Year: 2004

Changes in the 2000 census that added a racial category and allowed multirace responses permitted a new flexibility in self-identification, but also diluted the data collection that underpins social justice efforts, according to a former U.S. Census director who spoke at Harvard Monday (Feb. 2).

The former mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., the vice president of programs at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and the former governor of Minnesota, among others, have been selected for fellowships this spring at Harvards Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Kennedy School of Government.

Kennedy School of Government Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. has announced the appointment of the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir as the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life. Hehir will take up his post in the fall 2004 semester.

Is there a docent in the house? The Semitic Museum at Harvard University is looking for volunteer docents to guide tours for the new exhibit “The Houses of Ancient Israel:…

The discovery that cystic fibrosis (CF) patients have an imbalance of fatty acids in their tissues could help pave the way for a new treatment for this genetic disease that affects approximately 30,000 people nationwide. These findings extend previous observations from mouse studies and show that the same fatty acid abnormality occurs in humans with…

If youve got a student loan, then youve probably got mail.

Jerold Kayden, a faculty member of the Graduate School of Design (GSD), has been appointed the Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design.

A retrospective analysis by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) published in The New England Journal of Medicine found no causal relationship between testosterone replacement and prostate cancer or heart disease risk

Students and faculty logging onto the HOLLIS catalog after winter break found a decrease in the number of periodicals available from Elsevier, one of the worlds largest publishers of scientific journals. According to Sidney Verba, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the University Library, the decision to eliminate these journals was the result…

HMS researcher wins Crafoord Prize Latham Family Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) Timothy Springer, a senior investigator at the Center for Blood Research (CBR) Institute for Biomedical…

In the marquee game of the 52nd annual Beanpot Tournament this past Monday night (Feb. 2) at the FleetCenter, the Harvard mens hockey team quickly found itself embroiled in a comedy of errors. Against the No. 2 Boston College Eagles, the Crimson – appearing a bit rusty after exam period – were outshot, outplayed, and…

An antibody plucked from a library of human antibodies has powerfully blocked infection by the SARS (seere acute respiratory syndrome) irus in laboratory tests, scientists at Harard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report. This discoery could expedite the deelopment of an antibody drug for the preention or early treatment of SARS, which killed nearly 800 people in…

CNNs Tokyo bureau chief, a United Nations information service director, and the editor of The Hindu are among the fellows this semester at the Kennedy Schools Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an Istanbul process Friday (Jan. 30) that would band together the United States, Europe, and the Middle East in an effort to boost democratic government, promote economic growth, and ensure security to the troubled region.

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

Colorful tiles line the walls along a ramp to the second floor in Pound Hall at the Law School, brightening the stroll to class.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Jan. 31. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Feb. 13, 1847 – The Harvard Corporation votes to establish “an advanced school of instruction in theoretical and practical science and in the other usual branches of academic learning, to…

The Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year festivities will be held on Thursday, Feb. 12. At 2 p.m., the Woman of the Year will lead a parade through the streets of Cambridge. Following the parade, the president of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the vice president of the cast will roast this years winner and…

At its seventh meeting of the year (Feb. 4) the Faculty Council reviewed with Dean Willliam C. Kirby a draft of his Annual Letter to the Faculty. Deans Vincent Tompkins (associate dean of the Faculty for Academic Affairs) and Cheryl A. Hoffman-Bray (associate dean for finance in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences) were present…

At Harvard, February brings the promise of early delivery on spring, with bright yellow daffodils.

The population density of Paris is about three times that of Boston. Does this mean Paris is three times as much fun as Boston, or that if Bostons population were compounded by three, it would become another Paris?

The winter sun, a sadder light than waning moon, though its warmth is feeble and its everyday life brief, shines with a frigid clarity that creates its own hard beauty. Winter air is rarefied, that is, less dense, and so in the clear sunlight, objects are revealed in all their textured detail – outlines are…

Thomas Lentz, the recently appointed director of the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM), sits at a large oak table in his office in the Fogg Museum. Redecoration is under way, and except for a few chairs, the table is the only piece of furniture in the room, its round, spacious surface piled high with books,…

When it comes to the stubborn persistence of residential segregation in metropolitan Boston, its not just the economy, stupid.

Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies Lizabeth Cohen, director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, has announced the centers visiting scholars for the 2003-04 academic year. Each year, the centers fellows are selected around a theme, which for 2003-04 is The Political Economy of North America.

Whether you want to keep up with the latest trends in your field or learn new skills to make yourself a more valuable Harvard employee, discover the many open enrollment courses or part-time degree and graduate certificate programs offered at the Harvard Extension School. Expand your knowledge by enrolling in just one course or enhance…

Spangler Hall at Harvard University Business School looks like a comfortable, airy place to sit and think in a nice old rocking chair. All youd need is about 80 more degrees Fahrenheit, and life would be ideal.