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The timing couldn’t have been worse, or perhaps Sustainable food better, for ’s (HBS) “Cen- ... is just one strat- tennial Global Business Summit,” a two-day confer- egy explored during ence Oct. 12-14. Harvard’s sustain- The global reverberations of the U.S. economic cri- ability celebration, sis, an impending election, and a public eager for a new which includes chief executive to lead the United States through its Gore and more. financial turmoil meant there was much to discuss as ed a celebration on April 8 (100 years to the day after Page 3 President Faust talks to the crowd world business leaders gathered at the HBS campus to the Harvard Corporation approved the creation of the of more than 1,600 at the Business reflect on the history of the School, its future, and the new school), a new case study on HBS, a centennial School: ‘We want to make a differ- future of business. Web site, working papers and colloquia, and an exhibit ence in and for the world — as it is The conference was the finale of a year of events at the school’s Baker Library | Bloomberg Center that today and as it will be in future.’ to coincide with the School’s founding, which includ- (See HBS, page 8)

New finance VP Dan Shore has been named vice president for finance and chief financial officer. Page 5

Roll them bones Animal bones pro- vide an important archaeological win- dow into early hu- mankind. Page 13

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By Ruth Walker changes in industry sectors, and a labor movement Special to the Harvard News Office Dynamics ill-equipped to play the role it could in getting the country back on track. Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Pol- The panel, held Oct. 7, was called “The Dynamics of a changing icy Institute in Washington, D.C., didn’t actually use of a Changing Domestic Workforce.” It was part of the Gauging success the phrase “I told you so” in his remarks at a panel dis- Future of Labor Forum, a faculty-staff initiative spon- A lab in Durban, workforce laid cussion on labor issues at the Harvard sored by the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard South Africa, is just labor Business School last week. Law School, Harvard Business School Human Re- one example of a di- But he cited some evidence that the national eco- sources, and the Harvard University Office of Labor verse body of global out in forum nomics discussion is coming around to his way of Relations. health research. looking at things — and not just because of the cur- The other panelists were David Finegold, dean of Story, page 13 http://www.hno. rent credit crisis. the Rutgers University School of Management and harvard.edu/ He and his fellow panelists painted a largely dark Labor Relations; Greg Thornton, senior vice president worldmedia/ picture of flat or falling living standards, structural (See Labor, page 6) October 16-22, 2008 Harvard University Gazette/ 17

Inside Deadlines Important Calendar submission deadlines Page 19

‘Sustaining Life’ Lecture and booksigning with Eric Chivian and E.O. Wilson Page 21

At sea Experts in marine environmental history discuss trends in the field Page 22

Charting new pathways Justice O’Connor gives keynote at HLS conference Page 25 Harvard Neighbors Gallery presents pho- tography by Justin Ide and bronze sculptures comedy by Silvina Mizrahi. The exhibit is on view Sat., Oct. 18—“Comedy for a Cause through Nov. 5. See 2008.” (Harvard Concert Commission) exhibitions, page 19. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 general; $15 Harvard affiliates and students; $10 Harvard students. LEFT: ‘Far Away,’ bronze Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222. concerts Thu., Oct. 16—“Midday Organ Recital.” (The Memorial Church, HAM) Haesung Park, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St., 12:15 p.m. Free and open to the public. Audience members are encouraged to bring a lunch. www.harvardartmuseum. org.

Fri., Oct. 17—“Student Music Performance Series.” (HAM) Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, 3 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495- 9400, www.harvardartmuseum.org. Events for October 16-30, 2008 (Continued on next page) 20/ Harvard University Gazette October 16-22, 2008

