June 10, 1999

John Harvard's England
You've seen the statue, you've heard the name, and you've experienced the thrill of his legacy. Now, you can visit three landmarks of John Harvard's pre-New England life by wending your way through London and the English countryside.

Library News
To ensure the long-term preservation and security of the Widener Library collections, the Harvard College Library is undertaking the Widener Stacks Renovation Project.

David Little Named to New Divinity School Professorship
David Little, Th.D. '63, has been named the T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict at the Divinity School, effective July 1.

'Living Wage' Rallies Criticize, Link Harvard Labor Issues
In a half-dozen rallies in Harvard Yard this spring that thematically linked separate University labor issues together, groups including students, labor unions, and faculty have asked Harvard University to establish a new minimum "living" wage standard of $10 per hour for anyone who works for Harvard.

Harvard Mentoring Project Helps At-Risk Youth
Fifty-one broadcast and cable television networks, along with leading Hollywood studios, have joined the School of Public Health's Center for Health Communication's national media campaign, called the Harvard Mentoring Project, to recruit mentors for at-risk youth.

New Manuscript Chief Appointed At Schlesinger
Kathryn Allamong Jacob has been selected as the new manuscripts administrator at Radcliffe College's Schlesinger Library. Jacob, who is currently deputy director of the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, was chosen to succeed Eva Steiner Moseley, the outgoing Johanna-Maria Fraenkel Curator of Manuscripts at the Library.

Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine Reviewing an 'Eventful and Gratifying' Academic Year
"With Commencement upon us, I want to share a few thoughts about the academic year that is drawing to a close, as well as some of the challenges on the horizon for next year."

Palfreys Named Adams House Masters
Judith Palfrey, a professor at Harvard Medical School and the School of Public Health, and her husband John G. "Sean" Palfrey Sr., a professor at Boston University Medical School and School of Public Health, have been named Master and Co-master of Adams House.

Excellence in Teaching Prizes Awarded by PBK
The Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Iota Chapter of Massachusetts is pleased to announce three recipients of the Phi Beta Kappa Prize in Excellence in Teaching for this academic year.

Annual Lectureship In Poetry Created
The lectureship will be named for Stratis Haviaras, curator of the Poetry and Farnsworth Rooms in the Harvard College Library, who is due to retire in the spring of 2000.

Probes Detect Early Growth Of Cancer Tumors
Picture this: doctors inject an invisibly small probe into your blood, and it swims directly to cells where cancer has just begun to grow. The device signals back the exact location and the stage of the disease. Doctors then use the information to determine the best treatment for destroying a tumor in its earliest stages of existence.

Sargent: Portrait of the Artist in His Workshop
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), one of the most popular portrait painters of his day, had a knack for imbuing his upper-crust clients with an intriguing air of glamour and sensual allure.

Stride Rite Honors Graduates For Commitment to Public Service
The Stride Rite Foundation has awarded its post-graduate public service incentive grants to seniors Nerys Benfield, Tara Purohit, Mariko Ryono, and William Triant, all of whom will be pursuing various year-long service projects upon graduation this year.

Wilson Honored for Radcliffe Leadership
Over 100 members of the Harvard and Radcliffe community gathered Tuesday night to honor Linda S. Wilson, Radcliffe College's seventh president, who will conclude her 10 years of service at the end of the month.

William Alfred To Be Honored
In an attempt to perpetuate "the Professor's" indelible legacy of wisdom, teaching, and spirit among future Harvardians who share his love for literature and the arts, a group of former students are preparing to endow and charter the William Alfred Society for Arts and Letters, to be based in the Professor's residence at 31 Athens St.

Presidential Wit and Wisdom Spark Baccalaureate Service
This year's Baccalaureate Service sizzled. Amidst a mini-heat wave on Tuesday afternoon, cap-and-gown-clad seniors braved a stifling atmosphere in the Memorial Church to hear the annual farewell from Harvard officials and clergy.

Pealing of Bells Will Mark Commencement
In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country's oldest university and of our earlier history when bells of varying tones summoned us from sleep to prayer, work, or study this ancient sound will fill Harvard Square.

Craving Clarity
Etienne Benson '99, a concentrator in psychology and biology, studied the effect of cocaine addiction on information-processing. With support from the Harvard College Research Program (HCRP), he conducted an experiment that he hopes will help to clarify the relationship between craving and cognition.

Harvard Divinity School Presents Annual Alumni Awards
The outgoing Dean of Students at Harvard College and the director of an advocacy and intervention program for women prisoners in New York received alumni awards from the Divinity School on June 9. Archie C. Epps, BD '61, received the School's Rabbi Martin Katzenstein Award.

Extension School Names Winners of Student Prizes, Faculty Awards

Commencement: Facts and Figures
Harvard has staged Commencement for most of the past 357 years, occasionally omitting the ceremony because of war, disease, or a lack of suitably accomplished degree candidates.

Fay Prize Awarded to Kirkland House's Ariel Frey
Ariel Frey, a resident of Kirkland House and a neurobiology concentrator who has been described as "a mature, compassionate person with a keen sense of social responsibility," is the winner of the Captain Jonathan Fay Prize, Radcliffe's highest undergraduate honor.

Pumps and Circumstance
What do the myriad hues, tints, textures, and trappings of the doctoral gown signify? Is there order to be drawn from the apparent chaos? A glance at Peterson's Guide to Doctoral Plumage of the Old World would seem to say there is not, that even the origin of the species is shrouded in mystery.

Gifts Fortify Teaching, Research
As The University Campaign enters its final six months, the drive is strengthening Harvard's teaching and research activities in pervasive, diverse, and profound ways.

Affiliated Ministers Appointed in Memorial Church
Five Affiliated Ministers have been appointed in the Memorial Church to assist the resident clergy in the conduct of services and the pastoral and educational ministries of the Church.

Hanson Receives Teaching Award
Law Professor Jon Hanson has received the Albert M. Sacks-Paul A. Freund Award for Teaching Excellence from the Law School Class of 1999.