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  • Scans Predict Alzheimer’s Risk

    Older people frequently forget where they left their glasses or parked their car. Could such memory lapses be a sign of Alzheimer’s disease? Until now, no good way existed to…

  • Women’s Basketball Awards Given; 2000-01 Captains Named

    The women’s basketball team held its annual post-season banquet on Tuesday evening, April 25. In addition to team awards for 1999-00, head coach Kathy Delaney Smith announced that juniors Kristen…

  • Arthur Mu-En Lee, Expert in Cardiovascular Disease, Dies

    Arthur Mu-En Lee, associate professor of molecular biology at the Harvard School of Public Health and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, died on April 10 following surgery…

  • Scoring the Future — Arts Medalist Harbison wants budding careers to bloom

    His life’s work is a montage of musical masterpieces, including three symphonies, three string quartets, two operas, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning cantata “The Flight into Egypt.” Yet, it’s not so…

  • Hypersensitive Skin Reveals Clues About Migraine Pains

    The painfully sensitive skin that accompanies many migraines has revealed a new understanding of the debilitating headaches. The latest findings from Boston researchers are the first that may explain why…

  • Narayan Memorial Set for May 5 at Adams House

    A memorial service, “A Celebration of the Life of Navin Narayan,” will be held on Friday, May 5, in the Adams House Library at 2:30 p.m. Navin Narayan ’99 died…

  • Commencement Speaker Named

    The Harvard Gazette

  • Gary Bellow, Legal Education Programs Founder, Dies at 64

    Harvard Law School Professor Gary Bellow, the founder and former faculty director of the School’s Clinical Programs and a pioneering public interest lawyer, died on April 13 from cardiac arrest…

  • With A Song In Their Heads — Birth of new brain cells induced in birds

    Brain cells that make it possible for zebra finches to sing were forced to die then brought back to life by researchers at Harvard and Rockefeller universities. In a major…

  • Abram Chayes, International Law Specialist, Dies at 77

    Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus Abram Chayes, 77, who served as the Kennedy Administration’s chief international lawyer at the height of the Cold War and who taught at Harvard…

  • HMS Financial Aid Director Sharon Clayborne Dies at 47

    Sharon P. Clayborne, director of financial aid at Harvard Medical School, died on Thursday, April 13, at the age of 47. Clayborne tirelessly counseled students through the financial aid process.…

  • Harvard Defenders Celebrates 50 Years of Free Legal Assistance

    The Harvard Defenders, a Harvard Law School student organization that provides legal representation to low-income persons accused of crimes, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday, April 29. The Harvard…

  • Provost Announces Domain Name Policy

    Provost Harvey V. Fineberg has announced a new set of guidelines relating to the use of Harvard’s name and insignia in electronic contexts such as Web pages, e-mail addresses and…

  • Harvard Happenings

    WIRED WOMAN RAISES FUNDS FOR JIMMY FUND The Graduate School of Education’s Dayna Muller, whose vital signs were monitored while she ran the Boston Marathon last Monday, straddles the Wellesley-Newton…

  • Medical School Sponsors High School Science Competition

    “If you have ever experienced intolerable delays downloading a program or page, you understand the pitfalls of Internet congestion,” said Nathaniel Duca before a panel of science judges at the…

  • Levin Memorial Service April 28

    A memorial service in honor of Murray B. Levin ’48, a retired political science professor who taught at Boston University and the Harvard Extension School, will be held on Friday,…

  • Jets and Sharks Battle Again in Longwood Players Production

    By day, they hit the books and the labs, making the rounds in their academic pursuits. But by night, a talented coterie of School of Public Health (SPH), Medical School…

  • Bailing Out the Mail Jail — Harvard Mail Services’ sleuths ensure mail gets where it’s going

    It’s the Mail Jail – Harvard’s Dead Letter Office– and into it go letters and packages that are undeliverable because of incomplete addresses that often consist of just a name…

  • Blessed are the Peacemakers

    A group of Harvard undergraduates met in Athens, Greece, during spring break, March 25-29, to coordinate the World Model United Nations (WorldMUN). The diplomatic simulation allowed students, representing United Nations…

  • Newsmakers

    Three Selected for 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship Three members of Harvard’s faculty are among the 182 artists, scholars, and scientists awarded fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Guggenheim Fellows…

  • Large Turnout Sparks ‘Take Back the Night’ Vigil and March

    On a still spring night in Cambridge, more than 100 people gathered at Harvard Yard for a candlelight vigil and march to draw attention to the issue of violence against…

  • Notes

    April is Alcohol Awareness Month The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) offers free, confidential help with alcohol problems to all Harvard faculty, staff, retirees, and their families. For telephone…

  • Office for the Arts Announces ARTS FIRST Grants

    The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) supports direct student involvement in the arts to integrate creative thinking and expression into the undergraduate educational experience. Harvard students are embarking…

  • Police Log

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending April 15. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…

  • Radcliffe Institute Inaugural Lecture Series Begins

    Nationally eminent constitutional scholar and Dean of the Stanford Law School Kathleen Sullivan will deliver an address on “The Constitution in the Twenty-first Century” in Longfellow Hall on Appian Way…

  • Alex S. Jones Named New Director of the Shorenstein Center

    Alex S. Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of PBS’ Media Matters, has been named the new director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public…

  • Crimson Dedicates Itself to Ivy Victories

    Under threatening skies and windy conditions, over 300 Harvard tennis fans and alumni joined in the celebration to dedicate the new Beren Tennis Center. The ceremony, held on center court,…

  • Raiffa Receives Dickson Prize in Science from Carnegie Mellon

    Carnegie Mellon University has awarded its $50,000 Dickson Prize in Science to Howard Raiffa, the Frank P. Ramsey Professor in Managerial Economics, Emeritus, a pioneer in the field of decision…

  • Terry Murphy Named Gazette Managing Editor

    Terry L. Murphy of Boston has been named managing editor of the Harvard University Gazette. A 20-year veteran of newspaper editing and reporting, Murphy was a copy editor at the…