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Harvard Monthly

An electronic newsletter for Harvard alumni
March 2005
(© 2005 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.

HARVARD AT HOME

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"Students Speak" on the Harvard College Admissions Site
"Students Speak" is a collaborative project of the Harvard College Admissions Office, Harvard@Home, and the FAS computer services web team. Prospective students can watch 10 Harvard undergraduates speak to their varied experiences at the College. The "Students Speak" site will be updated with additional student interviews over time. To view the program, visit http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/students_speak/

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Reproductive Health in the 21st Century
This Harvard@Home program covers the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study's fall conference on women, gender, and society. The conference examines a broad array of issues raised by the term "reproductive health." To view the program, visit http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/rrh.html

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Living Longer, Living Healthier: Part III
"Living Longer, Living Healthier: Part III," the third and final release featuring a collaboration between the Harvard Alumni Association and Harvard Medical School, offers a leading-edge look at critical questions of lifestyle, health, and medicine. To view the program, visit http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/lhlc.html

HAA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Carry Your New ThinkPad in Style
In addition to a new selection of ThinkPads now available through the Alumni Computer Purchase Program, IBM-Lenovo is also featuring a specially priced leather carrying case with the HAA logo tastefully embossed on the front.

Check out http://www.post.harvard.edu/ibm/ for full details about this exclusive offer.

Board of Directors
It is with great pleasure that the Harvard Alumni Association announces the selection of Karen Spencer Kelly ’80 as this year’s Chief Marshal of the Alumni for Harvard’s 354th Commencement Exercises. To be selected as Chief Marshal of the Alumni for Commencement is a signal honor, and the Harvard Alumni Association continues to follow the tradition whereby the 25th reunion class elects one of their members. The Chief Marshal represents all of the alumni of the University, presides at a Spread honoring the assembled dignitaries and guests, and leads the afternoon alumni procession.

Alumni College
Fulfilling our mission of University-wide programming highlighting University and alumni interests

May 11, 2005
Careers: The Unexpected Opportunities
Harvard Club Downtown Boston
Contact: Susan Peterson, 617-495-1093

May 21, 2005
Baseball and Billions (presented by the Harvard Club of Minnesota)
Minneapolis Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Speakers: Peter Carfagna '75, JD '79, Andrew Zimbalist AM '72, PhD '74
This program includes two panel discussions, a tour of the Metrodome, a book signing with Andrew Zimbalist, and seeing the Minnesota Twins play Milwaukee.
Contact: Susan Peterson, 617-495-1093

Travel Study
Iceland Adventure: An Exciting Realm of Natural History, Viking Legend, and Archaeological Adventure
Venture to a fiery landscape of lava fields, steam vents, bubbling mud pools, thermal springs, and fumaroles on this exploration of the natural wonders of Iceland.
http://www.post.harvard.edu/alumni/html/ts_iceland_jul_2005.html

Clubs
The Lecture Series Committee and Younger Members Committee of the Harvard Club of Boston present:
AN OPEN DEBATE ON EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH
Saturday, April 23, 2005
The Main Clubhouse: 374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Ma 02215
Harvard Club Members: Reserve online at http://www.xpiron.com/schedule/harvardclub
Non members: For reservations, call 617-450-8489 or email: cryan@harvardclub.com

UNIVERSITY EVENTS
What's Up, Doc?
The Longwood Seminars at Harvard Medical School offer a series of four free "Mini-Med School" classes for the general public in the heart of Boston's Longwood Medical Area.
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/longwood_seminars/

Graduate School of Design: Desert Soundings Tour
April 6- 10, 2005
There are only a few spaces left for the GSD's Desert Soundings Tour of modern and contemporary architecture and landscape in Arizona's High Sonoran Desert. Details and registration are available at:
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/inside/dev_alumni/Events/arizona_tour.htm

A Celebration of Black Leadership and Alumni: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Emerging Global Trends
John F. Kennedy School of Government Black Policy Conference
April 8-9, 2005
Fee: $40 (student package); $100 (student full registration); $140 (nonstudent)
For schedule, speakers, and registration information, please visit http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/bpc/index.html

Turning the Tide Against Poverty: Partnerships for Change
International Development Conference 2005
John F. Kennedy School of Government
April 8-9, 2005
Fee: $25 (students); $40 (nonprofit professionals); $50 (private sector professionals)
For schedule, speakers, and registration information, please visit http://www.idc2005.org/index.html

Crisis and Democracies: Can We Meet the Challenges Ahead?
John F. Kennedy School of Government 2005 Spring Conference
May 13-14, 2005
Harvard alumni are invited to join a distinguished group of scholars and policymakers, drawn from the Kennedy School, Harvard, and across the world, to discuss this issue.
Fee: $380 (Harvard alumni)
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/conference/2005/

