Campus & Community

On Friday, June 8, at approximately 4:50 a.m., an assault and battery was reported inside the entry gate to the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Bryant and Scott Streets.…

Paul Bénichou, a critic recognized by students of French literature as one of the premier scholars of the 20th century, died in a Paris hospital on Monday, May 14. He…

Harvard University announced yesterday (June 13) that the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, professor in religion and society and chair of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Divinity, will resign as head of Harvard Divinity School (HDS) at the end of 2001 to become president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, a network of more than 1,400 social-service agencies across the country. Catholic Charities USA made a concurrent announcement yesterday at its headquarters in Alexandria, Va.

Center for Ethics accepting fellowship applications The Center for Ethics and the Professions is accepting applications for 2002-03 residential faculty fellowships in ethics. Fellows will participate in the center’s weekly…

James Cuno, the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums, has been elected president of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD).

Institute for Advanced Theatre Training names new director The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) has announced that Hungarian theater and film director János Szász has been appointed director of the A.R.T…

The University has announced this year’s Harvard Housing Innovations Program (HHIP) grant winners. The awards ceremony took place on Friday, June 8, at the Business School. These awards are the…

As a 10-year-old child visiting a historical society in Cabot, Vt., Sarah Anne Carter was fascinated by two small dolls dressed in plain black, lying in wooden coffins. Carter has…

Under the auspices of the Alumni Association of Phillips Brooks House Association, nine students are interning this summer at not-for-profit organizations and one government agency. The host agency is paying each intern’s salary, except for two students who are receiving work study funding.

After finishing high school in her native Greece, Marina Gerolimatos spent several years studying cosmetology near Athens, then earning a scholarship to study the profession in Paris. While her siblings left for the United States, she finished her studies in Paris and went back to Greece, near her mother, to open what became a successful beauty salon.

The Davis Center for Russian Studies has announced the recipients of fellowship, dissertation, and research travel awards for 2001-02.

The coldest place in the universe is not millions of miles away in a dark corner of outer space but in an exotic laboratory in Cambridge, Mass. It’s a place where Harvard University researchers are slowing and compressing light and probing exotic states of matter.

One of nature’s best shows features the signals that fireflies exchange as they search for mates on warm summer nights. Few people can watch it without wondering how the little bugs turn their belly lanterns on and off so quickly.

Harvard University announced June 28 the establishment of a new interdisciplinary Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC), based at Harvard Business School and directed by Michael E. Porter.

June 1, 1774 – Several parliamentary punishments for the Boston Tea Party (December 1773) take effect, and British troops occupy Boston. “[C]onsidering the present dark aspect of our public Affairs,”…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending June 9. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

Lawrence H. Summers will be officially installed as Harvards 27th president on Friday, Oct. 12, in an outdoor ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre.

John Kenneth Galbraith has received Indias second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, comparable in importance to the U.S. Congressional Medal of Freedom.

Seeking to make online information open to everyone, Harvard has embarked on a program to make Web sites accessible to the visually impaired.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright will receive the Radcliffe Medal from the Radcliffe Association on Friday, June 8, during the associations annual luncheon in Cambridge. The Radcliffe Medal is awarded yearly to an individual whose life and work has had a significant impact on society.

The worlds longest continuous study of physical and mental health has come up with predictors that individuals can use to determine how well they will age.

Eight men and three women will receive honorary degrees in Harvards 350th Commencement Exercises this morning, including Robert Rubin, who also will deliver this years Commencement Address.

June 19, 1638 – Shortly before this date, Nathaniel Eaton, first Master of the College, moves with his family from Charlestown into a house in the Yard. By Sept. 17, he has already assembled and begun teaching the first freshman Class of nine. Until the Bay Colony starts using coins for commerce, students for many years pay their tuition and living expenses in commodities ranging from agricultural products and livestock to boots, cloth, and hardware.

June 19, 1638 – Shortly before this date, Nathaniel Eaton, first Master of the College, moves with his family from Charlestown into a house in the Yard. By Sept. 17, he has already assembled and begun teaching the first freshman Class of nine. Until the Bay Colony starts using coins for commerce, students for many years pay their tuition and living expenses in commodities ranging from agricultural products and livestock to boots, cloth, and hardware.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, June 2. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.

In an effort to make Harvard research more accessible to the public, a new Harvard Web site, Research Matters, was launched this week.

When Timmy OSullivan started working at Harvard, things were different. I started on June 30, 1959, says OSullivan, his ruddy complexion and lilting accent confirming the national origin his name suggests. I started as a dining hall busboy. But in those days it was very different. In the summer, I switched outside and worked on the grounds. After a number of years of bussing and groundskeeping, OSullivan put in for a transfer to the Athletics Department and spent the next 12 years at his first driving job – at the wheel of the ice rinks Zamboni.

Employment Office to host Career Forum

The John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced the Sylvia E. Kelman Summer Internship recipient. The internship will provide a $4,000 stipend to support a master in public policy (M.P.P.) student in a public sector work/training program. In so doing, the Sylvia E. Kelman Summer Internship introduces students to careers in public service.

There was no ribbon at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Harvard Graduate School of Educations (GSE) new Learning Technologies Lab on May 31.