Campus & Community

At its ninth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council heard a report from Dean Michael Shinagel (Continuing Education and English) on current issues in the Division of Continuing Education, including its evolving distance education program, the residency requirement for its degree programs, and summer study abroad programs. Deans Peter Buck (History of Science) and Henry Leitner (DEAS) of the division were present for this discussion.

Feb. 1, 1838 – An explosion rocks the chapel (now the Faculty Room) of University Hall in the first of several blasts in the building&’s history. Outsiders are deemed the…

Harvard students organized a solemn ceremony of remembrance for astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia on Sunday (Feb. 2). About 60 students attended the ceremony at Harvards Memorial Church, including representatives of more than a dozen student groups.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Jan. 31. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

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:

With subzero temperatures and lingering snow, its hard to imagine surviving winter this year. But take heart. Long before spring arrives, hundreds of yellow bundles will be delivered to Harvards door, boosting spirits – and saving lives as well.

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) have published a study that for the first time casts doubt on a widely held belief that larger hospitals that see more patients have better surgical outcomes.

Despite subzero temperatures, Allston-Brightons youngest hockey fans recently turned out for Harvard Universitys annual Allston-Brighton Family Skating Party at the Bright Hockey Rink. This has been a popular night out for Allston-Brighton families for the past 14 years. David Reilly (left) gives son Shawn a push, while friend Taylor Laffey (right) gets into the act.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -Walt Whitman As an artist, Heather Stewart, like Whitman, happily contradicts herself. One day,…

Researchers at Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) have found that women who care for sick or disabled spouses for nine or more hours a week may have an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The findings are published in the February issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Its National Literacy Week, and all over Harvard, teachers and learners are engaged in an ongoing, multilevel effort to improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

Sports page change For special Beanpot coverage, see pages 14 and 15. CSWR summer grants available The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School has announced…

Jerome H. Buckley, the Gurney Professor of English Literature Emeritus, died Jan. 28 at Massachusetts General Hospital at the age of 85. The cause of death was respiratory failure following a series of strokes.

Perry Rosenthal considers himself an agnostic, but recently he has had the disquieting sense that his life may be shaped by some higher purpose.

Nathan named Howland Medal winner The American Pediatric Society has named David G. Nathan, president emeritus of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the 2003 recipient of the John Howland Medal, the society’s…

UN’s Diouf addresses hunger

Ann E. Berman has been named vice president for finance and chief financial officer of the University, President Lawrence H. Summers announced on Monday (Feb. 3).

The new University Ombuds Office, providing confidential and impartial problem-solving assistance to all faculty, staff, and students, opened on Feb. 1.

Arthur Rock, a member of the Harvard Business School M.B.A. Class of 1951 and a pioneering venture capitalist who helped form numerous start-ups that went on to become 20th century success stories, including Intel Corp., Teledyne, Scientific Data Systems, and Apple Computer, has donated $25 million to the School to fund the establishment of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.

In anticipation of Feb. 14, two groups of Harvard students are preparing to mark the occasion not with hearts and cupids but with a consciousness-raising celebration of the other V: vagina.

Sensible or fashion-foolish … practical or stylish … sandal, boot, slipper, or clog … shoes in all their forms almost universally capture our fancy.

Who has blue?

For a long time, scientists have wondered why blacks seldom get skin cancer or macular degeneration, the major cause of blindness in elderly white people. Experiments at the Childrens Hospital in Boston have yielded one possible answer – the black pigment called melanin apparently protects them in a peculiar way.

Nima Arkani-Hamed is searching exotic places for clues to questions about our universes construction and the gravitational glue that holds it together.

A largely unheralded meeting is under way in Europe that some say is akin to a constitutional convention for a slowly emerging supernation but that experts at a Harvard conference Friday (Jan. 31) said is unlikely to produce startling changes in the European Union.

To true believers, the opening round of this past Monday’s (Feb. 3) Beanpot tournament at the FleetCenter started auspiciously for the Harvard men’s hockey team.

It sounds like an Alice in Wonderland tale. Children intoxicated by mercury shake and grab themselves like Mad Hatters in a mountain settlement known as the place that no one can find.

Jan. 9, 1961 – U.S. President-elect John F. Kennedy ’40 visits Cambridge for a meeting of the Board of Overseers, attracting a huge swarm of well-wishers and news media in…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Jan. 25. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

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: