Segue!…” Student performance in Sanders Theatre (invitation only but waiting line for potential available seats). Overflow room for video simulcast in Loker Commons and Science…

A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge Friday, Oct. 12.

You might call it a &ldquosupergroup.&rdquo

Aug. 27, 1640* Civil and religious officials of the Bay Colony invite Henry Dunster to become “President of the Colledge.” He accepts. Harvard gains its first president. No formal installation…

At Cambridge. Is kept in the College there. Seems but little the worse for wear. That’s remarkable when I say It was old in President Holyoke’s day. – Oliver Wendell…

Rarely seen Harvard insignia of office will emerge from the vault of University Archives to bear silent witness to tomorrow&rsquos (Oct. 12) installation of President Lawrence H. Summers.

The following is a partial list of events at Harvard over the inaugural weekend. See Calendar for times, locations, prices, etc.

Company&rsquos coming, and Harvard is bringing out the good silver.

Jack and Rexella Van Impe won a prize for their discovery that black holes in outer space fulfill all the technical requirements to be the location of hell.

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard&rsquos Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the arrival of the 2001-02 visiting fellows and associates. Each year, the center hosts leading scholars and practitioners in the field of human rights. The Carr Center welcomes 13 extraordinary individuals this academic year.

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard&rsquos Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the arrival of the 2001-02 visiting fellows and associates. Each year, the center hosts leading scholars and practitioners in the field of human rights. The Carr Center welcomes 13 extraordinary individuals this academic year.

Sonja Alh&aumluser loves to cook. She loves the heightened awareness that cooking demands, loves to bring different ingredients together and come up with something new and, if all goes well, delicious.

Lawrence H. Summers was installed as Harvard University’s 27th president on Friday (Oct. 12).

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: Oct. 26 Nov. 29 Dec. 13…

When senior Paul Gusmorino steps to the podium on Oct. 12 to deliver his inaugural greetings to President Lawrence H. Summers, he will be speaking not only on behalf of Harvard&rsquos undergraduates &mdash he will be speaking on behalf of the future.

Imagine never needing to have another tooth drilled and filled. Imagine a vaccine that prevents cavities in your children’s teeth for their entire lives. Furthermore, no injection would be necessary;…

Alan Stone, vice president for public affairs at Columbia University, an experienced professional in government relations and communications, has been appointed vice president for Government, Community, and Public Affairs at…

Oct. 6, 1642 – The times and order of their Studies, unlesse experience shall shew cause to alter, the earliest detailed Harvard curriculum, is preserved in writing. Harvard’s undergraduate course…

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: Oct. 26 Nov. 29 Dec. 13…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 29. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…