March 11, 1999

Six Top Teachers Honored with Harvard College Professorships
Good teaching may be tough to quantify, but it's easy to recognize, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has done just that in naming six outstanding undergraduate teachers to Harvard College Professorships.

Fat Found Not To Raise Breast Cancer Risk
A high-fat diet may not be healthy but it won't increase your risk for breast cancer, according to the largest single study to date on this subject.

Shortened Chromosomes Impact Aging and Cancer
Harvard Medical School investigators have found that genetic activity that puts caps on the ends of chromosomes helps maintain the fitness of mammals.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
An exhibit at the Sackler Museum comprises 185 works from Ellsworth Kelly's early years in Paris.

Messages from the Master
Ellsworth Kelly was at Harvard last Thursday, March 4, to meet students, scholars, and artists, and to speak to the press about his work.

Statement on Sweatshops
This statement was released on March 9.

Harvard Faculty Votes to Dismiss Student
This statement was released on March 9.

Museum 'Travel Night' Transports Participants
The Museum of Natural History was the site of an "Evening at the Ends of the Earth" last Thursday, March 4.

Community Advisory

A Man in Motion
Concord Field Station is on the move with locomotion expert Biewener directing.

Wehrung Appointed to Direct EO Programs and Compliance
Melodye Wehrung, a specialist in educational research and university administration, has been named director of Equal Opportunity Programs and Compliance for Harvard University.

Lesley Stahl to Receive Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism
60 Minutes co-editor and CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl will receive this year's Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Crimson Wave
The Harvard men's swimming and diving team captures the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League championships.

The Evolution of a Child Care Center
A coalition rolls up its sleeves and brings a children's center to life at Botanic Gardens complex.

Saving Face at the Plastic Surgery Archives
HMS's Countway Library houses hundreds of invaluable patient records.

Mathematician Elkies Composes New Opera for Lowell House
On Wednesday March 10, the Lowell House Opera presented the world premiere of an original operatic work, Yossele Solovey.

24 Grants Given to Students for ARTS FIRST Projects, Productions
From the Hillel Drama Society's production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice to a puppet musical of West Side Story , Harvard and Radcliffe students are creating innovative projects for the seventh annual ARTS FIRST festival, with the help of funding from the Office for the Arts.

A Healthy Mix of Medicine and Music Making
Jean Gauthier of UHS displays her rediscovered love of music on recent CD.

Global Conservation
Two rare Mercator globes are objects of wonder once more.

Harmonic Convergence
Photo essay by Kris Snibbe about the Phillips Brooks House Association program called HARMONY.