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  • Talk on Moriyama highlights symposium

    November 2, 2000 The sixth annual Edwin O. Reischauer/Kodansha Ltd. Commemorative Symposium was held on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Kodansha/Reischauer House in Belmont, Mass. In attendance were representatives from…

  • Inside newsman Ted Koppel

    One of television’s most respected and familiar figures revealed some of the person behind the persona during an appearance at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on Monday night. ABC…

  • Women’s History at Holyoke Center

    Female basketball players in knee-length bloomers and high socks, field hockey players in skirts that touch the grass, the cast of an all-female “Merchant of Venice” decked in doublets, capes,…

  • Faculty of Divinity Memorial Minute:James Luther Adams

    At a meeting of the Faculty of Divinity on April 17, 2000, the following Minute was placed upon the records. James Luther Adams – “JLA,” as he came to be…

  • HLS’s legal eagles fly for local community

    There’s nothing more “real life” than this: a notice to appear in court for nonpayment of rent. It’s an eviction notice, in effect, and there’s not much time to act…

  • Notes

    President, provost offer office hours for students Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.…

  • Cancer vaccineIt’s being tested on kidney and skin cancer patients with promising results

    Tumors were eliminated in 25 percent of patients with widespread kidney and lethal skin cancers who received a new cancer vaccine. Another 25 percent showed encouraging shrinkage of large and…

  • Summit leaves Crimson seeing green

    Given the consensus among scientists, economists, and world governments on the devastating consequences of resource depletion, why is it that colleges and universities don’t put the environmental crisis front and…

  • Lee Fellowship: A commitment to public service

    In September 2001, about 18 senior public officials from Southeast Asia and China will exchange the summerlike days of Singapore for seven weeks of autumn at the Kennedy School of…

  • It’s more than just a beat

    Rapidly rising from his chair, and leaving a full plate of warm food, Patrol Officer Charles Marren of Harvard University’s Police Department (HUPD) grabs his cap from above the buffet…

  • Police Log

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 28. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…

  • Notes

    Waging a peaceful celebration In celebration of Women Waging Peace, a Kennedy School program, there will be a concert on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. With…

  • Police Log

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 21. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

  • Journal of African American Public Policy pays tribute to Higginbotham

    The Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a new issue that pays tribute to the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. The journal,…

  • Peaceful protests

    An expanse of well-groomed lawn separated two groups of deeply divided demonstrators last Monday (Oct. 23) at Tercentenary Theatre. While Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) rallied in front of The…

  • Former Nieman curator is honored

    Nieman fellows and alumni from around the world have raised more than $22,000 for the newly named Kovach Library at Lippmann House. The donations honoring former Curator Bill Kovach will…

  • Crime numbers falling in several categories

    On-campus crime appears to be decreasing in several categories at Harvard University according to newly released crime statistics posted on the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Web…

  • Former News Office photographer William H. ‘Bill’ Tobey dies at 77

    Wiliam H. “Bill” Tobey, 77, a photographer and filming coordinator at the Harvard University News Office starting in 1956, died on Oct. 5 at Mid Coast Hospital in Maine. Born…

  • Free will hunting: Dan Wegner probes the relation between mind and action

    Try not to think about a white bear. Really try. Try not to think about a white bear. You’re thinking of one, aren’t you? Dan Wegner, who just joined the…

  • Harvard College Social Enterprise Club launches new program

    The Harvard College Social Enterprise Club announced a new program that will provide comprehensive support to undergraduate social purpose start-ups. Beginning in November, the Social Enterprise Incubator Program will offer…

  • Concentrating on gender: GSE students study gender issues in new concentration

    Examining a fundamental yet, until recently, understudied element of the human experience is the intent of a new concentration at the Graduate School of Education (GSE). Gender Studies is an…

  • Transgendered playwright assails ‘institutions of oppression’

    The ambiguities of gender captured the spotlight on Monday night at the Askwith Education Forum, sponsored by the Graduate School of Education (GSE). Transgendered playwright and performance artist Kate Bornstein,…

  • Study looks at role of writing in learning

    Shauna Shames ’01 recalls a line from an essay by Joan Didion: “She said, ‘I write to find out what I think.’” This could be a slogan for the Harvard…

  • Women’s soccer streak comes to an end

    All streaks come to an end. A maxim that the Harvard women’s soccer team both championed and cursed during a busy away weekend against Princeton and Penn State. After defeating…

  • School of Design announces 2000-01 Loeb Fellows

    James G. Stockard Jr. curator of the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Design School (GSD), has announced the selection of the Loeb Fellows for 2000-01. The Loeb Fellowship is a…

  • Radcliffe’s Capital Campaign garners record $101M

    The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has announced the successful completion of an eight-year quest to secure $100 million in gifts from donors. At a gala dinner, Acting Dean Mary…

  • From KSG to Gore headquarters: Lecturer Elaine Kamarck has become a major voice on the campaign trail

    However the U.S. presidential race turns out for Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, it’s looking like a winner for Elaine Kamarck. Kamarck, a lecturer in…

  • Just sleep on it: And empty the brain’s ‘in box’

    Robert Stickgold caused 17 different people to have the same dream. In doing so, he added to evidence that the purpose of sleep is to process information — to take…

  • Faculty Council Oct. 25

    At its fourth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council reviewed the Oct. 17 Faculty Meeting and discussed the agenda for the Nov. 14 Faculty Meeting. The Council also heard…

  • From KSG to Gore headquarters: Lecturer Elaine Kamarck has become a major voice on the campaign trail

    However the U.S. presidential race turns out for Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, it’s looking like a winner for Elaine Kamarck. Kamarck, a lecturer in…