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    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…

  • Police Log

    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.…

  • Mock Web site raises tough ethical issues about privacy

    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…

  • Weatherhead Center awards 2000-01 travel grants

    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…

  • Five fellows named by HDS’ Women’s Studies

    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,…

  • Harvard Foundation honors students for improving racial climate

    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…

  • Internet is revolutionizing the way designers (and others) work

    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)…

  • Importance of voting registers with students

    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…

  • Rudenstine to Conclude Tenure as Harvard President in June 2001

    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.

  • Weissman Program names this year’s interns

    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…

  • In Lilac Time

    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…

  • New Mellon/Mentored Scholars named

    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…

  • Newsmakers

    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,…

  • A special notice regarding Commencement Exercises Thursday, June 8, 2000

    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…

  • Holyoke Center Arcade: from neglected ‘wind tunnel’ to bright, bustling walkway

    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…

  • Study points to more targeted use of Ritalin — Drug not effective for all

    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…

  • Requiem for sax and canvas — Carpenter Center project commemorates a friend

    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…

  • Quarter century of service to University recognized

    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…

  • Woody wows film students

    If Woody Allen had been directing the scene, chances are he wouldn’t have left any of it on the cutting room floor. The legendary actor/director/comedian cracked a few jokes, told…

  • U.S. tour of British Library exhibition opens

    An interior view of the new British Library at St. Pancras, London. An exhibition, “Building the British Library: an architectural exhibition,” on display in the Corridor Gallery of Pusey Library…

  • Gay, lesbian caucus awards first Public Service Fellowship

    The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus (HGLC) has awarded its first-ever Public Service Fellowship to Anna Baldwin ’00. The HGLC Public Service Fellowship is a one-time grant of $3,000 made…

  • Nieman Foundation announces U.S. fellows for 2000-01

    Twelve U.S. journalists have been appointed to the 63rd class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. They will be joined by approximately 12 international journalists to be named later this…

  • Two receive leadership award from Housing Studies

    The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and the NeighborWorks Network of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation have named Sarah Karlinsky and Madeleine Pill as the two Harvard recipients of the…

  • Police Log

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 13. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…

  • Lentz named to baseball All-Ivy League First Team

    Harvard sophomore catcher Brian Lentz has been selected to the All-Ivy League First Team for baseball. The team is voted on by the league’s eight head coaches. Lentz, who is…

  • HUPD looks for suspect in unarmed robbery

    Harvard University Police detectives are investigating the unarmed robbery of an undergraduate, which occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16. According to police, the suspect approached the student…

  • Charles Warren Fellows for 2000-01 chosen

    The Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History has announced the recipients of its 2000-01 fellowships. The fellows, who will come to Harvard to spend a sabbatical year writing…

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Memorial Minute — Bartlett Jere Whiting

    In his nearly half a century on the Harvard faculty Bartlett Jere Whiting established a reputation for great learning, influential teaching, and dangerous wit. He died at 90 on 24…

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Memorial Minute — Vsevolod Setchkarev

    Vsevolod Setchkarev, the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Emeritus, and a noted authority on Russian fiction and poetry, died at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, on…