Year: 2002

Harvard Law School (HLS) has announced the creation of a new research program, the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. The new program will bring the number of research centers at the School to 18 – with areas of focus ranging from Internet law to Islamic legal studies to international taxation. The Labor…

For Sigmund Freud there was considerable doubt. Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, didnt just question religious belief, he attacked it as childish, escapist, and unworthy of a mature, rational mind.

Psychiatrist Felton Earls has been selected to head the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program, replacing Anthony Appiah, who left the University at the end of the spring term.

Deborah Kuhn has joined Harvard Medical School (HMS) as the new associate dean for Planning and Facilities. Kuhn, who will direct the HMS Planning Office with overall responsibility for facilities planning for HMS and the School of Dental Medicine, began her new duties on Sept. 9.

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established in 1990 to recognize and honor alumni who contribute outstanding volunteer service to Harvard through alumni activities. The six recipients listed below will be honored on Oct. 10 at the opening dinner of the HAA board of directors.

The University is celebrating the 150th anniversary of intercollegiate athletics (1852-2002) with a series of panel discussions open to the public. The first one – titled History of the Ivy League and the Influence of the Media – will take place on Friday (Sept. 20) at the Murr Centers Hall of History (3:30-5:15 p.m.). Participants…

The oohs and ahs could be heard echoing through the attractive, sunlight-filled rooms as a group of community, civic, and business leaders joined local residents in a tour of the newly renovated facilities of the West End House Boys & Girls Club of Allston-Brighton.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning Aug. 18 and ending Sept. 14. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Check out the new Harvard University Home Page as it makes its digital debut today (Sept. 19). In addition to an elegant new design, the refurbished home page is easier to navigate and includes new multimedia links. It also offers the visitor immediate access to the home pages of all the schools of the University.…

To celebrate the beginning of the new academic year, President Lawrence H. Summers has announced Its Movie Time at Harvard, a free outdoor film screening to be held at 6:45 p.m. on Sunday (Sept. 22) in Tercentenary Theatre. The event is open to members of the University community and their families, and will feature complimentary…

Stephen Jay Gould

Sept. 17, 1701 – Increase Mather steps down as President.

At its first meeting of the year the Faculty Council met with Professor Jennifer Leaning (HSPH) to discuss the work of the Committee to Review Sexual Assault Programs, Education, and Services in Harvard College, which Professor Leaning chairs. The staff of this committee, Julia Fox of the Office of the Dean of Harvard College and…

With substantial raises in place for its lowest-paid workers, Harvard is implementing other important initiatives recommended by the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies (HCECP) and approved by President Lawrence H. Summers last December. These include creation of a University-wide values statement, introduction of new training for supervisors, and production of multilingual brochures for…

More than 10,000 members of the Harvard University community gathered in Tercentenary Theatre at noon today (Sept. 11) to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. With words, music, and prayer, students, religious leaders, and President Lawrence H. Summers honored the day’s tragic events and offered messages of peace and hope.