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  • Bolivian peasants suffer in drug war, speaker says:

    What America bills as a War on Drugs at home is executed as a war on peasants in the Bolivian Andes, the leader of a peasant coalition told a Kennedy School of Government audience on Friday (Feb. 28).

  • Remembering Dr. Eva Neer, read at the Faculty of Medicine meeting on Dec. 18, 2002

    At a meeting of the Faculty of Medicine on December 18, 2002, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

  • ‘Sopranos’ actress shares eating disorder recovery:

    A beautiful young actress and a teen magazine with articles like Get cute hair in minutes put a fresh, surprising face on the subject of eating disorders at a panel discussion Monday night (Feb. 24) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

  • Police reports

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 22. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

  • Emergency preparedness at Harvard outlined

    The University has received inquiries regarding its level of emergency preparedness as a result of the federal governments elevation of the Homeland Security threat level. It is important to emphasize that no threats have been made against the University. University police are in regular, coordinated contact with city, state, and federal authorities, and will notify the campus community should there be cause for concern.

  • John Rawls memorial is set for today:

    A memorial service for John Rawls, the James Bryant Conant University Professor Emeritus, will be held at Sanders Theatre today (Feb. 27) at 3 p.m. A reception will immediately follow in Loeb House, 17 Quincy St.

  • Partnerships sought at AIDS conference:

    Harvard faculty huddled with business, government, and nonprofit representatives last week at the Kennedy School of Government in an effort to forge new partnerships in the global fight against AIDS.

  • Former Canadian leader Campbell addresses gender bias :

    If she had it all to do over again, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell said shed address the issue of gender bias in political coverage head on, instead of being blindsided by it, as she was in the 1993 election that forced her out of office.

  • Jesse Jackson Jr. pushes plan to amend U.S. Constitution :

    Citing the Constitutions function as establishing a minimum floor beneath which no American or state law can fall, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) made the case at the ARCO Forum Monday night (Feb. 24) for two new constitutional amendments to guarantee equal quality education and basic health care for all Americans.

  • In brief

    Note to readers The Big Picture will resume next week. French cinema (cheap) at Film Archive The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Boston, in conjunction with the Harvard…

  • Women’s hockey takes Ivy, ECAC titles:

    The No. 1 ranked Harvard womens hockey team clinched both the ECAC regular season and Ivy League title with a 4-3 win over visiting Brown this past Tuesday night (Feb. 25). Seniors Kalen Ingram and Jennifer Botterill each notched a goal and an assist in the win, which improved the Crimson to 24-1-1, 13-0-1 Ivy. With the victory, Harvard earns its second ECAC regular-season title, and fifth Ivy title in program history.

  • Summer program to turn 13 years young

    One of Harvard and Bostons most appealing summer activities for adults and kids alike, The Tennis Camps at Harvard (TCH), will be starting its 13th season June 9 at the Beren Tennis Center at Soldiers Field.

  • Spengler shares Heinz Award for the Environment:

    John D. Spengler, the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation in the Faculty of the School of Public Health (SPH), has been named a co-recipient of the ninth annual Heinz Award for the Environment. Together with 1995 Nobel Prize-winner Mario J. Molina of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is being recognized for his groundbreaking contributions toward understanding the impact of air pollution on human health.

  • Edwards named director of International Programs in FAS:

    Jane Edwards, well known for her work in international education, has been named director of International Programs. In making the announcement, William C. Kirby, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said the appointment is one of the first steps in his efforts to increase opportunities for Harvard students to include significant international experience in their undergraduate programs. Edwards will take the reins of the department beginning July 1.

  • Harvard University Art Museums appoint first curator of archives:

    The Harvard University Art Museums has announced the appointment of Susan von Salis as the associate curator of archives.

  • Coming down the highway:

    Rinde Eckert respects the classics, but he isnt afraid of them. In his theatrical productions and performance pieces, he has radically reinterpreted classic texts by Dante, Shakespeare, Herman Melville, and many others.

