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Hazen Leroy Vail was born in Boston, August 5, 1940. His father, Hazen Claude Vail, who had left a Depression-broken small farm in Belleisle, New Brunswick, to seek his fortune…

The more physically active women are, the greater they reduce their risk of stroke, according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health. The study followed 72,488…

Male college students in the United States and Europe want to add more muscle to their bodies because they think that will make them more attractive to females. They are…

Add bone fractures to obesity and tooth decay as another reason that teenage girls should drink less soda pop, particularly colas. Ninth- and 10-grade girls who drink soda pop have…

Give Daniel Schrag some old seawater, bits of sediment from the ocean floor, and chunks of coral rock, and he’ll tell you about Earth’s climate tens of thousands, even millions…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 10. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…

The President of the Harvard Alumni Association announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers last week at the annual meeting of…

Dana Reed Prize Winners for 2000 Rachel Kovner ’01 has won the 2000 Dana Reed Prize for distinguished undergraduate writing. The Quincy House junior captured the $500 award for “This…

Art docents sought The Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) are seeking volunteers interested in public art education for the HUAM Docent Program. The Museum Docents are a group of approximately…

The Gazette will next publish July 13 and Aug. 17. The Calendars in the July 13 and Aug. 17 issues will each cover events for the following four weeks. Calendar…

Lippizzan ladies Christine lifted her hoof and pulled it several times across the ground. “Christine, stop it now. Behave yourself,” Kelly Flynn gave the horse a meaningful look that stopped…

 Megan Henry and Kiemanh Pham sport matching millennial shades before attending morning Commencement Exercises.  In high style, Class Marshal Michael Roberts ’80 helps direct alumni during the Afternoon Exercises.  Angela…

As a child growing up in Lexington, Mass., Allen Barton ’’90 could read the writing on the wall. It was crimson in color, and it said “Harvard.” Both of Barton’s…

Her memories are faded by the years, but also sweetened, perhaps, by the romanticism of times gone by. It was the fall of 1943, in the midst of World War…

The Asia Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2000-01 travel grants to Asia. This year, the Asia Center – together with the John K. Fairbank Center for…

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala helped the Kennedy School of Government’s Class of 2000 bid adieu to Harvard Wednesday, dubbing them “full-fledged Policy Wonks” and urging them…

Sixty women and men from around the world have been awarded fellowships to pursue advanced work at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. For the first time in Radcliffe history…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 3. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…

The poems read by Heather McHugh, rich in internal rhyme and word play, portray scientists struggling to bring order to a world that stubbornly resists. Staff photo by Justin Ide

Jerome T. Murphy, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education since 1992, announced that he will step down as Dean in June 2001. After a year’s sabbatical, Murphy will…

Eight men and three women will receive honorary degrees in Harvard’s 349th Commencement Exercises this morning, including Amartya Sen, who also will deliver this year’s Commencement Address along with Seamus…

June 08, 2000 Today the University awarded a total of 6,165 degrees and 352 certificates. A breakdown of the degrees by schools and programs follows. Harvard College granted a total…

30,000 people expected to attend morning exercises on Commencement Day 22,000 plastic Samsonite chairs and wooden chairs set up in Tercentenary Theatre 633-fold increase in the number of graduates from…

Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Jerome T. Murphy (right) speaks to two of the six James Bryant Conant Fellows — Ling Hsiao (left) and Cheryl Campbell —…

Taking refuge from a powerful nor’easter in Harvard’s best-known chapel, graduating seniors gathered in caps and gowns for the traditional Baccalaureate Service on Tuesday afternoon at the Memorial Church. The…

“I live in a place called Raheny,” says Sinead Walsh ’00, a tall fair-skinned woman with pale blue eyes. “Raheny is five miles away from town” – Dublin, Ireland –…

Do you have a passion for art? Do you enjoy working with young people? Do you want to make a contribution to your community? If you answered yes, and you…

Whatever descriptive phrases may be applied to Ourania N. Tserotas, you may be fairly sure that “stick-in-the-mud” will not be one of them. Ourania Tserotas, who stands against a mural…