Year: 2002

Harvard Law School will host a symposium exploring law and justice in a multistate world. The event will be held in honor of Story Professor of Law Emeritus Arthur Taylor von Mehrens 80th birthday. The Friday (Sept. 27) symposium will feature discussions on each of von Mehrens four areas of expertise: comparative law, choice of…

The greening of Harvard took another step forward this summer as, for the second year in a row, a group of environmentally minded interns took a hard look at Harvards buildings, vehicles, and equipment with an eye to make the campus more environment-friendly.

Ken Burns cannot tell an American story – about music, about baseball, about authors and artists, and certainly not about the Civil War – without bumping into the same issue: race.

The Office of Government, Community and Public Affairs has updated its Welcome Guide, which provides information for Harvard’s Cambridge, Boston, and Watertown neighbors.

The new edition of The Harvard Guide, the Universitys official guidebook, is now on sale at the Harvard Events & Information Center in the Holyoke Center Arcade. The guide has a fresh new look with a cover that celebrates Commencement and Widener Library.

Members of the Class of ’06 gather together for the second annual First-Year Day of Service event, co-sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House Association and Har’d Corps. The students are urged to participate in a variety of service activites at various sites in neighborhoods throughout the Greater Boston area.

The No. 1 rule for gaining admission to a prestigious college, education writer Jacques Steinberg told an eager audience at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) Tuesday night (Sept. 24), is that there are no rules.

For the worlds poor, technology is something other people have, a tool for the rich to help them get richer.

Though it may not have been as pretty as usual, the Harvard football team scored a perfect 10 this past Saturday (Sept. 21) at the Stadium, holding off the high-flying Holy Cross Crusaders, 28-23, to claim their 10th consecutive victory over two seasons. And in spite of the seven penalties for 55 yards, or the…

The Joint Program on Religion and Public Life at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) is sponsoring a research colloquium series beginning Oct. 3. The series, which will run through Dec. 5, aims to discuss the work of leading scholars who address the interaction of religion and public…

Though it may not have been as pretty as usual, the Harvard football team scored a perfect 10 this past Saturday (Sept. 21) at the Stadium, holding off the high-flying Holy Cross Crusaders, 28-23, to claim their 10th consecutive victory over two seasons. And in spite of the seven penalties for 55 yards, or the…

Eisenberg named Renaissance Woman

Bursztajn to lend expertise to Discovery

The return on Harvard University’s endowment was relatively flat during the 2001-2002 fiscal year, with investment returns dipping 0.5 percent despite what Harvard Management Company President and Chief Executive Officer Jack Meyer termed a

As a young boy in Calabria, Italy, Joe Calautti spent half his days in grammar school, the other half as an apprentice tailor, learning by watching the master tailors at their work.

The town of Watertown and Harvard University announced that after a year and a half of extensive negotiations, an agreement has been reached that will provide the town with a guaranteed revenue stream from the Arsenal on the Charles Property.

Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter said he would be willing to fight and die in a war against Iraq, as long as the United States played by international rules and attacked only after a fair inspection process revealed Baghdad had resumed production of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons.

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. (unless otherwise noted) on the following dates:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Sept. 21. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Felix M.H. Villars

Sept. 25, 1929 – At the dedication of the Law School’s Langdell Hall, Harvard confers honorary Doctor of Laws degrees upon two legal scholars from Cambridge University: William Warwick Buckland and Percy Henry Winfield.

At its second meeting of the year, the Faculty Council met with William R. Fitzsimmons (dean of Admissions and Financial Aid) and Marilyn McGrath Lewis (director of Admissions) to discuss issues surrounding Early Action and Early Admissions.

Harvard undergraduate students, working with their professors, are developing a new technology for treating tuberculosis (TB). The new system delivers drugs through an inhaler, increasing the likelihood that patients will take them over longer periods, and reducing the side effects of pills and injections. To test and market the system, the group has formed a…

Professor of History Ann Blair is one of this year’s 24 MacArthur Fellows and the recipient of its $500,000

The town of Watertown and Harvard University announced that after a year and a half of extensive negotiations, an agreement has been reached that will provide the town with a guaranteed revenue stream from the Arsenal on the Charles Property.

Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter said he would be willing to fight and die in a war against Iraq, as long as the United States played by international rules and attacked only after a fair inspection process revealed Baghdad had resumed production of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons.

As the Class of 2006 anxiously looked ahead to the start of classes this week, they were able this weekend to get a bit to eat and meet the man at the head of it all, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers.