May 24, 2001

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Rudenstine at Harvard
This is the second in a two-part series on Neil L. Rudenstine, who will conclude his tenure as Harvard's 26th president on July 1.

She's reforming school
GSE's Merseth is back at the helm as director of teacher education, full of plans and enthusiasm

Master helps others harness 'chi' for health and healing
Even with the growing popularity of this ancient Chinese practice among the University's community, Harvard's chief tai chi and kung fu instructor - Master Yon Lee - is forever pushing this age-old art to greater levels of Western acceptance and utility.

The Big Picture: Lama Migmar Tseten
Chaplain
Lama Migmar Tseten, a native of Tibet, is at home and at peace. "The essence of Buddhism is the cultivation of spirituality within your mind. So although the outer environment can make some difference, your inner development is more important and the outer environment is secondary."

Striking a balance Master Yon Lee sees potential for cooperation between western and eastern medicine: "Right now almost every software system that you want to sell you have to make a PC or Mac," explains Lee. "In medicine it's almost like the same thing - traditional medicine or Chinese?" Full story (Staff photo by Kris Snibbe)

Copyright 2002 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College