(Continued from previous page) Focus on the Spanish Arts Consumer.” the Ugly: Cinematic Transformations Auditorium S-010, CGIS South, 1730 Clark’s journey and the nations they Semitic Museum (Real Colegio Complutense) Javier and the Creation of the New Jew.” Cambridge St., Fri.: 9:30 a.m.-5:45 encountered. (Through Sept. 29) “Ancient Cyprus: The Cesnola Flores, Universidad Complutense de (CMES, Harvard Center for Jewish p.m.; Sat.: 9:15 a.m.-5:50 p.m. Collection at the Semitic Museum” Madrid. Conference room, RCC, 26 Studies) Omer Bartov, Brown University, [email protected], www.fas.har- “Pacific Islands Hall” features a diverse comprises vessels, figurines, bronzes, Trowbridge St., 7:30 p.m. Free and open with respondent Rachel Greenblatt, vard.edu/~eaah/conferences/oct- array of artifacts brought to the museum and other artifacts dating from 2000 to the public. www.realcolegiocom- Harvard University. Room 102, 38 2008/index.html. by Boston’s maritime trade merchants. B.C. to 300 A.D. (Ongoing) plutense.harvard.edu. Kirkland St., noon. http://cmes.hmdc. (Ongoing) harvard.edu. Sat., Oct. 25—“The European “Ancient Egypt: Magic and the Mon., Oct. 20—“Follies of Infrastruc- Landscape Convention: A Conference “Remembering Awatovi: The Story of Afterlife” introduces visitors to the ture: Why the Worst Projects Get Built, Wed., Oct. 29—“Visions of Race in on its Implications for Education and an Archaeological Expedition in Egyptian view of life after death through and How To Avoid It.” (GSD) Bent America in the Films of Ken Burns.” Practice.” (GSD) Piper Auditorium, GSD, Northern Arizona, 1935-1939” goes coffins, amulets, and funerary inscrip- Flyvbjerg, Aalborg University, Denmark. (Charles Hamilton Houston Institute) 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free and open to the pub- behind the scenes of the last archaeo- tions. (Ongoing) Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, GSD, 6:30 Program will feature clips from several of lic but register by Oct. 15 by e-mailing logical expedition of its kind at an p.m. Free and open to the public. Burns’ films, followed by a panel discus- [email protected]. ancient site sacred to the Hopi people. “The Houses of Ancient Israel: sion and Q&A. Panelists are Ken Burns, Part history of archaeology and part Domestic, Royal, Divine” is devoted to Tue., Oct. 21—“P’alante siempre filmmaker; Stanley Crouch, writer; Henry Mon., Oct. 27-Wed., Oct. 29—“Sixty social history, the exhibit reveals what everyday life in Iron Age Israel (ca. p’alante.” (DRCLAS) William Cordova, Louis Gates Jr., Du Bois Institute, Years of Israeli Culture: Creativity and the archaeologists found in the village of 1200-600 BCE). Featured in the exhibit artist, in conversation with Evan Garza, Harvard University; Geoffrey C. Ward, Documentation.” (Judaica Division, Awatovi with its beautiful kiva murals is a full-scale replica of a fully furnished, Center for Latino Arts, Boston. Room S- biographer and historian; and moderator Library) Harvard Faculty and Spanish mission church, and how two-story village house. (Ongoing) 050, CGIS Building, 1730 Cambridge Charles J. Ogletree Jr., Charles Hamilton Club, 20 Quincy St., Mon.: 8 a.m.-10 the archaeologists lived in “New St., 6 p.m. Talk will be in English. artfo- Houston Institute, HLS. Ames p.m.; Tue.: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; and Wed.: Awatovi,” the camp they built for them- “Nuzi and the Hurrians: Fragments from [email protected], www.fas.harvard. Courtroom, Austin Hall, HLS, 1515 8 a.m.-8 p.m. selves beside the dig. The written and a Forgotten Past” features over 100 edu/~artforum. Ave., 4 p.m. Free and photographic records of “New Awatovi” objects detailing everyday life in Nuzi, open to the public. RSVP at (617) 495- Thu., Oct. 30-Fri., Oct. 31— add a new dimension to the discoveries which was located in Northeastern Iraq Tue., Oct. 21—“The Architecture of 8285 or www.charleshamiltonhouston. “Postcolonial Wars: Current of the dig itself. See also Tozzer Library. around 1400 B.C. (Ongoing) Competitions.” (GSD) Benjamin org. Perspectives on the Deferred Violence (Through March 30) —Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave. Open Hossbach, architect, [phase eins], of Decolonialization.” (Radcliffe Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., 1-4 p.m. Berlin. Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, GSD, Wed., Oct. 29—“South Africa’s Institute) Day 1: “The Relationship “REMIX: Indigenous Identities in the Closed holiday weekends. Admission is 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Democracy: The Role of the Judiciary.” Between the Nature of the Colonial 21st Century” features the works of free. (617) 495-4631. (Committee on African Studies) Richard Regime and the Wars That Followed”; four visual artists — Doug Miles, Ryan Wed., Oct. 22—“Free Lunchtime Tour of Goldstone, former chief justice, South Day 2: “The Relationship Between the Red Corn, Courtney Leonard, and Bunky Three Columns Gallery Mesopotamia.” (Semitic Museum) African Constitutional Court, visiting pro- Conduct of These Wars and the Echo-Hawk — and rapper Quese IMC, “Lost in Learning” features a collection Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., 12:15 fessor, HLS. Room S020, concourse Postcolonial Landscape.” Radcliffe who have embraced the ethos of mod- of black-and-white prints by photograph- p.m. www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic. level, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Gymnasium, 10 Garden St., Thu.: 9:30 ern Native American heritage, transform- er Eva Timothy. The exhibit draws from 4:15 p.m. (617) 495-5265, a.m.-5:15 p.m.; Fri.: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. ing traditional materials, ideas and original works of literature and art, as Wed., Oct. 22—Frederick Law Olmsted [email protected]. Free and open to the public. (617) 495- iconography into powerful contemporary well as artifacts from Harvard’s collec- Lecture. “Recent Works.” (GSD) Anita 8600, www.radcliffe.edu. art. (Through Oct. 19) tion of Historical Scientific Instruments, Berrizbeitia, University of Pennsylvania. Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, GSD, 6:30 conferences Thu., Oct. 30-Sat., Nov. 1— to investigate the role exploration has to Fri., Oct. 17—“The Chandra Fellows p.m. Free and open to the public. “Crosscurrents: American and “Storied Walls: Murals of the play in education from both historic and Symposium.” (CfA) Observations by the European Music in Interaction, 1900- Americas” explores the spectacular wall contemporary perspectives. (Through Chandra X-ray Observatory satellite have Thu., Oct. 23—“An Evening with Fiona 2000.” (Music, CES) An international paintings from the ancestral Hopi village Oct. 17) provided stunning images, surprises, Tan.” (Carpenter Center) Fiona Tan, conference with concerts and an exhibi- kivas of Awatovi in Arizona; San Bartolo —Three Columns Gallery, Mather and new insights. Chandra Fellows will mixed media visual artist. Lecture hall, tion. Keynote: Thu., Oct. 30: and Bonampak in Guatemala and House, 10 Cowperhwaite St. (617) 470- present highlights of their recent work Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 6 p.m. “Decolonizing the Ear: The Work of Mexico respectively; and the Moche hua- 4789, http://mather.harvard.edu/ on X-ray related topics such as black Reception to follow. Free and open to Music in the Age of Electrical cas of northern Peru. (Through Dec. 31, three_column/exhibit.php, www.lostin- holes, X-ray binaries, supernovae, star the public. (617) 495-3251, Reproduction,” Michael Denning, Yale 2009) learning.com. clusters, AGN, and galaxy clusters. www.ves.fas.harvard.edu. University. CES, 27 Kirkland St., 4 p.m. Phillips Auditorium, CfA, 60 Garden St., —The Peabody Museum is located at Concert: Thu., Oct. 30: Amy Williams, Tozzer Library 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Detailed program at 11 Divinity Ave. Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 Mon., Oct. 27—“The Act of Creation Lisa Kaplan, Amy Briggs, and Winston “Remembering Awatovi: The Story of http://asc.harvard.edu/fellows/pro- p.m. Admission is $9 for adults; $7 for and the Spirit of a Place: A Holistic- Choi, featuring two world premieres. an Archaeological Expedition in gram_2008.html. Phenomenological Approach to Paine Hall, 8 p.m., with pre-concert dis- senior citizens and students; $6 for chil- Northern Arizona, 1935-1939” goes dren 3 to 18 years old; free for children Architecture.” (Judaica Division, Harvard cussion at 7 p.m. with Betsy Jolas, behind the scenes of the last archaeo- Fri., Oct. 17-Sat., Oct. 18—“Charting under 3 years old. Free admission (for College Library) Nili Portugali, architect. French composer, and Vivian Perlis, Yale logical expedition of its kind at an New Pathways to Participation & Massachusetts residents only) on Sun. Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St. 10 University. Concert: Fri., Oct. 31: Chiara ancient site sacred to the Hopi people. Membership.” (Charles Hamilton mornings 9 a.m.-noon, except for a.m. Part of the conference, “60 Years String Quartet. Paine Hall, 8 p.m. Part history of archaeology and part Houston Institute) A conference explor- groups, and free admission on Wed. of Israeli Culture”; see conferences. Concert: Sat., Nov. 1: Bruce Brubaker, social history, the exhibit reveals what ing ways to foster full and equitable par- afternoons, Sept.-May, 3-5 p.m. The piano. Paine Hall, 4:30 p.m. Free and the archaeologists found in the village of ticipation in the economic, political, and Peabody Museum is closed Jan. 1, Mon., Oct. 27—“Why Art Matters in open to the public. [email protected] Awatovi with its beautiful kiva murals social life for people who live in the Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 24, and Dec. Home Design.” (GSD) Brown bag lunch vard.edu, www.crosscurrents08-09.org. and Spanish mission church, and how United States. Keynote address by 25. (617) 496-1027, www.peabody.har- with Jeremiah Eck, Eck/MacNeely the archaeologists lived in “New Sandra Day O’Connor, retired Supreme vard.edu. Architects. Room 121, Gund Hall, GSD, Awatovi,” the camp they built for them- Court Justice; concluding panel featuring 48 Quincy St., 1 p.m. elizabeth_eng- environmental sciences selves beside the dig. The written and O’Connor, Rev. Desmond Tutu, the Hon. Thu., Oct. 16—“The City’s End: Two [email protected]. Pusey Library photographic records of “New Awatovi” Pius Nkonzo Langa, and Dolores Huerta. Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and “From the Amazon to the Volga: The add a new dimension to the discoveries Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, HLS, Premonitions of New York’s Tue., Oct. 28—“Overlooking the Visual.” Cartographic Representation of Rivers” of the dig itself. See also Peabody 1515 Massachusetts Ave. Free and Destruction.” (HUCE, Warren Center) A (GSD) Kathryn Moore, Birmingham City examines how mapmakers from the Museum. (Through March 30) open to the public. (617) 495-8285. “green conversation” with Max Page, University, UK. Piper Auditorium, Gund 15th century to the early 20th century —Tozzer Library Gallery, 21 Divinity Ave. RSVP at www.charleshamiltonhouston. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Hall, GSD, 6:30 p.m. Free and open to sought to measure, track, and frame (617) 495-2292, http://hcl.harvard. org. and panelists Jerold Kayden, GSD, and the public. some of the major rivers of the world, edu/libraries/#tozzer. Daniel Schrag, Harvard University. including the Tigris and Euphrates, Wed., Oct. 22-Fri., Oct. 24—“Defining History Library, 1st floor, Robinson Hall, Wed., Oct. 29—“Free Lunchtime Tour of Amazon, Don, Danube, Nile, Congo, New Frontiers To Eradicate Cancer.” 5 p.m. Reception to follow. Free and Ancient Egypt and Cyprus.” (Semitic Rhine, Volga, and Mississippi. (Through (HMS) The latest advances in cancer open to the public. lectures Museum) Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Jan. 30) research and treatment will be present- Ave., 12:15 p.m. www.fas.harvard.edu/~ —Map Gallery Hall, Pusey Library. (617) art/design ed by leading researchers and clinicians Fri., Oct. 17—“American Environmental 495-2417. semitic. Thu., Oct. 16—“Free Lunchtime Tour of from around the world. Featuring History: Sea.” (Warren Center, HUCE) keynote speaker Philip A. Sharp, Nobel Jeffrey Bolster, University of New Ancient Israel.” (Semitic Museum) Wed., Oct. 29—“Brasilia: Symbol of “Through the Camera Lens: Theodore laureate. Joseph B. Martin Conference Hampshire; D. Graham Burnett, Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., 12:15 Modernity in an Era of Cultural Roosevelt and the Art of Photography” Center, HMS, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur. Princeton University; and Helen p.m. www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic. Vibrancy.” (HAM) Part of the “Cities: commemorates the 150th anniversary Register online at www.bidmc-cancer- Rozwadowski, University of Connecticut. Their Art and Architecture” series. Mary of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth. (Through symposium.com or call (617) 337-9501 History Library, 1st floor, Robinson Hall, Thu., Oct. 16—“Commemoration of Schneider Enriquez, consultant on Latin May 2009) Genevieve McMillan.” (Film Study by Oct. 8. 