Campus & Community

Nancy F. Cott, the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, is recognized as a pioneer in the field of womens history.

Kuwait Fund accepting grant proposals The Kuwait Program Research Fund is accepting proposals for small one-year grants (up to $30,000) to support advanced research by University faculty members on issues…

Practice makes perfect, but you can get perfect faster by sleeping on it.

Almost 30 years ago this Faculty undertook a comprehensive re-examination of undergraduate education. That multiyear review led to the introduction of the Core Program and to a number of significant changes in other parts of the curriculum.

Showing that its not how much time you have, but rather how you use it, the Harvard football team effectively KOd Cornell this past Saturday (Oct. 12) at the Stadium, 52-23. In just over 24 minutes of possession, the Crimson amassed a whopping 553 yards on their way to scoring seven touchdowns. The Big Red, on the other hand, who never took the lead despite controlling the ball for 35 minutes, collected 368 total yards. Still perfect in the Ivy League at 2-0, the win extends the Crimsons Ivy streak to nine games (matching the standing record set in the 1983-84 season), leaving the Harvard gridders non-too-shabby at 3-1 overall.

Mason Hammond 25, Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature Emeritus, died Sunday (Oct. 13), in his Cambridge home. He was 99 years old.

Five alumni/ae were recognized for their outstanding Schools and Scholarships work during an awards ceremony on Oct. 11.

Widener Librarys cascade of granite steps, its tall oak doors guarded by Corinthian columns, and the classical serenity of its marble lobby will be off-limits for the next six months as phase two of the buildings renovation project gets under way. The grandeur of the buildings facade and entranceway will not change, however. It will merely emerge cleaner, spiffier, and ready to face the 21st century.

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the symptoms of menopause, a hot topic since research found it more risky than beneficial this past summer, took center stage at the third annual Womens Health Research Conference of Harvard Medical Schools Center of Excellence in Womens Health on Oct. 9.

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) is the hub of the Kennedy School of Governments (KSGs) research, teaching, and training in international security affairs, environmental and resource issues, science and technology policy, and intrastate conflict prevention and resolution studies.

The American Physical Society (APS) recently awarded prizes to Harvard physicists Nadia Lapusta and Charles Lieber.

The vending machines in Holyoke Center wont pour your soda for you, but they know youre there.

Maybe you thought Chekhovs Uncle Vanya was a play about bored, morose Russians whining interminably about their frustrating provincial existences, but here in the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) scene shop its all about the ceiling.

The identity of Harvard, the University, is known and renowned around the world. But can the same be said about Harvards identity in the digital world? Where does the University stand within the current framework of technology and new media?

The controversy over cloning and stem cell research has maintained a steady boil over the past few years, with politicians, religious leaders, editorial writers, and ethicists vying to stir the pot of public opinion.

Two co-hosts Paul Wylie 91 and Nancy Kerrigan, the 33rd An Evening With Champions was a homecoming of sorts: Both performed in the show several times before becoming Olympic medalists. Kerrigan enjoyed being back and contributing. Wylie, who has hosted the show for many years, said, What is wonderful is to see the new crop of skaters every year.

Members of the Radcliffe Womens Varsity Eights kibitz inside Weld Boathouse as they prepare for the upcoming Head of the Charles Regatta, which starts today (Oct. 17) and goes through Oct. 20. Liz OLeary (in red), head coach of the Radcliffe team, talks to Caryn Davies 04, the stroke of the Varsity Eight team. Davies recently returned from the World Championships in Seville, Spain, where she snagged a gold medal with the USA National Team. Staff photo by Justin Ide

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 12. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Eileen Jackson Southern, an authority on Renaissance and African-American music and the first black female professor to be given tenure at Harvard, died Sunday (Oct. 13) in Port Charlotte, Fla. She was 82.

Its more than just a pretty face.

Professor of American Church History Emeritus C. Conrad Wright, a renowned scholar of American Unitarianism who received his bachelors, masters, and doctorate at Harvard and taught at the Divinity School from 1954 to 1982, will be honored at a reception this week at the Andover-Harvard Theological Library. The occasion for the reception is to celebrate the new C. Conrad Wright Room.

Welcoming National Public Radio (NPR) senior European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli to an overflow-capacity brown-bag lunch at the Kennedy School of Government on Oct. 11, Shorenstein Center Director Alex Jones issued two warnings to the audience.

The Rwandan genocide memorial was a tiny one-room church, pervaded still by a penetrating stench. On a table in the church was a pile of human skulls and femurs, a startling reminder of the people who sought shelter there in 1994 when the killers came calling.

The Judge Baker Childrens Center is sponsoring a weekend conference on Oct. 25-27 to address how academic and social failure of youth and adolescents can be prevented if the necessary steps are taken early in childrens lives. Risk and Resilience: Protective Mechanisms and School-Based Prevention Programs is being held in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Devereux – a health and social welfare services organization – at the University Park Hotel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Nineteen international affairs practitioners from around the world have been appointed as fellows at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs for the academic year 2002-03. Established in 1958, the fellows program welcomes mid- to senior-level diplomats, military officers, politicians, journalists, and others working in the realm of international affairs to pursue independent study and research at the University for one academic year. To date, more than 800 individuals from all over the world have participated in the program. For more information, visit the Web site at http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/fellows/.

Authors, economists, social scientists, and CEOs will discuss a range of historical and contemporary issues surrounding women in bankruptcy, poverty, and economic development around the world, as part of the Radcliffe Institutes Women, Money, and Power conference on Oct. 24-25.

Robert D. Reischauer 63 has become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced Sunday (Oct. 6).

Two genes that determine brain size have been discovered. One can increase the thinking parts of mice brains, possibly making the rodents smarter. The other is present in people with microcephaly, a genetic disease characterized by a smaller-than-normal brain and head. Such people are mildly retarded.

Through a glass darkly photo feature

At its fourth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council met with Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise the Dean of the College Harry Lewis (DEAS) and the Associate Dean of the College for Human Resources and the House System Thomas A. Dingman to discuss the experience of Harvard athletes and policy questions relating to intercollegiate competition.