Campus & Community

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige told a Kennedy School conference on education and accountability Monday (June 10) that the Bush administrations reform program of testing, accountability, and school choice is a solution for American schools that are failing to educate a sizeable number of children

In the degree chart on page 24 of last weeks Gazette, the figures for the Law Schools doctor of juridical science and doctor of law degrees should have been 546 and 8, respectively.

June 1894 – The newly incorporated Radcliffe College holds its first Commencement in the auditorium of Fay House. At the request of President Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, the graduates wear pretty, simple dresses instead of caps and gowns, which Agassiz deems excessively masculine and potentially provocative.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, June 8. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave. (sixth floor).

Lewis A. Tyler, a force for the advancement of Latin America and the Caribbean through international education, died May 30 in Boston.

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Teaching fellow receives Rome Prize

During a full-day colloquium on Teaching with the World Wide Web, Gina Siesing, senior specialist for instructional computing, Instructional Computing Group, discusses Designing Assignments for Curricular Change.

Harvards heavyweight crew completed the sweep against Yale this past Saturday (June 8) at the 150th anniversary of the Harvard-Yale Regatta, Americas oldest intercollegiate athletic event. The Crimson won the four-mile varsity race on the Thames River by 41.8 seconds, the largest margin in 27 years, with a time of 19:02.5. Yale finished at 19:43.8.

James Cuno, director of the Harvard University Art Museums, has been appointed director of the Courtauld Institute of Art to lead its transformation into an independent college of the University of London.

A decade of research into one of the worlds least-known diseases has resulted in the discovery of six genes linked to inherited breast cancer.

Erik Erikson, the psychologist who re-envisioned the human life cycle as a series of developmental stages, described the identity crisis, and popularized the genre of psychobiography with his books on Martin Luther and Mohandas Gandhi, would have been 100 years old on June 15.

From the front lines: Gazette reporters Ken Gewertz, Beth Potier, and Alvin Powell roamed through Commencement Day festivities, eyes, ears, and notebooks open. Some of their observations follow.

From the front lines: Gazette reporters Ken Gewertz, Beth Potier, and Alvin Powell roamed through Commencement Day festivities, eyes, ears, and notebooks open. Some of their observations follow.

From the front lines: Gazette reporters Ken Gewertz, Beth Potier, and Alvin Powell roamed through Commencement Day festivities, eyes, ears, and notebooks open. Some of their observations follow.

From the front lines: Gazette reporters Ken Gewertz, Beth Potier, and Alvin Powell roamed through Commencement Day festivities, eyes, ears, and notebooks open. Some of their observations follow.

Law School Dean Robert C. Clark has announced that William Alford, the Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, has been named director of Graduate and International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. Alfords appointment will be effective July 1.

President Lawrence H. Summers has announced that Harvard University is participating in the Scholars at Risk Network and has selected its first two visiting fellows, Mehrangiz Kar and Wolde Mesfin, for the academic year 2002-03.

A new discovery could make it much easier to find each person’s genetic risk of getting cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and other common diseases.

2002 Harvard Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Directors are announced

Harvard scientists contribute to National Academy terrorism report

At his first-ever Baccalaureate address, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers encouraged the Class of 2002 to develop their unique talents, contribute to their communities, and devote the coming years to nurturing the friendships that will sustain them into the future.

Nine men and three women will receive honorary degrees at Harvards 351st Commencement Exercises this morning, including the Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who will speak at the Commencement Afternoon Exercises.

Thomas S. Williamson Jr. 68, has been elected president of Harvards Board of Overseers for 2002-03. He will succeed Richard E. Oldenburg 54, after Commencement.

A memorial service for Carolyn E. Andrews, who served as associate master of Leverett House from 1971 to 1981 with her husband, Kenneth R. Andrews, Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, will be held on Tuesday (June 11) at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Church.The service will be followed by a reception at the Harvard University Faculty Club.Mrs. Andrews died on March 20 at the age of 85.

Jesse Grunfeld, a Law School graduate, looks like hes about to give his mortarboard a sporty tilt as he gets his ensemble together for the great event. A slightly more solemn Ph.D. mannequin looks on.

Employment Services Office, collaborating with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2002 on June 11 at the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St.

Anne Taylor intends to step down as the Universitys vice president and general counsel by early fall, she announced Wednesday (June 5).

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday (June 1). The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Cecil B. DeMille has nothing on Grace Scheibner.