A memorial service will be held this coming Saturday (Oct. 14) for a Harvard graduate student who found an opportunity to serve others under the most challenging of personal circumstances.…
Listening to Mozart won’t raise a child’s IQ, but music classes could help her or him to understand directions and diagrams. For enhancing a student’s ability to speak, read, and…
While more informed minds awaited this week’s Nobel Prize awards, the Sanders Theatre crowd cheered the Tenth 1st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring “achievements that cannot, or should not,…
The Biology Prize, awarded for a report “On the Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles From Costa Rica.” Winner Richard Wassersug of Dalhousie University clarified that while the tadpoles were eaten…
At its third meeting of the year, the Faculty Council reviewed with Administrative Dean of the Faculty Nancy L. Maull all of the faculty’s current building projects and plans. Associate…
“When you hear that there is a disparity between minorities and the rest of the population, believe it,” says John Ruffin, the first associate director of research on minority health,…
Cornell’s Adam Skumawitz took a pass from teammate Colin Nevison and fired it past Harvard keeper, junior Dan Mejias, with just under six minutes remaining in the second overtime to…
For someone who was once sure she wanted to be a clinical psychologist, Jennifer Hochschild hasn’t done too badly as a political scientist. Hochschild, recently named a professor with a…
The John Harvard statue, which has been sheltered during the reconstruction of University Hall, was apparently not safe from vandals. A “milk” mustache was painted on the revered statue. Staff…
In her autobiography, “The Dyer’s Hand,” astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the first female tenured professors at Harvard, summed up the rewards of a career in science: “Do not undertake…
When Arkansas Senator David Pryor packed his bags, sold his home, and departed Washington in 1996 after more than 30 years in public service, he didn’t think twice about leaving.…
The Radcliffe Institute, celebrating its inaugural year as an institute for advanced study, will host an interdisciplinary symposium on “Gender and Inquiry” on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 12 and 13,…
Law School alumni Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser have given Harvard University two gifts that significantly strengthen the University’s capacity in the field of human rights studies. They pledged…
The eighth annual Ebert Community Service Day will take place Thursday, Oct. 19, at 1:30 p.m. in the atrium of the Medical Education Center at Harvard Medical School. An informative…
Brendan McGrath, whom many faculty members remember as the man who found them a place to live, died Oct. 7 while scuba diving near Gloucester. The cause of death was…
Bharat Anand What makes a television viewer more inclined to watch 20/20 than 60 Minutes? Do network identities play a role in the decision? And what about network promos —…
Quarterback Neil Rose ’02 stuttersteps his way across the goal line for the second of his three first-half touchdowns against Cornell on Saturday. Staff photo by Jon Chase
The Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies Program provides an opportunity for distinguished Latin Americans to teach at Harvard for one semester in any field. The…
Top Olympic and world-class ice skaters will continue their battle against cancer this fall as they gather to participate in “An Evening With Champions,” America’s premier figure skating exhibition. Hosted…
On Oct. 6, Harvard shone against Colgate in the ECAC tennis championships. 1. Freshman Ryan Browne vs. Evan Paushter 6-2, 6-2 2. Freshman Cliff Nguyen vs. Owen Fileti 6-3, 6-0…
Shavell named Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law Harvard Law School’s Steven Shavell has been named the Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law. The professorship honors the late Samuel R.…
Celtic Deparment lecture The Celtic Department will present a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m. in the Harvard Faculty Club Library, 20 Quincy St. The talk by Oliver…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 7. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…
Harvard University, the University of Notre Dame, Ohio State University, the University of California, and the University of Michigan today are releasing the report of a team of independent consultants…
A memorial service will be held for David Charny, the David Berg Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m. in the Ames Courtroom,…
Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush may have been across town, on Dorchester Bay rather than the Charles River, but Harvard was interested,…
Virtually all the biological processes that keep us alive are controlled by proteins in our bodies. Therefore, most, if not all, of our diseases can be traced to faulty proteins.…
A new publication created by the Office of Government, Community and Public Affairs provides a treasury of information to the local community about on-campus activities, programs, special events, and exhibitions.…
A homeless man has been arrested this week in connection with an alleged hate crime attack on a Muslim Harvard student last month. Twenty-five-year-old Benjamin Bargeil was taken into custody…
At its second meeting of the year, the Faculty Council continued its discussion of the possibility of an expanded program of faculty-led limited-enrollment seminars for freshmen. Deans Susan Pedersen (Undergraduate…
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