Campus & Community
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Natural Black hair, and why it matters
With deep significance for identity, choice, even legality, it’s more than just a woman’s crowning glory
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Voice of a generation? Dylan’s is much more than that.
Classics professor who wrote ‘Why Bob Dylan Matters’ on the challenge of capturing a master of creative evasion
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Universal, adaptable, wearable, vulnerable
‘On Display Harvard’ uses performance, zip ties, to bring attention to the UN’s International Day of Persons With Disabilities
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Three Harvard students named Marshall Scholars
‘Chance of a lifetime’ for recipients whose fields include history, genomics, K-12 education
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Seeing is believing
Personal and global history made Jeremy Weinstein want to change the world. As dean of the Kennedy School, he’s found the perfect place to do it.
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Life stories with a beat you can dance to
Renowned actress and tap dancer Ayodele Casel premieres her autobiographical musical at A.R.T.
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Police Log
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending April 22. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…
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Smooth Sailing — Harvard team takes to a winning season like a duck to water
The Harvard Gazette
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Memorial Service for Wilfred Cantwell Smith Set
A memorial service for Wilfred Cantwell Smith, professor of the comparative history of religion emeritus, will be held on Friday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m. in the Memorial Church in…
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Crew Cops Compton, O’Leary Cups — Men and women rowers leave Princeton, Dartmouth in their wake
The Harvard mens heavyweight crew, ranked fourth in the nation, solidified its standing with a victory over fifth-ranked Princeton and M.I.T. in the 65th rowing of the Compton Cup Saturday…
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Thinnest Wires Probe Superconductivity
Scientists at Harvard University have made wires too small to see without a powerful microscope. They are almost too small to imagine thousands of times thinner than a human…
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Scans Predict Alzheimer’s Risk
Older people frequently forget where they left their glasses or parked their car. Could such memory lapses be a sign of Alzheimers disease? Until now, no good way existed to…
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Women’s Basketball Awards Given; 2000-01 Captains Named
The womens basketball team held its annual post-season banquet on Tuesday evening, April 25. In addition to team awards for 1999-00, head coach Kathy Delaney Smith announced that juniors Kristen…
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Arthur Mu-En Lee, Expert in Cardiovascular Disease, Dies
Arthur Mu-En Lee, associate professor of molecular biology at the Harvard School of Public Health and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, died on April 10 following surgery…
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Scoring the Future — Arts Medalist Harbison wants budding careers to bloom
His lifes work is a montage of musical masterpieces, including three symphonies, three string quartets, two operas, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning cantata “The Flight into Egypt.” Yet, its not so…
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Hypersensitive Skin Reveals Clues About Migraine Pains
The painfully sensitive skin that accompanies many migraines has revealed a new understanding of the debilitating headaches. The latest findings from Boston researchers are the first that may explain why…
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Narayan Memorial Set for May 5 at Adams House
A memorial service, “A Celebration of the Life of Navin Narayan,” will be held on Friday, May 5, in the Adams House Library at 2:30 p.m. Navin Narayan 99 died…
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Commencement Speaker Named
The Harvard Gazette
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Gary Bellow, Legal Education Programs Founder, Dies at 64
Harvard Law School Professor Gary Bellow, the founder and former faculty director of the Schools Clinical Programs and a pioneering public interest lawyer, died on April 13 from cardiac arrest…
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With A Song In Their Heads — Birth of new brain cells induced in birds
Brain cells that make it possible for zebra finches to sing were forced to die then brought back to life by researchers at Harvard and Rockefeller universities. In a major…
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Abram Chayes, International Law Specialist, Dies at 77
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus Abram Chayes, 77, who served as the Kennedy Administrations chief international lawyer at the height of the Cold War and who taught at Harvard…
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HMS Financial Aid Director Sharon Clayborne Dies at 47
Sharon P. Clayborne, director of financial aid at Harvard Medical School, died on Thursday, April 13, at the age of 47. Clayborne tirelessly counseled students through the financial aid process.…
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Harvard Defenders Celebrates 50 Years of Free Legal Assistance
The Harvard Defenders, a Harvard Law School student organization that provides legal representation to low-income persons accused of crimes, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday, April 29. The Harvard…
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Provost Announces Domain Name Policy
Provost Harvey V. Fineberg has announced a new set of guidelines relating to the use of Harvards name and insignia in electronic contexts such as Web pages, e-mail addresses and…
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Harvard Happenings
WIRED WOMAN RAISES FUNDS FOR JIMMY FUND The Graduate School of Education’s Dayna Muller, whose vital signs were monitored while she ran the Boston Marathon last Monday, straddles the Wellesley-Newton…
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Medical School Sponsors High School Science Competition
“If you have ever experienced intolerable delays downloading a program or page, you understand the pitfalls of Internet congestion,” said Nathaniel Duca before a panel of science judges at the…
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Levin Memorial Service April 28
A memorial service in honor of Murray B. Levin 48, a retired political science professor who taught at Boston University and the Harvard Extension School, will be held on Friday,…
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Jets and Sharks Battle Again in Longwood Players Production
By day, they hit the books and the labs, making the rounds in their academic pursuits. But by night, a talented coterie of School of Public Health (SPH), Medical School…
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Bailing Out the Mail Jail — Harvard Mail Services’ sleuths ensure mail gets where it’s going
Its the Mail Jail Harvards Dead Letter Office and into it go letters and packages that are undeliverable because of incomplete addresses that often consist of just a name…
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Young Lawyers Hold Court — Local students try mock cases at Law School
The Harvard Gazette
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Blessed are the Peacemakers
A group of Harvard undergraduates met in Athens, Greece, during spring break, March 25-29, to coordinate the World Model United Nations (WorldMUN). The diplomatic simulation allowed students, representing United Nations…
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Newsmakers
Three Selected for 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship Three members of Harvards faculty are among the 182 artists, scholars, and scientists awarded fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Guggenheim Fellows…
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Large Turnout Sparks ‘Take Back the Night’ Vigil and March
On a still spring night in Cambridge, more than 100 people gathered at Harvard Yard for a candlelight vigil and march to draw attention to the issue of violence against…
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Notes
April is Alcohol Awareness Month The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) offers free, confidential help with alcohol problems to all Harvard faculty, staff, retirees, and their families. For telephone…
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Office for the Arts Announces ARTS FIRST Grants
The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) supports direct student involvement in the arts to integrate creative thinking and expression into the undergraduate educational experience. Harvard students are embarking…
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Police Log
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending April 15. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.…