Campus & Community

Eyes sparkling and imaginations aflame, area children – and their elders – glowed in a wealth of glitter and color at the Mineral Madness Family Festival at the Museum of Natural History last Saturday. Weird minerals, a scavenger hunt, mineral identification, and a (relatively inexpensive) Big Dig were some of the bright facets of the lively day.

Knoll receives Chang Ying-Chien Prize Fisher Professor of Natural History Andrew H. Knoll, an expert on the early evolution of life, has been named the first recipient of the Chang…

If the lizardy newt loses a leg in a battle with a stronger, faster rival, it simply grows a new limb.

A $500,000 donation to Harvard Divinity School has led to the creation of a loan reduction program, an addition eagerly anticipated by students seeking ways to balance the financial conflicts of repaying heavy student loan debt and pursuing careers in typically low-paying public service jobs.

On Friday, Feb. 23, at approximately 3:15 p.m., the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to a report of an indecent assault at the Lamont Library. The victim, not affiliated…

A University graduate student was the victim of an attempted unarmed robbery while talking on his cellular phone on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at approximately 7:59 p.m., on the pathway behind…

Author Michael Ignatieff, a professor of human rights policy, has been named director of the Carr Center of Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Dean Joseph S.…

On Thursday, Feb. 22, a member of the Harvard community purchased a 20-ounce bottle of Diet Coke that contained a foreign substance that made the person briefly ill. The bottle…

this month in harvard history

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 24. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

Alice Kimball Smith, a retired author, historian, and former dean emerita at the Radcliffe Institute, died Feb. 6, in Ellensburg, Wash. She was 94. After a move to Cambridge in…

Charles V. Willie, the Charles William Elliot Professor of Education Emeritus at the Graduate School of Education, has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Judge Baker…

In the 1950s, says Dorothy Zinberg, the faculty wives in Harvards government department met regularly for lunch in the Faculty Club.

Falkenrath named to National Security Council President George W. Bush has chosen Richard Falkenrath, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School, to be director for proliferation strategy at…

It was the fall of 1962. American intelligence aircraft had spotted evidence of Soviet offensive weaponry in Cuba. For nearly two weeks the entire world watched and waited as the two major superpowers stood on the brink of nuclear war.

Robert W. White ’25, who taught at Harvard from 1937 to 1968, when he became professor of clinical psychology , died on Feb. 6 in Weston, Mass. He was 96.…

Whether its an Al Bore, a Tiger Woods or the ever-popular Elvis, you can be sure that you are not only getting the best burger within walking distance of Harvard Yard, but maybe the best this side of the Charles River or beyond. And it has been that way for 40 years now.

A $500,000 donation to Harvard Divinity School has led to the creation of a loan reduction program, an addition eagerly anticipated by students seeking ways to balance the financial conflicts of repaying heavy student loan debt and pursuing careers in typically low-paying public service jobs.

Its shiny white cables dance across the afternoon sky, creating the illusion of a ships mast sailing majestically up the mouth of the Charles River. Representing both Bostons historic past and its alluring future, the new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge is quickly becoming the citys most remarkable architectural landmark.

Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino swung sledgehammers at a concrete wall Tuesday (Feb. 27) to ceremonially mark renovations to create an assisted living facility for Roxburys poor, frail elderly.

The University Committee on Human Rights has announced that it will offer grants to support innovative or cross-disciplinary research in the field of human rights studies. The awards are made…

The Center for Business and Government (CBG) at Harvards Kennedy School of Government announced the addition of four fellows who represent the worlds of government, finance, business, and academia. This spring, the Centers global gathering of fellows will be joined by the former premier of Taiwan, a local entrepreneur, the new chairman of the National Association of Security Dealers, and a scholar studying economic development in Taiwan.

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…

Provost Harvey V. Fineberg has announced a new round of grants under the Provost’s Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration (PFIC). These grants are designed to promote intellectual interchange among Faculty members…

The worlds most popular movie star was the honored emcee at this years Cultural Rhythms Festival. Actor, producer, martial artist Jackie Chan was named the 2001 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation. Sanders Theatre was full to the rafters as Chan kicked off the colorful celebration of performing arts from around the world.

During a three-day conference last week at the Kennedy School of Government, the managers of five of the recent U.S. presidential campaigns dissected the history that they helped make.

Leaders from Harvard University and Bostons public, private, and nonprofit sectors will gather this evening (Thursday, March 1) at an awareness event for the Rediscovery House – a new program targeting at-risk young men. Charles Ogletree, a Harvard Law School professor, will be the distinguished speaker. Honorary host committee members will include Henry Louis Gates Jr. of the Du Bois Institute Boston Police Commissioner Paul Evans David Hall, provost of Northeastern University Vanessa Kirsch, founder of New Profit Inc. real estate investor Joseph O&sbquoConnor and Kip Tiernan, founder of Rosies Place.

Tom Brokaw, anchor of the NBC Nightly News since 1983, delivered the 11th Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics this past Monday (Feb. 26). The journalists subject was So much information, so little time. Speaking to an ARCO Forum crowd of 800 people, Brokaw discussed the pressures on broadcast journalists today, commenting pointedly that network Election 2000 coverage was less than perfect: It wasnt egg on our faces. We were draped in omelette. The event was sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy.

Civil rights claims related to standardized testing and the impact of ballot initiatives on minority communities are the subjects of research by two current Harvard Law School (HLS) fellows.

Drew Gilpin Faust to give public lecture Drew Gilpin Faust, Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and a leading historian of the Civil War and American South, will…