Campus & Community

A giant computer screen, flanked by smaller monitors, dominates the basement room on Cambridge Street, giving the impression you’re in Harvard’s version of Mission Control. You’re not. You’re in the…

Harvard’s annual tradition of giving back to the community is reaching out further than ever this year. Faculty and staff are being asked to open up their hearts and their…

After winning three straight contests in mid-October, a run that included the season’s first Ivy League victory over a tough Yale squad, the Harvard men’s soccer team has dropped three…

The Boston Area Student Environmental Leadership Conference at Harvard Oct. 27-28 served more than 1,000 meals to the 400 participants but generated only three bags of trash because of extensive…

November 2, 2000 Ten children from Cambridge and greater Boston will be able to attend camp next summer thanks to a donation from approximately 300 Harvard Business School (HBS) Master…

November 2, 2000 The sixth annual Edwin O. Reischauer/Kodansha Ltd. Commemorative Symposium was held on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Kodansha/Reischauer House in Belmont, Mass. In attendance were representatives from…

One of television’s most respected and familiar figures revealed some of the person behind the persona during an appearance at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on Monday night. ABC…

Female basketball players in knee-length bloomers and high socks, field hockey players in skirts that touch the grass, the cast of an all-female “Merchant of Venice” decked in doublets, capes,…

At a meeting of the Faculty of Divinity on April 17, 2000, the following Minute was placed upon the records. James Luther Adams – “JLA,” as he came to be…

There’s nothing more “real life” than this: a notice to appear in court for nonpayment of rent. It’s an eviction notice, in effect, and there’s not much time to act…

President, provost offer office hours for students Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.…

Tumors were eliminated in 25 percent of patients with widespread kidney and lethal skin cancers who received a new cancer vaccine. Another 25 percent showed encouraging shrinkage of large and…

Given the consensus among scientists, economists, and world governments on the devastating consequences of resource depletion, why is it that colleges and universities don’t put the environmental crisis front and…

In September 2001, about 18 senior public officials from Southeast Asia and China will exchange the summerlike days of Singapore for seven weeks of autumn at the Kennedy School of…

Rapidly rising from his chair, and leaving a full plate of warm food, Patrol Officer Charles Marren of Harvard University’s Police Department (HUPD) grabs his cap from above the buffet…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 28. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29…

Waging a peaceful celebration In celebration of Women Waging Peace, a Kennedy School program, there will be a concert on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. With…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Oct. 21. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden…

The Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a new issue that pays tribute to the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. The journal,…

An expanse of well-groomed lawn separated two groups of deeply divided demonstrators last Monday (Oct. 23) at Tercentenary Theatre. While Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) rallied in front of The…

Nieman fellows and alumni from around the world have raised more than $22,000 for the newly named Kovach Library at Lippmann House. The donations honoring former Curator Bill Kovach will…

On-campus crime appears to be decreasing in several categories at Harvard University according to newly released crime statistics posted on the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Web…

Wiliam H. “Bill” Tobey, 77, a photographer and filming coordinator at the Harvard University News Office starting in 1956, died on Oct. 5 at Mid Coast Hospital in Maine. Born…

Try not to think about a white bear. Really try. Try not to think about a white bear. You’re thinking of one, aren’t you? Dan Wegner, who just joined the…

The Harvard College Social Enterprise Club announced a new program that will provide comprehensive support to undergraduate social purpose start-ups. Beginning in November, the Social Enterprise Incubator Program will offer…

Examining a fundamental yet, until recently, understudied element of the human experience is the intent of a new concentration at the Graduate School of Education (GSE). Gender Studies is an…

The ambiguities of gender captured the spotlight on Monday night at the Askwith Education Forum, sponsored by the Graduate School of Education (GSE). Transgendered playwright and performance artist Kate Bornstein,…

Shauna Shames ’01 recalls a line from an essay by Joan Didion: “She said, ‘I write to find out what I think.’” This could be a slogan for the Harvard…

All streaks come to an end. A maxim that the Harvard women’s soccer team both championed and cursed during a busy away weekend against Princeton and Penn State. After defeating…

James G. Stockard Jr. curator of the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Design School (GSD), has announced the selection of the Loeb Fellows for 2000-01. The Loeb Fellowship is a…