Year: 2000

The Ukrainian Research Institute (URI) at the University has created a new program of postdoctoral fellowships. The Shklar Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies are designed to bring distinguished scholars from around…

Those in the overflow audience at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) who expected filmmaker Spike Lee to stamp his feet and scream…

Pamela Stone, a sociologist specializing in work and gender, assumed her position as the new associate director of the Radcliffe Public Policy Center (RPPC) on Sept. 5. A former Radcliffe…

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) selection committee for the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize awarded John E. Malmstad, professor of Slavic Languages at Harvard University,…

The Crimson football team earned its first home victory in style last Saturday (Nov. 4), blanking the Columbia Lions 34-0. The shutout, Harvard’s first in three years, advances the team…

In perhaps the ultimate sign of eminence in the sport’s world, the Crimson women’s hockey team was singled out by Sports Illustrated Women magazine. The Harvard team was selected the…

Ignoring Tibet won’t make it go away. That is the message the People’s Republic of China needs to hear, according to authorities on the Tibet situation who spoke Nov. 2…

Bell’s ‘landmark’ book republished Harvard University Press has republished “The End of Ideology” by sociologist Daniel Bell. First published in 1960, becoming “a landmark in American social thought,” according to…

In honor of Luise Vosgerchian, the Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music Emerita, radio station WHRB (95.3 FM, and simulcast live over the Internet at http://www.whrb.org/) will broadcast a memorial…

The Earthwatch Institute will hold its annual conference on Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Harvard Science Center. The program, which is open to the public, begins with registration at 9…

The Interfaculty Health Policy Forum has announced Nancy Ann DeParle will be its first Forum Fellow. She will be in residence during the 2000-01 academic year. DeParle served as the…

Following the success of September’s “Celebration of Black Alumni,” Harvard Law School will hold its Latino Alumni Conference in San Antonio, on Dec. 1. The three-day conference is sponsored by…

Ruth Wisse hesitates to compare her latest work to the Bible, but she admits there may be some similarities. In “The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language and Culture”…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday Nov. 4. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…

According to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), a sexual assault occurred in an undergraduate residence hall in Harvard Yard on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 4:30 a.m. The case is…

She was the only one to survive the horrible car crash that killed her parents and siblings. The teenager was inconsolable. Shipped from her home in Oregon to the East…

At its fifth meeting of the year, the Council discussed parking issues arising from the Faculty’s continued growth with the Vice President for Administration Sally Zeckhauser, and the Associate Vice…

There will be a memorial service for David Elliott Bell on Friday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m., at the Memorial Church. Bell, the Clarence James Gamble Professor of Population Sciences…

With the outcome of the 2000 presidential election very much in doubt, American voters are left grappling with the prospect of having elected a chief executive without a popular mandate.…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 28. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…

Rapidly rising from his chair, and leaving a full plate of warm food, Patrol Officer Charles Marren of Harvard University’s Police Department (HUPD) grabs his cap from above the buffet…

In September 2001, about 18 senior public officials from Southeast Asia and China will exchange the summerlike days of Singapore for seven weeks of autumn at the Kennedy School of…

Given the consensus among scientists, economists, and world governments on the devastating consequences of resource depletion, why is it that colleges and universities don’t put the environmental crisis front and…

Tumors were eliminated in 25 percent of patients with widespread kidney and lethal skin cancers who received a new cancer vaccine. Another 25 percent showed encouraging shrinkage of large and…

President, provost offer office hours for students Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.…