2:15 p.m. —Pusey Library corridor, including the American art. Norton Lecture Hall, Center) Lecture hall, Carpenter Center, Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, 6:30 Theodore Roosevelt Gallery. Mon.-Fri., 9 Fri., Oct. 24-Sat., Oct. 25—“Cell and Mon., Oct. 20—“Confessions of an Eco- 24 Quincy St., 5 p.m. Reception to fol- p.m. Admission: series tickets are $90 a.m.-4:45 p.m. (617) 384-7938. Genome Stability Mechanisms in Sinner.” (Cambridge Forum) Fred Pearce, low. general; $60 members; single lectures Cancer and Other Diseases.” (Genetics science journalist. First Parish, 3 Church are $18 general; $12 members. Resichauer Institute and Complex Diseases, HSPH, and oth- St., 7:30 p.m. Booksigning to follow. Thu., Oct. 16—“Global Space in Registration required at (617) 495- “Tapestry in Architecture: Creating ers) 11th Annual John B. Little Center Free and open to the public. Mutation.” (GSD) Scott Lash, 4544. If available, tickets will be sold at Human Spaces” features work by artist for Radiation Sciences & Environmental Goldsmiths College, University of the door. Participants may dine at the Mitsuko Asakura, well-known for her Health Symposium. Snyder Auditorium, Tue., Oct. 21—“Farmers’ Market Tour.” London. Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St., fol- innovative combination of Japanese tra- Kresge G-1, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., (Harvard University Dining Services) Tour GSD, 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the lowing each lecture, where a dish ditional dyeing and weaving with the Fri.: 1-5:30 p.m.; Sat.: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. the Harvard farmers’ market with a chef public. inspired by the cuisine of the city being techniques of Western tapestry. (617) 432-3763, [email protected] to guide you in selecting produce and presented will be served. Reservations (Through Nov. 14) vard.edu. Registration required by Oct. preparing simple, fresh seasonal dishes. Thu., Oct. 16—“Presentation of 2008 are required at (617) 495-5758. —Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, 17 at www.hsph.harvard.edu/research Tours will take 45 minutes and begin on McMillan-Stewart Fellowship in www.harvardartmuseum.org. CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Distinguished Filmmaking to Mahamat- /jbl-center/jbl-symposium. the hour. E-mail theresa_mcculla@har- St. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-8 p.m. vard.edu to sign up and indicate your Saleh Haroun.” (Film Study Center) Thu., Oct. 30—“Towards a New Theory www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs. Fri., Oct. 24-Sat., Oct. 25—“The time slot preference. www.dining.har- Screening of “Daratt (Dry Season)”; dis- of Life in Architecture.” (GSD) Catherine Chinese Art of Enlivenment: A vard.edu. cussion with filmmaker to follow. Lecture Ingraham, Pratt Institute. Piper Symposium.” (Rockefeller Fund, History hall, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Auditorium, Gund Hall, GSD, 6:30 p.m. of Art and Architecture, Harvard-Yenching Wed., Oct. 22—“Sustainability Event at “From Exclusion to Empowerment: 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Chinese American Women in New Institute, Fairbank Center) Opening Harvard: Robert Coles ‘Call of Service’ England.” (Through March 5) Thu., Oct. 16—“The Relationship address by Eugene Wang, Harvard Lecture.” (Office of the President, PBHA) —Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Yard, 10 Between Satisfaction and Loyalty: A business/law University; closing remarks by Yukio Al Gore, former vice president. Garden St. (617) 495-8647. Fri., Oct. 17—“The Good, the Bad, and Lippit, Harvard University. Tsai Tercentenary Theatre, 3 p.m. (refresh-