Year: 2001

Colon cancer kills approximately 48,000 men and women every year in the United States. In addition, more than 97,000 people in this country will be diagnosed with the disease this…

Michael Levine, adjunct professor of law at Harvard Law School (HLS), has testified twice in the past week before key congressional committees examining possible mergers in the airline industry. On Thursday, Feb. 1, Levine testified as an expert witness before the Senate Commerce Committee – chaired by Sen. John McCain of Arizona – during a…

Of the many publishing houses and little magazines that sprang into existence in the 1920s and 30s, none was as adventurous or influential as New Directions, founded by James Laughlin in 1936 while he was an undergraduate at Harvard. New Directions published, among others, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, Tennessee Williams,…

Born on a Louisiana cotton plantation in 1867, orphaned at 7, married at 14, and widowed at 20, Madam C.J. Walker eventually became the nations first self-made female millionaire. A legendary figure in African-American economic history, the former laundress made her fortune by building a business empire based on hair products for black women.

George MacMasters: head lifeguard

Harvards research mission will be featured on the Science Coalitions Web site (http://www.sciencecoalition.org) for the next week. The Science Coalition is a group of universities and other organizations – more than 400 in all – with the goal of expanding and strengthening the federal governments investment in university-based scientific, medical, engineering, and agricultural research.

Jeffrey Hamburger remembers the moment he fell in love. It happened in the rare book library of Yale University.

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

Next Wave, a weekly electronic journal dedicated to the career development of graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, is now accessible from any computer within the University. Produced by the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science magazine, the site features scientific news, discussion forums, career profiles, and career advice.

Emily B. McCarthy, a 30-year employee at Harvard, passed away on June 20, 2000. She was 80. McCarthy worked at the Herbarium, the Department of Sociology, Harvard Business School, and…

Feb. 28, 1942 – In the Yard, Houghton Library is formally opened and dedicated as the new home of Harvard’s rare books and manuscripts. It is the nation’s first academic…

At its ninth meeting of the year, the Council discussed with Dean Harry Lewis his “Five-Year Report on Harvard College.” The Council also met with professors Dale Jorgenson (economics) and…

Volunteer at the Peabody The Peabody Museum at the University is looking for a volunteer to help with public relations activities for at least three hours per week. Duties will…

Most people dont think of evolution as very dynamic. If they think of it at all, they see it as something that happened in the deep past. But all species possess chromosomes, coiled strands of genes in every one of their cells, and these genes are constantly changing.

In their return to action following the break, the Crimson mens basketball team (10-6, 3-1 Ivy) staved off a late-game surge by the Hartford Hawks (4-15), eking out an 80-78 win this past Monday at Lavietes Pavilion. Sophomore guard Patrick Harveys game-winning floater at the buzzer, his second game-winning shot for the Crimson this season,…

Women in Business project is now online The Baker Library at the Harvard Business School has recently completed the first year of its Women in Business project — a survey…

On Saturday, Jan. 27, between 4 and 4:10 a.m., two individuals unaffiliated with the University were the victims of an assault and battery while walking along Francis Avenue at Bryant Street when a vehicle approached them. Words were exchanged between the vehicles occupants and the two individuals after one of the individuals had fallen down.…

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December 12, 2000, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

Think of a space 33 percent larger than the Boston Common and the Public Garden combined. This is what New York Citys 503 privately owned public spaces would add up to if they were combined to form a single area.

Historian Simon Schama returns to Harvard next week to speak on a subject in which he has established impressive credentials: bringing history to a popular audience.

The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute offers graduate and undergraduate student fellowship support and summer research travel funding in the field of Japanese studies.

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Robert L. Mallett will teach at the Kennedy School of Government this semester, Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced. Mallett will join the Kennedy School and serve as visiting professor of the practice of public management.

Proposed 2001-02 rents for current Affiliated residents living in Affiliated Housing