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March 16, 2000Beloved Music Teacher Vosgerchian Dies At 77The Harvard Music Department lost one of its most inspiring and devoted teachers earlier this week when Luise Vosgerchian died of cancer in Acton, Mass. She was 77. Weatherhead Center Announces Faculty Research Program for 2000-01 The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has invited faculty members to submit preliminary ideas and proposals for the Center’s ambitious new research program, the Weatherhead Initiative in International Affairs. Freshman Skater Crowned National Champ Daniel Weinstein ’03, is the newly crowned short-track speedskating national champion. He secured his title on Feb. 13 in Walpole, Mass., where he trains with the Bay State Speedskating Club. Appiah Named Director of South Africa Fellowship Program For years, Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah has espoused the ideal of bringing a multidisciplinary approach to the study of ethnic history and identification. Since arriving at Harvard in 1991, Appiah has worked to expand the consciousness of both blacks and whites when viewing the complexities of African history and culture. Now his purview will expand as Appiah becomes the new director of the University’s South Africa Fellowship Program. Radcliffe Institute To Host South African Leaders While South Africans around the world celebrate their country’s Human Rights Day on Tuesday, March 21, Sheila Sisulu, the South African Ambassador to the United States, will be at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study attending a lecture by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a former member of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Conference Showcases Public Service Careers for Undergraduates How can undergraduates make a positive impact on communities after graduation? Students found the answer to this question at the second annual "Professions in the Public Spirit" career conference on March 11 at Harvard’s Phillips Brooks House. Sponsored by the Harvard Public Service Network, the event drew more than 140 students interested in learning how to integrate public service with career objectives. Police Log Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending March 11. The official log is located at Police Department Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Notes Navin Narayan, Student Who Was Rhodes Scholar, Dies of Cancer Navin Narayan ’99 died March 13 at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 23. Above his bed hung his Harvard diploma, alongside a letter he received from President Clinton. Both documents attest only partially to Narayan’s life achievements and his exquisite promise. John McCarthy, Retired Stonemason, Dies at 88 John McCarthy, a stonemason who worked for 25 years with the University’s department of buildings and grounds, died on Jan. 18 in his hometown of Drimoleague, in County Cork, Ireland. McCarthy immigrated to the United States in 1949 and became a citizen. He came to work at Harvard in 1952, retired in 1977, and returned to his family’s home in Ireland. He is survived by many family and friends in Boston and Ireland. Kovach Prepares To Bring Journalistic Lessons into Boardrooms In September, Nieman Foundation for Journalism Curator Bill Kovach announced his plans to leave Harvard in June. Tributes and accolades ensued, most recently the 2000 Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism, presented to Kovach in a March 9 ceremony by the Kennedy School’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. Seamus Heaney To Give Haviaras Lecture April 6 Ralph Waldo Emerson Visiting Poet Seamus Heaney will give the inaugural Stratis Haviaras Lecture, titled "Room to Rhyme," in the Lowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland St., on Thursday, April 6, at 5:30 p.m. Up Close and Musical Their eyes aglow with delight, hundreds of Cambridge public school children packed the Sanders Theatre on Friday afternoon for a special Outreach Children’s Concert performed by the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO). For many, it was their first exposure to classical music in such a majestic setting. Tending Her Gardens I was considered a very adorable child, and my mother would carry me around in her arms," Jamaica Kincaid recently told her fiction-writing class at Harvard. Conference on Minorities And Women in Science Set for March 17 and 18 The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations is sponsoring the Seventh Annual Science Conference, titled "Advancing Minorities and Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics" Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18 in the Science Center. Barlett and Steele Awarded Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded to journalists from Time Magazine by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. In last Thursday night’s ceremony, Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele were presented the Prize for their series, "What Corporate Welfare Costs." This is the second time that Time Magazine has won the Goldsmith Award. Credit Union Receptionist June Dowling Dies June Dowling, a receptionist at the Harvard University Employees Credit Union since 1989, died on March 6, three months after being diagnosed with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Robert, who worked for Harvard University Police and Security from 1980 until his retirement in 1995. She also leaves seven children, 13 grandchildren, and eight great-children. Season Ends, Coach's Fight for Health Continues Kathy Delaney-Smith rode her bike to the office the day after the devastating 96-74 loss to Dartmouth ended the Crimson women’s basketball season. Robert J. Orchard Named Director of Loeb Drama Center Robert J. Orchard, for two decades the managing director of the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard, will become the Center’s director, it was announced today (March 16). College Students Binge More Frequently, Survey Finds College students are drinking more and college administrators are enjoying it less, according to a nationwide study of binge drinking. Air Pollution Deadlier Than Previously Thought, SPH Study Finds According to Joel Schwartz, associate professor of environmental health at the School of Public Health, "Air pollution kills about 70,000 Americans each year. That’s more people than die from breast and prostate cancers combined. Air pollution is a huge public health problem." Newsmakers
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