Year: 2006

Four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been selected as Harvard College Professors, an honor recognizing particularly distinguished contributions to undergraduate teaching in all its forms: in Core courses and in general education, in teaching within concentrations, and in advising and mentoring students.

May 12, 1638 – By order of the Great and General Court, Newetowne is renamed Cambrige (Cambridge). May 1638 – The College Yard expands as the Town of Cambridge grants…

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: •…

A daughter of migrant farm workers who rose to become deputy chief of staff for President Bill Clinton said Thursday (April 20) that the current dispute over immigration reform is just the latest chapter in a debate as old as the country over who becomes an American.

Jendayi Frazer, assistant U.S. secretary for African Affairs, sounded an optimistic note on the future of Africa during a speech Friday (April 21) at the Black Policy Conference at the Kennedy School.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) recently announced the election of 175 new fellows and 20 new foreign honorary members. Included among this new field of fellows are eight Harvard faculty members.

In recent years, crossing disciplines is much more common than it used to be, but that doesnt mean that its not a good idea to look both ways before you cross. While ethicists and scientists wrangle about when life begins, and historians and literary scholars buzz about the importance of imperialism in the novels of…

Dancers leaping into the air, potters spinning their wheels, musicians playing religious to rock, and many other performance and visual artists representing the Harvard arts scene will soon take over various venues in and around campus, marking the arrival of Arts First, Harvards 14th annual arts festival.

Bulldog track and fielders get past hosts A visiting Yale women’s track and field team captured 10 of 18 events this past Saturday (April 22) to take an 86-77 win…

The pressures of pride served a visiting Brown baseball team well in game two of Mondays (April 24) doubleheader. Facing elimination in the Red Rolfe Division title race – and carrying the fresh sting of dropping three straight against the Crimson by scores of 1-0, 8-4, and 5-2 – the Bears bucked the series trend…

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced the recipients of the 2006 Harvard Medal: Chase N. Peterson 52, M.D. 56, Chet Stone III, and Sidney R. Knafel 52, M.B.A. 54.

April 9, 1968 – Assassinated civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is buried in Atlanta. At Harvard, Lowell Lecture Hall is the scene of a daylong program of speeches and…

At its 16th meeting of the year on April 26, the Faculty Council discussed scholarly publishing and a proposal to rename and establish new degrees in the Extension School. The…

Joan Reede surveyed the scene as busload after busload of middle schoolers made their way into Harvard Medical Schools gleaming New Research Building. A staff member approached, leading a young girl. Id like to introduce you to someone, the staffer began, but Reede quickly said, Oh, I know her already. She wants to be a…

It was late and dark and dangerous in the Mexican city of Altar.

World-class professional tennis team the Boston Lobsters is gearing up for another season at Harvards Bright Hockey Center, scheduled for July 6-26. The home of the Lobsters has been modified to include a new cooling system and improved sight lines for a more intimate seating venue than seasons past. This season, special guests and live…

The Woodberry Poetry Room in Lamont Library will be closed for extensive renovations from May 29 to Sept. 10, during which time the collection will not be available for use. The room will reopen Sept. 11 at 9 a.m. Please contact curator Don Share (via e-mail at share@fas.harvard.edu or phone at 617-495-2454) with any questions…

Harvard Assistant Professor of the History of Science Marwa Elshakry joined 19 other scholars nationwide to be named Carnegie Scholars this week by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Geraldine Brooks, the Vera M. Schuyler Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, had been scheduled for several months to present her work-in-progress on April 19 to other fellows, the Harvard community, and the public. Then two days before her presentation, Brooks learned she had won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel…

Nancy Bean dreamed of leaving the antiseptic middle-class suburb where she lived with her husband and three children and returning to the small Texas town of Tulia where she was raised. She wanted her kids to experience the slower, simpler life of home canning and quilting bees that she remembered from childhood, to know what…

Out of more than 1,000 students in the Harvard class of 1952, four were African American. Contrast this with the 150 or so African-American students in the recently admitted class of 2010.

PBHA auction to benefit summer youth camps The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) will hold its third annual auction to benefit its Summer Urban Program on May 3 from 5:30…

William James Foundation awards student-led plan The William James Foundation recently named the Harvard student-led Fair Market Financial (FMF) business plan as one of its outstanding merit award winners in…