January 16, 2003

Far-out planet found The farthest-known planet ever discovered is a strange world indeed. Whizzing around its star every 29 hours, it is shrouded in clouds made not of water droplets but of iron atoms. This is a world of iron rain. (Credit: David A. Aguilar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Harvard expands financial aid for students choosing public service
New initiative to make Harvard education more affordable for students who wish to pursue public service careers

Massachusetts Health Commissioner Howard Koh to join faculty at Harvard School of Public Health
Will serve as professor and associate dean for public health practice

C. Douglas Dillon, former Treasury secretary and Harvard overseer, dies at 93
Accomplishments spanned realms of government, diplomacy, finance, economics, and art

David Hembry wins Tazuko Ajiro Monane Prize
Awarded each year to an outstanding student of Japanese