Campus & Community
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Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2025–2026
Increase on average 5% for renewing tenants
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Harvard partners with national nonprofit to recruit high-achieving low-income students
First QuestBridge Scholars will matriculate in fall 2026
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Jodie Foster to receive Radcliffe Medal
Will be recognized for her barrier-breaking career
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New VP named for alumni affairs and development
James J. Husson returns to Harvard to succeed Brian K. Lee this spring
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Cynthia Erivo is Hasty’s Woman of the Year
‘Wicked’ star will receive Pudding Pot on Feb. 5
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Spreading gospel — and strategies — of productive disagreement
Eric Beerbohm looks back on successes, challenges of first year of new Civil Discourse initiative
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The sweet sounds of summer
As Tom Everett mounts the podium and surveys the room, his commanding presence attracts the gaze of more than 100 attentive and anxious musicians awaiting his direction. It is a…
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University’s environmental record lauded
Harvard has received an award recognizing the excellence of its environmental programs as well as its record of complying with environmental regulations. The award is presented annually by the Environmental…
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Heroes honored
Harvard honored 220 Central Administration staffers in June, naming them Harvard Heroes for leadership, teamwork, adaptability, and work that exceeds expectations. This year’s Heroes were honored in a June 14…
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The hospice journey: Student volunteers, interns take the path to Chilton House
Harvard Divinity student Alyssa May leaned over Claire’s bed, joking with the older woman about dancing and horseback riding. Claire, looking small and frail under the covers of her high,…
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New Source of Insulin Discovered
Insulin is like gold to a diabetic, and researchers at Harvard Medical School have found a new way to mine it. The hormone is essential for converting sugar in food…
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Kennedy School establishes overseas program office
The Overseas Program Office has been established at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government to facilitate the administration of international projects at the School. The Office has primary responsibility…
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Turnpike Board Approves Harvard Land Bid
With land in Cambridge at a premium, Harvard University is looking southward to meet its long-term needs for additional space. The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) Board on Wednesday, July 12…
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Barton family reunion = class reunion
As a child growing up in Lexington, Mass., Allen Barton ’90 could read the writing on the wall. It was crimson in color, and it said “Harvard.” Both of Bartons…
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Commencement 2000
Megan Henry and Kiemanh Pham sport matching millennial shades before attending morning Commencement Exercises. In high style, Class Marshal Michael Roberts ’80 helps direct alumni during the Afternoon Exercises. Angela…
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Time of their lives
Lippizzan ladies Christine lifted her hoof and pulled it several times across the ground. “Christine, stop it now. Behave yourself,” Kelly Flynn gave the horse a meaningful look that stopped…
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Gazette Summer Schedule
The Gazette will next publish July 13 and Aug. 17. The Calendars in the July 13 and Aug. 17 issues will each cover events for the following four weeks. Calendar…
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Museums are looking for a few good volunteers
Art docents sought The Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) are seeking volunteers interested in public art education for the HUAM Docent Program. The Museum Docents are a group of approximately…
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NewsMakers
Dana Reed Prize Winners for 2000 Rachel Kovner 01 has won the 2000 Dana Reed Prize for distinguished undergraduate writing. The Quincy House junior captured the $500 award for “This…
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Six members elected to Board of Overseers
The President of the Harvard Alumni Association announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers last week at the annual meeting of…
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Police Log
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 10. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…
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Daniel Schrag Wins MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowship
Give Daniel Schrag some old seawater, bits of sediment from the ocean floor, and chunks of coral rock, and hell tell you about Earths climate tens of thousands, even millions…
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Soda pop increases risk of bone breaks
Add bone fractures to obesity and tooth decay as another reason that teenage girls should drink less soda pop, particularly colas. Ninth- and 10-grade girls who drink soda pop have…
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Drugs muscle their way into men’s fitness
Male college students in the United States and Europe want to add more muscle to their bodies because they think that will make them more attractive to females. They are…
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Walking is step in right direction for reducing stroke risk
The more physically active women are, the greater they reduce their risk of stroke, according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health. The study followed 72,488…
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Memorial Minute — H. Leroy Vail
Hazen Leroy Vail was born in Boston, August 5, 1940. His father, Hazen Claude Vail, who had left a Depression-broken small farm in Belleisle, New Brunswick, to seek his fortune…
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Notes
Summer School musical opportunities The Harvard Summer School Orchestra will hold auditions for full brass, including both cornets and trumpets, harp, English horn, and piccolo on Tuesday, June 27, through…
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Transforming Boyz II Men
Presiding over the classroom, Kevin Fuller, Ed.M. 00, looks like a missionary a free-spirited, high-stye preacher, dressed in a long, raspberry, collarless jacket, pressed black dress shirt and pants,…
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Volunteers honored for work in Cambridge schools
Cambridge School Volunteers, Inc., recently presented the 1999-00 Mack Davis Award to eight volunteers for their outstanding service to Cambridge public schools. The award is named for the late Mack…
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At 80, Radcliffe graduate comes back for diploma
Her memories are faded by the years, but also sweetened, perhaps, by the romanticism of times gone by. It was the fall of 1943, in the midst of World War…
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Memorial gathering for Vosgerchian
A memorial gathering with music in remembrance of Luise Vosgerchian will take place on Sept. 7, 2000, at 7:30 p.m., in Sanders Theatre. There will be a special performance by…
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The whys and woes of beauty pageants
They wore the latest colors of lipstick and matching eyeliner. Some had fake hair and even fake teeth. They pranced on stage in sequined gowns and rhinestone-studded jeans. Occasionally there…
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Tintinnabulation will reign over Cambridge
June 08, 2000 In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university and of our earlier history when bells of varying tones summoned us from…
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Graduates cross bridge to learning
Thirty-eight Harvard Faculty Club workers graduated from the University’s first “Bridge” program at ceremonies at the Faculty Club on June 4. The pilot program, which provides basic literacy and language…
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Law professor Clark Byse honored for 60 years of service
Harvard Law School Byrne Professor of Administrative Law Emeritus Clark Byse will receive the Harvard Law School Association (HLSA) Award in honor of his 60-year teaching career. Law School Dean…
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Harvard Employment Office hosting Career Forum on June 13
Harvard’s Employment Office, in consultation with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2000 on Tuesday, June 13. This year’s event will be held from noon to 7 p.m.…