Campus & Community

What comes to mind when you hear the words Latin American art?

After waiting his turn to take part in a question-and-answer session during the Islam in America conference at Harvard last weekend, a young man approached the microphone, introduced himself, and said, Im a Muslim, and therefore, by definition, Im a feminist.

The Harvard mens hockey team unleashed some serious offensive might against rival Yale this past Friday and Saturday (March 10 and 11) – exploding for 12 goals in two victories – defeating the Bulldogs 5-4 and 7-4 in the best-of-three first-round ECAC Quarterfinals. With the wins, the Crimson advances to the 40th annual ECAC Semifinals in Lake Placid, N.Y., where they will take on Cornell tomorrow (March 16). It is Harvards first appearance in the semifinals since 1998.

One cant help but be overwhelmed by a sense of tradition when viewing the fencing facilities of Harvard University. Antique masks and weapons adorn the walls, the parquet floors speak of countless bouts, while students practice beneath the gaze of Harvard Fencings past generations casting their appreciative or critical gaze from portraits and pictures lining the walls. All-Americans, Olympians … this is the legacy of Harvard Fencing.

Through his years of graduate study and nearly a decade as a Harvard economics professor, Lawrence H. Summers never thought about someday taking the reins of the University.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Harvard economics professor Lawrence H. Summers was appointed Harvards 27th president on Sunday, setting the stage for him to succeed outgoing President Neil L. Rudenstine and usher in a new era for Americas oldest university.

Dame Edna Everage, the mauve-haired, gladiola-flinging megastar currently holding court at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, has become a celebrity of such magnitude that many assume her to be a sort of eternal presence, like the constellations.

Harvard Presidents Throughout History

March 1, 1944 – The Harvard Police begin wearing visored caps and dark blue uniforms like those of regular Cambridge and Boston policemen. Standard apparel had been plain clothes since…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending March 10. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

An assistant professor was the victim of an armed robbery on Oxford Street near Garfield Street this past Thursday (March 8) at 10:30 p.m. The suspect, described below, approached the…

Giving kids something constructive to do between the time school lets out and the time their parents come home is the aim of a new $23 million partnership involving Harvard, the city of Boston, and nine other nonprofit and for-profit institutions.

Hundreds of libraries in communities across Sub-Saharan Africa will receive donated copies of “Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience.” The comprehensive encyclopedia on black history and culture…

Writer, scholar, and critic George Steiner has been named the 2001-02 Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard. He will deliver the Norton Lectures at the University next fall and plans to examine the act of teaching, from the Platonic Socrates to Wittgenstein and Ionesco. Currently an Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College at the University of Cambridge, Steiner is an internationally renowned scholar of Western culture, language, and intellectual history.

Rather than cut open a persons chest or abdomen, doctors can now insert a slender needle through the skin and destroy a tumor with heat, cold, or alcohol.

Actress Jane Fonda came to the Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE) Friday, March 2, to announce her donation of $12.5 million to launch the Harvard Center on Gender and Education. It is the largest gift from a single individual the GSE has ever received.

In 1986, Richard Light was asked a question that changed his life. He conducted more than 400 interviews and traveled to 90 college campuses seeking to answer it. Knowing that would not be enough, he enlisted dozens of colleagues and students to help gather data.

In 1986, Richard Light was asked a question that changed his life. He conducted more than 400 interviews and traveled to 90 college campuses seeking to answer it. Knowing that would not be enough, he enlisted dozens of colleagues and students to help gather data.

Richard Daggy, assistant dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH) from 1964 through 1966 and associate dean for international programs from 1966 to 1973, died on Jan. 21,…

At its 11th meeting of the year, the Council discussed with Dean Peter Ellison (GSAS and anthropology) the experimental summer English Language Program. Dean Ellison also briefed the Council on…

March 23, 1912 — The Boston Elevated Railway Co. opens the Harvard Square subway station. BERC expends about $10 million for the entire Cambridge subway project, which includes a special…

Children’s Initiative announces research awards In honor of Jerome Kagan, the Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology, The Harvard Children’s Initiative and the Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative have announced research…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending March 3. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

During the Cultural Revolution – the decade of Maoist reform that, among other things, pilloried Chinese intellectuals and sent many to the countryside for re-education through hard labor – author Gao Xingjian was among those sent down to live the life of a peasant.

Kristen Ammon has played bass since she was 9 years old. She studied music at Yale University and plays today for the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, which is practicing for its March 10 presentation of Tchaikovsky, Ellington, and Ives.

In the wake of six long weeks this fall filled with hanging chads, ballot recounts, and court challenges, it appears the American people may finally be willing to embrace major changes in the way we elect our government leaders. The question is, Is Washington ready? David King, associate professor in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), is anxious to find out.

The University Student Health Coordinating Board has established a $1,500 prize for students who come up with the most innovative and practical ideas about how to encourage people suffering from depression to seek treatment.

Carlos Paz spent his childhood laboring in Californias grape fields. Today, the Harvard Medical student is conducting research on circadian rhythms.

Citing a host of studies, surveys, and statistics, a British health expert made a compelling case last week that the link between low social status and poor health is not just a problem for the poor, but for people at all levels of society.

In a rare respite from the March madness of classes and assignments, the campus fell into a quiet white reverie for two sweet days.