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December 02, 1999Eight New Fellows Join Six Others at Radcliffe Public Policy CenterEight new public policy fellows joined six returning scholars to make the 1999-00 fellowship program the largest in the history of the Radcliffe Public Policy Center (RPPC). The Center’s newest fellows will examine a broad range of topics including mentoring women of color, the impact of women in technology, and the effects of the 1944 GI Bill on both sexes. Newsmakers Faculty Council The Faculty Council discussed proposals from the Faculty's Standing Committee on Research Policy to revise the "Guidelines for Research Projects Undertaken in Cooperation with Industry" and the "Stipulations Regarding Research Appointments Within the Faculty and Affiliated Institutions." Harvard Happenings The Sun Also Sets -- But next year is another morning Students Focus on Faith The religious life of Harvard students is complex – full of introspection on personal faith, interaction with people of other religions, and set in a strongly secular campus environment that reflects the subdued religious attitudes of broader American society, according to student religious leaders. Women's Leadership Award Nominations Due The Harvard College Women’s Leadership Award honors a junior or senior at Harvard College who has demonstrated exceptional leadership affecting women while attending Harvard, achieved meaningful impact on fellow students, and exhibited a potential for leadership in future endeavors. Teaching Hospitals Get Medicare Reprieve Teaching hospitals affiliated with Harvard and other universities across the country have received a partial break from Medicare funding cuts after a concerted lobbying effort that involved hospital officials, University presidents, business leaders and political leaders from the hardest-hit states. Cambridge Community Alert Prompts Call, Arrest On Nov. 24 Cambridge Police received a call from a citizen who reported that an individual he observed in the area of Central Square fit the description of the suspect in the Sexual Assault Community Alert, which was recently released to the Harvard community. Police Log The following is a portion of the incidents reported to the HUPD for the week ending Nov. 27. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Holiday Gift Drive for Children Launched Phillips Brooks House (PBH) is launching its annual Holiday Gift Drive this week. The drive is expected to bring in hundreds of gifts for children and teenagers in Boston and Cambridge. Family Reunion -- Mallozzi films her long-lost Chinese relatives Julie Mallozzi’s ’92 first full-length documentary film, Once Removed, tells the story of a prominent, highly educated Chinese family and what happened to its members over the course of a tumultuous half-century. Notes Memorial Service A memorial service will be held for Richard C. Marius, former director of the Expository Writing Program, at 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 17, at the Memorial Church. A reception will follow at Adams House. Malin, of International Office, Follows His Heart to Soccer After 35 years at Harvard, including a dozen as director of the International Office, Seamus Malin is leaving for an old love – soccer. Newly Renovated Holden Chapel Opens Its Doors to Song and Study The sounds of song replaced the pounding of hammers and the buzzing of saws Monday at Holden Chapel. Frog Man of the Bio Labs The shoebox-sized plastic containers sit on shelves in a climate-controlled room in the Biological Laboratories. James Hanken takes one down and opens the lid. Inside are several tiny toads, squatting in a shallow pool of water. Design School Establishes Aga Khan Islamic Landscape Architecture Professorship The Aga Khan Professorship of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Islamic Societies was recently established by the Graduate School of Design (GSD). Faculty of Arts and Sciences -- Memorial Minute With the death of Nelson Goodman last fall, the world lost one of the great philosophers of the 20th century. In incisively original works, Goodman radically revised fundamental conceptions in applied logic, philosophy of science, aesthetics, theory of symbols, epistemology and metaphysics. It is safe to say that none of these areas can now be studied profitably without attention to his penetrating contributions. SPH's Designated Driver Program Enlists President Clinton for PSA With alcohol sales rising in anticipation of the millennium celebration, President Bill Clinton and the television industry have joined forces with the School of Public Health in a "designated driver" media campaign aimed at curbing alcohol-related traffic fatalities. An estimated 450 people may lose their lives in alcohol-related crashes over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Cuba Conference Highlights Botanical Garden Ties CIENFUEGOS, Cuba – Cuban botanists and historians avidly exchanged information with their U.S. academic counterparts in a two-day conference organized by Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) and the Cienfuegos Botanical Garden (until 1961, the Harvard Botanical Garden). Her Life Is a Dress Rehearsal -- Costume designer Erin Billings '00 creates magic for student productions On Halloweens past, while most kids were decked out in store-bought Wonder Woman outfits or jury-rigged pirate suits, Erin Billings ’00 and her siblings were roaming the neighborhood in "magnificent costumes" that their mother had lovingly and painstakingly sewn by hand. When she reached high school and had pretty much lost interest in trick-or-treating, Billings was still in love with sartorial splendor. Not only did she learn to sew, she began to design clothes for herself as well. Community Gifts Campaign Announces Prize Winners Paul Grogan, Vice President for Government, Community, and Public Affairs, has set ambitious goals for this year’s Community Gifts Through Harvard Campaign. Grogan, who chairs the campaign, wants to raise $880,000 with a participation rate of 50 percent. Jeanne Chall, Reading Expert and Psychologist, Dies at Age 78 Jeanne Sternlicht Chall, a psychologist, a leading expert in reading research and instruction for over 50 years, and professor emerita at the Graduate School of Education (GSE), died on Saturday, Nov. 27, of congestive heart failure at her home in Cambridge, Mass. She was 78. Cancer Drug, Tumor Growth Tied to Bone Formation Discoveries that link bone formation and tumor growth could lead to new drugs that strengthen weak bones and prevent growth of cancer cells. Areeda Hall at Law School Reopens After Renovations Areeda Hall at the Law School has reopened after receiving extensive renovations since spring 1999. Ceremonies celebrating the reopening took place in November. Student Volunteer Finds Meaning Through Work in Children's Program For the past four years, Gloria Bruce ’00 has spent one or two days a week tutoring children in the Franklin After School Enrichment Program (FASE) in Dorchester.
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