Year: 1998

  • Campus & Community

    Two Harvard Scientists Win National Medal of Science

    The National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor in the United States, has been awarded to George Whitesides, Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry, and William Julius Wilson, Lewis F. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor.

    3–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Exercise Can Reduce Stroke Risk, Study Says

    Here’s a research finding that should bring you to your feet. A brisk, hour-long walk, five days a week, can cut your risk of having a stroke almost in half. Too much? Try 30 minutes a day, five days a week. That could decrease your risk by a quarter, or 24 percent. Said another way,…

    2–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Amartya K. Sen Wins 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics

    Sen, Lamont University Professor Emeritus and a current adjunct and visiting professor at Harvard, was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics Wednesday “for his contributions to welfare economics.” He is Harvard’s 37th Nobel laureate.

    4–6 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Charles Schaff brings knack for finding fossils to field — and Harvard

    Charles Schaff ‘s official job description isn’t “fossil hunter.” He is a curatorial associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Schaff, however, makes regular trips to look for fossils in places as far-flung as Africa, South America and Greenland. Though the trips provide high points of excitement, most of Schaff’s time is spent watching over…

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Children need attention and reassurance, Harvard researchers say

    America’s “let them cry” attitude toward children may lead to more fears and tears among adults, according to two Harvard Medical School researchers. Instead of letting infants cry, American parents should keep their babies close, console them when they cry, and bring them to bed with them, where they’ll feel safe, according to Michael L.…

    4–5 minutes
  • Health

    Electromagnets used in treating depression

    Recent studies by Harvard researchers at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., have enlarged the body of knowledge about a promising, though still experimental, treatment for a variety of psychiatric disorders. The treatment is called “transcranial magnetic stimulation,” and essentially involves placing a powerful electromagnet on a person’s scalp. The electromagnet alters brain activity by inducing…

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Business Professor R. Jaikumar Dies on Mountaineering Trip

    Ramchandran Jaikumar, the Daewoo Professor of Business Administration at the Business School and a renowned authority on manufacturing management and technology, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, of a heart attack while mountain climbing in Quito, Ecuador. He was 53. A prolific researcher and writer, Jaikumar was a pioneer in the study of flexible manufacturing systems. A…

    2–3 minutes