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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the HUPD for the week ending Jan. 29. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Jan. 23: A…
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…
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…
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…
Upon the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the President approved and announced the following Standing Committees at the FAS Faculty Meeting of Oct. 19,…
It appears that balding men have more to worry about than their vanity. The largest study to date concludes that male pattern baldness is associated with an increased risk for…
A service in honor of Black History Month will be held Sunday, Feb. 13, at 3:30p.m. in The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard. The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes will preach;…
The Kennedy School of Government has established a new chair in government, the Scott M. Black Professorship of Government. The chair, made possible by a gift from Scott M. Black…
Taking a comprehensive look at healthcare delivery to children for the first time in more than a decade, a report by the Harvard School of Public Healths Center for Children’s…
Sarah Clark Donahue has been appointed director of financial aid for Harvard College. Donahue served for over a decade as director of financial aid at Harvard Law School, where she…
Lottery to be held for Harvard Conference on Internet & Society Registration Spaces The Third International Harvard Conference on Internet & Society, to be held May 31-June 2, 2000, will…
After three months writing a novel on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Ariel Pakes learned he had a scholarship to Harvard to do graduate work in economics. An aspiring journalist…
100 Years of Encouraging and Supporting Volunteerism 1917 1922 1940’s 1958 Its elegant meeting rooms have seen the likes of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lani Guinier, and ACLU founder Roger Baldwin.…
Cambridge Emergency Management Director David OConnor was on the scene as an underground electrical fire forced hundreds of Harvard graduate students and their families to evacuate from Peabody Terrace on…
The following are some of the incidents reported to the HUPD for the week ending Jan. 22. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Jan. 16:…
The first images of a polio virus as it infects a human cell have been captured by researchers at Harvard Medical School. The paralyzing disease has been eradicated from Western…
When men’s squash co-captain, senior Tim Wyant, speaks of being a part of the Harvard program, his pride is evident. Thirty-one national team championships. Twenty-four Potter Trophies. Thirty-three Ivy League…
Following a successful run last fall, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will again host its “Voices of Public Intellectuals” lecture series this spring with a focus on “Feminisms and…
The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe will award travel grants to students seeking to work or pursue research in the region of its focus during the summer of…
Painter, sculptor and printmaker Oliver Jackson will discuss his work and career in an illustrated lecture at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, at the Sackler lecture hall, Arthur M.…
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