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  • GSD names 2001-02 Loeb Fellows

    The Loeb Fellowship at the Design School (GSD) announced 11 individuals who have been awarded fellowships to participate in one year of independent study using the curriculum and programs of…

  • Scientists to wed at this year’s Ig Nobels

    Two scientists will tie the knot at this years Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University. Lisa Danielson and Will Stefanov, both geologists at Arizona State University, will be married in a 60-second ceremony as the climax of the science worlds goofiest – and perhaps most-beloved – annual event.

  • Making a push to get back into the school groove

    Eleanor Benko ’02 (left), struggles with good humor through Harvard Yard, pushing her worldly goods on a dolly. Staff photo by Jon Chase

  • Divinity School hosts 21 fellows, visiting scholars

    The Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at the Harvard Divinity School will host 21 fellows and visiting scholars for the 2001-02 academic year. The 2001-02 CSWR senior…

  • A time to heal

    More than 1,500 people packed a Memorial Church remembrance service on Friday, Sept. 14, capping a week in which the University community mourned the victims and struggled to make sense of the tragic crashes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania.

  • Jackson responds

    Speaking this morning on Americas Response to Terrorism at Harvard Law School, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called for the United States to build coalitions with other countries and urged its citizens to unite against prejudice.

  • Obituaries

    Nahigian, former baseball coach, dies at 92 Alex Nahigian, former coach of the Harvard University baseball team, passed away on July 30. He was 92. Nahigian coached the Crimson for…

  • A lifetime of trillionths of a second

    It’s the rarest, shortest-lived matter in the universe. In fact, it’s antimatter – the opposite of matter. When the two meet, they annihilate each other in a burst of energy.

  • Radcliffe mines academe

    Theres a buzz around the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and its not just the whir of construction equipment in Radcliffe Yard. If you listen closely, youll hear excited discussion of the four new academic leaders that Drew Gilpin Faust, dean of the Radcliffe Institute, has recruited to help implement the Radcliffes mission.

  • Academy of Management honors several HBS faculty

    The Academy of Management recently honored several Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty members at its annual meeting last month in Washington, D.C.

  • Leadership summit

    Whats my motivation for doing good? How do I recruit volunteers for my program? How can I justify all this time spent on public service to my parents?

  • Dudley House breathes fire at Dragon boat race

    As the Philadelphia Mens Dragon Boat Team paddled ahead of the pack in New Yorks 2001 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, they were pursued by an unlikely rival. Rhythmically plunging their paddles forward, steadily pulling their paddles back, the Harvard Dudley House Dragon Boat team stroked to keep pace with the first-place team. The team from Philadelphia, which recently represented the United States at the International Dragon Boat Federation Championship, sliced through the murky waters of Meadow Lake to earn victory and $2,000 of the $10,000 in cash awards they would win that day. Yet no team was happier with its finish than the undersized team from Harvard.

  • Two receive Roslyn Abramson awards

    Two untenured members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) have been named this years Roslyn Abramson Award winners for outstanding undergraduate teaching.

  • Radcliffe to inaugurate Dean’s Lecture Series

    Award-winning novelist Margaret Atwood and Princeton University President Shirley Caldwell Tilghman are among the speakers who will participate in The Deans Lecture Series, sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

  • Murray Center marks 25 years

    The Murray Research Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will hold a day of activities in celebration of its 25th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 28, in Radcliffe Yard. Dedicated to the study of lives over time, the Murray Center promotes the use of social science data to explore human development and social change.

  • The tough get going

    Forget about summer enrichment courses, insiders guides, or college counselors.

  • ‘i ka nyé tan’ is Bambara for ‘You look beautiful like that’

    The photograph is titled Amis des espagnoles (French for friends of the Spanish). It was taken in 1968 by Malick Sidib&eacute, and there is something oddly familiar about it.

  • Harvard’s Muslims grieving, wary

    When Saif Shah Mohammed came to Harvard as a freshman three years ago, it was the first time he had been in the United States. A native of Bangladesh who grew up in Kuwait, now a senior concentrating in economics, Shah Mohammed says that living in America has affected him profoundly.

  • Rally for peace

    More than 1,500 people packed a Memorial Church remembrance service on Friday, Sept. 14, capping a week in which the University community mourned the victims and struggled to make sense of the tragic crashes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania.

  • Harvard Gazette: Coming together: Statement from Lawrence H. Summers

    September 19, 2001 Dear Members of the Harvard Community: The shocking events of last week leave all of us with a profound and enduring sense of loss. We grieve together…

  • Letter to the community from Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers

    The following letter was emailed to the Harvard community today by Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers

  • UHS provides bus service to blood donation centers

    Harvard University Health Services (UHS) is providing buses for members of the Harvard community to get to blood donation centers at Brigham and Women’s and Children’s hospitals in the Longwood…

  • Harvard Gazette: Harvard Foundation welcomes students

    Responding to calls from students of various cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations will remain open to provide a place for students to gather and talk about the terrorism tragedy, according to Foundation Director S. Allan Counter Jr.

  • Medical School affiliates offer their assistance

    All Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals are on alert. Childrens and Brigham and Womens hospitals have cancelled elective surgery and in-patient visits to conserve resources, especially blood. These facilities, as well as Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are collecting blood. At noon on Wednesday, Susan Craig of Childrens noted that donor lines are stretching out the door.

  • Harvard Gazette: Nieman reception canceled

    The reception to welcome the new Nieman Fellows, scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, has been canceled due to the tragic events of Tuesday. No alternative reception is scheduled at this time. Call (617) 495-2346 if you have questions.

  • Thousands join together in grief and shock

    As the bell of the Memorial Church called the Harvard community to a vigil in Tercentenary Theatre Tuesday evening, its inscription – “In memory of voices that are hushed” –…

  • Coming together: Harvard seeks solace through community

    As the horrendous images of devastation at New York’s World Trade Center and destruction at the Pentagon blanketed the airwaves Tuesday, Harvard absorbed the awful news, shook off the shock,…

  • New York students share their stories

    “It felt like a movie.” Two students from New York City, Madeleine Elfenbein ’04 and Luke Stein ’02, described their dazed reactions to yesterday’s tragedy the same way. Katy Brodsky…

  • Outreach opportunities available throughout campus

    Counseling and support University Health Services (UHS) is providing mental health outreach and support throughout the Harvard community. Groups are being set up throughout the campus. Group Sessions HUHS Holyoke…