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November 11, 1999Affordable Housing Partnerships Established with Host CitiesPresident Neil L. Rudenstine announced a multifaceted $21 million affordable housing initiative Wednesday (Nov. 10) that will use Harvard’s intellectual and fiscal capital to support Cambridge and Boston nonprofit agencies in their efforts to ease the affordable housing shortage. The shinbone's connected to . . . MCZ's mammal research collections aid scholars, other detectives Downstairs, in the public galleries of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), harmony prevails – the porcupines nose peacefully near the pangolins, and the Mongolian tiger politely averts his gaze from the Bornean wildhog and the Indian rhinoceros. Wheels on Fire A whir, a breeze, and a flash of color! A bird? A plane? An SUV? Or is it a member of the Harvard University Cycling Association (HUCA) crouched over a few fast pounds of aluminum and rubber? 'Harvard Virtual Tour' Takes Prize A "Virtual Tour" that takes visitors on an interactive walk around the Harvard campus has won the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council’s 1999 award for the best Educational Institution Sales and Marketing Web Site. Harvard Happenings HOLLIS Website Now Offers Improved Features Accessing and searching the Harvard University Library Catalog just got a whole lot easier. Veterans Day Event, Celebration of Rev. Gomes' Work Slated Two special events associated with the Memorial Church will take place next week. Police Blotter The following is a portion of the incidents reported to the HUPD for the week ending Nov. 6. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. SPH Student Demonstrates Compassion Without Borders A doctor never wants to see a patient die, particularly when he or she knows it’s possible to save the patient. The 16-year-old girl suffered from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis – the same malady that killed her mother and father. Dr. Michael Rich knew that drugs used in the United States probably could cure her. But at the time he was working in a small town in Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic in Asia, where such drugs aren’t available. Notes Newsmakers Moore Wins Huxley Award in Anthropology Sally Falk Moore, Victor S. Thomas Research Professor of Anthropology, was recently named Huxley Memorial Medalist and Lecturer for 1999 by the Royal Anthropological Institute in London. The Huxley Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the Institute. So Far, So Perfect: Mazzoleni's men start off season with a promising 3-0 record Yes, it is now official. The Mark Mazzoleni era has begun in exciting fashion as the Harvard men's hockey team is off to a perfect 3-0 start. Following a 1-0 win at Brown in the season opener on Oct. 30, the Crimson still needed to prove to its local faithful that the team was on its way back to the top of the ECAC. With convincing wins of 7-2 over Dartmouth and 6-3 over Vermont in its home-opening weekend, the Crimson is, in fact, all alone atop the ECAC standings. Harvard has six conference points (3-0-0 ECAC record), while St. Lawrence (four points, 2-0-0 league mark) trails in second place following the league's opening weekend. Claim For Sleep Drug Is Contested Older people are being barraged by claims in newspapers, in magazines, and on television advising them that levels of the hormone melatonin in their bodies are decreasing every day. As natural levels of the hormone decrease, goes the pitch, they should be replaced by nonprescription supplements. Richard Marius, Former Director of Expository Writing Program, Dies Richard Marius, noted Reformation scholar, acclaimed novelist, and popular teacher, died at his home in Belmont, Mass., on Nov. 5 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He retired from Harvard in 1998, having been a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and director of the Expository Writing Program since l978. He was 66. New Initiative Builds on Past Housing Innovations The new Harvard University affordable housing partnership builds on an established foundation of support to Boston and Cambridge. In addition to housing 99 percent of its undergraduates and close to 40 percent of its graduate students on campus, the University has worked to support other city housing priorities. Those initiatives and programs include: Alan Heimert, Teacher Of American Literature, English 70 Course, Dies Alan Heimert ’49, the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature and a former Master of Eliot House, died in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 1, at 70. He suffered from cardiovascular problems, family members said. New Bioengineering Group To Be Established The Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology is part of a consortium group that has received $10 million from the National Science Foundation to fund an engineering research center to develop bioengineering educational technologies and curricula for the new millennium. The grant calls for establishment of the Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/M.I.T. Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies. A Safe Haven in the Square: Shelter for homeless reopens to fanfare after renovation Someone walking in the vicinity of Massachusetts Hall on the afternoon of Feb. 18 of this year might have witnessed a rather unusual sight: two men – a Lutheran pastor and a professor of religion – slapping their palms together in an exuberant high five. Griliches Dies at 69; Economist Worked On Statistical Analysis Zvi Griliches, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, died Nov. 4 at his home in Cambridge, from pancreatic cancer. He was 69. The Big Chill: Doyle's 'ultracold' trap unveils secrets of matter in the universe Using ultracold temperatures, helium gas, and magnets, physics professor John Doyle has built a trap. Black Labor Summit Examines Health Care Disparities, Other Topics Amputations are performed twice as often on black diabetics as on their white counterparts, according to Curtis Dance, health policy analyst for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Policies Relating to Research and Other Professional Activities Within and Outside the University* 1. With the acceptance of a full-time appointment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, an individual makes a commitment to the University that is understood to be full-time in the most inclusive sense. Every member is expected to accord the University his or her primary professional loyalty, and to arrange outside obligations, financial interests, and activities so as not to conflict or interfere with this overriding commitment to the University.
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