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Former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk made a case for international protection of minority groups to a receptive but sometimes skeptical audience that questioned his role in the abuses of South Africas discarded apartheid past.

East Asian Legal Studies accepting submissions The East Asian Legal Studies (EALS) program of the Harvard Law School (HLS) will award the Yong K. Kim ’95 Memorial Prize to the…

William Olney, a former fundraiser for Harvard University, died Jan. 3 in his home in Westwood, Mass. He was 76. From 1962 until his retirement in 1988, Olney was the…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 10. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

A memorial service will be held on March 2 for philosopher and logician Willard Van Orman Quine.

Subramaniam Ramakrishnan, senior associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), died Feb. 7. Ramakrishnans relationship with the University started in 1975, when he was awarded a fellowship at the Kennedy School. From 1982 to 1999, he worked as a senior associate at HIID. Ramakrishnan had directed and taught in HIID workshops for government officials from all over the world since 1990.

By any account, the 19th century cholera epidemics were horrible. Rumor and ignorance fed fear of a disease that could strike in the afternoon and kill by bedtime. In Charles Rosenbergs eyes, though, the epidemics are also a lens through which to view American society.

“This is something!” Don Share proclaims, rising out of his seat and bustling over to the shelves by his desk. He picks up a can – it looks like a…

The annual Walter Channing Cabot Fellowships have been conferred on four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The recipients are: Mario Davidovsky, Fanny P. Mason Professor of Music Peter Galison, Mallinckrodt Professor of the History of Science and of Physics Katharine Park, Samuel Zemurray Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of the History of Science and Robert Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy.

Internationally renowned pianist Eugen Indjic 69 was a recent visiting artist with the Office for the Arts Learning from Performers series. Above, Indjic talks to performer Berenika Zakrzewski 04 at the Dunster House Library.

Ann Marie Cody 03 has long been reaching for the stars. As a high school student in Harvard, Mass., Cody was intrigued by the evidence detected by astrophysicists in 1995 that at least 30 Jupiter- and Saturn-like gaseous planets are orbiting distant stars. Not only have these discoveries provided spectacular confirmation that our solar system is not alone, says Cody, but they have also revolutionized current theories on the formation of planetary systems. One of the most surprising findings has been the counterintuitive observations that many of these massive new planets orbit extremely close to their parent stars.

To create a sanctuary to honor an entire, complex culture – one rich in history and language and lore – that flourished for thousands of years on this continent before being virtually annihilated in just a few decades: that is the challenge for W. Richard West, founding director of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) at the Smithsonian Institution, who spoke at Harvard last week.

When it comes to the Beanpot, winning games in overtime has become something of a tradition for the Crimson womens hockey team. And its junior standout Jennifer Botterill who has proved to be the teams resident stickler for tradition.

Flashing an infectious grin and displaying a gracious humility, 25-year-old actress Drew Barrymore charmed her Harvard hosts on Thursday, Feb. 8, during festivities honoring her as Hasty Puddings 51st Woman of the Year.

Facing the challenges of tomorrow: Dean Jeremy R. Knowles cites space, how to apply resources, as key issues January 24, 2001 Dear Colleagues: As I begin this year’s report on…

Facing the challenges of tomorrow Jeremy R. Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences prevPage 2next The Faculty At a time when we are aiming to increase the…

Most people dont think of evolution as very dynamic. If they think of it at all, they see it as something that happened in the deep past. But all species possess chromosomes, coiled strands of genes in every one of their cells, and these genes are constantly changing.

Volunteer at the Peabody The Peabody Museum at the University is looking for a volunteer to help with public relations activities for at least three hours per week. Duties will…

At its ninth meeting of the year, the Council discussed with Dean Harry Lewis his “Five-Year Report on Harvard College.” The Council also met with professors Dale Jorgenson (economics) and…

Feb. 28, 1942 – In the Yard, Houghton Library is formally opened and dedicated as the new home of Harvard’s rare books and manuscripts. It is the nation’s first academic…

Emily B. McCarthy, a 30-year employee at Harvard, passed away on June 20, 2000. She was 80. McCarthy worked at the Herbarium, the Department of Sociology, Harvard Business School, and…

Next Wave, a weekly electronic journal dedicated to the career development of graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, is now accessible from any computer within the University. Produced by the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science magazine, the site features scientific news, discussion forums, career profiles, and career advice.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 3. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

Jeffrey Hamburger remembers the moment he fell in love. It happened in the rare book library of Yale University.

Harvards research mission will be featured on the Science Coalitions Web site (http://www.sciencecoalition.org) for the next week. The Science Coalition is a group of universities and other organizations – more than 400 in all – with the goal of expanding and strengthening the federal governments investment in university-based scientific, medical, engineering, and agricultural research.

George MacMasters: head lifeguard

Born on a Louisiana cotton plantation in 1867, orphaned at 7, married at 14, and widowed at 20, Madam C.J. Walker eventually became the nations first self-made female millionaire. A legendary figure in African-American economic history, the former laundress made her fortune by building a business empire based on hair products for black women.

Of the many publishing houses and little magazines that sprang into existence in the 1920s and 30s, none was as adventurous or influential as New Directions, founded by James Laughlin in 1936 while he was an undergraduate at Harvard. New Directions published, among others, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, Tennessee Williams, and brought quality translations of the work of foreign writers to the American public (including Hermann Hesse, Jorge Luis Borges, and Yukio Mishima). The publication also revived the work of neglected authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Henry James.

Michael Levine, adjunct professor of law at Harvard Law School (HLS), has testified twice in the past week before key congressional committees examining possible mergers in the airline industry. On Thursday, Feb. 1, Levine testified as an expert witness before the Senate Commerce Committee – chaired by Sen. John McCain of Arizona – during a hearing on the proposed acquisition of Trans World Airlines (TWA) by American Airlines. Levine also testified before the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, a key panel investigating the general issue of airline mergers.