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Drew Barrymore accepts 2001 Woman of the Year award at the Hasty Pudding Theatre.

Brett Cook-Dizneys artwork stinks. The spray-paint fumes wafting through Gutman Library this week are proof of that, but whats really happening inside the glassed-in, makeshift studio demands appreciation far beyond a single sense – or category.

Lifting the heavy wooden trap door and peering down into the dark, dusty secret room beneath the floorboards at the top of the stairs, Larry Hall appears entranced. Its as if he can feel the ghosts of his hidden past, shrouded beneath a veil of silence for generations and now exposed for all the world…

Senior Tammy Shewchuk and sophmore Kalen Ingram each registered a hat trick as the Harvard womens hockey team defeated Boston College 8-1 in the first round of the 23rd annual Womens Beanpot Tournament held at Boston College this past Tuesday night.

In their second encounter this season, the Harvard mens hockey team (10-10-1, 9-5-1 ECAC) was unable to avenge an early-season overtime loss against the Boston College Eagles (21-6-1, 13-3-1 Hockey East) – a game the Crimson let slip away – falling 4-1 this past Monday night in the first round of the 49th annual Beanpot…

Upon the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the President approved and announced the following Standing Committees at the F.A.S. Faculty Meeting of Oct. 17, 2000. Standing Committees of the Faculty are constituted to perform a continuing function. Each committee has been established by a vote of the Faculty, and…

Holdren wins 2000 Heinz Award for Public Policy John Holdren, professor of environmental science and public policy in the department of earth and planetary sciences, and the Teresa and John…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he wants an end to the conflict in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, but not at any price.

With cold winter winds still blowing up and down the Charles River, it may seem far too early to begin thinking about summer. Not for Amy Meyer, Community Outreach manager in the Office of Human Resources and program manager for Harvards new Summer Teen Employment Program (STEP).

Colon cancer kills approximately 48,000 men and women every year in the United States. In addition, more than 97,000 people in this country will be diagnosed with the disease this…

Michael Levine, adjunct professor of law at Harvard Law School (HLS), has testified twice in the past week before key congressional committees examining possible mergers in the airline industry. On Thursday, Feb. 1, Levine testified as an expert witness before the Senate Commerce Committee – chaired by Sen. John McCain of Arizona – during a…

Of the many publishing houses and little magazines that sprang into existence in the 1920s and 30s, none was as adventurous or influential as New Directions, founded by James Laughlin in 1936 while he was an undergraduate at Harvard. New Directions published, among others, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, Tennessee Williams,…

Born on a Louisiana cotton plantation in 1867, orphaned at 7, married at 14, and widowed at 20, Madam C.J. Walker eventually became the nations first self-made female millionaire. A legendary figure in African-American economic history, the former laundress made her fortune by building a business empire based on hair products for black women.

George MacMasters: head lifeguard

Harvards research mission will be featured on the Science Coalitions Web site (http://www.sciencecoalition.org) for the next week. The Science Coalition is a group of universities and other organizations – more than 400 in all – with the goal of expanding and strengthening the federal governments investment in university-based scientific, medical, engineering, and agricultural research.

Jeffrey Hamburger remembers the moment he fell in love. It happened in the rare book library of Yale University.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 3. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

Next Wave, a weekly electronic journal dedicated to the career development of graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, is now accessible from any computer within the University. Produced by the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science magazine, the site features scientific news, discussion forums, career profiles, and career advice.

Emily B. McCarthy, a 30-year employee at Harvard, passed away on June 20, 2000. She was 80. McCarthy worked at the Herbarium, the Department of Sociology, Harvard Business School, and…

Feb. 28, 1942 – In the Yard, Houghton Library is formally opened and dedicated as the new home of Harvard’s rare books and manuscripts. It is the nation’s first academic…

At its ninth meeting of the year, the Council discussed with Dean Harry Lewis his “Five-Year Report on Harvard College.” The Council also met with professors Dale Jorgenson (economics) and…

Volunteer at the Peabody The Peabody Museum at the University is looking for a volunteer to help with public relations activities for at least three hours per week. Duties will…

Most people dont think of evolution as very dynamic. If they think of it at all, they see it as something that happened in the deep past. But all species possess chromosomes, coiled strands of genes in every one of their cells, and these genes are constantly changing.