Campus & Community
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‘I haven’t really had a proper weekend in a long time’
Longtime supporter of grads Kathy Hanley caps 13-year quest with a Commencement of her own
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Party like it’s 2020
Class of ’24 gets a do-over on high school prom that pandemic took away
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Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture announces funding recipients
Three major events, including Psychedelics Bootcamp 2024, to be hosted over summer
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‘I was frustrated, infuriated, because women are just as capable’
Experiences in Uganda and U.S. fuel Ananda Birungi’s passion for empowering others, especially women and girls
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When the circus called, she took the leap
Extension School allowed trapeze artist Izzy Patrowicz to pursue big-top dreams alongside bachelor’s degree
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A closer look at new Title IX regulations
More of a ‘slide and a pivot’ than a rollback, Merhill says of rules set to take effect Aug. 1
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Holdren Wins Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
John P. Holdren, the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, has won the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work to…
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Researchers Switch Cancer Off and On — In Mice
Claudia Huettner can switch off deadly leukemia in mice simply by putting an antibiotic in their drinking water. Her system even causes regression of advanced stages of the cancer. When…
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A Theory About Everything — Maldacena closes in on one of universe’s deepest mysteries
The problem defied Einstein, but Harvard physicist Juan Maldacena is using black holes and tiny cosmic strings to help figure out the “Theory of Everything.” A newly minted Harvard physics…
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Law School Student Aces T.V. Pop Quiz
Rahim Oberholtzer remembers his shock when Maury Povichs voice came over his headset telling him he had won more than a million dollars. It was $1.12 million, to be precise.…
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Newsmakers
Desan Receives Legal History Award The American Society for Legal History has awarded Professor of Law Christine Desan the Erwin C. Surrency Prize for the best article published in volume…
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Notes
Portfolio Review Extended The Harvard Neighbors Art Committee has extended its annual review for Harvard-affiliated artists interested in applying to exhibit during the 2000-2001 academic year. Faculty and staff with…
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Why Onions Have More DNA Than You Do
A raspberry has only 8 percent as much genetic material as you or me. That’s expected; raspberries aren’t too smart or complex. But an onion isn’t very complex either, and…
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Police Log
Following are some of the incidents reported to the HUPD for the week ending Feb. 5. The official log is located at Police Department Headquarters, 29 Garden Street. Jan. 31:…
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Report: Despite Some Progress, Segregation Persists in Boston Area
Although more African-Americans and Hispanics are buying homes in municipalities surrounding Boston, these buyers are concentrated in a small number of communities and are thus segregated from white homeowners, according…
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Shahn Exhibit Opens at Sackler
The Harvard University Art Museums are bringing New York to Cambridge this month, with an exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of the artistic and social documentary photographs of…
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Men Top ‘Big Three,’ Women Beat Yale
” Big Three” rivals Harvard, Yale, and Princeton tangled poolside last weekend, as mens and womens swimming and diving meets yielded mixed results at Blodgett Pool. The Crimson men emerged…
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Women’s Basketball Round-Up
The Harvard womens basketball team has jumped out to a 105 record on the season, and as of Feb. 1, sits atop the Ivy League standings with a perfect 30…
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Hasty Pudding Names Woman and Man of Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nations oldest dramatic organization, announced the recipients of the 2000 “Woman and Man of the Year” awards: Jamie Lee Curtis and Billy Crystal. The 50th…
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Learning the Boogie-Woogie
The pictures will be available to the public next year in an exhibit, “Mondrian: The Transatlantic Paintings,” scheduled for April through July 2001 at the Fogg Art Museum. Eleven of…
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Memorial Service to be Held
The Fairbank Center for East Asian Research will hold a memorial service in honor of Professor Benjamin Schwartz on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church in…
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Cabot Fellowship Awarded to Four in FAS
Jeremy R. Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has named this years Walter Channing Cabot Fellows. The four recipients of this fellowship are: Yve-Alain Bois, Joseph Pulitzer,…
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Joan Shorenstein Center Announces Fellows for Spring 2000
While spending a semester away from the daily grind, the Spring 2000 fellows at the Joan Shorenstein Center will focus on, among other things, the relevance of character in the…
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New Cancer Risk Website Logs Record-breaking Launch
More than 13,000 visits were logged on to a new Website of the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention within the first week of its launch in mid-January, making it the…
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Study: Children With Cancer Suffer Needlessly
Children dying of cancer experience substantial suffering in the last month of life, according to researchers at two prominent cancer hospitals in Boston. Not all such suffering is necessary, say…
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The Logical Choice
Richard Heck sits in his office, his lanky frame sprawled on a worn armchair. A half-finished bottle of Coke rests on the seat of a wooden chair beside him. Nothing…
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Tribute
The Peoples Lawyer: A to Judge A. Leon Higginbotham” will be held at the Kennedy Library in Boston from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6. The tribute will…
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Delivering History
What would Martha Ballard think of DoHistory.org? Would she be puzzled that so much fuss was being made about a woman from rural Maine who died almost 200 years ago,…
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Institute of Politics Announces Fellows for Spring 2000
The Fellows for Spring 2000 at the Institute of Politics will discuss their personal perspectives on politics in a panel discussion at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the…
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Two Professors Receive Fellowships from National Endowment for the Humanities
Two professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have received research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Suzanne Blier, professor of the history of art and…
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New Doctoral Program Joins DEAS, Business School
The Harvard Gazette
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Newsmakers
Reinhardt Book Links Business and Environment Forest Reinhardt, associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, has linked business success and environmental consciousness in his book Down to Earth:…
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Notes
Harvard Neighbors to review artists portfolios The Harvard Neighbors Art Committee will hold its annual review for Harvard-affiliated artists interested in applying to exhibit during the 2000-2001 academic year. Faculty…
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Candidates for Overseer and for HAA Elected Director 2000
Appearing below are the Harvard Alumni Associations nominations for this years election to the Universitys Board of Overseers and the HAA Board of Directors. The election this spring will determine…
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Memories of Pain Can Come Back To Hurt
Newly found connections between pain and memory are leading to novel ways to control pain. Nerves carry pain signals to the spinal cord and brain where they excite cells involved…
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Women Priests, Vegetarianism – An Early Christian Manuscript Holds Some Surprises
François Bovon has spent many years peering into the mists that shroud the early history of Christianity. His investigations have shown him something that might surprise nonscholars that even…