Campus & Community
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5 things we learned this week
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Donald Lee Fanger, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Atul Gawande named featured speaker for Harvard Alumni Day
Acclaimed surgeon, writer, and public health leader will take the stage at Harvard’s global alumni celebration on June 6
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Sense of isolation, loss amid Gaza war sparks quest to make all feel welcome
Nim Ravid works to end polarization on campus, across multicultural democracies
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4 things we learned this week
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Abraham Verghese, physician and bestselling author, named Commencement speaker
Stanford professor whose novels include ‘Covenant of Water’ to deliver principal address May 29
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Browns sign Crimson tackle Mike Clare
The NFLs Cleveland Browns have signed Harvard All-America offensive tackle Mike Clare 01 to a free agent contract. Clares signing gives Harvard six players who have signed professional football contracts in the last four years.
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Chair of Senate Judiciary Committee says, keep politics out of Court
As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch yields significant influence over the future direction of the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Utah Republican told a packed audience at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on Monday night that hes determined to keep politics out of it.
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Babbitt delivers Earth Day address
Former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt slammed President George Bushs global warming record Sunday, delivering a combination call to action and political stump speech to an enthusiastic Earth Day crowd of about 800 gathered in Sanders Theatre.
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OFA announces 2001 prizes
The Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Council on the Arts have announced the winners of the 2000-2001 prizes for outstanding accomplishments in the arts. The winners are as follows:
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HLS gets rare book collection that spans 400 years
Harvard Law School announced today that its library – the largest law library in the world – has received its most significant gift in more than 150 years, a major collection of rare English law books spanning 400 years of legal writing from 1491 to 1891.
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Roy Orval Greep
He was committed tirelessly to hard work, clearly an example to family, friends and colleagues. His contagious joy in life with that infectious, irrepressible chuckle, encompassed his work, his relationships to people, as well as his travels, and delight in being exposed to the new and challenging.
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Speaking the same language
In the communal living room at Bostons South Cove Plaza Saturday, under the quiet swirl of twin paddle fans, words from two languages – rapid-fire Chinese and slow, careful English – mingled in the rooms slowly stirring air.
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Facts and Fallacies About Employment at Harvard
As the Massachusetts Hall sit-in over wages for the Universitys lowest-paid workers extended into its eighth day on Wednesday, protesters and members of the Harvard administration searched for a resolution to the standoff.
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Community Gifts Campaign raises almost $1 million
Harvard faculty, staff, and retirees pledged a record-breaking $966,400 to local charities through this years Community Gifts through Harvard Campaign, surpassing last years mark by more than $95,000.
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Resolution sought in Mass. Hall standoff
As the Massachusetts Hall sit-in over wages for the Universitys lowest-paid workers extended into its eighth day on Wednesday, protesters and members of the Harvard administration searched for a resolution to the standoff.
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Police reports
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, April 21. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…
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NewsMakers
Kirschner wins Gairdner International Award The Gairdner Foundation of Toronto has named Marc Kirschner, the Carl W. Walter Professor of Cell Biology, as one of the four recipients of the…
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In Brief
Rosalynn Carter to speak at ARCO Forum Former first lady Rosalynn Carter will speak at the ARCO Forum, Kennedy School of Government, on Monday, April 30, at 6 p.m. Her…
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The Big Picture: Gregory Daugherty
“Young ladies . . . Sir, good day, sir . . . Hello, big guy . . .” We’ve heard them all. Loud and smiling, Gregory Daugherty belts them out.…
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Foundation to examine UN peacekeeping efforts
Last years report on United Nations Peace Operations began with a somber statement: Over the last decade, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to meet the challenge of protecting people from war. The report, compiled by a panel of experts from all six continents and chaired by Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian foreign minister, proposes extensive reforms of UN peacekeeping operations.
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Recommendations of the Faculty Committee
As the Massachusetts Hall sit-in over wages for the Universitys lowest-paid workers extended into its eighth day on Wednesday, protesters and members of the Harvard administration searched for a resolution to the standoff.
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Statement from President Rudenstine
As the Massachusetts Hall sit-in over wages for the Universitys lowest-paid workers extended into its eighth day on Wednesday, protesters and members of the Harvard administration searched for a resolution to the standoff.
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A missing link found to breast cancer
For 10 years, Alan DAndrea labored to find the cause of one of the rarest diseases on Earth. Called Fanconi anemia, it affects only 500 families out of 280 million people in the United States.
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Students turn life experience into nonprofit
Every time Harvard sophomore Sandra Nudelman sees her grandfather, she is thankful for the 19-year-old nursing student whose donated liver saved his life. Her grandfather, Norman Rudow, waited from late…
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Anderson Imbert, 90, Victor Thomas Professor of Latin American Literature
Enrique Anderson Imbert, the Victor Thomas Professor of Latin American Literature at Harvard University from 1965 until his retirement in 1980, died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this past Dec. 6.…
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Women in Business to hold conference
Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business will hold its second semiannual conference on Thursday, April 26, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Charles Hotel. The organization’s goal is to promote…
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This month in Harvard history
April 4, 1945 At the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, Calif., the Radcliffe Club of San Francisco performs launching honors for the S.S. Radcliffe Victory, one of several wartime Victory…
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Police reports
The following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, April 14. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…
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A letter to the Harvard community from President-elect Lawrence H. Summers
Harvard University April 2001 Dear Members of the Harvard Community, Let me first thank the many of you who have offered your good wishes as I prepare to take up…
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Cancer Society holds minority marrow drive
The Harvard Cancer Society and the Asian American Brotherhood are working with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) to recruit more minorities for the National Marrow Donor Registry. Each year, more than 30,000 children and adults in the United States are diagnosed with life-threatening blood diseases like leukemia. For many of these patients, a marrow or stem cell transplant is the only chance for a cure.
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Schauer awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Frederick Schauer, academic dean and Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the Kennedy School of Government, is among a distinguished group of scholars, scientists, and artists awarded fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
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Drinkers less likely to die from heart attacks
People with heart disease who consume an average of 14 alcoholic drinks a week appear less likely to die from a heart attack than nondrinkers. Low to moderate drinking is also associated with a lower risk of heart failure among older people.
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Nor’easter stops Crimson tide
The Harvard baseball team wrapped up a four-game series against Yale with a pair of wins this past Saturday (April 14), after splitting a doubleheader a day earlier. The Crimson finished the homestand weekend with three consecutive victories, good for a 3-1 mark.
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Kissel $12M bequest supports ethics activities
The University Center for Ethics and the Professions, one of Harvards first interfaculty initiatives, has received a bequest, estimated at $12 million, from the estate of the late Lester Kissel JD 31. The bequest will be used to establish the Lester Kissel Presidential Fund for Ethics, the income from which will support part of the core activities of the center, including faculty and graduate student fellowships, faculty and curricular development, and interfaculty collaboration.
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Three Columns Gallery:
When Mather House Co-Master Leigh Hafrey acted on the idea to turn the Houses once-bleak common space into a vibrant art gallery, neither he nor the gallerys principal players had any idea that their creation would become a focal point for heated debate about the role of art in public spaces.