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  • In Lilac Time

    Mother Nature got her act together just in time for Mother’s Day. Bright sunshine greeted thousands of visitors at the annual Lilac Sunday on May 14 at the Arnold Arboretum…

  • New Mellon/Mentored Scholars named

    The Mellon/Mentored Scholars Program at Harvard, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, aims to increase the number of under-represented minorities on college…

  • Newsmakers

    Cambridge declares June 7 Michael Shinagel Day To honor Michael Shinagel, who will celebrate his 25th year as dean of Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education and University Extension this year,…

  • A special notice regarding Commencement Exercises Thursday, June 8, 2000

    To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree candidates will…

  • Holyoke Center Arcade: from neglected ‘wind tunnel’ to bright, bustling walkway

    When Josep Lluis Sert, the former Dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD), sketched his architectural drawings for the “futuristic” Holyoke Center 40 years ago, odds are he gave…

  • Study points to more targeted use of Ritalin — Drug not effective for all

    While examining the brains of hyperactive, inattentive boys with a new type of scanner, Harvard researchers found a reduced flow of blood into a specific area of the brain. Known…

  • Requiem for sax and canvas — Carpenter Center project commemorates a friend

    Think of one of the great churches of Europe – St. Peter’s in Rome or England’s Canterbury Cathedral – a place of great beauty and solemnity filled with monuments to…

  • Quarter century of service to University recognized

    One hundred forty-four people, from dining service workers to deans, will be honored on Thursday, May 18, 2000, for reaching a milestone: 25 years of service to the University. The…

  • Woody wows film students

    If Woody Allen had been directing the scene, chances are he wouldn’t have left any of it on the cutting room floor. The legendary actor/director/comedian cracked a few jokes, told…

  • U.S. tour of British Library exhibition opens

    An interior view of the new British Library at St. Pancras, London. An exhibition, “Building the British Library: an architectural exhibition,” on display in the Corridor Gallery of Pusey Library…

  • Gay, lesbian caucus awards first Public Service Fellowship

    The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus (HGLC) has awarded its first-ever Public Service Fellowship to Anna Baldwin ’00. The HGLC Public Service Fellowship is a one-time grant of $3,000 made…

  • Nieman Foundation announces U.S. fellows for 2000-01

    Twelve U.S. journalists have been appointed to the 63rd class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. They will be joined by approximately 12 international journalists to be named later this…

  • Two receive leadership award from Housing Studies

    The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and the NeighborWorks Network of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation have named Sarah Karlinsky and Madeleine Pill as the two Harvard recipients of the…

  • Police Log

    Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending May 13. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…

  • Lentz named to baseball All-Ivy League First Team

    Harvard sophomore catcher Brian Lentz has been selected to the All-Ivy League First Team for baseball. The team is voted on by the league’s eight head coaches. Lentz, who is…

  • HUPD looks for suspect in unarmed robbery

    Harvard University Police detectives are investigating the unarmed robbery of an undergraduate, which occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16. According to police, the suspect approached the student…

  • Charles Warren Fellows for 2000-01 chosen

    The Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History has announced the recipients of its 2000-01 fellowships. The fellows, who will come to Harvard to spend a sabbatical year writing…

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Memorial Minute — Bartlett Jere Whiting

    In his nearly half a century on the Harvard faculty Bartlett Jere Whiting established a reputation for great learning, influential teaching, and dangerous wit. He died at 90 on 24…

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Memorial Minute — Vsevolod Setchkarev

    Vsevolod Setchkarev, the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Emeritus, and a noted authority on Russian fiction and poetry, died at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, on…

  • Researchers face up to liars: expressions speak louder than words

    How good are you at detecting a lie? Liars often give themselves away by facial expressions or changes in vocal pitch. But most people do no better than 50/50 at…

  • Federman embarks on second 50 years

    Everyone knows that time-honored habits die hard. So it’s no surprise that Daniel Federman, the outgoing dean for medical education, would find it difficult to leave Harvard after a half…

  • Traveling fellows

    An unprecedented four Harvard seniors won the George Peabody Gardner Traveling Fellowship for 2000. Pictured are (left to right) Rosylyn Rhee, Luke Fischbeck, and Maxie Blue Rogers. Not pictured is…

  • Parents of Navin Narayan endow lecture series

    The Navin Narayan Memorial Lecture has been endowed by the parents of Navin Narayan ’99, a Rhodes Scholar and summa cum laude graduate in social studies who died of cancer…

  • College admissions yield is nearly 80 percent

    Nearly 80 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2004 have chosen to enroll, the highest yield since the early 1970s, according to the Undergraduate Admissions Office. Yield, the…

  • Report focuses on impact of power plant pollution

    According to researchers at the School of Public Health (SPH), air pollution from two Massachusetts coal-fired power plants contributes to particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone exposure over…

  • Art of entertainment

    Artists and performers in the Harvard community ushered in spring last week with the annual four-day arts extravaganza, Arts First 2000. Audiences had a wide variety of performances and exhibits…

  • Memorial service for Blank set for May 19

    A memorial service to celebrate the life of Irvin H. Blank will be held on Friday, May 19, at 5 p.m. in the Wellman 1 Conference Room, Department of Dermatology,…

  • Mental health care doesn’t meet standards, study finds

    Only 14 percent of patients treated for three common mental illnesses – depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder – received care that met with accepted standards, according to a…

  • Dudley’s budding celluloid heroes

    Olivia walked in the room, one hand clutching three beer bottles by the neck. She handed the bottles to friends sitting around a cluttered coffee table and settled on the…