Access to television has a direct association with childrens hours of viewing and school-related activity, according to a study from the School of Public Health. Children who do not have a television set in their bedroom spend about 40 minutes less per day watching TV or playing video and computer games than children who do and they read or do homework about 20 minutes more per day if their parents also set limits on television viewing. The study results are published in the September/ October issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics (http://ampe.allenpress.com/ampeonline/?request=get-current-issue).
On June 8, one day after Commencement, The Memorial Churchthe Memorial Church closed its doors for the summer for its first complete re-painting and renovation since 1932.
Medical School (HMS) researchers have identified a mouse gene that, in certain forms, renders mice resistant to anthrax – an often fatal disease that is caused by a bacterium thought to be a prime biological weapon in the terrorist arsenal. The genetic variants appear to work by enhancing immune cells’ response to the lethal toxin released by the anthrax-causing germ.
This past Friday afternoon (Sept. 21), members of Harvards Muslim community came to Lowell Lecture Hall for prayer. The gathering, known as Juma, is a regular weekly occurrence, but the events of Sept. 11 made it anything but ordinary.
A previously unknown function of blood vessels has been found. Beside supplying blood, they guide the formation of the pancreas and possibly other organs during the development of embryos, according to researchers at Harvard University.
Joseph Warren Gardella ’41, former dean of student affairs at Harvard Medical School (HMS), died June 12 at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Following his graduation from Harvard, the former Crimson…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 22. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…
Plans for the inauguration of Lawrence H. Summers as Harvards 27th president on Oct. 12 continued to come together this week with faculty, students, and staff receiving letters of invitation to the installation ceremony, which is to take place in Tercentenary Theatre, the same location used for Commencement.
Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) will host a health fair on Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the Science Center grounds. The aim of the first…
The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard has selected 17 associates for research projects for the 2001-02 academic year. Founded in 1980, the program enables outstanding scholars and practitioners from…
When you walk into the new Big Dig exhibition at Gund Hall from the Quincy Street entrance, the first thing that hits your eye is a pair of mural-sized photographs of Boston from the air.
Speaking at Morning Prayers Friday, Sept. 21, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers offered comfort and support to the campus while highlighting the Universitys unique responsibility in the face of last weeks attacks.
Harvard University’s endowment beat investment benchmarks in eight of 11 asset classes in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, but saw its overall value fall amid broader market declines.
A group of faculty at Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), and the University of California, Santa Barbara, is one of a handful nationwide to win millions of dollars in National Science Foundation funding to begin a Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center – which will explore and manipulate items as small as a single atom.
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.
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.
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