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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Sharon Clayborne Memorial Is Changed to May 2
The memorial service for Sharon P. Clayborne, director of financial aid at Harvard Medical School, who died on April 13, has been changed. The service will be held on Tuesday,…
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Community Gifts Donations Surpass Last Year’s by $69K
The generosity of Harvard employees has always been great. This year it has proved to be greater than ever. The 1999-00 Community Gifts through Harvard Campaign has raised $871,912, an…
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Harvard Reaches Out To Forge Links With Cuba
At a time when U.SCuban relations are at best strained and at worst bordering on crisis, a group of Harvard scholars is working to strengthen educational and cultural ties between…
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Kennedy School Student Leaders Push for End of Cuban Embargo
Student leaders at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) passed a resolution this week calling for the immediate repeal of the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba. The vote capped a…
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Small Chemical Spill Forces Evacuation at Science Center
A minor chemical spill forced the limited evacuation of the Science Center basement on Wednesday morning. According to authorities with the Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHS), a small amount…
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Faculty Council Notice
At its 14th meeting of the year, the Faculty Council discussed a proposed Statement on Outside Activities with three members of the Committee that drafted the document: Professor Dennis Thompson…
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Topping off her education in style
After being fitted for her undergraduate cap and gown at the Harvard Coop, Kamil Redmond ’00 toys with the idea of pursuing an advanced degree while trying on the appropriate…
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Health Care Issues Rise to Top in Presidential Run
What if there were an election without a great pressing issue facing the electorate? Thats the dilemma in the 2000 presidential campaign. The United States isnt at war, and the…
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Sacred Flames — Vedic fire ceremony celebrates Hinduism
His Grace Srila Turiya Das Acarya Mahasaya, a Hindu priest of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, presides over a Vedic fire ceremony held on the steps of Memorial Church. The event…
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Memo On Human Subjects Research
The memorandum from Provost Harvey Fineberg reprinted below is intended to remind members of the Harvard community about matters related to the conduct of human subjects research. April 2000 To:…
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Law Students Examine High Court on the High Desert
While many of their peers were sipping margaritas on the beaches of Cancun or playing volleyball in Daytona, Fla., a half dozen Law School (HLS) students spent their spring break…
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Newsmakers
Herzlinger Named Bush Adviser Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has been named an adviser to presidential candidate George W. Bush regarding…
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Notes
The Graduate Student Council of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will honor five faculty members with the Excellence in Mentoring Award at a reception on Thursday, May 4,…
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Police Log
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending April 22. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…
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Smooth Sailing — Harvard team takes to a winning season like a duck to water
The Harvard Gazette
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Memorial Service for Wilfred Cantwell Smith Set
A memorial service for Wilfred Cantwell Smith, professor of the comparative history of religion emeritus, will be held on Friday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m. in the Memorial Church in…
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Crew Cops Compton, O’Leary Cups — Men and women rowers leave Princeton, Dartmouth in their wake
The Harvard mens heavyweight crew, ranked fourth in the nation, solidified its standing with a victory over fifth-ranked Princeton and M.I.T. in the 65th rowing of the Compton Cup Saturday…
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Thinnest Wires Probe Superconductivity
Scientists at Harvard University have made wires too small to see without a powerful microscope. They are almost too small to imagine thousands of times thinner than a human…
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Scans Predict Alzheimer’s Risk
Older people frequently forget where they left their glasses or parked their car. Could such memory lapses be a sign of Alzheimers disease? Until now, no good way existed to…
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Women’s Basketball Awards Given; 2000-01 Captains Named
The womens basketball team held its annual post-season banquet on Tuesday evening, April 25. In addition to team awards for 1999-00, head coach Kathy Delaney Smith announced that juniors Kristen…
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Arthur Mu-En Lee, Expert in Cardiovascular Disease, Dies
Arthur Mu-En Lee, associate professor of molecular biology at the Harvard School of Public Health and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, died on April 10 following surgery…
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Scoring the Future — Arts Medalist Harbison wants budding careers to bloom
His lifes work is a montage of musical masterpieces, including three symphonies, three string quartets, two operas, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning cantata “The Flight into Egypt.” Yet, its not so…
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Hypersensitive Skin Reveals Clues About Migraine Pains
The painfully sensitive skin that accompanies many migraines has revealed a new understanding of the debilitating headaches. The latest findings from Boston researchers are the first that may explain why…
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Narayan Memorial Set for May 5 at Adams House
A memorial service, “A Celebration of the Life of Navin Narayan,” will be held on Friday, May 5, in the Adams House Library at 2:30 p.m. Navin Narayan 99 died…
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Commencement Speaker Named
The Harvard Gazette
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Gary Bellow, Legal Education Programs Founder, Dies at 64
Harvard Law School Professor Gary Bellow, the founder and former faculty director of the Schools Clinical Programs and a pioneering public interest lawyer, died on April 13 from cardiac arrest…
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With A Song In Their Heads — Birth of new brain cells induced in birds
Brain cells that make it possible for zebra finches to sing were forced to die then brought back to life by researchers at Harvard and Rockefeller universities. In a major…
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Abram Chayes, International Law Specialist, Dies at 77
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus Abram Chayes, 77, who served as the Kennedy Administrations chief international lawyer at the height of the Cold War and who taught at Harvard…
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HMS Financial Aid Director Sharon Clayborne Dies at 47
Sharon P. Clayborne, director of financial aid at Harvard Medical School, died on Thursday, April 13, at the age of 47. Clayborne tirelessly counseled students through the financial aid process.…
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Harvard Defenders Celebrates 50 Years of Free Legal Assistance
The Harvard Defenders, a Harvard Law School student organization that provides legal representation to low-income persons accused of crimes, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday, April 29. The Harvard…