Year: 2000

When the school bell rings each afternoon, millions of American kids hit the streets. Some head home to study or watch television. Some ride their bicycles or play soccer. But…

Your dollars may count twice for the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA). An anonymous donor is promising to match every dollar up to $250,000 contributed by faculty, staff, and students…

The Massachusetts Architectural Access Board (AAB) has awarded this year’s William D. Smith Memorial Award to Gail Woodhouse and her colleagues at the Boston firm Amsler Woodhouse MacLean for the…

All week long, they played spin doctor, having to justify their selection. On Saturday afternoon, they played their hearts out, and that justification was no longer necessary. A calendar week…

Every corner you turn you see different faces speaking different languages and expressing different viewpoints. It’s akin to taking a trip overseas without the pangs of having to cross over…

An initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH) to curtail the spread of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria has received $25 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates…

“It is a matter of survival. Whatever action is feasible now must be taken now because there may be no tomorrow.” Those haunting words were delivered by Republic of Botswana…

Joyce Chaplin’s latest book attempts to shed new light on an event that has left scant evidence in the historical record – the initial encounter between English colonists and Native…

A Harvard affiliate was the victim of an unarmed robbery on Sunday, Nov. 12, at approximately 5:21 p.m. While riding a bicycle down Francis Avenue toward Bryant Street, the victim…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 11. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…

Volunteers sought for WorldTeach WorldTeach and Peace Corps staff and alumni invite students interested in volunteer opportunities to attend an information session today, Nov. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m.,…

At its sixth meeting of the year the Council was briefed on the Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Structures (CIMS) by professors Bertrand Halperin (physics), Charles Marcus (physics), and David…

As of this writing, the outcome of the 2000 presidential election is still in the dark, but on Tuesday, Nov. 14, some light was shed on the situation by a…

Harvard Business School, which pioneered the study of entrepreneurship more than 50 years ago, played host on Nov. 3 to the New England forum of Springboard 2000, a national organization…

They’re only about 1/25th of an inch long, and no wider than a thread. You need a microscope to see these squirmy roundworms. But some scientists will tell you they…

In many societies, people think of their country as a parent – a motherland or fatherland to which they owe their identity and their allegiance. Aloisea Inyumba has a different…

They identified difficulties in communication, a shifting corporate culture, and the lack of an understanding that the establishment of a diverse work force should be a stated goal for managers…

Women Waging Peace, a global network of women working to stabilize regions of violent conflict, is holding its second annual colloquium Nov. 4-18. The initiative was founded last year by…

“How are we going to give people salary increases? How are we going to pay rent increases? How are we going to pay health insurance premium increases? How are we…

It’s difficult to imagine that scenic Franklin Park, one of Boston’s natural gems set aside for rest and recreation, is also home to the fierce competition of Harvard’s men’s and…

The Environmental Protection Agency even has a global warming Web site. Today’s debate isn’t over whether the globe will warm, it’s over how much and what in God’s name we…

Composer and performer Livingston Taylor will speak at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard on Friday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m., as part of the Faith and Life Forum evening…

The Chinatown Computing program of the Chinatown Committee of the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) will celebrate the opening of its new community computer lab on Nov. 29. The creation…

Sue, the author of the note, told her friend Rhonda that she thought Jill was wrong to break up with her boyfriend Tony. Tony’s mother had committed suicide, and Sue…

To assist in responding to the changing religious needs of the Harvard undergraduate community, the Memorial Church has created a new position, the Epps Fellow and Chaplain to Harvard College.…