Campus & Community

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies is funding three summer internship positions for Harvard undergraduate students interested in working in Berlin as research assistants in the social sciences. Good computer skills, a willingness to work independently, and an interest in foreign cultures and the social sciences are the basic requirements for application. The internship, which runs from June 1 to Aug. 31, includes a $3,500 stipend. Interns will spend June at the Carl Duisberg Society in Cologne, Germany, in an intensive German language course. For the remainder of the summer, interns will work as research assistants at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB or Science Center Berlin), one of the pre-eminent social science research institutes in Germany.

In the wide world of Harvard club sports, the Radcliffe Rugby Football Club is a rebel state. Established in 1982 for and by women, — eons before the extreme in sports (or girl power, for that matter) — the club has tapped the imagination of more than a few young women. Led by an all-female coaching staff since day one, this years squad boasts a roster 38 deep.

Political satirist and comedian Al Franken will share his wit and wisdom with this year’s outgoing seniors as the 2002 Class Day speaker, the Harvard College Class of 2002 Senior Class Committee announced Tuesday (April 16).

Robert E. Rubin 60 will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced today.

The fight against terrorism is the most important job undertaken by the military in the past 37 years, a period that includes Desert Storm, the Vietnam War, and the Cold Wars latter decades, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers told a Kennedy School audience Thursday (April 4).

The University community has seen a number of events and, recently, even weeklong sessions devoted to the issues of emotional and mental health. But Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Week is a little different — its sponsored by a group made up entirely of students. The week of April 15-19 will feature a number of talks, roundtables, panels, and a film, all designed to educate the Harvard community about the misunderstandings surrounding mental health and illness. All of the events will take place in Emerson 305.

Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical International (a division of the Medical School), and Key3Media Group Inc. announced that they will jointly present the first global biosecurity conference, Nov. 18-22, in Las Vegas.

Fredric Schiffer has invented glasses that let him look into some peoples minds. Through using them, he has shown that some patients with depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome see the world differently, depending on whether they look at it through the outer half of their left or right eye. The Harvard Medical School psychiatrist has helped many such patients with the aid of goggles that block either the right or left visual field.

Carolyn E. Andrews, honorary associate of Leverett House, and wife of Kenneth R. Andrews, Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, died in her sleep on March 20 during a visit to New York City. She was 85.

On Tuesday, April 2, at 8:05 p.m., the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to Peabody Terrace on the report of an indecent assault. The graduate student victim reports the assailant alleged he was a tenant of the building but had forgotten his keys. The assailant entered the lobby and the elevator with the victim, then grabbed the inside of the victims thigh. The assailant fled the building in an unknown direction. A thorough search of the area by HUPD and the Cambridge Police Department proved negative.

Thursday, June 6, 2002

World leaders, scholars, journalists, and CEOs will join high-level U.S. and foreign officials for the 2002 Harvard Colloquium on International Affairs, April 12-13 at Harvard University. Panel discussions sponsored by over a dozen Harvard Schools, centers, and programs will focus on what has changed in world affairs since Sept. 11 – and what has not.

Jerzy Soltan, the Nelson Robinson Jr. Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Emeritus, has received the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, awarded jointly by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).

Rising carbon dioxide levels associated with global warming could lead to an increase in the incidence of allergies to ragweed and other plants by mid-century, according to a report by Harvard University researchers. The study, appearing in the March Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, found that ragweed grown in an atmosphere with double the current carbon dioxide levels produced 61 percent more pollen than normal. Such a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide is expected to occur between 2050 and 2100.

Elliot Forbes has been attending Morning Service in Appleton Chapel since 1958, the year he became a Harvard professor. It was an older colleague, Mason Hammond, who persuaded Forbes to join the group of celebrants who gather every morning from 8:45 to 9 for prayer, music, and a short talk by a volunteer speaker.

Each month Harvard adds up to 100 new phone numbers to its existing records. As a result of this ongoing expansion, the University Information Systems (UIS) Telecommunications group has acquired a new exchange in the 617 area code. The new exchange, 998, was implemented for use in the telephone-dialing plan across the University.

