Year: 2004

Mortimer B. Zuckerman, LL.M. 62, is giving $10 million to establish a graduate fellowship program that will enable Harvard University to attract 25 exceptional students each year as Zuckerman Fellows. The program will be open to candidates who have earned or are pursuing a business, law, or medical graduate degree at Harvard or another U.S.…

Celebrating its 12th year, Arts First, Harvards annual celebration of students and faculty in the arts, lights up Harvard Square with performances, exhibits, and arts activities. Today, May 6, through Sunday, May 9, Harvard welcomes the public to over 225 music, theater, dance, film, and visual arts events (most free of charge). The festival is…

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December 16, 2003, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

Its no wonder Sir Galahad cant find the Holy Grail.

UIS to herald new product, repair center University Information Systems’ (UIS’s) Technology Services is holding an open house celebration today (May 6) and Friday (May 7) for the opening of…

Art Libraries Society honors Stephan Wolohojian Lecturer on History of Art and Architecture Stephan Wolohojian recently received the 2003 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award for “A Private Passion: 19th Century…

James Earl Jones was a student at the University of Michigan when he first encountered racial prejudice aimed at him personally. A professor pointed out a misspelling in a paper Jones had written and said: Why are you trying to be something youre not? Youre just a dumb son of a bitch, and you dont…

Harvards Institute of Politics (IOP) recently announced the selection of 12 undergraduate students, chosen from a poll of 184 candidates, for prestigious paid summer political internships. These students will enjoy a unique opportunity to meet with and learn from leading academics, policymakers, and politicians at high-profile organizations to further their understanding of and interest in…

Researchers at Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have discovered that insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas that are attacked in type 1 diabetes are replenished through duplication of existing cells rather than through differentiation of adult stem cells.

There was something fishy about the farewell bash the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) threw for Joseph S. Nye Jr. last Thursday (April 29).

In remarks that opened a multidisciplinary conference called Bilingual Benefits Friday (April 30), Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers stated the truism that its always preferable to know more than to know less, and most of us wish we knew more languages than we do.

Afro-Brazilian politician and social activist Benedita da Silva spoke at Lamont Library last week. The former governor of Rio de Janeiro discussed the postcolonial challenges facing Brazil in its efforts to create a government and society that include traditionally disenfranchised groups such as blacks, women, and the poor. When I was a kid, said da…

The subtitle of Mary Gordons reading, the final of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studys Deans Lecture Series (April 28), promised Swimming Between Fiction and Nonfiction. And Gordon delivered, with a stroke so effortless that the waters of memoir, essay, and fiction flowed into a smooth confluence, their borders barely distinguishable. Gordons swimming skills served…

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies has announced that David Kupferschmidt is the centers new executive director. Kupferschmidt brings to Harvard extensive experience in Latin America for nearly a decade, including work as a consultant for international organizations, NGOs, governments, and the private sector.

The Tennis Camps at Harvard (TCH) will be starting their 14th season on June 14th at the Beren Tennis Center at Soldiers Field. To check out the camps and sign up online, visit http://www.tenniscampsatharvard.com or call (617) 783-2400 to receive a free brochure.

Crimson Power Clinic to open to high schoolers The Department of Athletics’ strength and condition staff is offering a six-week clinic to male and female high school athletes beginning July…

Out, but not down, could be the rallying cry of the 2004 Harvard softball team. Since falling out of Ivy-title contention with a pair of late-inning losses against a surging Brown squad on April 25, the Crimson regrouped to capture three of their final five games (all at home) to close out the season with…

The Center for Business and Government (CBG) at Harvards John F. Kennedy School of Government is taking its commitment to convening public and private sectors to the next level with its student/fellow mentoring initiative. This program combines the groundbreaking work of CBGs fellows with the enthusiasm of students eager to get hands-on experience and learn…

Herb Fuller is a second-generation railroad buff. His father, Harold Fuller, founded the National Railroad Museum in 1956 in Green Bay, Wis. Back then, the Fuller familys idea of a great summer vacation was to travel to mining country in Wyoming to watch the huge steam locomotives hauling mile-long trains loaded with ore through the…

President Lawrence H. Summers has announced that Howard H. Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS), has accepted the position of senior associate provost for Planning and Resources at the University.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage rebutted Bush administration critics Friday (April 30), saying that President Bushs approach to international affairs has not been to go it alone, rather it has been one of cooperation and coordination with international allies.

The second floor of Widener Library opened over the first days of May. With the grand architectural features and finishes restored and the space aligned so that busy, noisy, interactive services are separated from the quiet space of the reading room, the second floor is both elegant and functional. Both ends of the Loker Reading…

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following date:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending May 1. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

John Kelleher service May 17 A memorial service for John V. Kelleher, professor of Irish studies emeritus in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, will be held May 17…

May 14-15, 1874 – In response to a challenge from the McGill University Foot-ball (sic) Club, the Harvard University Foot Ball (sic) Club squares off against McGill at Jarvis Field…

Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree…

Richard M. Hunt (left), former Harvard University marshal and senior lecturer in social studies, is co-author with editor of The American Scholar John T. Bethell (right) of the new book Harvard A to Z. Hunt and Bethell discussed their book, which is a compendium of fascinating Harvard lore, at the Sackler Museum on April 29.

People who injure an arm or leg sometimes develop pain, swelling, or other unexpected symptoms in the opposite, uninjured arm or leg. Medical reports of such mirror-image effects go back at least to the Civil War and usually are blamed on overuse of the undamaged arm or leg.

Two teams of Harvard researchers have handed doctors a new weapon against lung cancer by explaining the peculiar success of a drug that is extremely effective against the nations top cancer killer, but only in a small percentage of cases.