Year: 2001

Harvard Presidents Throughout History

Dame Edna Everage, the mauve-haired, gladiola-flinging megastar currently holding court at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, has become a celebrity of such magnitude that many assume her to be a sort of eternal presence, like the constellations.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Harvard economics professor Lawrence H. Summers was appointed Harvards 27th president on Sunday, setting the stage for him to succeed outgoing President Neil L. Rudenstine and usher in a new era for Americas oldest university.

Through his years of graduate study and nearly a decade as a Harvard economics professor, Lawrence H. Summers never thought about someday taking the reins of the University.

One cant help but be overwhelmed by a sense of tradition when viewing the fencing facilities of Harvard University. Antique masks and weapons adorn the walls, the parquet floors speak of countless bouts, while students practice beneath the gaze of Harvard Fencings past generations casting their appreciative or critical gaze from portraits and pictures lining…

The Harvard mens hockey team unleashed some serious offensive might against rival Yale this past Friday and Saturday (March 10 and 11) – exploding for 12 goals in two victories – defeating the Bulldogs 5-4 and 7-4 in the best-of-three first-round ECAC Quarterfinals. With the wins, the Crimson advances to the 40th annual ECAC Semifinals…

After waiting his turn to take part in a question-and-answer session during the Islam in America conference at Harvard last weekend, a young man approached the microphone, introduced himself, and said, Im a Muslim, and therefore, by definition, Im a feminist.

What comes to mind when you hear the words Latin American art?

Theater, dance, music, and film will converge at the University this weekend for the Fourth Annual Harvard Black Arts Festival. The three-day event kicks off tomorrow (Friday, March 16), at 4 p.m., at the ARCO Forum, Kennedy School of Government, with a panel discussion featuring Tony-nominated actor Obba Babatunde and Urbanworld Entertainment CEO Stacey Spikes.…

An Indian agricultural expert has called for an Evergreen Revolution in growing food crops that would combine science, economics, and sociology to boost production in a way that can be maintained for decades to come.

Until a few days ago, yellow caution tape, the kind that might delineate a crime scene in a John Grisham novel – or perhaps an unavoidable Cambridge road project – was strung throughout the lobby of Gund Hall at the Harvard Design School. Metal rods hung low from the ceilings, and students scuffled around the…

Theres a movie star in our midst. Her day job happens at a small desk inside the Harvard University Employment Office, but Ashley Wolfe is also a bona fide movie star.

William H. Sweet, professor of surgery emeritus, Harvard Medical School, and former chief of the neurosurgical service, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), died of complications of Parkinsons disease on Jan. 22 at his home in Brookline, Mass. He was 90.

Peter Sellars ’80 – director of theater, opera, and film, and professor of world arts and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles – is returning to his alma…

Knoll receives Chang Ying-Chien Prize Fisher Professor of Natural History Andrew H. Knoll, an expert on the early evolution of life, has been named the first recipient of the Chang…

Eyes sparkling and imaginations aflame, area children – and their elders – glowed in a wealth of glitter and color at the Mineral Madness Family Festival at the Museum of Natural History last Saturday. Weird minerals, a scavenger hunt, mineral identification, and a (relatively inexpensive) Big Dig were some of the bright facets of the…

In a rare respite from the March madness of classes and assignments, the campus fell into a quiet white reverie for two sweet days.

Citing a host of studies, surveys, and statistics, a British health expert made a compelling case last week that the link between low social status and poor health is not just a problem for the poor, but for people at all levels of society.

Carlos Paz spent his childhood laboring in Californias grape fields. Today, the Harvard Medical student is conducting research on circadian rhythms.

The University Student Health Coordinating Board has established a $1,500 prize for students who come up with the most innovative and practical ideas about how to encourage people suffering from depression to seek treatment.

In the wake of six long weeks this fall filled with hanging chads, ballot recounts, and court challenges, it appears the American people may finally be willing to embrace major changes in the way we elect our government leaders. The question is, Is Washington ready? David King, associate professor in public policy at the Kennedy…

Kristen Ammon has played bass since she was 9 years old. She studied music at Yale University and plays today for the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, which is practicing for its March 10 presentation of Tchaikovsky, Ellington, and Ives.

During the Cultural Revolution – the decade of Maoist reform that, among other things, pilloried Chinese intellectuals and sent many to the countryside for re-education through hard labor – author Gao Xingjian was among those sent down to live the life of a peasant.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending March 3. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…