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January 27, 2000A Letter from President RudenstineFaculty Task Force Recommendation To Close HIID Approved Harvard Provost Harvey V. Fineberg has accepted the recommendation of a faculty task force to close the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) after integrating some of its programs and functions into Harvard's Schools. 'Voices of Public Intellectuals' Lecture Series Kicks Off Following a successful run last fall, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will again host its "Voices of Public Intellectuals" lecture series this spring with a focus on "Feminisms and the Practice of Democracy." Cosponsored by Radcliffe Seminars and the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies, this year's series kicks off on Monday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m., with Clare Dalton, law professor at Northeastern University, who will speak on "The Impact of Violence on Women's Civic Participation." Standing Committees for 1999-2000 –— Faculty of Arts and Sciences Upon the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the President approved and announced the following Standing Committees at the FAS Faculty Meeting of Oct. 19, 1999. Standing Committees of the Faculty are constituted to perform a continuing function. Each committee has been established by a vote of the Faculty, and can be dissolved only by a vote of the Faculty or, with the agreement of a particular Committee, by the Dean and Faculty Council. The Dean recommends the membership of each committee annually. Men's Squash co-captain Wyant '00 Has a Sense of History When men's squash co-captain, senior Tim Wyant. speaks of being a part of the Harvard program, his pride is evident. Modus Operandi of Polio Virus Revealed The first images of a polio virus as it infects a human cell have been captured by researchers at Harvard Medical School. Police Log Harvard Workers Respond As a Team to Peabody Terrace Emergency Cambridge Emergency Management Director David O’Connor was on the scene as an underground electrical fire forced hundreds of Harvard graduate students and their families to evacuate from Peabody Terrace on Sunday. But O’Connor, whose job it is to oversee such incidents for the city, had an advantage he doesn’t have with most of Cambridge’s other private landlords. Intensely Technical -- Ariel Pakes Has Followed His Head and Heart to Prominence in Economics After three months writing a novel on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Ariel Pakes learned he had a scholarship to Harvard to do graduate work in economics. Notes Newsmakers Three Students To Study in Ireland As Mitchell Scholars Three Harvard students – two undergraduates and a Medical School student – will be studying in Ireland for a year as part of the inaugural cohort of George J. Mitchell Scholars. Winifred Li and Laela Sturdy, both seniors living in Eliot House, and Rebecca Reichert, a second-year medical student in the Medical School/M.I.T. Health Sciences and Technology program, were among the 12 Americans selected from more than 250 applicants in a nationwide competition. Hospitals Could Dramatically Cut Mistakes One out of every 25 hospital patients suffers complications related not to illness, but to treatment. And more than any other single cause, that treatment involves drugs. Hidden Tolls of Intimate Partner Violence Brought to Light The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person," and that "no one shall be subjected to torture, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment." Children Treated for Lead Poisoning The man brought his 9-year-old son into the makeshift clinic to test the boy’s brain. Kokkalis Program Offers Travel Grants, Seeks Scholars The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe will award travel grants to students seeking to work or pursue research in the region of its focus during the summer of 2000. Harvard students are strongly encouraged to apply. Submit a proposal/statement of purpose, a CV and one letter of recommendation by March 31 to the Kokkalis_Program@ksg.harvard.edu. For further information, contact Elaine Papoulias at 496-6111 or at Elaine_Papoulias@harvard.edu. Harvard Planning and Real Estate Proposes Increase for 2000-2001 Harvard Planning and Real Estate (HPRE) has proposed a 2.5 percent rent increase for current affiliated housing residents who live in the approximately 2,300 Harvard Affiliated Housing apartments. The proposed 2.5 percent increase for current affiliated housing residents has been reviewed by the Faculty Advisory Committee on Affiliated Housing, and would take effect July 1, for a term of one year, when the 2000-2001 rental season begins. Tomiko Brown-Nagin Named Charles Hamilton Houston Fellow Tomiko Brown-Nagin has been appointed a Harvard Law School Charles Hamilton Houston Fellow. Prize Allows FAS Administrators To Recharge Batteries Susan Vacca calls it her "odyssey." In July of 1998, Vacca, associate director and librarian in the Office of Career Services, flew from Boston to Genoa, Italy; from Genoa to Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia; from Cagliari by hired taxi to the Porto Vesme ferry; and from the ferry, finally, to the small island called San Pietro, where her maternal grandparents had been born. Faculty Council Notice The Council also discussed a draft of the Dean’s Annual Letter to the Faculty, and heard a report from Vincent Tompkins, Assistant Dean of the Faculty, and David Zewinski, Associate Dean of the Faculty for Physical Resources and Planning, on the Knafel Center planning. Harvard College Names Donahue As New Financial Aid Director Sarah Clark Donahue has been appointed director of financial aid for Harvard College. Christopher Named Director Of KSG's Innovations Program Gail C. Christopher, director of the Alliance for Redesigning Government and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, has been named executive director of the Innovations in American Government Program at the Kennedy School of Government. First Report in a Decade Quantifies Healthcare for U.S. Children Taking a comprehensive look at healthcare delivery to children for the first time in more than a decade, a report by the Harvard School of Public Health’s Center for Children's Health and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has found that asthma, injuries and mental health problems are the leading causes of hospitalization of children over 5 years old. Campaign Raises Record $2.6 Billion For Teaching, Research In a letter being sent this week to all contributors to Harvard’s University Campaign, which ended on December 31, President Neil L. Rudenstine thanked them for advancing the University’s teaching and research missions while establishing a new milestone in the history of philanthropy for higher education. Scott M. Black Professorship Established at Kennedy School The Kennedy School of Government has established a new chair in government, the Scott M. Black Professorship of Government. The chair, made possible by a gift from Scott M. Black MBA ’71, a member of the advisory board of the Kennedy School’s Malcom H. Wiener Center for Social Policy, will be broadly defined to allow for the recruitment of a world-class scholar interested in the areas of democracy, responsible government, national security, foreign policy, politics, and social policy. Black History Month Service To Be Held At Memorial Church on Sunday, Feb. 13 A service in honor of Black History Month will be held Sunday, Feb. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard. The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes will preach; the title of his sermon is "Who Are Your People?" Music will be provided by the Kuumba Singers, the Harvard University Choir, and the choirs of Charles Street A.M.E. Church in Roxbury. The service is sponsored by the Association of Black Faculty and Administrators and The Memorial Church, and is coordinated by Charles Gordon, president of the Association of Black Faculty, Administrators, and Staff at Harvard. Male Baldness Linked To Higher Incidence of Heart Disease It appears that balding men have more to worry about than their vanity. The largest study to date concludes that male pattern baldness is associated with an increased risk for heart disease. Artist To Discuss His Work at Free Illustrated Lecture Painter, sculptor and printmaker Oliver Jackson will discuss his work and career in an illustrated lecture at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, at the Sackler lecture hall, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway. The program is free and open to the public. Phillips Brooks House Celebrates 100th Anniversary Its elegant meeting rooms have seen the likes of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lani Guinier, and ACLU founder Roger Baldwin. Its programs have served as models for the Peace Corps and the National Service Corps.
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