Campus & Community

Scientists have gotten the closest look yet at the inner works of biological clocks that drive our natural sleep-wake cycle. They’re surprised at how complicated the mechanism is. Steven Reppert…

Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine (left) congratulates 25-year Harvard employee Bertha Demirjian, who works at the Admissions and Financial Aid Office. Demirjian has worked in different departments within Harvard…

On a festive occasion marking John Finley’s retirement as Master of Eliot House in 1968, an admiring colleague evoked the mythical image of Cheiron, the wise centaur who was teacher…

It is 2 p.m. at Graham & Parks School in Central Square. Susan McCray passes out a letter to each student in her seventh-grade homeroom. Tension was building as the…

Sixty-four undergraduates have won the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for outstanding scholarly work or research. The Prize is funded by the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes ’19, a firearms expert…

Just how – and how much – is the dotcom world changing our lives? In a V.I.P.-studded attempt to answer this question, the Harvard community is hosting the third Internet…

“I am reducing everything to its maximum.” This was Earl Kim’s way of describing his own music and the compositional processes and aesthetic which assured its distinctive, individual character. Spare,…

The password isn’t “open sesame” but the new cyber-gateway into Harvard databases still seems like something of a marvel (at least to the non-techies among us). Paul Martin, dean for…

Twelve international journalists have been named Nieman Fellows for the 2000-01 academic year. They will join twelve U.S. journalists whose names were announced earlier in May to make up the…

Two from Harvard named Carnegie Scholars Two Harvard professors were among 12 leading researchers in American universities who have been named Carnegie Scholars by the Carnegie Corporation. Caroline Hoxby, Morris…

“No one person deserves credit for all of that, and Neil would be the last person to claim it,” Stone said. “But, more than anyone else this past decade, he…

“[President Clinton] appreciates Neil Rudenstine’s leadership at Harvard, particularly his commitment to federal research and science and technology and also his efforts to expand the African-American Studies department there.” —White…

Ulam memorial service, May 31 A memorial service for Adam Ulam will be held on Wednesday, May 31, at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church. Ulam was the Gurney Professor…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 20. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…

There’s a lot going on in Gotham City. Participants at the Third Biennial International Conference on Internet & Society (iS2k) at Harvard next week will get the opportunity to hear…

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has announced that 16 Harvard juniors will become 2000-01 Undergraduate Associates of the Center. These students have received summer travel grants to support senior…

The Women’s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School has named five visiting fellows for the 2000-01 academic year. They are Sidnie Crawford, Sue Houchins, Oyeronke Olajuba, Tracy Pintchman,…

Racial harmony doesn’t happen by accident on a college campus. It often takes hard work. Sixteen students who have dedicated themselves to improving intercultural understanding and race relations at Harvard…

Spiro Pollalis, professor of design technology and management at the School of Design and co-chair of the Internet conference. Staff photo by Rose Lincoln. When Graduate School of Design (GSD)…

Next September, first-year students at Harvard College will be able to register for more than Molecular Biology, Expository Writing, and Introduction to Old Norse; they will also have the opportunity…

Neil L. Rudenstine announced today that he will conclude his tenure as President of Harvard University at the end of the 2000-01 academic year.

The Weissman International Internship Program, established by Paul (’52) and Harriet Weissman in 1994, is now in its seventh consecutive year of operation. The program affords sophomores and juniors the…

Mother Nature got her act together just in time for Mother’s Day. Bright sunshine greeted thousands of visitors at the annual Lilac Sunday on May 14 at the Arnold Arboretum…

The Mellon/Mentored Scholars Program at Harvard, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, aims to increase the number of under-represented minorities on college…

Cambridge declares June 7 Michael Shinagel Day To honor Michael Shinagel, who will celebrate his 25th year as dean of Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education and University Extension this year,…

To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree candidates will…

When Josep Lluis Sert, the former Dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD), sketched his architectural drawings for the “futuristic” Holyoke Center 40 years ago, odds are he gave…

While examining the brains of hyperactive, inattentive boys with a new type of scanner, Harvard researchers found a reduced flow of blood into a specific area of the brain. Known…

Think of one of the great churches of Europe – St. Peter’s in Rome or England’s Canterbury Cathedral – a place of great beauty and solemnity filled with monuments to…

One hundred forty-four people, from dining service workers to deans, will be honored on Thursday, May 18, 2000, for reaching a milestone: 25 years of service to the University. The…