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this month in harvard history

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 24. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

Alice Kimball Smith, a retired author, historian, and former dean emerita at the Radcliffe Institute, died Feb. 6, in Ellensburg, Wash. She was 94. After a move to Cambridge in…

Charles V. Willie, the Charles William Elliot Professor of Education Emeritus at the Graduate School of Education, has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Judge Baker…

In the 1950s, says Dorothy Zinberg, the faculty wives in Harvards government department met regularly for lunch in the Faculty Club.

Falkenrath named to National Security Council President George W. Bush has chosen Richard Falkenrath, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School, to be director for proliferation strategy at…

It was the fall of 1962. American intelligence aircraft had spotted evidence of Soviet offensive weaponry in Cuba. For nearly two weeks the entire world watched and waited as the two major superpowers stood on the brink of nuclear war.

Robert W. White ’25, who taught at Harvard from 1937 to 1968, when he became professor of clinical psychology , died on Feb. 6 in Weston, Mass. He was 96.…

Whether its an Al Bore, a Tiger Woods or the ever-popular Elvis, you can be sure that you are not only getting the best burger within walking distance of Harvard Yard, but maybe the best this side of the Charles River or beyond. And it has been that way for 40 years now.

A $500,000 donation to Harvard Divinity School has led to the creation of a loan reduction program, an addition eagerly anticipated by students seeking ways to balance the financial conflicts of repaying heavy student loan debt and pursuing careers in typically low-paying public service jobs.

Its shiny white cables dance across the afternoon sky, creating the illusion of a ships mast sailing majestically up the mouth of the Charles River. Representing both Bostons historic past and its alluring future, the new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge is quickly becoming the citys most remarkable architectural landmark.

Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino swung sledgehammers at a concrete wall Tuesday (Feb. 27) to ceremonially mark renovations to create an assisted living facility for Roxburys poor, frail elderly.

The University Committee on Human Rights has announced that it will offer grants to support innovative or cross-disciplinary research in the field of human rights studies. The awards are made…

The Center for Business and Government (CBG) at Harvards Kennedy School of Government announced the addition of four fellows who represent the worlds of government, finance, business, and academia. This spring, the Centers global gathering of fellows will be joined by the former premier of Taiwan, a local entrepreneur, the new chairman of the National Association of Security Dealers, and a scholar studying economic development in Taiwan.

Harvard Planning and Real Estate (HPRE) has announced the approval of the new rent schedule for approximately 2,300 Harvard-owned apartments rented by graduate students and other University affiliates. The new…

Provost Harvey V. Fineberg has announced a new round of grants under the Provost’s Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration (PFIC). These grants are designed to promote intellectual interchange among Faculty members…

The worlds most popular movie star was the honored emcee at this years Cultural Rhythms Festival. Actor, producer, martial artist Jackie Chan was named the 2001 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation. Sanders Theatre was full to the rafters as Chan kicked off the colorful celebration of performing arts from around the world.

During a three-day conference last week at the Kennedy School of Government, the managers of five of the recent U.S. presidential campaigns dissected the history that they helped make.

Leaders from Harvard University and Bostons public, private, and nonprofit sectors will gather this evening (Thursday, March 1) at an awareness event for the Rediscovery House – a new program targeting at-risk young men. Charles Ogletree, a Harvard Law School professor, will be the distinguished speaker. Honorary host committee members will include Henry Louis Gates Jr. of the Du Bois Institute Boston Police Commissioner Paul Evans David Hall, provost of Northeastern University Vanessa Kirsch, founder of New Profit Inc. real estate investor Joseph O&sbquoConnor and Kip Tiernan, founder of Rosies Place.

Tom Brokaw, anchor of the NBC Nightly News since 1983, delivered the 11th Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics this past Monday (Feb. 26). The journalists subject was So much information, so little time. Speaking to an ARCO Forum crowd of 800 people, Brokaw discussed the pressures on broadcast journalists today, commenting pointedly that network Election 2000 coverage was less than perfect: It wasnt egg on our faces. We were draped in omelette. The event was sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy.

Civil rights claims related to standardized testing and the impact of ballot initiatives on minority communities are the subjects of research by two current Harvard Law School (HLS) fellows.

Drew Gilpin Faust to give public lecture Drew Gilpin Faust, Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and a leading historian of the Civil War and American South, will…

Harvard announced today a major increase in its annual scholarship program for undergraduates. The new plan underscores Harvards dual commitment to need-blind admissions and need-based aid, and reduces the amount that students are expected to contribute to their education. Students will now face less debt on graduation, and they will have more time to concentrate on academic and extracurricular pursuits while they are in the College.

Every morning Paul Horowitz checks his e-mail to see if he has any messages from E.T.

Historian Karen Armstrong to deliver Tillich Lecture Karen Armstrong, a distinguished historian and interpreter of religion, will deliver the Paul Tillich Lecture, titled “The Search for the Sacred,” on Tuesday,…

At its 10th meeting of the year, the Council reviewed the Feb.13 Meeting of the Faculty, and the agenda for the March 13 Meeting. The Council also continued its discussion…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 17. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

Minh-Chau Le has no recollection of the war. Born long after Saigon fell to the Communists in 1975, the 21-year-old Harvard seniors impressions of Vietnam are more contemporary – bustling open-air marketplaces, floating bridges, and fertile farmlands. To Le, Vietnam is a place not of bombs and destruction, but of opportunity.

The challenge of collecting sports memorabilia at Harvard, says the Hall of Athletic History volunteer curator Warren Renny Little 55, is that all the equipment is signed in and signed out, so no one ever thinks about keeping it. For Little – a Harvard athletics devotee since his track days – the task of assembling a three-dimensional collection of Harvard athletic artifacts to accompany the Murr Centers timeline mural, is further strained by eBay, neglected attics, and of all things, competition against specialty shops and local taverns. A lot of these artifacts end up in bars in South Boston or in places like Leavitt &amp Pierce tobacco shop, he concedes.

Michael Rodman, a 1999 graduate of the Kennedy School of Government, has been named the news officer at Harvard Law School (HLS). Rodman – who assumed his new role earlier this month – will be the schools primary media contact and a key member of the communications staff.