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Harvard Monthly

An electronic newsletter for Harvard alumni
Volume 6, Number 9, September 2004
(© 2004 President and Fellows of Harvard College)

We hope you enjoy this edition of Harvard Monthly, an online newsletter from the Harvard Alumni Association. This newsletter provides current news and information about the University, alumni activities, and Web-based resources.

HARVARD@HOME

Living Healthier, Living Longer
"Living Healthier, Living Longer," a first-time collaboration between the Harvard Alumni Association and Harvard Medical School, offers a cutting-edge look at critical lifestyle, health, and medical questions.

Dr. Daniel Federman, Senior Dean for Alumni Relations and Clinical Teaching and the Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, moderates panels on:
Aging: features Dr. Reisa Sperling discussing Alzheimer's Disease and Dr. Kenneth Minaker discussing the aging body;
Men's Health: features Dr. Richard T. Lee discussing cardiology, Dr. Steven Grinspoon discussing issues and controversies related to testosterone, Dr. David Gastfriend discussing addictions, and Dr. Jerome Richie discussing prostate cancer; and
Women's Health: featues Dr. Paula Johnson discussing cardiology, Dr. JoAnn Manson discussing menopause and hormone therapy, Dr. Mary Anne Badaracco discussing mental health, and Dr. Irene Kuter discussing breast cancer.

Also featured is a brief history of the Harvard Medical School presented by Dr. Federman, as well as a chance for audience interaction with the panelists.

This program is the first release of a two-part series, and it offers over four hours of video content and slides from the presentations.

To view the program, please visit http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/lhl.html

HAA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Just in Time for Back to School: Alumni IBM Discount Expanded to Three Laptop Models
For the student in your household, three ThinkPad models are now available through a special agreement between Harvard and IBM. Alumni who take advantage of the offer can save up to 32 percent. For each purchase, the Harvard Alumni Association will also make a contribution in the purchaser's honor to the University Fund for Graduate Student Aid.

Check out the latest models at www.post.harvard.edu/ibm for full details about this exclusive offer.

Save with the New Harvard Clubs of Boston and New York City Joint Membership
In June 2004, the Harvard Club of Boston and the Harvard Club of New York City introduced an unprecedented joint membership program. Both clubs offer access to world-class clubhouse facilities, but you don't always have to be in these cities to take advantage of all the benefits that membership offers. You also gain access to a reciprocal clubs network that features top clubs in some of the most popular cities worldwide.

Click here to find out how you can save up to $600 in fees in the first year and up to $300 in subsequent years.

UNIVERSITY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For Low-Income High Schoolers, a Harvard Education
Chynah Tyler, 15, ran her fingers across the laminated name tag that has been her most valuable accessory this summer. "Harvard," it said in large crimson letters at the top, above her picture. And in smaller black letters: "Summer School Student."

To read more from this New York Times article, please click on the following link: http://www.parsintl.com/pdf/7986-NYT.pdf

Harvard Endowment Posts Positive Return
Harvard University's endowment earned a 21.1 percent return during the year ending June 30, 2004, bringing the endowment's overall value to $22.6 billion.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2004/09/15-endowment.html

Leveling the Playing Field for Urban Schoolchildren
Harvard Graduate School of Education Assistant Professor John Diamond studies how race, ethnicity, and social class intersect with school practices and policies to shape educational opportunities and outcomes. In this interview, Diamond discusses strategies for supporting urban schools.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/features/diamond09012004.html

Kennedy School Graduate New Ruler of Singapore
Signaling "a shift to the post-independence generation in a post-Cold War world," Singapore ushered in a new leader on August 13 when Lee Hsien Loong (MPA '80) was sworn in as Prime Minister of this city-state of 4 million people.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/alum/inspiration/archives/20040825_loong.html

Invest in the Harvard Endowment Through a Charitable Remainder Trust
You, your spouse and/or another individual you choose can receive a lifetime income from a gift to a Harvard charitable remainder trust invested in the Harvard endowment. In the future, your trust will benefit the University.
To learn more, go to www.post.harvard.edu/pgo.

Envisioning the Future of Urban Development
Please join the Real Estate Academic Initiative in Cambridge for a special program for and by Harvard real estate alumni/ae, featuring some of the world's most prominent developers, financiers, policy-makers, and urban planners and designers. Events will begin at 8:00am on Thursday, October 14 and adjourn with lunch at noon on Friday, October 15.

For further program information, or to learn more about the Real Estate Academic Initiative at Harvard University, please visit our website at www.reai.harvard.edu. For registration details, please call 617-495-2604.

Reproductive Health in the Twenty-First Century
On October 14 and 15, 2004 in the Agassiz Theatre at Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge.
The Radcliffe Institute's third annual conference to focus on women, gender, and society will examine a broad array of issues raised by the term "reproductive health." Experts will discuss the scientific, ethical, and social dimensions of medical and technological advances in the field, and their global implications.

This event is free and open to the public.
For complete details, please visit http://www.radcliffe.edu

 Keeping the Connection: KSG Comes to the Bay Area
The Kennedy School is coming to the Bay Area on Thursday, October 7. The Alumni Programs Office, in partnership with the Northern California Alumni Association, will be hosting the Alumni Professional Refresher at the Omni Hotel in downtown San Francisco.

Do We Have our National Security Priorities Right?, the keynote address, will be given by Ashton Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy and current Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs and Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project. For more information and to register please go to http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/alum/refresher/index.html

CLASSES AND REUNIONS

Fall College Reunions
The 40th reunion for the Class of 1964 will take place October 14-17, 2004. For more information, please visit the class website at: http://home.comcast.net/~sages/hr1964.
Please contact Michelle Grdina at 5-5301 with any questions.

Classmates of the Class of 1959 will reconnect in Cambridge for their 45th reunion October 14-17, 2004. For more information, please visit the class website at: http://classes.harvard.edu/college/1959/.
Please contact Justin Micomonaco at 5-5301 with any questions.

The Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1974 will be gathering in Cambridge during the Head of the Charles weekend, October 21-24, 2004, for their 30th reunion. For details, please visit the class website at: http://classes.harvard.edu/college/1974/.
Please contact Michele Blanc at 5-5301 with any questions.

RESEARCH

The Tale of a Tail
Researchers solve the mystery behind the shark's wake.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/09.16/08-shark.html

Quantum Network to Deliver Secure Messages
The world's first quantum network, integrated with the Internet, is now operating in the Boston area.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/09.16/99-quantcrypt.html

Movement Gene Identified
Scientists, by chance, have found a gene associated with severe clumsiness and other movement difficulties.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/09.16/99-movegene.html

WEB RESOURCES

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