April 05, 2001

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

It's another record breaker
For the 10th time in the past 11 years, applications for admission to Harvard have risen.

Harvard calls on former Secretary of Treasury
Robert E. Rubin, a member of the Harvard College Class of 1960, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard's 350th Commencement.

Rudenstine to chair new digital arts venture
Beginning to plan his post-presidential pursuits, President Neil L. Rudenstine has agreed to serve as chairman of a major new nonprofit organization.

$50M endowment from Ford
KSG receives largest single endowment ever made by Ford Foundation

Morrison talks race and gender
Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison said Tuesday that literature today has gotten beyond stereotypes, no longer mirroring reality but running ahead of it.

Grogan moving to Boston Foundation
V.P. for Government, Community and Public Affairs Paul Grogan will leave Harvard July 1 to take the helm of The Boston Foundation.

Radcliffe Public Policy Center gets National Science Foundation Grant
Center chosen by NSF to study women's involvement in the IT industry.

Taking steps toward better government Gail Christoper will be the executive director of the new Institute for Government Innovation at the Kennedy School of Government. The establishment of the institute is a result of a $50 million endowment grant awarded to the School by the Ford Foundation, the largest single endowment ever made by the foundation. (Staff photo by Kris Snibbe)

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