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November 18, 1999All Around Campus, Y2K Preparations Under WayDec. 31 may be New Year’s Eve, but it’s a workday this year for many people across Harvard. A Lesson in Tribal Values -- Artists promote learning by creating classroom tribes Aisha Wiley has been an enthusiastic volunteer ever since she worked in a soup kitchen as a Boston University undergraduate and discovered the profound personal rewards of community service. WHRB To Launch Live Web Broadcasting Harvard Radio Broadcasting Company Inc. will soon make its global debut. On Thursday, Nov. 18, WHRB introduces a 24-hour, live Website at http://www.whrb.org. In delivering its programming worldwide, WHRB offers both a standard-quality (20 kbps) feed and a high-quality (96 kbps) feed geared to a growing number of broadband Internet users. Streaming services are from Web Audio & Radio Portal Inc. (http://www.WarpRadio.com). Directions for obtaining the software required for reception can be found at the new Website. 1/2 Dean + 1/2 Dean = 1 Deanship Education Professor Judith Singer sits calmly, while her colleague John Willett leans back, balancing his chair on its two back legs. "Don’t do that," she jokes, "If you crack your head and die, I have to do this job alone." Annual Report of Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility Available The 1999 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a subcommittee of the President and Fellows, is now available upon request from the Office for the Committees on Shareholder Responsibility. Please call (617) 495-0985 to request copies. Schwartz, Scholar of Chinese Intellectual History, Dies Benjamin Schwartz, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science Emeritus and an influential scholar of ancient and modern China, died of cancer Monday at his home in Cambridge. He was 82. Dunn Appoints First Radcliffe Institute Dean's Council To assist in the strategic planning and development of the newly established Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Acting Dean Mary Maples Dunn has assembled leaders from a wide range of professional backgrounds to serve on the first Radcliffe Dean’s Council. Appointees include former Dartmouth College president James Freedman, Sonesta Hotels CEO Stephanie Sonnabend, and Carnegie Foundation president emeritus David Hamburg. Police Blotter The following is a portion of the incidents reported to the HUPD for the week ending Nov. 13. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Mechanical Maestros While Schubert, Chopin, Beethoven, and Bartok resound around campus on pianos as fit as fiddles, a small group of dedicated craftspeople labor in a light-filled room in Vanserg, plucking strings, polishing ivories, replacing hammers, and rebuilding pedal boxes on as many as six grand pianos at a time. In addition to performing these key in-house repairs, Lewis Surdam, director of Piano Technical Services (right), and technicians Patricia Murphy Cabot (above) and master tuner Laurie Cote make "housecalls" to service the 180 or so pianos that belong to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Of these, the Music Department's pianos get the technicians' undivided attention, and those pianos outside the Department receive three free tunings a year and minor repairs as necessary. Newsmakers Moot Court Final Round To Address Immigration The final round of the annual Law School Ames Moot Court Competition will take place on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, 1515 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Memorial Service A memorial service for Alan Heimert, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature and former Master of Eliot House, will be held on Friday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church. A reception will follow at Eliot House. 21 Moons 'Swarm' Planet Uranus Three new moons have been discovered orbiting Uranus, a great gasball of a planet about 2 billion miles from Earth. The discovery, last July, raises the number of Uranian moons to 21, the most, as far as is known, in the skies of any planet. $5M Gift Supports Program for Law Students Pursuing Public Service Careers With Government An innovative program at the Law School designed to encourage students to enter federal government service upon graduation from the School is being established through a $5 million gift from Samuel J. Heyman, chairman and chief executive officer of GAF Corporation. Forgotten China Revealed with New Electronic Tools In the 1930s and ’40s, behind the walls of China’s Forbidden City, a simple way of life was rapidly changing. A Man With 'Pull' - Economist develops innovations in medical research funding After graduating Harvard College in 1985, Michael Kremer went to Kenya to teach high school and, while there, came down with a case of malaria. Essay Prizes Awarded In Japanese Studies The Noma-Reischauer Essay Prizes in Japanese Studies for the best graduate and undergraduate essays on a Japan-related topic were awarded last month at the fifth annual Edwin O. Reischauer/Kodansha Ltd. Commemorative Symposium. The Reischauer Institute of Japanese studies hosted the event. Hope To Conclude Service As Member of Harvard Corporation Judith Richards Hope will conclude her service as a Fellow of Harvard College at the start of the spring term, after 11 years as a member of the Harvard Corporation. Let the Games Begin - After a strong start on the road, Crimson stumbles, only to rise again After completing the most successful season in the history of women's college hockey, the Harvard Crimson looks to make a run at its second straight American Women’s College Hockey Alliance (AWCHA) National Championship. In last year's run to the title, the Crimson scored an unprecedented 33-1 record and notched its first Beanpot title in four years, its first Ivy League crown in 10 years, and its first-ever ECAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship. Happenings At Harvard Education School Dean Murphy To Participate in CNN Online Chat What does the future hold for education? Graduate School of Education Dean Jerome T. Murphy will discuss this issue with participants in a live online chat hosted by CNN.com on Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 4 to 5 p.m. Participants can log on to the chat at http://www.cnn.com/chat. Design School Establishes Prizes in Geographic Information Science The Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographic Information Science (GIS), to be awarded annually to students throughout Harvard University for excellence and invention in the field of GIS, has been established by the Graduate School of Design. Two $2,000 prizes will be awarded to GIS projects each year, one at the undergraduate level and one at the graduate level. The first prizes will be announced in spring 2000. Core Course Revives Historic 'First Nights' During a recent performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the conductor, a dynamic figure in a severe black tunic, swept his arms in long wavy motions, stabbed a forefinger downward, and made a clenching gesture, palm upward, to call for more volume. Light glinted off the walnut brown, the tawny orange, and the deep cherry wood of the string instruments. When the string players leaned in to turn the page, their bows dipped in unison, and the orchestra looked like a single organism contracting. Faculty Council ‹ Nov. 17 At the fifth Faculty Council meeting of the year, Dean Paul Martin (Physics) presented, on behalf of the Standing Committee on Research Policy (of which he is chair), a proposal to establish the rank of "Research Fellow" in the Faculty. Gene Therapy Reduces Clogging of Arteries A method of pressing gene fragments into transplanted blood vessels shows encouraging evidence that it can prevent clogging of life-saving heart-bypass grafts. Students Become Finalists in International Computer Programming Competition A team of Harvard computer students has again reached the international finals in the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest, placing second to an M.I.T. team at the Northeast Regional competition.
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