Year: 2006

  • Campus & Community

    Geography center launched

    Those of us who remember grammar-school geography lessons as a tedious affair involving a pink and green window shade map and a chalky wooden pointer would probably never guess that,…

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    Bad times make for more accurate memories

    Pleasurable experiences are more fun to relive than negative ones, but a new study by psychologists at Harvard University reveals that memories of good times can be less accurate than those of bad times.

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    Kennedy School Professor Merilee Grindle named director of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

    Merilee S. Grindle, the Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government, has been appointed the new director of Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies to begin on July 1, 2006.

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    John Kenneth Galbraith: A timeline of his life

    1908 – Born Oct. 15, in Iona Station, Ontario, Canada 1931 – Receives bachelor of science degree from University of Toronto (Ontario Agricultural College) Related links: • John Kenneth Galbraith…

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    Sheldon Harold White

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences November 22, 2005, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

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    HLS hosts ‘bloggership’ conference

    Lots of people at Harvard Law Schools Bloggership conference were busy tapping away on their laptops while the presenters spoke at the podium.

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    What makes kids drop out of college?

    Since the No Child Left Behind Act was signed by President Bush in January 2002, standardized testing, the re-taking of classes, and high drop-out rates have been in the news almost daily. But the April 25 Askwith Forum, chaired by Kennedy School of Government Lecturer in Public Policy Ronald Ferguson, addressed a question that has…

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    Fineberg raps disaster preparation for lacking social aspect

    Former Provost Harvey Fineberg said April 26 that preparations for future disasters have to involve private citizens as well as governments in order to be effective.

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    A winning doubles act

    Hundreds of middle school students, volunteers, and former tennis champions swarmed the Murr Athletic Center April 26 for the Champions for Tenacity Celebrity Pro-Am and Clinic, an event celebrating the achievements of students in Tenacitys After-School Excellence Program (ASEP).

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    In brief

    Harvard offers help in walk The Office of Government, Community and Public Affairs will contribute 50 cents per kilometer walked or hour volunteered by Harvard affiliates participating in this summer’s…

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    Newsmakers

    McCormick receives award Marie McCormick, Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health, received the Douglas K. Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric Healthcare Research at the 2006…

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    HSPH professor picked for new program to improve medical care

    Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Ashish Jha has been selected as one of 15 physicians to comprise the first class of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundations Physician Faculty Scholars Program.

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    Max Essex, longtime HSPH chair, to step down

    After 27 years, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Professor Max Essex will step down as chair of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and will become the Lasker Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. Dyann Wirth has agreed to assume the chair as of July 1. At that time, Wirth will also be…

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    New funding for green projects

    For the second time in less than two years, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers doubled the dollars available for campus conservation projects, to $12 million this time, through the Harvard Green Campus Loan Fund.

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    President holds May office hours

    President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates: Thursday, May 11, 4-5 p.m. Sign-up begins one hour earlier unless…

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    Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 1. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

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    Rudenstine portrait unveiled

    Neil L. Rudenstine, Harvard president emeritus, sat in his glowing crimson robes, a book on his lap, a look of bemused and benevolent inquiry animating his face.

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    Economist John Kenneth Galbraith dies at 97

    John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus at Harvard University, noted economist and author, former ambassador to India, and former presidential adviser, died April 29, 2006, at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. He was 97.

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    National Girls and Women in Sports Day has spring encore

    Nearly 70 girls (ages 10 to 14) from Boston neighborhoods joined Crimson women athletes last Friday (April 28) for a beautiful spring day filled with skills and drills in a celebratory encore of National Girls and Women in Sports Day (Feb. 7).

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    John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, professor, and author dies at 97

    John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus at Harvard University, noted economist and author, former ambassador to India, and former presidential adviser, died April 29, 2006, at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. He was 97.

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    Amigos and other local students find friends at HUAM

    “Maybe it’s his dead friend’s body rising up to God,” says Tony, pointing out the spiritual element he sees in a dark painting hanging in the Fogg Art Museum.

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    Townsend: Preparation is antidote to fear

    The federal government is seriously considering the catastrophic health risks posed by a potential bird flu pandemic and is fully engaged in preparing a response. That was the message delivered at the Kennedy School Forum Tuesday night (May 2) by Frances Townsend, President Bushs assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism.

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    Farmer: Aiding poor must transcend boundaries

    Globalization has brought the once distant needy to our doorstep and created a global society whose obligations to help the poor transcend national boundaries, Paul Farmer, the Maud and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, said Tuesday (May 2).

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    Panel discusses documenting atrocity

    Kenyan human rights workers are using past atrocities as a tool to build a sense of national spirit by emphasizing Kenyans shared history of suffering and the stake they share today in fighting corruption, eliminating human rights abuses, and assuring equality.

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    Renowned sculptor Dimitri Hadzi of VES dies at 85

    Dimitri Hadzi, a sculptor whose enigmatic, brooding works can be found in museums and public spaces around the world, died April 16 in Boston. He was 85.

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    Weissman interns to explore world

    For the past 13 years, the Weissman International Internship Program has provided more than 250 sophomores and juniors with the opportunity to participate in an international internship in a field of work related to their academic and career goals.

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    Harvard Libraries seek Digital Project grant proposals

    Sidney Verba, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the University Library, has announced a University-wide call for proposals for library-related digitization projects that support teaching and research at Harvard. According to Verba, grant funding is available through Harvards Library Digital Initiative (LDI) and its internal challenge grant program.

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    Sports in brief

    Womens tennis scores fourth straight league title The 17th-ranked Harvard women’s tennis team closed out its regular season with a 6-1 win over host Dartmouth on April 25 to stay…

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    City of Lyon, Rhône-Alpes District honors two professors

    Smith Professor of French Language and Literature Christie McDonald and Professor Bradley S. Epps of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard were recently presented with medals by Philippe Merlo-Morat, professeur des Universités (Université Lumière Lyon 2) on behalf of Gérard Collomb, mayor of Lyon, and Jean-Jack Queyranne, president of the Rhône-Alpes district.

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    Boston Public Schools’ Payzant joins HGSE as lecturer

    Boston Public Schools Superintendent Thomas W. Payzant has been named a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Payzant, who holds masters and doctoral degrees from HGSE, will begin his new post on July 1.