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Two Professors Awarded National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor in the United States, has been awarded to George Whitesides, Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry, and William Julius Wilson, Lewis F. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor. Three Harvard students, Jonathan Finer '98-99, Akash Kapur '97, and Navin Narayan '99, have won the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. A new Kennedy School initiative focuses on preventing human rights abuses. Depression Treated With Skin Patch Harvard psychiatrist Alexander Bodkin and colleagues at six different medical centers are testing antidepressants in the form of a skin patch. Rita Nakashima Brock provides leadership at Radcliffe's Bunting Institute. The Bunting Institute and This Year's Fellows Radcliffe College's Bunting Institute provides shelter from the storm of everyday life for dozens of women scholars, researchers, and artists of all kinds every year. Radcliffe V.P. Dunn To Leave Post Radcliffe Vice President Nancy J. Dunn will assume a senior position at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C. Immigration Workshop To Be Held More than 30 journalists and academics from the United States and Mexico gather on Thursday, Dec. 10, to participate in a dialogue on writing and reporting about the complex issue of immigration. Hundreds of Cambridge children and youth will soon be Web-surfing, writing reports, and playing games - educational, of course - on 50 computers donated this fall to the city by Harvard's Financial Administration. Events To Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights A list of the events that will be taking place around the University in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) - the cornerstone of the international human rights movement. Scoring sensation, Olympic medalist A.J. Mleczko '99 rejoins a power-packed Crimson squad. Tradition Meets Modernity in Native Alaska Wil Carson '99 uses filmmaking to explore the changes in traditional Alaskan village life. Former Russian Prime Minister Kiriyenko Talks About Economic Reform Former Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko spoke at Harvard on Monday, Dec. 7, arguing that there is still hope for economic reform in his country, but that first there must be a change in consciousness. Kennedy School Finds New Ways To Stay True To Its Mission Kennedy School is pursuing innovative efforts to help students go beyond the issue of debt and remain true not only to the School's mission, but to their own aspirations. Top Sophomores Selected to Receive Detur Prize Books The Detur Prize is the oldest prize in Harvard College and is supported by the charity of Edward Hopkins, founder of the prize. The 1998 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility is now available upon request. Panel To Discuss Issues Concerning Affirmative Action and Diversity "Lessons In Diversity: The Future of Affirmative Action" will be held on December 11 at the Medical School. The topic is the future of diversity in medicine. Photo essay featuring Phillips Brooks House Association volunteer Caroline Anne Rothert '00.
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