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Harvard Monthly

An electronic newsletter for Harvard alumni
October 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. It provides current news and information about the University, alumni activities, and Web-based resources.

Summers and Kirby Address Alumni
See video of Harvard President Lawrence Summers and FAS Dean Bill Kirby addressing Harvard alumni last weekend.
http://www.aad.harvard.edu/hcf/

HARVARD@HOME

Living Healthier, Living Longer: Part II
"Living Healthier, Living Longer: Part II," the second release of a 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:
Cancer: featuring Dr. Judah Folkman discussing the potential of anti-angiogenesis drugs for treating cancer, and Dr. David Rosenthal addressing the national decline in cancer mortality rates and advances in pre-cancer screening.
Lifestyle Management: featuring Dr. Frank Sacks discussing nutrition and dieting and Dr. Harvey Simon discussing the role of exercise, health, and longevity.
This program is the second release of a three-part series and offers more than two and a half hours of video content, slides from the presentations, and audience participation.

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

A COMPLETE Search for New Suns
Alyssa A. Goodman, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and a Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution, describes her path-breaking research as Principal Investigator of the COMPLETE project. COMPLETE, or the COrdinated Molecular Probe Line Extinction Thermal Emission survey, is a collaboration among 12 researchers in five countries aimed at fully mapping nearly 1,000 square light years of star-forming material in the Milky Way galaxy. Initiated in 2001, the survey uses ground- and space-based radio, infrared, and optical telescopes to study the motions and distribution of material destined to form new stars and planetary systems.
This program features 45 minutes of video, 43 slides, a glossary, and an audience question and answer session with Professor Goodman.

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

HAA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Alumni IBM Discount Expanded to Three Laptop Models
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.

The New Face of Travel at HAA
The HAA has planned five new trips in close consultation with the study leaders. The itineraries reflect their interest in and knowledge and experience of the regions in question. Destinations include China and Tibet, arranged by Ezra Vogel, and Italy, arranged by Lino Pertile.
https://www.aad.harvard.edu/alumni/html/jts_new_face_2004.html

Kick-Off With Harvard Football Legends Danny Jiggetts AB '76 and Mike Lynch AB '77
Join alumni prior to the November 6th home game against Columbia to hear Jiggetts, the former Chicago Bear and now Comcast SportsNet anchor ,and Boston Channel 5 reporter Lynch talk about football, the media today - and the Crimson, too.
Info: 617-495-1920. email: haa_alumnieducation@harvard.edu
https://www.aad.harvard.edu/alumni/html/jalumnicollege.html

Alumni College Programs: The Collections Series, Art in the Islamic World, and the Cultural Implications of War
In partnership with the Harvard University Art Museums
Moderator: Thomas W. Lentz, Director, Harvard University Art Museums
Saturday morning, December 11, 9:00 -12:30,
https://www.aad.harvard.edu/alumni/html/jalumnicollege.html

Harvard in Mexico
"If Harvard is going to lead in intellectual life, it has to lead in understanding what is happening not just in the United States, not just in Western Europe, but in the entire world." - Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers

The HAA Global Series is an outreach program that convenes University alumni in different regions of the world. This year's conference in Mexico City on March 1-2, 2004, with a keynote address by President Summers, will bring alumni together to participate in academic symposia and learn about important initiatives concerning Harvard. For more information on the program, visit the website at http://www.haa.harvard.edu/globalseries

Neuroscience Videoconference - Harvard Club of New York
Provost Hyman, Steven Pinker, Carla Shatz, and Josh Sanes will be participating in a Neuroscience Videoconference at the Harvard Club of New York City on 12/1/04. For more information, please call 617-496-7000.

Saturday Symposium - Harvard Club of Boston
Dean Benedict Gross, Elizabeth Warren, Greg Nagy, John Stilgoe, and Stephen Marks will be part of a Saturday Symposium at the Harvard Club of Boston on 12/4/04. For more information, please call 617-496-7000.

