Year: 2000

There’s nothing more “real life” than this: a notice to appear in court for nonpayment of rent. It’s an eviction notice, in effect, and there’s not much time to act…

At a meeting of the Faculty of Divinity on April 17, 2000, the following Minute was placed upon the records. James Luther Adams – “JLA,” as he came to be…

Female basketball players in knee-length bloomers and high socks, field hockey players in skirts that touch the grass, the cast of an all-female “Merchant of Venice” decked in doublets, capes,…

One of television’s most respected and familiar figures revealed some of the person behind the persona during an appearance at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on Monday night. ABC…

November 2, 2000 The sixth annual Edwin O. Reischauer/Kodansha Ltd. Commemorative Symposium was held on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Kodansha/Reischauer House in Belmont, Mass. In attendance were representatives from…

November 2, 2000 Ten children from Cambridge and greater Boston will be able to attend camp next summer thanks to a donation from approximately 300 Harvard Business School (HBS) Master…

The Boston Area Student Environmental Leadership Conference at Harvard Oct. 27-28 served more than 1,000 meals to the 400 participants but generated only three bags of trash because of extensive…

After winning three straight contests in mid-October, a run that included the season’s first Ivy League victory over a tough Yale squad, the Harvard men’s soccer team has dropped three…

Harvard’s annual tradition of giving back to the community is reaching out further than ever this year. Faculty and staff are being asked to open up their hearts and their…

A giant computer screen, flanked by smaller monitors, dominates the basement room on Cambridge Street, giving the impression you’re in Harvard’s version of Mission Control. You’re not. You’re in the…

Gazette Staff Robert W. Iuliano ’83 has been named the University’s deputy general counsel. He replaces Robert Donin who left Harvard in August to take a position at Dartmouth. An…

Precariously perched on a tiny scaffold 170 feet in the air over the Nevada desert last summer, Jeremy Stein anxiously contemplated an awe-inspiring feat – a bungee jump into a…

The new edition of “The Harvard Guide,” the University’s official guidebook, is now on sale at the Harvard Events & Information Center in the Holyoke Center arcade. All information has…

The Harvard Baha’i Club will sponsor a dinner and discussion at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 at Quincy House, Apt. 300, 58 Plympton St. The topic of discussion is “Is…

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) have created the Center for Ultracold Atoms to tap the strengths of researchers at the two universities and engage a wider…

Overcoming obstacles has become a way of life for Olga Kandror. In 1984, the Russian-born cell biologist earned her Ph.D. from Moscow University, then got a research position at the…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 21. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

Waging a peaceful celebration In celebration of Women Waging Peace, a Kennedy School program, there will be a concert on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. With…

On-campus crime appears to be decreasing in several categories at Harvard University according to newly released crime statistics posted on the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Web…

Nieman fellows and alumni from around the world have raised more than $22,000 for the newly named Kovach Library at Lippmann House. The donations honoring former Curator Bill Kovach will…

An expanse of well-groomed lawn separated two groups of deeply divided demonstrators last Monday (Oct. 23) at Tercentenary Theatre. While Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) rallied in front of The…

The Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a new issue that pays tribute to the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. The journal,…

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has announced the successful completion of an eight-year quest to secure $100 million in gifts from donors. At a gala dinner, Acting Dean Mary…

James G. Stockard Jr. curator of the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Design School (GSD), has announced the selection of the Loeb Fellows for 2000-01. The Loeb Fellowship is a…

All streaks come to an end. A maxim that the Harvard women’s soccer team both championed and cursed during a busy away weekend against Princeton and Penn State. After defeating…

Shauna Shames ’01 recalls a line from an essay by Joan Didion: “She said, ‘I write to find out what I think.’” This could be a slogan for the Harvard…

The ambiguities of gender captured the spotlight on Monday night at the Askwith Education Forum, sponsored by the Graduate School of Education (GSE). Transgendered playwright and performance artist Kate Bornstein,…