April 20, 2006

Green study If all goes well, the Graduate School of Design's Gund Hall will soon be sprouting a green roof. When fully grown, the roof will absorb rainfall, mitigate heat both inside the building and in the surrounding area, and last nearly twice as long as a conventional roof. (Staff photo Justin Ide/Harvard News Office) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Campus news and events

• Gund sports thick head of ... sedum
  Pilot study will retrofit Gund Hall with a green roof

• Register for sustainability conference

• Make right career move at Connection

• Closing the books
  RMO workshops to delve into spring cleaning, transferring records

Awards and fellowships

• Mellon recognizes I Tatti editions
  I Tatti Library awarded grant for series that gives new life to Renaissance

• JoAnn Manson and Lauren Schuker to receive Harvard honors for leadership

• Phi Beta Kappa elects 24 juniors to Harvard chapter

• Office for the Arts sponsors 25 Arts First projects in 2006

• Coop honors public service programs

• Harvard Magazine names Ledecky Fellows

• Office for the Arts names annual arts prize winners

In memoriam

• Ronold King, 100, was mentor to scores of doctoral students
  

• Robert Freed Bales: Memorial Minute
  

• Margaret Brenman-Gibson: Memorial Minute
  

• Mackey memorial service set
  

Newsmakers

In brief

Police reports

This month in Harvard history

President Summers holds office hours