  • Putting a dollar value on a good name:

    Who steals my purse steals trash tis something, nothing Twas mine, tis his, and has been slave to thousands But he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.

  • All hail the Queen:

    Shes got a Grammy on her shelf and an Oscar nomination, but actress and rap musician Queen Latifah didnt let fame and royalty stand between her and a good time with Harvard students. Latifah, the Harvard Foundations 2003 Artist of the Year, mingled warmly and performed enthusiastically at Harvards 18th annual Cultural Rhythms Festival Saturday (Feb. 22) at Sanders Theatre.

  • The good, the bad, and the smelly:

    Most people have upward of 700 different bacteria living in their mouths. Some cause bad breath, while others may protect you from it. Dental researchers have known this for a long time but have difficulty telling which bacteria are which.

  • This month in Harvard history

    Feb. 6-7, 1978 – The Blizzard of ’78, a snowstorm of historic proportions, dumps 27 inches of snow on Greater Boston and brings the state to a virtual standstill for…

  • President Summers and Provost Hyman set office hours

    President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven Hyman will hold office hours for students in their Massachusetts Hall offices from 4 to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) on the following dates:

  • Panel about ‘Arts in Civic Dialogue’ to follow historical play:

    On March 10, the Graduate School of Educations Askwith Education Forum will host a panel about Arts in Civic Dialogue. The panel, held at the Gutman Conference Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m., follows a live performance of The Trial of Anthony Burns, a historical play about an 1854 fugitive slave trial in Boston that galvanized the abolitionist movement in America. Anthony Burns is portrayed by Keith Mascoll (left) and Richard Henry Dana is played by Christopher Robin Cook.

  • Newsmakers

    Locke is elected president of APS Steven E. Locke, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and staff psychiatrist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will assume the presidency…

  • New drug combination improves survival in rare, aggressive bone cancer of children and young adults:

    Adding two experimental drugs to the standard four-drug chemotherapy regimen has significantly improved survival in patients with nonmetastatic Ewings sarcoma, a highly malignant bone cancer of children and young adults, according to a report published in the Feb. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

  • Ivy spill:

    The Harvard mens basketball team reached a milestone of sorts this past weekend. Unfortunately for the Crimson, it entailed losing three straight games to some of the Ivys finest (and not-so-finest) basketball clubs.

  • Harvard vs. Yale:

    Sophomore Asher Hochberg (right) squares off against Yales Aftab Mathur in the Crimsons final dual match of the season on Feb. 19 at the Murr Center Courts. Harvard fell, 5-4, but returned the favor at the College Squash Association Team Championships this past weekend at Princeton, topping the Bulldogs, 5-4, in the consolation round of the national tournament. The Crimson took third place to end its season with a 6-3 overall mark (4-2 Ivy). Meanwhile, the womens team captured the Ivy title for the third straight year with a 5-4 victory over Yale on Feb. 19. The Crimson, who will compete in the WISRA Individual Championships this weekend at Trinity, finished the regular season perfect in the Ivies at 6-0 (8-1 overall).

  • Academic freedom vs. national security discussed:

    The free flow of ideas may be a better protection against biological weapons than the secrecy created by classifying academic research, said panelists at the Kennedy School of Government Friday (Feb. 21).

  • Basic research takes root, flowers :

    A center for social science research has been quietly growing on the Harvard campus for five years, fostering interdisciplinary thought and coming up with new ways to conduct social science research on topics such as the causes of war and removing bias from social science surveys.

  • Black Arts Festival features films:

    The 2003 Black Arts Festival takes place Friday (Feb. 28)-Sunday (March 2). For a complete schedule, go to www.blackartsfestival.net. Events include: Forum: ‘Whose Music Is It Anyway? Thinking About Jazz,…

  • Rare watercolors bloom among master drawings:

    An exhibition of more than 100 drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection will open at Harvards Fogg Art Museum on March 22, and will remain on view through July 6. The collection includes Dutch and Flemish drawings and is the foremost group of 17th century Dutch drawings in private hands. The exhibition will highlight recently acquired works and will allow visitors to examine many important drawings that have seldom been on public display.