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Harvard Monthly

An electronic newsletter for Harvard alumni
June 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.

RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS
A number of changes and appointments have been announced recently at Harvard

Harvard Business School Dean to Resign
Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark announced that he will Resign on July 31, 2005, to accept the role as President of Brigham Young University-Idaho shortly thereafter.
http://www.hbs.edu/news/060605_clark.html

Skocpol Named Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, has been named dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, effective July 1, 2005.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/news_and_events/releases/skocpol_06032005.html

Kathleen McCartney Named Acting Dean of Graduate School of Education
Kathleen McCartney, Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development and Academic Dean, will serve as acting Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education pending the appointment of a permanent Dean, President Lawrence H. Summers announced Monday (June 6).
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2005/06/06-gsedean.html

DEAS, Physical Sciences Dean to Step Down in 2006
Venkatesh Narayanamurti has announced his intention to step down in June 2006 as Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) and Dean for Physical Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/06.02/03-venky.html

OTHER UNIVERSITY NEWS

Erasmus Prize 2005 Awarded to Simon Schaffer and Steven Shapin
The Board of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2005 to the historians of science Simon Schaffer and Steven Shapin (Professor of the History of Science).
http://www.erasmusprijs.org/eng/page.cfm?paginaID=48#persbericht

Past Radcliffe Fellow Appointed Head of Iowa Writer's Workshop
The literary world has been buzzing since April about the selection of forty-year-old Samantha Chang RI '01 as Director of the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop.
http://www.radcliffe.edu/research/arts/chang_01.php

Senior UN Official Named Goodman Fellow at Kennedy School
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government has announced that Sir Kieran Prendergast has been named Goodman United Nations Fellow for the 2005-2006 academic year.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgnews/PressReleases/052005_goodman.htm

Allston Planning Report Released
The planning firm Cooper, Robertson and Partners has prepared an interim report for the Harvard community that proposes preliminary ideas and options for a basic campus and urban framework in Allston.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/06.02/community.html

Watch Commencement Activities Live on the Web
Live video stream of Commencement events to begin at 9:00 am, Thursday, June 9. (Link will be made live prior to broadcast)
http://www.commencement.harvard.edu/

RESEARCH

HSPH Joins Battle Over America's Waistline
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) weighed in on the battle over America's bulging middle May 26, with a panel of health experts saying that a government study showing that being somewhat overweight may actually save lives is flawed and sends a dangerous message.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/06.02/01-diet.html

Suicides are Down, Researchers Say
Suicides among people 18 to 54 years old have decreased since the early 1990s. That's the good news. The not-so-good news is that the number of those thinking about it and trying to kill themselves has stayed about the same.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/06.02/11-suicide.html

Chemist, Card Shark Liu Takes Off
In some corners of Las Vegas, Harvard chemist David Liu is viewed as a dangerous man.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/06.02/03-liu.html

Research Finds Diabetics Susceptible to Compromised Cardiovascular Function from High Levels of Air Pollution
Results suggest a biological mechanism linking particle pollution and heart attack risk
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/releases/press06072005.html

Harvard Magazine Online

Paradise Lost?
 What should--or can--be done about "the environmental crime of the century"?
Five thousand years ago in the Mesopotamian marshes, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in southern Iraq, the Sumerians began history.
Check out this, and many other Harvard Magazine features, online at:
http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/010538.html

HAA ANNOUNCEMENTS

harvard at home

Introducing the New Harvard Alumni Association World MasterCard
A great new benefit with an important purpose. All revenues earned through this program will fund the Presidential Scholars initiative, which provides fellowships for graduate students pursuing careers in service to society. And check out the Crimson Rewards points redemption toward reunion fees, Harvard Club dues, the HAA Travel Program, and more. Alumni can apply now by visiting www.harvardcard.com.

Travel Study
Unique Travel Program Offerings
Explore the Hidden Harbors of Corsica, Sicily, and Malta aboard a two-masted sailing/motor yacht with Professor Michael McElroy from August 31-September 11, 2005
http://www.post.harvard.edu/alumni/html/ts_hiddenharbors_aug_2005.html

Join us for an investigation of Islam and the Middle East on a trip to Oman and the United Arab Emirates with Professor Ali Asani from January 8 – 18, 2006
http://www.post.harvard.edu/alumni/html/ts_omandubai_jan_2006.html

Carry Your New ThinkPad in Style
In addition to a new selection of ThinkPads now available through the Alumni Computer Purchase Program, IBM-Lenovo features 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.

UNIVERSITY EVENTS

A GSD Evening with David Maisel
July 6, 2005
Please join us from 5:30 until 7:30 pm for an evening with David Maisel at the Haines Gallery in San Francisco, in connection with Mr. Maisel's Terminal Mirage exhibition. For more information and RSVP instructions, please see:
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/inside/dev_alumni/events.html

Great Food and Even Better Company
August 6, 2005
Join the Harvard Design School for a clambake on Martha's Vineyard.
More information is available on our website at http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/inside/dev_alumni/events.html

Friends of Real Estate at Harvard Annual Fall Meeting
October 17-18, 2005
We are again pleased to invite you to join us 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/

In the War Zone: How Does Gender Matter?
November 3-4, 2005
A conference at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. For more information, please visit:
http://www.radcliffe.edu/events/conferences/war_zone/

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