Campus & Community
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Not so much the form, but the function
Brutalist, iconic Gund Hall undergoes 1st major renovation since opening in ’72. Now, hopefully, the roof will stop leaking.
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Updating their 3-word bios
Juniors who talked to us when they first arrived here — and again as sophomores — reflect on how they’ve changed
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Rhodes scholars share their Oxford ambitions
8 students to pursue social, political, computational sciences
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He didn’t come all this way to lose to Yale
Dream job and a winning season for Aurich, but one big test remains: The Game.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson? Present!
Supreme Court justice revisits Michael Sandel’s class, which left her with lessons that lasted long beyond her time in it as first-year
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Harvard, MIT, Mass General form renewable energy collaboration
Group will include higher education, healthcare, and cultural institutions, seek to leverage buying power to advance cost-effective, green production projects
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Internet Lottery Opens Up 100 Spaces
Members of the Harvard community will have a chance to participate in the third International Conference on Internet & Society. The University is providing a forum for leading scholars, practitioners,…
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Cataloging Terror — Makiya and team lead effort to index Iraqi atrocities
It was one of the most horrific episodes in recent world history. Almost 400 villages in Northern Iraq were eliminated in 1987 and 88 with thousands of inhabitants allegedly…
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With a Goal In Mind
Name tags might have been necessary the first few weeks, with all the young faces assembled on Harvard’s women’s lacrosse team. Of the 25 players on the roster this spring,…
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Vorenberg, Ninth Dean of Law School, Dies
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law James Vorenberg, the ninth dean of Harvard Law School, former Watergate associate special prosecutor, and first chair of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, died on…
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Remembering Justice Marshall
Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree (from left), Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mrs. Cecelia Marshall (wife of the late Justice…
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NAGPRA Conference at Peabody To Discuss Repatriation Issues
The Peabody Museum will host a symposium on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). A Decade of NAGPRA: Reviewing the Law will take place Friday, April 14th,…
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Afro-Am Celebrates 30 Years
Founders and graduates of Harvards Afro-American Studies Department came together last weekend to reflect on the struggle that gave the department birth, to plot strategies for the future, and to…
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American Red Cross Blood Drive
The American Red Cross will run a blood drive in Memorial Hall on Friday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and at St. Pauls Church, 29 Mount Auburn…
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Literacy Lab Named for Jeanne Chall
The Graduate School of Education’s literacy laboratory will be renamed the Jeanne S. Chall Reading Laboratory in honor of its founder and a leading expert in reading research and instruction…
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Chemistry and Chemical Biology Fellowships Announced
Each year, the department of chemistry and chemical biology receives a number of corporate fellowships for organic chemistry research. These fellowships are sponsored by several corporations whose support has been…
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Faculty Council Notice – April 12
The following members of the Faculty have been elected to the Council for terms beginning on July 1, 2000: Professors John Y. Campbell (Economics), Jay M. Harris (NELC), Pamela K.…
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Study Reveals New Priorities for New Generation of Faculty
Quality-of-life factors are the most significant determinants for prospective faculty when theyre considering a job offer, according to a new study conducted by the Project on Faculty Appointments at the…
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H’ard Corps Kindness
Nearly 300 students turned out for the first annual H’ARD CORPS (Harvard Community Outreach and Public Service) event on Saturday. Breaking into teams, they worked on 18 different projects in…
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Student-Organized Conference To Focus on ‘Mixed-Race Experience’
For many of us, food can be a powerful reminder of who we are and where we come from. But the foods that Rebecca Weisinger 02 remembers from her family…
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Quincy Jones Professorship Is First in African-American Music
Declaring that music has been central to the African-American experience since slavery, Afro-American Studies Department Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced Friday the creation of the first endowed professorship in…
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Nieman Foundation Announces Winners of Lukas Prize for Nonfiction
Two books and a work-in-progress have been named winners of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project, an awards program jointly administered by the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University…
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Wired Marathoner To Spotlight Science
Dayna Muller will be wired like an astronaut when she runs the grueling 26.2-mile Boston Marathon on April 17. A pillbox-sized sensor on one shoe will broadcast her running speed…
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Monkeys Distinguish Different Languages — Its Not All Greek to Them
Monkeys can tell the difference between Dutch and Japanese as easily as human infants, language researchers have found. This ability makes humans less special than previously believed, and ties our…
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Newsmakers
Warfield Named Chair of Anesthesia and Critical Care at BIDMC Carol A. Warfield, associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, has been named chair of the anesthesia and critical…
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Rudenstine Celebrates Boston Latin, Harvard Ties
Good morning. I’m very glad to be with all of you this morning, to celebrate your school and its achievements, and to wish you good fortune as you begin your…
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Notes
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Office for the Arts Announces Senior Winners of Annual Prizes
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Police Log
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David Pryor Named Director of the Institute of Politics
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The Poet Unveiled
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Seven Faculty Members Selected As Harvard College Professors
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Thinking The World — Gould, Dershowitz, and Cox Cross Swords and Ideas in Class
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Toland To Retire From Harvard Athletics
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Center for the Study of Values in Public Life Names Fellows for 2000-01
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EMPOWERing People with Awareness and Respect
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