Year: 2001

  • Campus & Community

    Study: Taking heart leads to better heart health

    Researchers at the School of Public Health (SPH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs have linked a more optimistic outlook in older men with a dramatically reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The study examined the effects of an optimistic versus pessimistic way of explaining events on the incidence of heart attack, angina, and…

  • Campus & Community

    Tough bounce

    Harvards game plan of clinching the Ivy League soccer title for the first time in 5 years went afoul as a result of a 3-0 shutout by Brown (7-7-2, 5-1-1 Ivy) on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Ohiri Field. Harvards lone goal of the game was negated following a hand ball penalty. With the win, the…

  • Campus & Community

    Ballroom Team shows national flair

    Twelve members of the student-run Harvard Ballroom Dance Team made an impressive showing at the National Collegiate Dancesport Championships held over the weekend of Nov. 17-18 in Columbus, Ohio. With more than 40 U.S. colleges participating, the Harvard team placed second in both the American and International Style team match events.

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    Seasoned mayors give advice to new ones

    Faced with greater responsibilities in the aftermath of Sept. 11, four mayors from big cities around the country spoke in the ARCO Forum about local leadership during times of global crisis. The event was part of a three-day training program (beginning Nov. 14) for new mayors that has taken place every other year at the…

  • Campus & Community

    Small income boost increases children’s social skills

    A small amount of money can make a big difference for young children from poor families by increasing their social skills and readiness for school to levels seen in children from middle-class families, according to a new study by researchers at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and Baylor University.

  • Campus & Community

    The Big Picture

    As any performer will tell you, getting out there in front of an audience never gets easier. There are always the butterflies in the stomach, the fear your voice will crack or that youll trip over your shoelaces and land on your keester.

  • Campus & Community

    PBH launches annual gift drive

    Phillips Brooks House (PBH) will launch its annual Holiday Gift Drive this week, with organizers expecting the drive to bring in more than 1,000 gifts for children and teenagers in Cambridge and Boston.

  • Campus & Community

    Newsmakers

    Bell wins Ramsey Medal

  • Campus & Community

    Franken’s scattershot scores

    I apologize if I offended you.

  • Campus & Community

    Toddling toward the birth of knowledge

    Elizabeth Spelke was surprised to discover how much infants know about whats going on around them. The newly tenured professor of psychology was just as surprised by their limits. In some situations, counting, for example, babies act more like monkeys, rats, or pigeons than humans.

  • Campus & Community

    Professor missing, reward offered

    Professor Don C. Wiley, John O. Loeb Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, has been reported missing by the Memphis, Tenn., police since Nov. 16. Wiley, in Memphis attending a board meeting of the St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, was last seen the evening of Nov. 15. His car was discovered the morning of Nov. 16,…

  • Campus & Community

    Edmund Spevack, former Harvard lecturer, dies at 38

    Edmund Spevack, a former Harvard lecturer on history and literature, passed away in his native Muenster, Germany, on July 2, 2001, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 38.

  • Campus & Community

    Widener reading room is ready

    On Nov. 16, the Widener Library Periodicals Reading Room opened in its new location on the first floor of the library. The room features comfortable seating, HOLLIS terminals, onsite staff, and a selection of the more heavily consulted periodicals and newspapers. Wideners current, unbound journal collection will be housed in the adjacent stacks for easy…

  • Campus & Community

    President holds office hours

    President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. on the following dates: Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Feb. 1,…

  • Campus & Community

    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 24. The official log is located at 29 Garden St.

  • Campus & Community

    In Brief

    Need to get notes– couldnt save from quark file

  • Campus & Community

    Clinton gets warm reception

    A festive mood and spirited audience welcomed former U.S. President Bill Clinton to Gordon Track on Monday (Nov. 19), providing a counterpoint to the serious issues of globalization and terrorism that he addressed in his 45-minute speech.

  • Science & Tech

    Chandra captures Venus in a whole new light

    Researchers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made the first X-ray images of Venus, Earth’s sister planet.

  • Science & Tech

    Atmosphere detected on distant world orbiting another star

    One-hundred-and-fifty light years away from Earth, in the constellation Pegasus, is a star known as HD 209458. Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a research team was able to detect the…

  • Science & Tech

    New study provides mixed report card on informed consent to cancer clinical trials

    According to a study that appeared in the Nov. 24, 2001, issue of The Lancet, nearly one quarter of cancer patients who participate in clinical trials do not realize that…

  • Health

    HIV-1 infected children benefit greatly from combination therapy

    Combination therapy including protease inhibitors has been available since 1996 for adults with HIV-1 infection. The therapy has slowed the progression of HIV-1 and drastically reduced the rate of mortality…

  • Health

    Research suggests optimistic attitude can reduce risk of heart disease in older men

    Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, working with colleagues from the Department of Veterans Affairs, studied some 1,306 Boston area men who were part of the Veterans Affairs…

  • Campus & Community

    Crash course helps students keep Clinton event rolling

    The sound check went on, sounding like a monastic chant as it echoed off Gordon Track and Tennis Center’s high metal ceiling. Ignoring the droned 1, 2, 3, 4’s, 24 Harvard undergraduates rested on newly-erected risers Sunday (Nov. 18) as they gobbled pizza and prepared for the next phase of the operation.

  • Campus & Community

    Clinton hails globalization’s gains

    Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton spoke of the interaction among religion, public service, and globalization on Monday (Nov. 19) to a crowd of more than 5,600 in Harvard University’s Albert H. Gordon Track and Tennis Center.

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    Clinton shares candid views on foreign policy, globalization at ARCO Forum

    The role of the United States on the world stage remained the top concern of students who met with President Clinton at the ARCO Forum immediately following his address at the Gordon Track & Tennis Center Monday afternoon.

  • Campus & Community

    Seasoned mayors give advice to new mayors

    Faced with greater responsibilities in the aftermath of Sept. 11, four mayors from big cities around the country spoke in the ARCO Forum about local leadership during times of global crisis . The event was part of a three-day training program (beginning Nov. 14) for new mayors that has taken place every other year at…

  • Campus & Community

    A partial list of coming events in Harvard music

    Nov. 15: Piano Society master class, John OConnor, pianist, Kirkland House Junior Common Room, 3 p.m.

  • Campus & Community

    Class of Choral Fellows premieres

    The Harvard University Choir has announced the appointment of the first class of 10 Choral Fellows for the 2001-02 academic year. The program, which took eight years to develop, is unique to the American university system and marks the latest development in the long tradition of choral music at Harvard.

  • Campus & Community

    Musical activity at a fever (perfect) pitch

    Harvard is singing. And playing. And rehearsing. Every corner of every building that can be pressed into service hums with melody. Even Jack Megan, the new head of the Office for the Arts, discovered he has to share his Common Room with Tom Everetts Jazz Band practices once a week.

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    Administrative fellows are selected for 2001-02

    Eight new fellows have been selected for the 2001-02 Administrative Fellowship Program. Of the eight fellows, five are visiting fellows and three are resident fellows. Visiting fellows are professionals drawn from business, education, and other fields outside the University, while resident fellows are minority professionals currently working at Harvard who are identified by their department…