Year: 2006

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.

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…

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

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

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…

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.

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).

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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/.

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.

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.

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).

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.

“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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.