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March 23, 2000Law Students Offer Free Tax AssistanceThe Harvard Law School Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) is providing free, confidential assistance in preparing state and federal tax returns to low-income, elderly, and handicapped residents of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville. Love Is in the ... Computer It was a crowded room, but the eyes of Ana Tavares and Fidencio Saldana did not meet across it. That is because Saldana is 6-foot-5 and Tavares is about a foot shorter. Faculty Council At its 11th meeting of the year the Faculty Council discussed the annual Affirmative Action Report with Professor Marjorie Garber, Associate Dean for Affirmative Action, and Elizabeth Doherty, Assistant Dean of the Faculty for Academic Planning. The Council also heard a proposal from Professor Harry Lewis, Dean of Harvard College, concerning businesses in student rooms. KSG Joins Women.Future Conference on April 5 The Kennedy School of Government will participate via satellite in the global "Women.Future Conference" to be held on Wednesday, April 5, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fazili Wins Women's Leadership Award Harvard College has selected Sameera Fazili ’00 as the winner of the Harvard College Women’s Leadership Award. Police Log Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending March 18. The official log is located at Police Department Headquarters, 29 Garden St. Filmmaker/Lecturer Nominated for Oscar If Wendy Tilby’s name is called at Sunday night’s Academy Awards presentation in Los Angeles, a roar of applause may be heard emanating from the Carpenter Center on Quincy Street. Tilby, a Visiting Lecturer who teaches two film animation courses in Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) at Harvard, has been nominated for best animated short film – her second Oscar nomination – for a 10-minute film entitled When the Day Breaks that she co-directed with Amanda Forbis, a friend from art school. Conference to Explore Experience-Based Education The Harvard Outward Bound Project and the Experiential Educators’ Network are planning a conference for those interested in learning more about experiential or experience-based education. Experience, Education Link Real World to Classroom The class started off easily enough. Newsmakers Leading Environmentalist Leaves Papers to Harvard Environmental scholars at Harvard will soon have access to the personal papers of Maurice Strong, one of the central figures in international environmental politics for the past 30 years. Strong's papers, recently donated to the University, document crucial events in the evolution of international environmental policy from an ad hoc collection of bilateral agreements to a growing system of global accords such as the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21, the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Convention on Biodiversity. Ethnobiologist Plotkin To Deliver Lowell Lecture "Witchdoctors and Biotechnology" is the subject of the annual Lowel Lecture, which will be delivered this year by ethnobiologist Mark Plotkin. The talk will take place on Friday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in Science Center C. Illustrated with slides, the lecture will explore the extraordinary advances in technology during the past decade that have led to a revolution in the way we are able to use Mother Nature as a new source of therapeutic compounds. University Asks That Harvard Pilgrim Trademark Case Be Heard in Federal Court Facing a state court deadline last week to respond to the Attorney General’s lawsuit about Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s use of the Harvard name, the University has responded by requesting that the case be moved to Federal Court, citing the court’s "jurisdiction over trademark disputes in interstate commerce." Fish Gotta Swim -- But only George Lauder can tell us how George Lauder hits a few keys on his laptop, and a moving image appears on the screen. New KSG Center Will Focus On Public Leadership The Kennedy School of Government will open a Center for Public Leadership this fall, seeking to enrich and improve the quality of public leadership in the United States and abroad, Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. announced last week. Better Way To Predict Heart Attacks Is Discovered For about $20 you can determine your risk of a future heart attack, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School. At Busch Hall, Clock's Time Has Come Again The hands of time will begin turning again today on Busch Hall. Bertrand Fox, Former HBS Professor, Dies at 92 Professor Emeritus Bertrand Fox, an economist and investment banking expert who had a lasting impact on Harvard Business School as director of its Division of Research, died on March 14 in Lexington, Mass., at the age of 92. Young Scientists' Club Every Tuesday afternoon for the past eight weeks, kids in the Young Scientists’ Club turned the Harvard Museum of Natural History into their own research lab to learn about light. Using the many exhibits and some traditional scientific methods such as observation, sketching, dissecting, and interviewing experts, the 15 children, ranging in age from 8 to 12, learned the basics of physics, biology, ecology, and botany while exploring lights, lasers, and crystals. A High-Flying Season . . . ends with a hard landing for women's hockey Although the 1999-2000 women's hockey season came to a disappointing end when the Crimson was not chosen for the AWCHA National Championship Tournament, the year was filled with many high points. Notes
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