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The worlds most popular movie star was the honored emcee at this years Cultural Rhythms Festival. Actor, producer, martial artist Jackie Chan was named the 2001 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation. Sanders Theatre was full to the rafters as Chan kicked off the colorful celebration of performing arts from around the world.

Provost Harvey V. Fineberg has announced a new round of grants under the Provost’s Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration (PFIC). These grants are designed to promote intellectual interchange among Faculty members from different schools at the University. The deadline for grant applications is Friday, April 13. “Each year, we are very gratified to see how many…

Harvard Planning and Real Estate (HPRE) has announced the approval of the new rent schedule for approximately 2,300 Harvard-owned apartments rented by graduate students and other University affiliates. The new rents will take effect July 1, when the 2001-02 rental season begins. The Faculty Advisory Committee on Affiliated Housing has reviewed the comments received from…

The Center for Business and Government (CBG) at Harvards Kennedy School of Government announced the addition of four fellows who represent the worlds of government, finance, business, and academia. This spring, the Centers global gathering of fellows will be joined by the former premier of Taiwan, a local entrepreneur, the new chairman of the National…

The University Committee on Human Rights has announced that it will offer grants to support innovative or cross-disciplinary research in the field of human rights studies. The awards are made possible through the generosity of Harvard Law School alumni Rita and Gustave Hauser. The grants are intended to either encourage the development of new perspectives…

Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino swung sledgehammers at a concrete wall Tuesday (Feb. 27) to ceremonially mark renovations to create an assisted living facility for Roxburys poor, frail elderly.

Its shiny white cables dance across the afternoon sky, creating the illusion of a ships mast sailing majestically up the mouth of the Charles River. Representing both Bostons historic past and its alluring future, the new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge is quickly becoming the citys most remarkable architectural landmark.

A $500,000 donation to Harvard Divinity School has led to the creation of a loan reduction program, an addition eagerly anticipated by students seeking ways to balance the financial conflicts of repaying heavy student loan debt and pursuing careers in typically low-paying public service jobs.

Whether its an Al Bore, a Tiger Woods or the ever-popular Elvis, you can be sure that you are not only getting the best burger within walking distance of Harvard Yard, but maybe the best this side of the Charles River or beyond. And it has been that way for 40 years now.

Robert W. White ’25, who taught at Harvard from 1937 to 1968, when he became professor of clinical psychology , died on Feb. 6 in Weston, Mass. He was 96. Originally an historian (he received his master’s in American history at Harvard in 1926), White’s interest in human behavior turned early toward individual psychology. In…

It was the fall of 1962. American intelligence aircraft had spotted evidence of Soviet offensive weaponry in Cuba. For nearly two weeks the entire world watched and waited as the two major superpowers stood on the brink of nuclear war.

Falkenrath named to National Security Council President George W. Bush has chosen Richard Falkenrath, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School, to be director for proliferation strategy at the National Security Council. “I am honored to have been chosen and I hope that my eight years at the Kennedy School have prepared me…

In the 1950s, says Dorothy Zinberg, the faculty wives in Harvards government department met regularly for lunch in the Faculty Club.

Charles V. Willie, the Charles William Elliot Professor of Education Emeritus at the Graduate School of Education, has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Judge Baker Children’s Center. Willie has previously served as a trustee and first vice chairman of the center, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the…

Alice Kimball Smith, a retired author, historian, and former dean emerita at the Radcliffe Institute, died Feb. 6, in Ellensburg, Wash. She was 94. After a move to Cambridge in 1960, Smith was appointed scholar at the Radcliffe Institute, providing support for women returning to academic scholarship. From 1970 to 1973 she served as associate…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 24. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Feb. 20: A wallet was reported stolen from a coat in the basement of the Winthrop House. Property was also reported stolen from the…

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On Thursday, Feb. 22, a member of the Harvard community purchased a 20-ounce bottle of Diet Coke that contained a foreign substance that made the person briefly ill. The bottle was purchased from a vending machine in Loker Commons. At this time, no other instances of contaminated bottled beverages have been reported on campus. Initial…

Author Michael Ignatieff, a professor of human rights policy, has been named director of the Carr Center of Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced. “The Carr Center is here to promote, enhance, and inspire good teaching and research in human rights,” Ignatieff said. “I hope that…

A University graduate student was the victim of an attempted unarmed robbery while talking on his cellular phone on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at approximately 7:59 p.m., on the pathway behind Leverett Towers. Prior to the assault, the student had walked past three subjects at the corner of Grant and Athens streets. When the student walked…

On Friday, Feb. 23, at approximately 3:15 p.m., the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to a report of an indecent assault at the Lamont Library. The victim, not affiliated with the University, was awakened by something moving under her buttocks. When she stood up to see the suspect, he grabbed his belongings and fled…

A $500,000 donation to Harvard Divinity School has led to the creation of a loan reduction program, an addition eagerly anticipated by students seeking ways to balance the financial conflicts of repaying heavy student loan debt and pursuing careers in typically low-paying public service jobs.

If the lizardy newt loses a leg in a battle with a stronger, faster rival, it simply grows a new limb.