At its first meeting of the year, the Faculty Council elected a Docket Committee for 2001-02 as follows: Professors Jay Jasanoff (linguistics), Robert Kirshner (astronomy), and Peter Marsden (sociology), with…
Sept. 19, 1639 – Accused of neglecting and physically mistreating students, Nathaniel Eaton is fined and discharged as Master of the College by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts…
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 1 a.m., the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to a report of an indecent assault. The freshman victim was entering the “A” entry door…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for Aug. 21 through Sept. 15. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…
Following the horrific tragedies in New York City and Washington, D.C., a number of threatening calls have come into the University, including a bomb threat that led some people to leave Holyoke Center on the morning of Friday, Sept. 14.
James Ackerman to receive Balzan Prize James Ackerman, the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus, has been selected by the International Balzan Foundation as the recipient of the…
For Joe Nullet, the road to graduation from Harvard was dotted with the usual seminars, final exams, and late-night study sessions. But Nullet also took leisurely rest stops for getting married, having a family, owning a business, and launching a career. Total travel time: 22 years.
Harvard Neighbors is a volunteer organization that has worked for more than 100 years to create a sense of community for the members of this large, decentralized university. Membership is open to active and retired Harvard faculty and staff and their spouses or partners. Through a wide variety of activities, Harvard Neighbors helps both newcomers and more established members get to know each other.
William V. McDermott Jr. ’38, HMS ’42, professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and former chairman of Harvard surgical services, died in Dedham on July 19. He was…
The Crimson Dance Team took first place in both the team routine and style routine competitions at the National Dance Alliance (NDA) Collegiate Dance Camp held Aug. 24-26 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. In taking home both possible first place trophies, the Crimson team topped 15 other crews from across the country.
Researchers from the School of Public Health and Brigham and Womens Hospital have found that women who are not overweight, exercise at least half an hour a day, and eat a diet rich in fiber and low in glycemic index and trans fat dramatically reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes. The study results appear in the Sept. 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (http://www.nejm.org).
Researchers at Harvard-afilliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children’s Hospital, and other institutions have pinpointed a region on human Chromosome 4 that is likely to contain a gene or genes associated with extraordinary life expectancy. Their findings, reported in the Aug. 28 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may lead to a better understanding of the aging process.
Famous couple cancels A.R.T. appearance The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) has announced that Nobel Prize-winning playwright and actor Dario Fo and his actress wife, Franca Rame, have canceled their trip…
Janet Gyatso, who taught in the religion department at Amherst College for the past 11 years, has been appointed the first Hershey Chair in Buddhist Studies, pending approval of Harvards governing boards. The new professorship at Harvard Divinity School focuses on the thought, practice, and values of contemporary Buddhism, both in Asia and the West.
Dear Members of the Harvard Community, The Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies (HCECP) seeks to hear your views and to provide you with information on the work of…
Speaking at Harvard Sept. 6, Taiwanese foreign minister Hung-mao Tien offered a term from the language of political science to describe the relationship between his nation and mainland China.
The University Center for Ethics and the Professions has selected the Faculty Fellows in Ethics for the 2001-02 academic year. Five scholars who study ethical problems in government, law, medicine,…
Infectious bacteria that have developed resistance to even the most potent antibiotics are making hospital stays increasingly hazardous. Take the drug vancomycin, for example, which used to be a last line of defense against virulent strains of enterococci and staphylococci that can be life-threatening. These bacteria continually develop new ways to beat vancomycin.
Three career journalists and an educator have been selected as 2001 Fall Fellows at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, a research center based at…
Stephen Goldsmith, former two-term mayor of Indianapolis (1992-1999), has been named professor of the practice of public management at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG).
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the second grant cycle for the Kuwait Program Research Fund. With support from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science, a…
The William F. Milton Fund makes research monies available to faculty members of the University for studies of a medical, geographical, historical, or scientific nature.
It has been described by experts as the largest and most comprehensive private collection of rare books, unpublished letters, manuscripts, and photographs relating to the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to be sold in more than 50 years.
This summer, the Asia Center funded nearly 100 undergraduate and graduate student travel grants to Asia. Together with the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, the Edwin O.…
Approximately 80 percent of adults responding to a random telephone survey would be willing to take a test to determine if they are genetically predisposed to developing Alzheimers disease if they were sure the test was accurate. But willingness to take the test falls to 45 percent if the test has a one in 10 chance of being wrong.
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