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Despite reports of suspicious packages and materials at Harvard, no materials to date have been received that have been hazardous to the communitys health and safety.

Oct. 5, 1740 – Fresh from haranguing 15,000 on Boston Common, the dynamic revivalist George Whitefield breezes in to preach at the Cambridge meetinghouse, inspiring division within families and churches, and much soul-searching among College youth. President Edward Holyoke entertains him, but Whitefield has harsh words for a Harvard in which tutors neglect to pray…

At its third meeting of the year, the Faculty Council met with deans Susan Pedersen (history and undergraduate education), Jeffrey Wolcowitz (economics and undergraduate education), and Deborah Foster (folklore and mythology and undergraduate education), and with Professor William Fash (anthropology), chair of the facultys Standing Committee on Out-of-Residence Study, to discuss the study abroad program…

Symphony of Sound The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra rehearses for its first concert for the academic year, Saturday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m., in Sanders Theatre. The evening will begin with the world premiere of ‘Essay’ by Jonathan Russell ’00 (pictured conducting). (Staff photo by Stephanie Mitchell)

Lene Hau, the woman who stopped light completely, then released it at will, has won a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship. She and 22 other winners will receive $100,000 a year for the next five years to spend as they wish. No accounting of how the money is spent is required by the giver of the awards,…

Niall Kirkwood’s Scottish accent may be tricky to detect and trickier still to identify, but despite the years he has spent in this country – years that have softened his native burr – his attitude toward land use still retains the influence of his national origins. “When you come from a country like Scotland where…

What distinguishes Superman from Man and Superman, Rock Around the Clock from Rachmaninoff, Jurassic Park from Mansfield Park?

An increasingly competitive and deregulated market economy has dramatically changed the medical and legal professions, a panel of five experts agreed last Friday during one of six symposia held to commemorate the inauguration of new Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers.

The rich around the world are getting richer, but the poor arent necessarily getting poorer, as globalization-spurred trade boosts their nations economies, a panel of international development experts said Friday (Oct. 12).

At an Oct. 12 symposium honoring the inauguration of Lawrence H. Summers as Harvards 27th president, five of Harvards top scientists described their cutting-edge research and sought to envision the ways that that research might affect our future.

Recently, a group of about 35 Harvard Neighbors ventured outside of Cambridge for the fragrant and only slightly demanding New England tradition of apple picking at the Honey Pot Orchards in Stow.

Students as consumers, great researchers as inspiring teachers, and technology as anything but a magic bullet were some of the ideas discussed and argued Friday morning (Oct. 12) at The Company of Educated Men and Women: Challenges for the 21st-Century Undergraduate Experience, one of six faculty symposia held as part of the Inauguration of President…

Have you ever purchased a lottery ticket thinking, Maybe this time the big winner will be me? Do you play the same lottery numbers every week because you believe that as soon as you change them, they are sure to be the winners? Emily Oster 02, became intrigued by these questions in her class on…

Harvard University Office of the President Massachusetts Hall October 16, 2001 Dear Faculty, Students, and Staff, Our community has shown remarkable strength, resilience, and compassion during these past few difficult weeks. Many of you have offered much-needed support to people directly touched by the September 11 attacks. Others of you have joined in the effort…

Koehler receives Switzer Award Business environmental management expert Dinah Koehler, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Health (SPH), has been awarded a Switzer Environmental Fellowship from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. Koehler joins 19 other early career environmental leaders selected this year for the $13,000 award to finance the completion of master’s…

A Kennedy School researcher has concluded that patent protection for AIDS drugs – blamed by some activists for restricting access to medication needed in the African AIDS epidemic – actually has little effect on the distribution of the drugs on that continent.

Pull it up from your toes! legendary Harvard crew coach Tom Bolles would yell to his rowers when he saw that they were running out of steam. During Bolles tenure from 1937 to 1951, Harvard oarsmen responded to his call. In 1947, the heavyweight crew set a world record of 5:49 over the 2,000-meter course…

The stars of Harvards creative firmament shone Thursday night, Oct. 11, in Segue! … A Celebration of Students and the Arts, the first official event of the Inauguration of President Lawrence H. Summers. A dizzying array of orators, dancers, and musicians took the stage of Sanders Theatre in a seamless showcase of Harvard talent.

The Institute of Politics (IOP), consistent with its mission to stimulate students interest in public service, announced the creation of a fund to encourage undergraduate student groups to participate in political activities. Student groups are invited to apply for grants – ranging from approximately $100 to $2,500 – to perform politically oriented projects. Student groups…

As 11th-graders across Massachusetts awaited the results of last springs Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, educators and administrators gathered at the Kennedy School of Government for lively and sometimes heated discussions of the MCAS, testing, and school reform.

They said the inaugural symposium on brain science would change our brains if we stayed awake, and they were right.

Fred Whipple enjoys solving problems. Like the time he was working for the Air Force during World War II and came up with the idea for chaff – little bundles of shredded aluminum foil that could be dropped from U.S. aircraft to confuse the German radar. Air Force wits dubbed him the Chief of Chaff…

Chinese historian Jonathan D. Spence will illuminate the life of the mind in 17th century China when he speaks as part of the Deans Lecture Series sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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The John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the establishment of the Daniel Paul Professor of Government. The professor will focus on regional, state, and municipal governance, as well as public policy.

School of Public Health to host symposium on bioterrorism School of Public Health (SPH) Dean Barry R. Bloom invites members of the Harvard community to attend a special symposium on bioterrorism on Thursday, Oct. 25, and Friday, Oct. 26, in the Snyder Auditorium at SPH. The conference will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on…

On a day steeped in centuries-old ceremony, President Lawrence H. Summers delivered an inaugural speech that nodded briefly to the past but looked boldly forward. Perhaps the most important creative tension in our university is this: we carry ancient traditions, but what is new is most important to us, he said, adding, Our most enduring…

A new study of cognitive changes caused by heavy marijuana use has found no lasting effects 28 days after quitting. Following a month of abstinence, men and women who smoked pot at least 5,000 times in their lives performed just as well on psychological tests as people who used pot sparingly or not at all,…