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  • Police Log

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks ending June 17, June 24, July 1, and July 8. The official log…

  • Search for presidential successor begins

    The Harvard Corporation has announced the start of the search for a successor to President Neil L. Rudenstine, who recently announced his intention to conclude his service at the close…

  • Radioactive seeds gain position

    Anthony D’Amico faced a tricky problem. How to place 100 radioactive seeds, each smaller than a rice grain, into tumors inside a walnut-size prostate gland. Properly placed, the seeds destroy…

  • President Rudenstine appoints outside committee to advise Radcliffe

    President Neil L. Rudenstine announced the appointment of a committee of scholars and academics from outside Radcliffe and Harvard to assist in the process of long-term planning for the Radcliffe…

  • Top profs’ book tips

    What do Harvard professors read over the summer? Are the physicists reading poetry and the literature professors reading algebra? Are they reading at all, or do books lie spine-up on…

  • Rumors, not roaches, fly, until SPH sets record straight

    Some Boston residents awoke last Thursday to warnings that a particularly vicious African insect had invaded their neighborhoods. Fliers affixed to utility polls and slipped under windshield wipers announced an…

  • Enhanced Sert Gallery opens at Carpenter Center

    The newly renovated Sert Gallery opened last month providing increased gallery space for modern and contemporary art at the Harvard University Art Museums. Sert is the result of collaboration between…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 Barton’s…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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 he’ll tell you about Earth’s climate tens of thousands, even millions…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…