Harvard Design Magazine Benefit Seminar
May 20, 2005
Seminar, lecture, tour, and concert at and about JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
For more information, please visit: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/hdm/events.html or contact hdm-events@gsd.harvard.edu

Open to All Harvard Alumni—Harvard Business School Global Leadership Forum
“New Barriers and New Opportunities: Leading in an Uncertain World”
June 21-23, 2005
London, England
Register today at http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/glf

Friends of Real Estate at Harvard Annual Fall Meeting
October 17-18, 2005
We are again pleased to invite you to join us on for a day and a half of meetings and networking with Harvard real estate alumni/ae from across the University. Proposed program topics include: green building, the economics of great architecture, smart growth revisited, and more.
http://www.reai.harvard.edu./REAI/

UNIVERSITY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lagemann to Step Down as HGSE Dean at End of Academic Year
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann announced that she will step down as Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the close of the 2004–05 academic year and will refocus her energies on scholarship and teaching as a member of the HGSE faculty.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/features/lagemann03212005.html

FAS Votes on Motions Concerning President
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted on two motions concerning Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers Tuesday (March 15, 2005) during a meeting at the Loeb Drama Center.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.17/02-faccouncil.html

Sharon Stone Receives Gomes Humanitarian Award
Award-winning actress Sharon Stone, who for the past 10 years has been a dedicated fundraiser and advocate for AIDS research, received the Harvard Foundation's 2005 Humanitarian Award Monday evening (March 14) at the Memorial Church.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.17/13-stone.html

New Web-Based Series on Kennedy School Website
The Kennedy School's Office of Communications and Public Affairs has launched a new web-based series, "Kennedy School Insight," featuring compelling research and analysis on governance and global issues. With both text and video elements, this presentation seeks to bring substantive discussions of public policy at the Kennedy School to journalists, policy makers, and others.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgnews/KSGInsight/index.htm

Dean William C. Kirby's Annual Letter to the Faculty
In his third annual letter, Dean William C. Kirby reports on the progress and development of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences over the past year.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/administration/kirby/wck_ltr_2005.html

New KSG Executive Dean Is an Alumnus
Dean David Ellwood has chosen a member of the KSG alumni community to fill a position on his leadership team. John Haigh MPP '82 returns to the School after a stellar career in the private sector, most recently as Senior Vice President of Emergency Services for AT&T Wireless.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/alum/education/archives/20050304_haigh.html

RESEARCH

University Joins MassCURE to Encourage Research
Harvard has joined a new coalition of universities, hospitals, patient organizations, business groups, and scientific societies whose aim is to support embryonic stem cell research in Massachusetts and, specifically, to support pending legislation on stem cell research in the Massachusetts legislature.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.17/09-masscure.html

Brighter Model for Global Warming
To environmental chemist Scot Martin, chemistry is a way of understanding Earth and some of its most pressing problems.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.17/03-martin.html

Decoding the Babel of Brain Cells
Development of the brain involves a babel of messages that must speak to the formation and integration of hundreds of different types of nerve cells.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.17/01-babel.html

REUNION INFORMATION
College Reunions
For information on your class reunion, please visit the Post Harvard reunion information page at
https://www.aad.harvard.edu/class/html/jreu_menu.html

Design School Reunions
The Harvard Design School's 10th reunion for the class of 1995, including 1994 and 1996, will be on
May 13-14 in Cambridge! For details, visit our website at
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/inside/dev_alumni/Events/10th_reunion.html.

Kennedy School Reunions
If you graduated from a degree program in 2000, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, or 1975, then this is your reunion year! Come back to Cambridge this spring to reconnect with old friends. The program will begin on Friday evening, May 20, at 5 pm with cocktails and conclude at noon with a brunch on Sunday, May 22.
For more information and to register, please visit the KSG alumni website at http://www.ksgalum.org.

WEB RESOURCES

Look up your classmates using Post Harvard's online directory!
Have you moved? Update your contact info online!
Something to share? Submit a Class Note online!

Harvard home page: http://www.harvard.edu/
Harvard Alumni Association: http://www.haa.harvard.edu/
Reconnect —Ways of Getting Involved with Harvard's Online Community: http://www.haa.harvard.edu/info/html/Get_Involved.pdf
The latest news from Harvard: http://www.news.harvard.edu/
Research Matters: http://www.researchmatters.harvard.edu/
The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention: http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/
Harvard University Gazette: http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/index.html/
Harvard Athletics: http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/

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