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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Location of Oxford Street barricades changed
With the completion of the city’s pipeline investigations, DPW has concluded that the portion of Oxford Street north of the Dworkin Driveway is in the poorest condition and must be…
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PBHA brings Harmony to the children
The four boys clustered around the drum pounded it rhythmically — almost — filling the small gymnasium with sound and sending tobacco bits ritually sprinkled on the drum’s skin bouncing…
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Grants help Pluralism Project cultivate ‘national conversation
The Ford Foundation recently awarded a grant of $641,000 in supplemental support to the Pluralism Project for “development of a project that serves as a national research and policy resource…
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Provost grants to promote interchange
Provost Harvey V. Fineberg has announced a new round of grants under the Provost’s Fund for Student Collaboration. These grants are designed to promote intellectual interchange across faculties of the…
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Raise high the roof beam
Workers repaired the building’s leaky roof in work that began this summer and is slated to be completed in October.
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Shorenstein announces fellows
The Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government has selected five distinguished journalists and scholars as the 2000 Fall Fellows. Among the…
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Partial ceiling collapse at Stoughton Hall spurs inspection
All’s well at Stoughton Hall following a partial ceiling collapse last week. One freshman student suffered minor scratches when a portion of drywall and insulation came tumbling down from above…
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Increase in criminal vehicle incidents in Allston area
Criminal incidents involving motor vehicles in the area in and around the Business School campus and athletic facilities have increased in the last few months, according to the Harvard University…
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Weatherhead Center for International Affairs names 2000-01 fellows
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has named 21 international affairs practitioners from around the world as fellows for 2000-01. Established in 1958, with the founding of the Center, the…
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Laying down the law: Zittrain wants to bring order to the Wild Wild Web
You might say Jonathan Zittrain was way ahead of his time. When the recently appointed assistant professor of law at Harvard Law School (HLS) was all of 12 years old…
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Black alumni will gather at HLS celebration
More than 80 years after Harvard Law School (HLS) awarded a degree to the nation’s first black law school graduate, a group of defiant attorneys led by Harvard’s own Charles…
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GSE leadership program gets $3.6 million Gates grant
Giving many cause to celebrate the first day back to school in Boston, on Sept. 5 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $3.6 million grant to the Harvard…
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Police call beating of Harvard student a ‘hate crime’
In what they are calling a “hate crime,” Cambridge Police are looking for two men who assaulted a Harvard undergraduate on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The assault occurred at approximately 8:35…
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HLS students honored for community service
Sixteen members of the Harvard Law School (HLS) Class of 2000 have received the inaugural HLS Student Community Service Awards in recognition of their service to the Harvard Law School…
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Suspect wanted for assault near Leverett
According to Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), a woman affiliated with the University was assaulted while walking on the pathway behind Leverett Towers on Saturday, Sept. 16, between 10:45 and…
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Newsmakers
Georgi wins Dirac Medal for contributions to physics Howard Georgi, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, has been awarded the Dirac Medal for his pioneering work in theoretical physics. Georgi shares the…
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Giles named new Nieman curator
Robert H. Giles has been selected as the next curator of the University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism, President Neil L. Rudenstine announced last month. Before coming to Harvard, Giles, 67,…
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When canoes fly: move puts crafts in suitable environment
It was a modest armada. Last week, Peabody Museum staff removed 28 canoes, kayaks, outriggers, and dugouts from the sixth floor of the Herbarium and Botanical Museum where they had…
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Police Log
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Sept. 16. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…
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A message from the Presidential search committee
More information can be found on the web site: http://presidentialsearch.harvard.edu/
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Society of Fellows welcomes its Junior Fellows
Nine doctoral candidates of exceptional promise have joined the Society of Fellows as Junior Fellows. The Society gives scholars at early stages of their careers an opportunity to pursue their…
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Summer workers are recognized for efforts
Workers from the 2000 Summer Youth Employment Program were honored at an with a pizza party in August to recognize their efforts. In addition to lunch, the students were given…
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Galbraith Receives Medal of Freedom
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith was awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at a ceremony, August 9, at the White House. Galbraith, the Paul M. Warburg…
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A class with character : Drama students are encouraged to act up
Ceren Gurkan, a high school student from Rome, wasn’t exactly channeling Beatrice, an upper-crust British lady. She was Beatrice. Or Beatrice was she or — something. This summer in the…
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It’s a hit: Baseball camp scores with kids
More than 200 children were hitting, fielding, and rounding bases on Harvard’s baseball diamonds this summer during three weeklong baseball camps designed not just to keep the kids busy, but…
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What’s your risk of cancer?
To find out, look into http://www.yourcancerrisk.harvard.edu. The site provides personalized, interactive information about your chances of getting breast, prostate, lung, colon, bladder, melanoma, uterine, kidney, ovarian, cervical, stomach, and pancreatic…
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Potential drugs from nature land researcher national award
David A. Evans, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, will be honored on Aug. 22 by the American Chemical Society for developing strategies for making potential drugs derived from…
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New director named at Harvard Genomics Center
Jeremy R. Knowles, Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has appointed Andrew Murray, professor of molecular and cellular biology, director of the Faculty’s Center for Genomics Research.…
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Giles named Nieman Foundation curator
Robert H. Giles has been selected as the next curator of the University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism, President Neil L. Rudenstine announced last month. Before coming to Harvard, Giles, 67,…
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GSE program stresses teamwork for educators
“We’ve lost our focus. We think we’re in neutral,” admitted Faye Bradley, curriculum director at Ohio’s Madison Local School District. “As hard as we try to focus on one mission,…