Year: 2000

Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Harbison ’60 (AM ’68) will receive the 2000 Harvard Arts Medal on May 6 as part of ARTS FIRST 2000, the eighth annual celebration of…

Once the province of astronomers, land planners, and geoscientists, in the past several years, geospatial data and the tools to analyze it have become increasingly available – and valuable –…

At its 10th meeting of the year the Faculty Council discussed with Anne Taylor, Vice President and General Counsel, and University Attorneys Robert Iuliano and Allan Ryan, the present status…

In this season of presidential primaries, education has at long last become a critical component of the stump speech, superceding even crime and foreign affairs. Every candidate is eager to…

In his book All Souls: A Family Story from Southie, Michael MacDonald chronicles his childhood in a predominantly poor, Irish-American neighborhood in Boston during the antibusing riots of the 1970s.…

Michael Connell’s fascination with “neural networks”–computer programs that simulate the activity of brain cells or neurons and actually learn over time–stems in no small part from a “crystallizing moment” he…

Melding the tools of cognitive development, developmental psychology, art, brain-imaging technology, and education, Kim Sheridan is trying to unlock the mystery of artistic taste. It has taken years for Sheridan…

“Is the brain shaped and even changed by its experiences with language?” wonders Mary Helen Immordino-Yang. “Does language change the way people think?” A former seventh-grade science teacher, Immordino-Yang is…

Newly appointed professor of education and incoming director of the Harvard Literacy Laboratory Connie Juel is moving some of the services of the renowned lab into public schools. This is…

Courtney Egelhoff leaned in close, her face just inches from her coach’s blonde, shoulder-length hair. Intent with concentration, Egelhoff combed and snipped. Combed and snipped some more. The scene was…

When he was 5 years old, Jesus Aleman ’02 began working in the fields with his family in northern Mexico. He picked cotton and helped grow watermelons, and he learned…

The purpose of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) is to promote the welfare of Harvard University and to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between Harvard University and its alumni. The…

Images of natural repairs being made on DNA damaged by oxidation have been captured by chemists at Harvard University. The damage is an inevitable consequence of breathing. Roughly 100,000 times…

On Feb. 22, Harvard Police received a report that an individual was robbed at gunpoint near Lowell House just after 8 p.m. The suspect reportedly took personal property and fled…

Editor’s note: Women’s basketball Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer in December. As part of her commitment to education, both of her students and of the broader community,…

Cheryl Hoffman has joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the new associate dean for finance. Hoffman managed the finances of major health care organizations for almost two decades.…

Douwe B. Yntema, a retired senior lecturer in the Psychology Department, died suddenly Feb. 13, in his home in Cambridge. He was 74. Yntema graduated from Swarthmore in 1949, followed…

Robert Shenton, Ph.D. ’62, who served as Secretary to the Corporation and the Board of Overseers from 1971 to 1991, died on Tuesday, Feb. 29, after suffering injuries in a…

The ‘Talented Mr. Damon’ led the celebration of arts and culture at Saturday’s 15th Annual Cultural Rhythms Festival.

This year the alumni will elect five members of the Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). A nominating committee comprised of Harvard alumni selects…

A memorial service for the Rev. Charles Philip Price ’41, Preacher to the University and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals from 1960-1972, will be held on Friday, March 3, at…

The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard’s two governing boards, the other being the President and Fellows, which is more commonly known as the Corporation. The Overseers’ chief roles…

Under the direction of maestro James Yannatos, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will perform its third subscription concert of the season on Saturday, March 4, at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. Thomas…

Callbacks Headed to Semifinals in A Cappella Championships The Callbacks, one of Harvard’s undergraduate a cappella singing groups, are headed to the semifinal round of the Championship of College A…

The future of Christianity will be the subject of a three-part lecture series by the Right Rev. John Shelby Spong, author, theologian, and former Episcopal bishop of Newark, N.J. Spong,…

Kao is New Curator of Photography Deborah Martin Kao has been appointed the first Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Fogg Art Museum. The curatorship was made possible…

Professor of Medicine Eva J. Neer ’59 died at her home on Sunday, Feb. 20, from complications of breast cancer. She was 62. Family members say Neer battled the disease…