Sylvia Mathews Burwell ’87, former president of American University and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been elected president of the Harvard University Board…
May 6, 1945 At noon a novel contraption appears on high as a helicopter hovers over Harvard and lands on the riverbank in front of the Business School. A…
The University and the union representing Harvard dining service and Faculty Club workers, HEREIU Local 26 (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union) have entered into a new five-year collective bargaining agreement. The agreement, which was ratified by union members last week, will become effective on June 20. Under its terms, the 500 workers employed in student dining halls, the Faculty Club, and campus restaurants, will see substantial, across-the-board increases in pay – increases that, in the words of the union, raised the bar, particularly for those working in campus restaurants.
Thanks to the cooperative efforts of the University community and Harvard Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO), a record 1,590 tons of paper have been recycled through the 2001 fiscal year. Now, with student move-out and Commencement just around the corner, FMO will be sponsoring several different efforts over the next few weeks to reduce the amount of reusable material that gets thrown out at this busy time of year.
Holloway to meet with Nobel Laureates The Department of Energy has selected Ayana Holloway, GSAS, as one of 31 outstanding research participants to attend the 51st convention of Nobel laureates…
After three years as a Rhodes Scholar and six months fulfilling his ROTC obligations as an artillery lieutenant at Fort Sill, Okla., Neil Rudenstine came to Harvard as a graduate student in English literature.
At first glance, Lama Migmar Tseten seems out of place in Cambridge, his maroon robes and tranquil demeanor a sharp contrast to the bustling chic and intellectual tweeds of Harvard Square.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently announced the names of 209 distinguished scholars, scientists, artists, business executives, educators, and public officials who have been elected to membership in…
Harvard University and Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) announced today a new partnership to create The Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy, a summer school program for Cambridge students.
Study links child care to aggression. This recent headline, and others like it, has some parents wondering if preschool might be the first step to reform school.
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the winners of a fellowship created for the schools top students by Imagitas, a Waltham, Mass.-based government-solutions company. The Imagitas Fellows Program is designed to encourage public service and explore new ways of using private sector resources to solve public sector challenges. Maxwell Kennedy, chairman of the Watershed Institute, introduced the fellows during a reception at KSG on Thursday, May 17.
For many years, Stanley Cavell, Ph.D. 61, has been at the forefront of combining philosophical inquiry with the study of film. Thanks to the generosity of retired Harvard faculty member and filmmaker Robert G. Gardner 48, A.M. 58, Cavells contributions to the area of film studies have been permanently honored with the creation of the Stanley Cavell Curatorship of the Harvard Film Archive (HFA).
If any of the 120 Harvard managers attending the Sixth Workforce Management Conference on Friday, May 18, were hoping for a free lunch and an easy day out of the office, they were sorely disappointed.
The Harvard University Library and three major publishers of scholarly journals – Blackwell Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, and the University of Chicago Press – have agreed to work together in developing an experimental archive for electronic journals. The preservation and the archiving of electronic journals – which are increasingly born digital and for which, in many cases, no paper copies exist – present unique, long-term challenges to librarians, publishers, and, ultimately, to the scholars and researchers who will seek to access to them over time.
Harvard has acquired The Arsenal on the Charles property from Charles River Business Center Associates LLC, which conveyed the property to the University on May 15, for approximately $162,641,000. The property is located between North Beacon Street and Arsenal Street in Watertown. As a part of the sale, more than $2,451,000 was paid directly to the town of Watertown. Also as part of Harvards purchase, the town will have the rent-free use of an art center/theatre space in the complex.
At its 15th and final meeting of the year, the Council discussed proposed changes in the General Regulations and Standards of Conduct section of the undergraduate “Handbook for Students” with…
May 23, 1910 The Harvard Corporation formally adopts crimson as Harvard’s official color, based on the tint of several silk scarves used by Harvard rowers in the 1858 Boston…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, May 12. The official log is located at HUPD Headquarters, 29…
Her hands touch the keys and her voice lifts, at first tentative and quavering, then firm and full. Her diction is clean and precise, nothing garbled or distorted. The words are the thing here – words that tell a story.
The air may be thin in Colorado, but it will be fresh and sweet this weekend to members of the Harvard Cycling Team, which will be making its first-ever trip to the National Collegiate Road Cycling Championships in Colorado Springs.
Gellert elected captain, Clemente selected MVP Junior Andrew Gellert, a two-year starter at guard, has been elected captain of the 2001-02 Harvard men’s basketball team. Head coach Frank Sullivan made…
Tough time parking in Harvard Square? Let the robot do it. That was the recommendation of a group of Harvard engineering students after a semester-long look at the difficulty of…
Six professors have been named this year’s Harvard College Professors in recognition of their outstanding performance as undergraduate teachers and their exceptional work in graduate education and research. This year’s…
Both the nations gun lobby and labor unions flexed their political muscles in a major way during the 2000 election, although which had a greater impact on the outcome remains in dispute. A panel of experts discussed the role of special interests during a Kennedy School Forum on Thursday night, May 10.
Christine Jolls, a pioneer in the emerging field of behavioral law and economics, and a scholar of employment law, has been named a professor of law at Harvard Law School…
After he receives his diploma on June 7, Adam Bailey will head to Washington, D.C., to work as a legislative assistant with the National Congress of American Indians, which represents 560 different Native American tribes across the nation.
Richard E. Oldenburg, A.B. ’54, has been elected President of the University’s Board of Overseers for 2001-02. He will assume the post after Commencement, succeeding Sharon Elliott Gagnon, A.M. ’65,…
Forty-four women and men have been named Radcliffe Institute Fellows for the upcoming academic year. At Radcliffe, each of these scholars, scientists, and artists will work individually and across disciplines…
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