Campus & Community

Beginning Jan. 31, uniform policies regarding book loans and overdue book fines will go into effect in all the libraries within Harvard College Library (Cabot, Hilles, Fine Arts, Harvard-Yenching, Lamont, Houghton, Tozzer, Kummel, Loeb Music, Littauer and Widener) based on the recommendations of a task force of the University Library Council and with the support of the FAS Library Committee. This policy change is the result of efforts on part of the University to accommodate growth in the use of library collections by students, faculty, and staff, facilitated by the increasingly interdisciplinary conduct of teaching and research at Harvard.

Community Gift winners The winners of the Nov. 30 drawing for solicitors of the Community Gift Through Harvard Campaign are: 1. $50 gift certificate to Harvard Collections store: Patricia Loric,…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) through Dec. 1.

Award given to KSG Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. received the “Eagle on the World” award from the Japanese Chamber of Congress and…

James L. Kugel, Harry Starr Professor of Classical, Modern Jewish, and Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and a member of the Faculty of Divinity, has won the 2001 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book The Bible as It Was. The award, a $200,000 prize presented by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the University of Louisville, recognizes outstanding and creative works that promote understanding of the relationship between human beings and the divine.

Although early foul trouble continues to be something of a problem for the Crimson mens basketball team – it can also prove troublesome for opponents.

Stanford University and Harvard Business School (HBS) have announced their intention to jointly explore a project to develop and deliver online executive and management training.

Kerry Kennedy Cuomo visited Harvard on Monday, Dec. 4, to receive the Harvard Foundation Award for her outstanding contributions to human rights and intercultural relations.

It was, some said, miraculous. In 1839 a photographic process developed by Louis Jacques Mand&eacute Daguerre was unveiled in Paris. Within weeks, the world was buzzing about the astonishing accomplishment. At Harvard, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. suggested that Daguerre had help from high places: It will be recognized that a new epoch in the history of human progress dates from the time when He . . . took a pencil of fire from the hand of the angel standing in the sun, and placed it in the hands of a mortal.

Genomics – the analysis, study, and manipulation of thousands of genes and biomolecular processes simultaneously – is expected to yield breakthrough treatments for diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s in the coming years. With the recent gift of $25 million from Charles T. ‘Ted’ Bauer AB ’42 endowing the Bauer Life Sciences Building that will house the Bauer Center for Genomics Research, Harvard will greatly strengthen its position in teaching and research in this field of exciting scientific possibilities. The gift is among the largest ever received by Harvard.

“I don’t have a job; I have fun,” says Andrew Murray, a newly appointed professor of molecular and cellular biology. Fun for him is trying to change evolution, watching life…

A woman selling tamales from a shopping cart in East L.A., a vendor of religious pictures on the median strip of La Brea Avenue, a father and son who have turned the front yard of their Watts home into a mattress showroom – to most city planners, government officials, and others responsible for maintaining the warp and weft of the urban fabric, sights such as these are anathema, a sign of chaos, the breakdown of civil authority.

As dinner time approaches, a quiet murmur grows to a steady hum inside the sparkling new kitchen at Rosie’s Place in Boston’s South End.

After a slow start that had then down by eight points early in the game, the Harvard women’s basketball team rallied and held off a late surge by the University of New Hampshire Wildcats to win their first game of the season, 54-45, at Lavietes Pavillion Tuesday night. Freshman Hana Peljito pulled down 15 boards and led the Crimson with 17 points. Harvard is now 1-3 overall and travels to Fairfield for its next game Saturday.

The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations will award up to five two-year residential doctoral fellowships to outstanding students registered in any program at Harvard. Applications are accepted from doctoral or advanced degree candidates who have completed their coursework and general examinations and are engaged in research or writing a dissertation on a nonprofit sector topic.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). The official log is located at 29 Garden St.

A Harvard affiliate was the victim of an unarmed robbery on Sunday, Nov. 19, at approximately 6:57 p.m. While walking along Putnam Avenue near Entry 18 of the Peabody Terrace complex, the victim was approached by four individuals. The suspects struck the victim, pushing him to the ground. One of the suspects demanded the victim’s wallet. After the victim handed over the wallet, two of the suspects fled on bicycles up Putnam Avenue and the other two suspects fled on foot down the stairs at the pathway near Entry 18 of Peabody Terrace towards the Charles River. The suspects are described as four black males, ranging from 15 to 18 years of age. They were all wearing dark clothing and wool stocking hats.

On Friday, Dec. 1, University Information Systems releases its new home page: http://www.uis.harvard.edu. The new site is the culmination of a yearlong project to create easy access for Harvard community members to find information on specific technology projects, to purchase technology products and services online, and to obtain information on telephones, printing and publishing, University software licenses, and the Harvard Data Network.

“I don’t have a job; I have fun,” says Andrew Murray, a newly appointed professor of molecular and cellular biology. Fun for him is trying to change evolution, watching life…

Genomics – the analysis, study, and manipulation of thousands of genes and biomolecular processes simultaneously – is expected to yield breakthrough treatments for diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s in the coming years. With the recent gift of $25 million from Charles T. ‘Ted’ Bauer AB ’42 endowing the Bauer Life Sciences Building that will house the Bauer Center for Genomics Research, Harvard will greatly strengthen its position in teaching and research in this field of exciting scientific possibilities. The gift is among the largest ever received by Harvard.

In what was most likely her final appearance at Harvard while serving as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Janet Reno LLB ’63 last week called upon the nation’s top universities to play a larger role in the development and understanding of new crime-fighting technologies.

As she nears the end of her tenure as one of the nation’s longest-serving attorneys general, Janet Reno is beginning to contemplate her legacy. She addressed questions on the topic following her speech on DNA technology last week at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG).

Seven years ago Tina Rodriguez left Mexico for San Francisco so she could care for her newborn nephew while her sister returned to work. She is now married with two U.S.-born children, and has been waiting nearly five years in legal limbo since submitting her green card application – to which she is entitled as the spouse of a legal permanent resident.

As President Neil L. Rudenstine completes his final academic year at Massachusetts Hall he continues to build the legacy he will leave behind. A pillar of that legacy will be the University’s efforts to support affordable housing in Boston and Cambridge.

Hart elected to British Academy Oliver Hart, the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, was elected a Corresponding Fellow by the Council of the British Academy on July 6. The…

Robert Orsi, who has taught in the department of religious studies at Indiana University for the past 12 years, has accepted Harvard Divinity School’s invitation to become the Charles Warren Professor of American Religious History. He will join the Divinity faculty in September 2001.

Imagine arguing a case before a U.S. Supreme Court Justice – and doing it in front of your parents, professors, and about 200 of your peers at Harvard Law School (HLS). Talk about butterflies in the pit of your stomach!

Six Harvard South Africa Fellows have begun a year of study at the University’s graduate schools. They are participating in the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program, a program begun by Harvard in 1979 to address the needs of South Africans who were denied access to advanced education because of apartheid. The program provides educational opportunities for men and women who are mid-career in various professions and have shown considerable skill in their chosen fields.

Marshall N. Carter, retiring chairman and CEO of State Street Bank and Trust Co., will become a resident senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Government’s Center for Business and Government (CBG) beginning in February.

In recognition of their achievements in governance, the University awarded eight American Indian tribal government programs with $10,000 each at ceremony in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Administered by the Honoring Contributions in the Governance of American Indian Nations (Honoring Nations) Program, the award identifies and celebrates outstanding examples of tribal governance, including economic development, social services, resource management, and intergovernmental relations. Among 70 applicants from more than 50 Indian nations, the eight award recipients represent the