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The Paul Revere battalion, which includes students from Harvard, Tufts, Wellesley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named the “Most Outstanding” by the U.S. Army, among more than 270 ROTC units nationwide. Cadet Battalion Commander Danielle Boudreau ’01, who is the first female battalion commander in Paul Revere’s history, accepted the award on…

One of Norman Janis’ earliest memories is standing on the beach at Coney Island at the age of 6 and singing “HMS Pinafore” to his parents and their friends. The scene is not difficult to imagine. Janis, a compact, bearded man whose wiry frame is constantly in motion, seems to retain the boyish energy and…

Two former world leaders, a prominent health care policy-maker, and the national campaign manager for John McCain’s presidential bid are among the fellowship selections at the Institute of Politics (IOP) this fall. The Institute of Politics was established in 1966 with an endowment from the John F. Kennedy Library Corp. to inspire undergraduate students to…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Sept. 23.The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.Sept. 17: A caller reported a stolen set of keys and identification from Stoughton Hall. Sept. 18: Security reported two vending machines were broken into at…

2000-01 directories to be distributed in November The 2000-01 Directory of Faculty, Professional and Administrative Staff will automatically be distributed to teaching faculty and all administrative and professional staff, as well as all emeriti, starting in late November. If you do not fall under any of the above categories, and need a copy, please send…

Stebbins named fellow, curator at Fogg Museum Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. was named distinguished fellow and consultative curator of American art at the Fogg Art Museum in August. Stebbins is one of the nation’s leading scholars of American art. He served for 22 years as John Moors Cabot Curator of American Paintings at the Museum…

For a week in August, incoming Harvard Medical School students ignored the siren call of sun and sand for a chance to spend a week weighing and measuring preschoolers at the Dimock Early Head Start Program in Roxbury. The result was an eye-opener for the medical students as well as a relief for officials at…

Myra Mayman, the founding director of Harvard’s Office for the Arts (OFA), has announced that she will step down at the end of June. In letters and phone calls to dozens of staff members, alumni/ae, advisers, students, and other friends of the OFA this week, Mayman demonstrated the personal touch for which she is known…

To help employees learn basic language skills and/or prepare for the Graduate School of Education, the Bridge Program has teamed up with doctoral students in the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), the leader in research on adult learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The NCSALL graduate students…

Diego Rios has big plans for his career at Harvard. The 32-year-old Colombian native has worked as a waiter at the Faculty Club for the past four years, eagerly taking on every opportunity for training that has come his way. He willingly steps in to fill staffing needs, sometimes cleaning guest and function rooms, at…

Humberto Cuartas and his 9-year-old son are homesick. Even so, they aren’t quite ready to pack up and go back to their home in Medellin, Colombia. Cuartas, a waiter at the Harvard Faculty Club, has a goal to reach before he heads home. “I’m trying to do something better for myself,” he says. “I want…

With one collective eye focused on a controversial and colorful past and the other gazing ahead toward an uncertain future, some 600 African-American graduates of Harvard Law School (HLS), joined by their families and faculty members, gathered at the Law School last weekend to honor their rich history and to chart a course for those…

Harvard Divinity School has announced the establishment of the Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan Professorship in Islamic Religious Studies. The new chair, whose title honors the family of His Highness Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is intended as the cornerstone for an expanded program in the study of Islam at…

The Advisory Committee on Honorary Degrees will be meeting during the fall and spring to consider nominees for honorary degrees in 2002. Members of the Harvard community are invited to submit names of likely honorary degree candidates. Through its conferral of such degrees, Harvard aims to recognize excellence of broad relevance to higher education. The…

The gauntlet hit the floor with a bang during last week’s Askwith Education Forum on “The Homework Wars” sponsored by the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and moderated by Emily Rooney, host of “Greater Boston” on WGBH Television. Calling it the great “black hole of learning,” educational researcher Etta Kralovec presented her case for reducing,…

The Hauser Center is a University-wide, interdisciplinary research center that seeks to expand understanding and accelerate critical thinking about civil society among scholars, practitioners, policy makers and the general public. Now in its third year, the Hauser Center awards up to five two-year residential doctoral fellowships per year to outstanding students registered in any program…

Harvard seeks its second victory of the season when it travels to Lafayette this Saturday for a non-conference tilt. It is the sixth meeting between the schools in a series that dates back to 1966. The Crimson used a fourth-quarter burst to defeat defending Ivy League co-champion Brown, 42-37, last Saturday in Providence and even…

Christine Smith points to a small limestone capital, a fragment of a French medieval abbey. It is mounted high on the wall of an exhibition room at the Fogg Museum. Below it, a white stripe connecting it with the floor suggests in a subtle, minimalist way that the pocked, weatherworn carving is resting on the…

David Fithian has been named Assistant Dean of Harvard College, effective immediately. Fithian, who was appointed by Dean of Harvard College Harry L. Lewis, will work on a variety of administrative and policy matters affecting the College and will serve as Secretary of the Administrative Board of Harvard College. He has served as Allston Burr…

Recent accounts of young school students shooting each other has sent a shiver through the nation; journalists call the killings an “epidemic” and legislators have begun debates on new gun control laws. As tragic as these homicides are, however, they represent only the tip of an iceberg of gun deaths in the United States. Every…

Harvard University’s endowment posted its highest return since 1983 in the year ending June 30, 2000, increasing to approximately $19.2 billion on a 32.2 percent return despite an unremarkable year in the broader markets that saw the S&P 500 increase only 7.3 percent. The return, largely driven by a 155.2 percent return in private equities,…

The Joint Center for Housing Studies will hold the second annual John T. Dunlop Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Graduate School of Design. The lecture, titled “The US Home Building Industry: A Half-Century of Building the American Dream,” honors Lamont University Professor Emeritus John T. Dunlop for his distinguished career at the University,…

Last May, the Ad Hoc Committee on Employment Policies, appointed by President Neil L. Rudenstine and composed of faculty and senior administrators from across the University, released its final report. The result of a yearlong study of work force issues on campus, the report recommended that the University greatly expand benefits for entry-level and service…

September 28, 2000 Starting Sept. 29, the Museum of Natural History will give visitors a chance to bask in the beauty of a thousand butterflies. Specimens of every size, shape, and color from around the world will be on display. “Beauty on the Wing: The Double Lives of Butterflies” provides an overview of butterfly basics,…

College can be a difficult place. Students, especially at schools like Harvard, often have the pressure to succeed continually bearing down on them. Most are living away from home for the first time. Relationships with others may be hard to start and harder to maintain. Those in constant contact with students may see signs that…

According to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), a freshman student was assaulted while standing in Annenberg Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at approximately 9:30 in the morning. The affiliate told police that the suspect approached her, grabbed her breasts, and walked away. The suspect’s direction out of the dining hall is unknown. The suspect…

Workers from the 2000 Summer Youth Employment Program were honored at an with a pizza party in August to recognize their efforts. In addition to lunch, the students were given tours of Harvard Yard. They also met with other students from Cambridge and Boston at the Events and Information Center.

Nine doctoral candidates of exceptional promise have joined the Society of Fellows as Junior Fellows. The Society gives scholars at early stages of their careers an opportunity to pursue their studies in any department of the University, free from formal requirements. They must demonstrate exceptional ability, originality, and resourcefulness. Junior Fellows are selected by the…