Month: May 2002

Harvard seniors Erica Levy, Christopher Papagianis, and Marc Wallenstein have been awarded the George Peabody Gardner Traveling Fellowship for 2002. The fellowship, available to graduating seniors who are concentrators (or joint concentrators) in the Departments of Visual and Environmental Studies, Anthropology, English, History and Literature, Literature, or Philosophy, is awarded to students who demonstrate a…

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced the recipients of the 2002 Harvard Medal: Peter A. Brooke 52, M.B.A. 54, Sharon Elliott Gagnon, A.M. 65, Ph.D. 72, John A. Lithgow 67 and Daniel C. Tosteson 46, M.D. 48. First given in 1981, the Harvard Medal recognizes extraordinary service to the University. President Lawrence H. Summers…

Youve heard of the Cambridge folk renaissance? Well, Lenny Solomon was there.

Dibner Institute appoints Cavicchi for second year

President Lawrence H. Summers and seven Harvard professors are among the 72 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced Tuesday (April 30). Members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Those elected bring the total number of active members to 1,907. With its eight…

With globalization linking their fates, the developed world cannot afford to leave the developing world behind, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Wednesday (April 24), urging support for African efforts to help themselves.

President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven Hyman will hold office hours for students in their Massachusetts Hall offices from 4 to 5 p.m. Individuals wishing to meet with President Summers or Provost Hyman will be welcomed on a first-come, first-served basis. A Harvard ID is required.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, April 27. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

May 12, 1638 – By order of the Great and General Court, Newetowne is renamed Cambrige (Cambridge).

At its 14th meeting of the year the Faculty Council considered a proposed merger of the departments of East Asian Languages & Civilizations and Sanskrit & Indian Studies with Professor Peter Bol (chair, E.A.L.C.) and Professor Leonard van der Kuijp (chair, Sanskrit and Indian Studies).

A photo that appeared on page 12 of the April 25 edition should have identified Alison Vaughan as the executive director of Tutoring Plus of Cambridge. She was incorrectly listed as a tutor. The Gazette regrets the error.

Thursday, June 6, 2002

Recent evidence for the existence of strange types of stars made from a new form of material raises some questions about the stability of matter in the universe.

Un libro te lleva al cualquier sitio que tu quieras: a book takes you wherever you want to go, 9-year-old Gabriel Castro told Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers on Friday (April 26).