UNIVERSITY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lovingly Renovated Widener Prepares for 21st Century Scholars
For the past five years, Widener Memorial Library - one of Harvard's best-known buildings and the heart of its 90-library system - has surrendered its scholarly serenity to the cacophony of construction. Yet from the start of Widener's two-phase renovation in 1999 to its finish this past July, the library remained open for business. Perhaps even more stunning, the $90 million-plus project concluded on time and on budget.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/09.30/13-widener.html

Widener Library Rededication Ceremony Remarks by Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers
http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2004/widribbon.html

Financial Times Feature: University Challenge
Just after turning 18, I applied to study at Oxford University. I sat the entrance exam alone in my school's career library and then went up for the interview at Lincoln College, Oxford. A few weeks later, on a frosty morning just before Christmas, the rejection arrived. Holding that letter, I sat and wept.
http://www.post.harvard.edu/info/html/Financial_Times.pdf

Allston Plans Move Ahead
Planning for Harvard's future development in Allston is moving ahead on several fronts this fall.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/10.21/01-advice.html

New Professional Development Courses From WIDE World
WIDE World, an online and on-site professional development for K-12 educators, recently added three new courses to its course catalog. The three new courses are: "Differentiating Instruction: Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners," "Reading in the Content Areas: Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers," and "Writing in the Content Areas: Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers." For more information about these courses and/or to register for a course, please visit our website at: http://learnweb.harvard.edu/wide/

Former Radcliffe Institute Fellow Gish Jen talks about "The Love Wife"
When Alfred A. Knopf sent out advance copies of Gish Jen's new novel last March, a rare letter from Jen's editor, Ann Close, was bound into the front of the books, saying, "The last time I wrote a letter of this kind was some years ago for Alice Munro's Friend of My Youth - a book that seemed to me to signal a new phase of her career. The Love Wife makes me feel that Gish Jen is at just about the same point."
http://www.radcliffe.edu/research/arts/jen_01.php

Six New Sustainability Principles Adopted
Harvard University has announced a set of principles designed to ensure sustainable growth and advance Harvard's record as a responsible environmental steward.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/10.14/09-sustain.html

New GSAS-Ghana Partnership Flourishes
A Harvard delegation recently traveled to Ghana to begin building a new partnership with the University of Ghana - the latest manifestation of the growing strength of African studies at Harvard.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/10.14/07-akyeampong.html

Human Rights Program turns 20
This past weekend (Oct. 15 - 17), Harvard Law School's Human Rights Program (HRP) marked its 20th anniversary with a gathering consisting principally of alumni and with a full slate of speeches and discussions.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/10.14/01-hrp.html

CLASSES AND REUNIONS

Harvard/Yale Game
There's still time to sign up for the pre- and post-game party for "The Game"! This year, the Harvard Alumni Association Annual Luncheon and Cocktail Party will be held on November 20, 2004, before and after the Harvard/Yale game. Festivities begin at 10:00 am with cocktails followed by a hearty buffet luncheon from 11:00 am-12:30 pm at the Gordon Track and Tennis Facility (ITT). Kickoff is at 12:30 pm, followed by a post-game reception. For more information about the Annual Luncheon Party, please call Roberta DeStefano at 617-495-2555.

RESEARCH

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Far below the Pacific Ocean's waves, seabed vents spew hot water, minerals, and nutrients into the cold, dark depths, opening a window to the geologic processes driving them and anchoring biological communities that scientists hope can reveal the secrets of life's beginnings.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/10.14/15-vent.html

Finding the Hot Planets Beyond our Solar System
Dimitar Sasselov did what every high school astronomer dreams of doing; he went from looking at stars with a backyard telescope to discovering a new class of planets and a new class of stars.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/10.14/03-sasselov.html

Gene Patterns Found That ID Cancers
In studies at Harvard University patterns of gene turn-ons and turn-offs have been tied to the presence of 22 different types of tumors. Such information could more accurately predict who gets what cancer and whether it will spread, as well as leading to new types of treatments.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/10.14/01-cancergene.html

Panelists Decry State of Global Reproductive Health
A Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study conference on women's reproductive health aimed to pierce a global sense of complacency that contributes to hundreds of thousands of women in poor countries dying in childbirth each year.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/10.21/09-repro.html

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