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Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and author of a new book that views postwar American history through the lens of consumerism, is laughing at herself. Asked to suggest a local shopping mall for a photo shoot, shes stumped. I hardly ever go to the mall, she admits.

President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven Hyman will hold office hours for students in their Massachusetts Hall offices from 4 to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) on the following dates:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Jan. 25. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Jan. 9, 1961 – U.S. President-elect John F. Kennedy ’40 visits Cambridge for a meeting of the Board of Overseers, attracting a huge swarm of well-wishers and news media in the Yard. Jan. 14, 1963 – Harvard University Press celebrates 50 years of publishing, a milestone marked by the publication of a pamphlet on “The…

It sounds like an Alice in Wonderland tale. Children intoxicated by mercury shake and grab themselves like Mad Hatters in a mountain settlement known as the place that no one can find.

Imagine being able to throw away those diet books and eat whatever you want without becoming fat, and – as a bonus – not develop diabetes and live longer as well. A new study led by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers and published in the Jan. 24 issue of the journal Science brings scientists one step…

On the third floor of the Biological Laboratories, Honor Hsin and Alice Bailey squint into computers, hoping that the data confirm that theyve successfully made the gene mutations they set out to make.

Michael McCormick is trying to figure out how to spend $1.5 million.

ICF honors Kanter The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a unit of the World Teleport Association that focuses on communities’ use of broadband technology for economic development, has presented its Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year Award to Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The award recognizes…

Staff photo by Kris Snibbe

Seven years ago, as Steve Dudley was making a career transition from psychotherapy and substance abuse counseling to personal fitness training, he would joke to his new clients: Its not how you feel, its how you look.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, a number of changes in U.S. immigration policy have affected the Harvard community.

To the strains of a string quartet made up of Harvard students, the University, on Jan. 15, celebrated its merger with the famed Rowland Institute of Science.

As the temperature plummeted, the urge to cower, cuddle, and bundle up was outweighed by the imperatives of the world, by personal demands, and, most of all, by exam period.

Harvard Law School (HLS) has announced the establishment of the Oneida Indian Nation Professorship of Law. This chair – the first endowed chair in American Indian studies at Harvard University and the only professorship of its kind east of the Mississippi River – will allow HLS to continue its leadership role in the development of…

The former governor of New Hampshire, a New York Times political reporter, the former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, a high-ranking official in Ireland, and a leader in civic participation have all been chosen for fellowships at the Kennedy School of Governments (KSGs) Institute of Politics (IOP).

There are almost 4 million miles of road in the United States. Added together, these roads and roadsides make up more than 1 percent of the country, an area equal to South Carolina. But the area affected by the noise, pollution, animal deaths, and other ecological impacts linked to roads is much larger, 22 percent…

Scholarships for one academic year of study or research in China are made possible through an agreement between the Ministry of Education of the Peoples Republic of China and Harvard University. For the 2003-04 academic year, five full scholarships (covering tuition, housing, health insurance, and books) and 10 partial scholarships (covering tuition) will be offered…

High atop the Fogg Museum, Henry Lie, director of the Straus Center for Conservation, and art historian Francesca Bewer study an X-ray, pointing to the milky image and scratching their chins in thought. A warrior – or rather, a 16th century bronze cast of a warrior by Dutch sculptor Willem van Tetrode – has broken…

You can be happier at work if you smile more, even if you have to fake it. Suppressing anger and other negative feelings, on the other hand, leads to less job satisfaction and more thoughts of quitting.

HMS center to receive funding for 4 more years Harvard Medical School’s (HMS’s) Center of Excellence in Women’s Health has announced that it will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office on Women’s Health for four more years. The center is one of only 13 to be recognized nationally by…

Ashley Seo 06 heads into the Science Center on a recent frigid day, possibly wishing shed chosen flute.

The Joint Center for Housing Studies will hold the fourth annual John T. Dunlop Lecture on Feb. 4 at the National Housing Center in Washington, D.C. The lecture, titled The American Dream of Homeownership: From Cliché to Mission, honors Lamont University Professor Emeritus John T. Dunlop for his distinguished career at the University, in government,…

Francis S. Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, will deliver the 2003 William Belden Noble lecture series exploring genetics, medicine, and faith on Feb. 3-5 at the Memorial Church.

The Korea Institute has reached an agreement with the International Communication Foundation (ICF) of Seoul to establish an endowment fund to support the translation and publication of Korean literary works, and studies on Korean literature. The fund, in the amount of $1.5 million, will be named in honor of Sunshik Min, a graduate of the…