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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 in Central Square, has organized the painting of other murals by schoolchildren. Tserotas sees art as one effective way to make statements about diversity and…

With only 365 of them per year and a goodly portion occupied with Christmas, Passover, Halloween, and the like, it’s not everyone who gets a day named after him. Michael Shinagel, senior lecturer in English, Master of Quincy House, and Dean of Continuing Education and University Extension, is one of the happy few. Yesterday, June…

In Randy Bell’s ’00 Eliot House dorm room (above), the young filmmaker stands in front of a dartboard, which seems dangerously close to Bob Dylan, the subject of Rice and Bell’s film. Staff photo by Kris Snibbe

Glazer honored by CCNY Nathan Glazer, professor of education and social structure emeritus, was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the City College of New York (CCNY), one of the colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY), at its commencement ceremony in Manhattan on Friday, June 2. Glazer is a 1944…

Glazer honored by CCNY Nathan Glazer, professor of education and social structure emeritus, was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the City College of New York (CCNY), one of the colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY), at its commencement ceremony in Manhattan on Friday, June 2. Glazer is a 1944…

Destroyed by fire in 1956, and restored to its original design in 1999, the spire on top of Memorial Hall was rededicated at a ceremony on May 11. Cambridge Historical Commission executive director Charles M. Sullivan M.C.P. ’70 and commission chair William B. King ’54, L.L.B. ’59 announced a Preservation Award from the commission during…

The University will make significant new investments in the field of information technology, especially as it relates to the Internet and entrepreneurial studies. Income from a recent $7 million gift from Rufus W. Lumry III to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and the Harvard Business School (HBS) will support the creation of the…

When Harvard senior Alex Kellogg finished his semester abroad in the spring of 1998, he went to the Nairobi airport with the rest of his class. But while they were saying farewell to Kenya, he was saying farewell to them. “I went to the airport and said goodbye. Then I flew to Sudan,” said Kellogg,…

The Business School (HBS) held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 1 for Hawes Hall. Hawes Hall will provide the Business School with a critical resource to continue its core mission of educating leaders. Designed to encourage the dynamic interchange between faculty and students, classrooms, technology, and gathering areas will enable interactive exchange with technology and…

A medical educator, a philosopher, and an historian received Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Centennial Medals at a ceremony on Wednesday, June 7, at the Faculty Club. The 2000 Centennial Medalists are Harold Amos, Ph.D. ’52, Stanley Cavell, Ph.D. ’61, and Jill Ker Conway Ph.D. ’69. The Centennial Medal was first awarded in…

It should be quite a scene next week in the small bayou town of Pass Christian, Miss., when Ted Grozier arrives.

Sharon Elliott Gagnon, A.M. ’65, Ph.D. ’72, has been elected President of the University’s Board of Overseers for 2000-01. She will assume the post after Commencement, succeeding Joan Hutchins ’61. Entering the final year of her six-year term as Overseer, Gagnon, who holds her Harvard doctorate in French literature, is a civic leader with wide-ranging…

This year, the Extension School’s Commencement Speaker award will go to Kimberly Parke, A.L.M. ’00, assistant director for undergraduate degree programs at Harvard Extension School. The title of her talk will be “The Pocket Value of a Liberal Arts Education.” The main address at the Graduate Certificate ceremonies, titled “Education as Citizenship,” will be delivered…

Harvard graduate students who are writing dissertations or engaged in major research on topics in practical ethics are invited to apply for 2001-02 Graduate Fellowships in Ethics. The deadline is Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000. For an information packet, please contact the Center for Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138;…

The Center for Ethics and the Professions has selected the Faculty Fellows in Ethics for the 2000-01 academic year. Six scholars who study ethical problems in government, law, medicine, and public policy were chosen from a pool of applicants from colleges, universities, and professional institutions throughout the United States and 25 other countries. Martha Minow,…

The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church, has announced the appointment of The Reverend Mark D. W. Edington as the first Archie C. Epps Fellow and Chaplain to Harvard College. Named for Archie C. Epps III, senior associate dean emeritus of Harvard College, the…

It is indicative of Brooke Ellison’s perspective on life that when she talks about the worst thing that ever happened to her, she emphasizes what went right rather than what went wrong. Brooke Ellison and her mother. Among the blessings Ellison acknowledges is her mother, Jean, who has shared almost every moment of her daughter¹s…

A certain chord will strike a certain reaction in certain people. The dynamic underlying that reaction is something Aaron Einbond may spend the rest of his life pursuing. The Crestwood, N.Y., native, who is graduating from Harvard this week with a rare combined degree in music and physics, is fascinated with the dynamics of sound.…

Harvard Divinity School has announced three recipients of the awards that are presented each June on its Alumni/ae Day. This year, on June 7, the First Decade Award was given to both Mark Cave and Jacob Schramm, and the Rabbi Martin Katzenstein Award was given to the Rev. Carl R. Scovel. The First Decade Award…

It is 11 on a balmy spring night. Kathy Pendrak and Brenda Waldron, prepress operators at Harvard Printing and Publications Services (HPPS), sit at computer terminals massaging mountains of data. Prepress Manager Stephen Grayman toils in the same manner, so that student names, degrees, schools, and honors will print error-free on one of HPPS’ enormous…

It was almost as if someone dropped laughing gas on Harvard Yard. Following a series of emotional and inspiring student speakers on Class Day, Conan O’Brien ’85, a two-time president of the Harvard Lampoon during his student days, and the current host of NBC’s Late Night, lit up the Tercentenary Theatre stage Wednesday afternoon with…

Like the enthusiastic reviewer of the proverbial blockbuster novel, audience members of Wednesday’s Senior Class Day program might have come away exclaiming, “I laughed, I cried.” From Jason Stevenson’s exhortation to stop and smell the flowers, to Brooke Ellison’s touching tribute to her mother, to Jacob Lentz’s hilariously deadpan send-up of Commencement oratory, the trio…

Harvard’s Employment Office, in consultation with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2000 on Tuesday, June 13. This year’s event will be held from noon to 7 p.m. at the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street (corner of Cambridge and Quincy streets). The Forum will provide candidates interested in exploring…

Harvard Law School Byrne Professor of Administrative Law Emeritus Clark Byse will receive the Harvard Law School Association (HLSA) Award in honor of his 60-year teaching career. Law School Dean Robert Clark and HLSA President-elect Robert Shapiro presented the award to Byse during ceremonies on Wednesday, June 7, at 12:00 p.m., at Jarvis Field, 14…

Thirty-eight Harvard Faculty Club workers graduated from the University’s first “Bridge” program at ceremonies at the Faculty Club on June 4. The pilot program, which provides basic literacy and language skills and/or courses leading to a high school equivalency degree, will serve as a model for a larger program. expected to reach about 500 employees…

June 08, 2000 In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university – and of our earlier history when bells of varying tones summoned us from sleep to prayer, work, or study – this ancient yet new sound will fill Harvard Square and the surrounding area with music when a number…

They wore the latest colors of lipstick and matching eyeliner. Some had fake hair and even fake teeth. They pranced on stage in sequined gowns and rhinestone-studded jeans. Occasionally there was a problem. One girl in a pink sequined dress began to cry. The tears carried streaks of mascara down her face. Her mother grabbed…

A memorial gathering with music in remembrance of Luise Vosgerchian will take place on Sept. 7, 2000, at 7:30 p.m., in Sanders Theatre. There will be a special performance by Lynn Chang and Yo-Yo Ma. In addition, on Nov. 13, WHRB will broadcast a special program devoted to live concert recordings and lectures by Vosgerchian…