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GSD to open doors The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) will host its annual admissions open house for prospective students on Nov. 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St. The daylong event will include program overviews and question-and-answer sessions with faculty and current students, as well as the…

Joan W. Miller named ARVO award recipient The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) recently announced that Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology Joan W. Miller has been selected to receive the 2006 ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmics Translational Research Award. The award will be formally presented to Miller during the association’s annual meeting in May…

Following their 27-24 upset of the Crimson on the gridiron this past Saturday (Oct. 22), Princetons Tigers proved just as victorious on the Cambridge surf. In day two of the 41st Head of the Charles Regatta, the black and orange shocked the rowing world with a first-place finish in mens championship eights.

The Food Project, a nonprofit organization that cultivates youth leadership and environmental sustainability, has won the 2005 Mayors Award for Excellence in Childrens Health. The award is given jointly by the city of Boston Mayors Office, the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), and Childrens Hospital Boston. The ceremony took place on Oct. 20 at…

James Q. Wilson, a political scientist whose studies of crime, police work, marriage, and morality have had an important impact on public policy at all levels of government, will deliver this years Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Nov. 2-4.

Harvard Law Schools Program on Negotiation awarded former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata its Great Negotiator Award for work done on behalf of refugees fleeing conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and the Balkans.

As a young college student in West Berlin in the 1960s, Benjamin Buchloh noticed a disturbing dissonance between the art he saw in the citys galleries and museums and the attitudes of his professors.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Oct. 24. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

Memorial reception for Hurlbut upcoming A memorial reception for friends, family, and colleagues of Cornelius Hurlbut Jr., professor of mineralogy emeritus, will be held Nov. 5 at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Brookhaven at Lexington (1010 Waltham St., Lexington, MA.). Hurlbut passed away Sept. 1 at the age of 99. James J. Healy memorial…

Oct. 7, 1944 – The “Harvard Alumni Bulletin” tally of Harvard men known to have served in World War II reaches 23,400. October 1947 – The “Harvard Business Review” (reputedly “the most plagiarized magazine in America”) marks its 25th anniversary, printing 20,000 copies of a silver-jubilee issue. The publication also announces plans to move from…

It will not be too late to be immunized for the flu if one waits until November through mid-December. Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) expects immunization for all patients to be available in early November.

This years Evening With Champions was an Olympian event. No, Zeus and Hera didnt make it. But the yearly spectacular, which raises money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes Jimmy Fund, was again hosted by Olympic silver medalist Paul Wylie 91, M.B.A. 00. This 36th Evening With Champions, Wylie pointed, out was star-studded with past, present, and…

RMO workshop on electronic recordkeeping Harvard’s Records Management Office (RMO) is offering one of its fall workshops on electronic recordkeeping Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. in Pusey Library. The 45-minute presentation will provide University staff with practical guidance on filing systems, filing rules and procedures, and equipment and supplies, and includes a new presentation on…

Blindness prevention organization honors Seddon Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Johanna M. Seddon was recently named the recipient of the first Dr. Maurice F. Rabb Jr. Award. Presented by Prevent Blindness America, the nation’s leading volunteer organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight, the award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and dedication…

Six hundred feet below the Pacific Ocean surface last August, seven Russian sailors sat trapped in a small, cold submarine hoping it wouldnt become their collective coffin.

There are no animals Piotr Naskrecki doesnt like, but hes always had a preference for the tiny ones.

Peter K. Bol, Harvard College Professor and Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been named the first director of Harvard Universitys Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA), a new center that will offer technology to support research and education in the fields of spatial…

As she enters the room, she kicks off her shoes and seems to glide across the floor. Over here, she says, this wall, only about four feet deep, pulls out to produce 200 seats for audiences. We can convert the studio into a theater in 10 minutes! It used to take two hours. Then, on…

Harvard-Yenching Institute Director Weiming Tu recently welcomed 32 visiting scholars and fellows to the institute for the 2005-06 academic year. HYI offers a unique opportunity to create a learning community of scholars in the humanities at Harvard each year, benefiting both the scholars themselves and Harvard, Tu noted. The scholars are faculty members in the…

Calling the U.S. Supreme Court the most powerful branch of government, conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly said that grassroots conservatives who have focused on family and social issues are setting their sights next on reforming Americas imperial judiciary.

Thirteen new fellows have been selected for the 2005-06 Administrative Fellowship Program. Of the 13 fellows, nine are visiting fellows – talented professionals drawn from business, education, and the professions outside the University – and four are professionals currently working at Harvard who are identified by their department and selected by the fellowship review committee…

What is the blues? The music can be described in terms of scales, harmonic progressions, song structure, but to really understand what the blues is, youve got to hear it, preferably live. Its even better if you can get an experienced practitioner to talk about the music, how he got into it, how it makes…

Kennedy School of Government (KSG) Dean David T. Ellwood has announced that Ricardo Hausmann, professor of the practice of economic development, has been named director of Harvards Center for International Development (CID). Hausmann, the CIDs first director from a developing country, assumed the post immediately.