Campus & Community
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Why row from Boston to London? Because it’s there.
Spaulding Rehabilitation physiatrist, team taking new route, aim to set records
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Next up for House renewal: Eliot
Building refresh aims to boost accessibility, preserve historic character
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FAS receives gift to bolster arts, humanities, and strengthen financial aid
Business leader Joseph Y. Bae ’94 and novelist Janice Y. K. Lee ’94 expand upon three decades of supporting academic excellence, opportunity at Harvard
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Dean’s legacy honored
Hoekstra, Faust, colleagues laud Robin Kelsey, who will step down from his arts and humanities deanship
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Tested most by game he didn’t play
Portrait honors Harvard’s first Black lacrosse player, whose 1941 benching in the South sparked outcry
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‘Shed the tears … get up and fight some more’
Justice Sonia Sotomayor on importance of civic engagement, youth involvement, giving back
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Care for Glass Flowers branches out
The Glass Flowers – Harvard’s majestic collection of more than 4,000 botanical models – is proof that the marriage of art and science is not only possible, but something quite…
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Conference: Maintaining a diverse work force
They identified difficulties in communication, a shifting corporate culture, and the lack of an understanding that the establishment of a diverse work force should be a stated goal for managers…
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Two-year appointment awarded to Edington
To assist in responding to the changing religious needs of the Harvard undergraduate community, the Memorial Church has created a new position, the Epps Fellow and Chaplain to Harvard College.…
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‘All That Jazz’ faces prejudice head on :
Sue, the author of the note, told her friend Rhonda that she thought Jill was wrong to break up with her boyfriend Tony. Tony’s mother had committed suicide, and Sue…
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Phillips Brooks House fetes new community lab in Chinatown
The Chinatown Computing program of the Chinatown Committee of the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) will celebrate the opening of its new community computer lab on Nov. 29. The creation…
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Livingston Taylor is part of Faith and Life Forum
Composer and performer Livingston Taylor will speak at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard on Friday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m., as part of the Faith and Life Forum evening…
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Protecting nature religiously
The Environmental Protection Agency even has a global warming Web site. Today’s debate isn’t over whether the globe will warm, it’s over how much and what in God’s name we…
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The green miles :A peaceful setting for warriors
It’s difficult to imagine that scenic Franklin Park, one of Boston’s natural gems set aside for rest and recreation, is also home to the fierce competition of Harvard’s men’s and…
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Kids benefit from employee dollars
“How are we going to give people salary increases? How are we going to pay rent increases? How are we going to pay health insurance premium increases? How are we…
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Women wage peace
Women Waging Peace, a global network of women working to stabilize regions of violent conflict, is holding its second annual colloquium Nov. 4-18. The initiative was founded last year by…
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Panel: Tibet victim of China’s ‘siege mentality’
Ignoring Tibet won’t make it go away. That is the message the People’s Republic of China needs to hear, according to authorities on the Tibet situation who spoke Nov. 2…
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Sports Illustrated: Women’s hockey number 2 in nation
In perhaps the ultimate sign of eminence in the sport’s world, the Crimson women’s hockey team was singled out by Sports Illustrated Women magazine. The Harvard team was selected the…
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Harvard declaws Lions, 34-0Rose’s arm raises Crimson to 4-1 Ivy
The Crimson football team earned its first home victory in style last Saturday (Nov. 4), blanking the Columbia Lions 34-0. The shutout, Harvard’s first in three years, advances the team…
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National prize honors biography by Malmstad
The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) selection committee for the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize awarded John E. Malmstad, professor of Slavic Languages at Harvard University,…
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Radcliffe Public Policy Center appoints new associate director
Pamela Stone, a sociologist specializing in work and gender, assumed her position as the new associate director of the Radcliffe Public Policy Center (RPPC) on Sept. 5. A former Radcliffe…
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Provocateur Lee ‘bamboozles’ KSG crowd
Those in the overflow audience at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) who expected filmmaker Spike Lee to stamp his feet and scream…
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Ukrainian Research Institute creates new fellowships
The Ukrainian Research Institute (URI) at the University has created a new program of postdoctoral fellowships. The Shklar Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies are designed to bring distinguished scholars from around…
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Police Log
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday Nov. 4. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…
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The canon according to Wisse
Ruth Wisse hesitates to compare her latest work to the Bible, but she admits there may be some similarities. In “The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language and Culture”…
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Law School to sponsor Latino Alumni Conference in Texas
Following the success of September’s “Celebration of Black Alumni,” Harvard Law School will hold its Latino Alumni Conference in San Antonio, on Dec. 1. The three-day conference is sponsored by…
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First fellow named by interfaculty health policy group
The Interfaculty Health Policy Forum has announced Nancy Ann DeParle will be its first Forum Fellow. She will be in residence during the 2000-01 academic year. DeParle served as the…
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Notes
The Earthwatch Institute will hold its annual conference on Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Harvard Science Center. The program, which is open to the public, begins with registration at 9…
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Radio memorial for Vosgerchian
In honor of Luise Vosgerchian, the Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music Emerita, radio station WHRB (95.3 FM, and simulcast live over the Internet at http://www.whrb.org/) will broadcast a memorial…
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Newsmakers
Bell’s ‘landmark’ book republished Harvard University Press has republished “The End of Ideology” by sociologist Daniel Bell. First published in 1960, becoming “a landmark in American social thought,” according to…
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Election raises questions about Electoral College process
With the outcome of the 2000 presidential election very much in doubt, American voters are left grappling with the prospect of having elected a chief executive without a popular mandate.…
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Memorial for David Bell is set for Nov. 17
There will be a memorial service for David Elliott Bell on Friday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m., at the Memorial Church. Bell, the Clarence James Gamble Professor of Population Sciences…
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Faculty council notice
At its fifth meeting of the year, the Council discussed parking issues arising from the Faculty’s continued growth with the Vice President for Administration Sally Zeckhauser, and the Associate Vice…
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Treating ills with music
She was the only one to survive the horrible car crash that killed her parents and siblings. The teenager was inconsolable. Shipped from her home in Oregon to the East…