Tied 3-3 at the end of regulation in NCAA regional action last month against the University of Maine, the Harvard mens hockey team was very much in their element. After pulling out three straight overtime wins in playoff action against Brown, Clarkson, and Cornell, the Crimsons last few outings have appeared preordained. Yet Harvards postseason success came to a dramatic halt on Saturday, March 23, at the Worcester Centrum, when Maines John Ronan notched the game winner two minutes into the extra period, lifting the Black Bears to a 4-3 victory. The OT loss concluded an improbable postseason run for the 15th ranked Crimson, who exceeded all expectations in their first playoff showing since 1994.

Crimson grapplers Jesse Jantzen 04 and Dawid Rechul 02 earned All-American honors by finishing in the top eight at the NCAA Championships held March 21-23 in Albany, N.Y.

Author, activist, and pastor the Rev. Anthony Campolo will be in residence at the Memorial Church as the 2002 Easter Missioner. Along with his wife, writer and editor Peggy Campolo, he will lead a series of events on the topic Jesus Is Alive: Now What? All events take place at the Memorial Church and are free and open to the public.

Harvard and the Rowland Institute for Science, an interdisciplinary research institute in Cambridge, have negotiated a merger agreement, to become effective later this spring. This merger aims to both strengthen and enrich the Rowlands intellectual and physical resources, building on a longstanding collaborative relationship with Harvard, and to enable Harvard to develop its research and teaching opportunities, drawing upon the unique resources of the institute.

Harvard Planning and Real Estate (HPRE) has announced the approval of the new rent schedule for approximately 2,300 Harvard-owned apartments rented by graduate students and other University affiliates. The new rents will take effect July 1, when the 2002-03 rental season begins.

Testing, testing.

Harvards Class of 2006 has been selected from a record pool of 19,605. The 2,068 admitted students were notified by letter and e-mail on Wednesday, April 3. The percentage of admitted students was the lowest in Harvards history (10.5 percent).

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has announced that financial support for short-term intellectual collaborations will be made available for exploratory and advanced seminars. These seminars are intended to offer resources for Harvard faculty and their colleagues at other universities in developing new ideas. The Radcliffe Institute will provide a meeting space, travel and hotel expenses, and administrative support for the seminars.

College students have continued binge drinking at about the same rate over the past 10 years, despite increases in alcohol education programs and substance-free on-campus housing, and a decrease in high school binge drinking, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study.

Harvard Club of NYC in Cambridge Members of the admissions committee of the Harvard Club of New York City will be at Pound Hall (Room 334) and the Murr Center’s…

The Joint Center for Housing Studies is offering a fellowship award for the 2002-03 academic year for doctoral candidates who are engaged in writing a dissertation on a housing-related topic consistent with the centers research agenda. The Meyer Dissertation Fellowship award, named in honor of John R. Meyer, professor of capital formation and economic growth emeritus, of the Kennedy School of Government, provides a $5,000 stipend. Acceptance of the award comes with the understanding that the Joint Center will have the option of publishing a portion of the paper as a Joint Center working paper, or in the annual State of the Nations Housing Report.

John M. Shlien, professor of education and counseling psychology emeritus, died on March 23 at his vacation home in Big Sur, Calif. Shlien, 83, was a leading researcher in the field of counseling and psychotherapy. He had been suffering from cancer for several months.

Harvard undergraduates are notoriously extracurricular. When the books close, the lights come up on student-sponsored concerts, plays, operas, or house formals.

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges faced hostile crowds as the first black child to attend an all-white New Orleans school. Since then, Bridges has become iconized by Norman Rockwell in a painting of the girl in a white dress escorted by federal marshals, and by Robert Coles in a picture book for children featuring Bridges. The person, not the icon, will speak to the Harvard community on Thursday, April 18, at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Church. The conversation with Bridges is co-sponsored by the Divinity School, the Graduate School of Education, the Harvard Childrens Initiative, Adams House, the Division of General Pediatrics at Childrens Hospital, and the Memorial Church. An informal reception and book signing will follow the event.