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Holes as tiny as 30 atoms across are allowing researchers to obtain intimate views of molecules in acts never before seen. Peeping Ph.D.s have seen strands of DNA, the stuff of genes, folding themselves in a new type of microscope invented at Harvard University.

Top world and Olympic skaters will join host Paul Wylie 91 in supporting the Jimmy Fund at the 34th annual An Evening With Champions at the Bright Hockey Center Oct. 10-11 at 8 p.m. More than $2.1 million has been raised for cancer research and care since the first exhibition in 1970.

Like language instructors introducing new words to their students, Harvard Medical School researchers have taught cellular ribosomes – a cells protein factory – to create new compounds using foreign substances.

Hearing loss and vestibular disorders can be debilitating to affected individuals, with symptoms ranging in severity from modest difficulty with speech comprehension to profound deafness, tinnitus, or dizziness. Hearing loss is the most prevalent chronic disease of the elderly, affecting more than one-third of people over 65 years of age. In most cases, hearing loss…

The Department of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health has announced the establishment of the Distinguished Alum Award. This annual award is being created by a committee composed of a diverse group of alumni.

Just as the University prepares to celebrate the centennial of the rock-solid stadium, its principal tenant – the Harvard football team – finds itself in the midst of rebuilding. The not-so-long-ago-team-to-beat Crimson lost a total of seven All-League players to graduation, including some of the most prolific offensive players in the history of the program.

Send resumes online Beginning this month, resumes and applications for positions at the University will only be accepted online. In order to be considered for any position(s), applicants must apply via the HIRES (Harvard’s online job database) job site to a specific requisition number at http://www.atwork.harvard.edu/employment. Computer kiosks are available to job seekers at the…

When Joel Richard finishes his day as a staff assistant in Harvards Freshman Deans Office, he hops on his bike, pedals through the crowded streets of Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford, then turns into his driveway. There, smooth pavement gives way to weeds and potholes, and the landscape turns from three-deckers and storefronts to deep woods,…

I wrote your name in the sky, but the wind took it away.

Blood is vital for human survival, but getting it to people who need it involves thorny problems.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning Aug. 18 and ending Sept. 13. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

The animated blockbuster Shrek has been chosen as the feature presentation for this years Movie Time at Harvard. After two days of voting during registration week, Shrek edged out runner-up Ferris Buellers Day Off – last years winner – to win a place on Harvards outdoor silver screen.

Sept. 7, 1775 – The “New-England Chronicle or Essex Gazette” advertises that the Harvard Corporation and Overseers have chosen the Town of Concord as “a proper place for convening the Members of the said public Seminary of Learning” as the Revolution rages in Cambridge. Students are due in Concord by Oct. 4; probably less than…

The Faculty Council of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at its first meeting of the year Wednesday (Sept. 17) heard several reports on developments since the council adjourned in May. Dean William C. Kirby (FAS and history) spoke on the year ahead. He also briefed council members on new appointments to tenure, on new…

Harvard workers will take center stage today (Sept. 18) when Robert Putnam, the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, will discuss his new book, Better Together: Restoring the American Community, (Simon & Schuster, 2003) with co-author Lewis Feldstein, at 6 p.m. at Askwith Hall.

Tibetan Buddhism, with its pantheon of gods and demons, its elaborate rituals, colorful costumes, and esoteric meditation techniques, seems, to Westerners at least, to be the most exotic manifestation of the religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama 2,500 years ago.

If your goal is to go home with a nice picture of an earthenware pitcher and a bowl of apples that you can frame and give to your Aunt Ida, better go somewhere else. Here its all about process, not product.

Benedict H. Gross, dean of Harvard College, has assembled his senior staff for the Office of the Dean of Harvard College and completed the consolidation of this office with the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education, as begun this spring.

Head coach of W’s lax named Two-time All-American Sarah (Downing) Nelson ’94 has been named head coach of the Harvard women’s lacrosse team. After starring on three Ivy championship teams with the Crimson, Nelson was a member of the U.S. National Team at both the 1999 and 2001 World Cups, and helped the squad to…

The Harvard Business School (HBS) rugby team will open its fall 2003 season with a pair of home matches against the Boston Irish Wolfhounds Rugby Club on Sept. 13. The teams pitch is located next to Harvard Stadium and the action kicks off at noon. For more information, visit the squads Web site at http://sa.hbs.edu/rugby/.