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.
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 & 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.
Near a river in Guodian, China, not far from a farmhouse made of earth and thatched with straw, Chinese archaeologists in 1993 discovered a tomb dating back to the fourth century B.C.
It’s my absolute favorite thing to do in the world. When you’re singing with good technique, it’s an entirely engrossing experience. The sound fills your chest, your head, your ears. You can feel the paper vibrating in your hand. You can even feel the wood of the pews vibrating.
Thomas J. Healey, advisory director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., will move from the New York boardroom to a Cambridge classroom as he prepares to share what hes learned with students at the Center for Business and Government (CBG) at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG).
John G. Ruggie, assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, will join Harvards John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) as the Evron and Jeanne Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs, Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced.
United by their differences, a group of Bosnian women from the torn nations various ethnic groups spent last week at Harvard, talking about their pasts, sharing their visions of the future, and building coalitions to make that future happen.
New Jerseys Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, Al Gores campaign manager, and the former governor of Puerto Rico are among the distinguished public servants who have been chosen for fellowships at the Institute of Politics (IOP) this spring.
Four new area codes are being added in eastern Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy has mandated that they be added to existing calling areas. This change requires that all local calls in eastern Massachusetts must be dialed using 10 digits. This change does not apply to the Universitys Centrex numbers.
The sports world is an unusual arena where cultural heroes are born, where the bonds between teammates are strongly forged and, often, where gay athletes face their biggest challenge, according to panelists discussing the subject Sunday.
Undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty who are U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for research and study scholarships in China for the 2001-02 academic year. Five full scholarships, which include tuition, housing, health insurance, and books, and 10 partial scholarships, covering only tuition, will be offered at one of approximately 80 Chinese universities. The scholarships are made possible through an agreement between the Ministry of Education of the Peoples Republic of China and Harvard University. The application deadline is Thursday, March 15.
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