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When Radcliffe Medalist Margaret Atwood A.M. 62 studied at Radcliffe, pantyhose and birth control pills were future innovations and women were famously barred from Lamont Library.

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Story by Alvin Powell, Beth Potier, and Ken Gewertz Page 1 2 3 4 Feast for the eyes, gluttony for the ear Much is made of the visual richness of Harvard’s Commencement ceremonies: the banners that flutter beneath the leaves of Tercentenary Theatre, the odd and colorful regalia invoking an ancient code of academic hierarchy,…

Harvards Center for Jewish Studies has announced the recipients of the 2003 Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies and the Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.

Gerard Moufflet (left to right), chair, board of fellows, School of Dental Medicine Michael Ross, Boston City Council Eric Williams of the Boston Celtics Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, dean, UPenn School of Dental Medicine Bruce Donoff, dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and President Lawrence H. Summers participate in the groundbreaking at the future site of…

The Center for International Development (CID) has awarded 25 grants to Harvard undergraduate students to support international development internships and research projects this summer.

Admission increase at HMNH, Peabody Beginning July 1, the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology will increase the price of admission by one dollar. The new rates will be $7.50 for adults, $6 for seniors and college students, and $5 for children between the ages of 3…

The following students were awarded prizes this month by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures:

Previously unknown letters written by W.E.B Du Bois (A.B. 1890, A.M. 1891, Ph.D. 1895) – the influential African-American scholar and leader of the early 20th century African-American protest movement – and his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois, an author and teacher, have been jointly acquired by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute and Houghton Library. The…

The Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences (CBRSS) has announced that graduate students Nava Ashraf and Nicola Gennaioli, both of the Department of Economics, have been named the centers grant recipients. Given to graduate student associates who expect to complete their dissertation within the upcoming academic year, the award supports up to a…

Despite the myths, rumors, and apprehension that swirled around the library community in the wake of the USA Patriot Act, the acts impact on Harvards 90-plus libraries has been minimal.

The six newly elected Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) directors, in order of their finish, are: Andrea C. Silbert, 19,649 Marilyn J. Holifield, 17,908 Susan Fales-Hill, 17,183 Alexander L. Aldrich, 17,029 Thomas H. Castro, 16,384 and Alan A. Khazei, 16,059.

The Committee of the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science (GIS) has announced this years prize recipients.

Graham Allison, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), received a special award on June 5 from the president of Kazakhstan in recognition of his work to remove nuclear weapons from Kazakhstan and for his support of KSG students from that country. Ambassador Kanat Saudabayev…

The president of the Harvard Alumni Association Thursday (June 5) announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers. The results were released at the annual meeting of the association following the Universitys 352nd Commencement. The six newly elected overseers, in order of their finish, are: Roger W.…

Americas public health system is stronger due to changes initiated after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a coordinated effort that must be ongoing, former Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Howard Koh told a Kennedy School conference on bioterrorism preparedness Tuesday (June 10).

The Kennedy Schools Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group (ENRFG) has announced that this years Savitz Prize, given to the best paper written by masters students in the area of environmental and resource policy, has been conferred upon Adriana Hochberg and Catherine Rauschuber, master of public policy (M.P.P.) students. Their winning paper examines the use…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 7. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Sailing captures coed championship A day after retaining its team race national championship, Harvard sailing captured the Coed Dinghy North American Championship this past Tuesday (June 10) at Bayview Yacht Club in Grosse Point, Mich. The Crimson sailors dominated both A and B Divisions to defeat a field of 18 schools. Harvard finished with 165…

A memorial service for Tony Lee, associate director of financial services, will be held June 27 at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., from 1 to 4 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, c/o Michael Rabin, M.D., D1234, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02115. Lee was…

June 19, 1858 – At the Boston City Regatta, crimson finds its first use as a Harvard color when members of a Harvard boat club seek to distinguish themselves among the many entrants. At a store, Charles William Eliot (then a tutor, later President) and club captain B. W. Crowninshield pick six crimson China-silk handkerchiefs…