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Green reunions: Groundwork set Class of ’84 reunion By Corydon Ireland/Harvard News Office promises to change the As of June 4, Harvard has celebrated 358 commencements. Add to that the simultaneous celebration of untold thousands of re- hue of things to come unions. But it took until this year for a Harvard Class to host the first re- (Continued from page 20) union that included the environment on its guest list. Chalk it up to clever advertising The chalked sign in front of Mr. Bartley’s Starting last fall, planners for the Class of 1984’s 25th reunion set Gourmet Burgers, a institu- out to reduce the big carbon footprint that comes with big reunions. tion that has been dishing up patties since 1960, With good reason. At Harvard, the 25th is typically the mother drew customers to the sidewalk and gave hun- of all reunions — a four-day blowout that opens dor- gry parents a laugh: “Harvard Degree: $200K. Picture of Grad- mitories to families, caters large-scale meals, and sponsors trips, uate with Mr. B: Priceless.” symposia, soirees, and services.

Fifty years later (See Green, page 28) Standing near a flag in the Old Yard to mark the group of graduates from the Class of 1959, Michael Whiteman of Albany, N.Y., and for- merly of , reminisced about his days as a Harvard undergraduate. The diversi- ty of today’s graduating class was a welcome changefor the alumnus who described his own class from half a century ago as largely male and white. “It seems to me,”he added, “the stu- dents look much happier.” One of Whiteman’s enduring Harvard memories was thanks to his roommate. “He was behind in his organic chemistry lab, so he tried to catch up doing some experiments in our room,” he recalled. Unfortunately, his roommate’s attempt to heat toluene, a component of TNT, on a hot plate re- sulted in a small fire. “It singed all the paint off the walls,” Whiteman recalled.

Titter The best unanimous titter went to the Chaplain for the Day who, during his opening prayer, wondered if the spirit of truth was “the one who has sustained these proud parents gathered here today in love and relief ...” The second half of his comment sent a ripple of laughter through the thousands of parents gathered in Tercentenary Theatre, and, unsur- prisingly, the thousands of their graduating children also in attendance.

‘Meaningful moments’ As graduates of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) filed out of Longfellow Hall into a large white tent to re- Katherine C. Cohen/Harvard News Office ceive their diplomas, members of the crowd e c i f fanned themselves with their programs and f O

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Water expert John Briscoe arrived at Har- vard in January as the Gordon McKay Profes- sor of the Prac- tice of Environ- mental Engi- neering, a joint appointment between SEAS and HSPH.

Jon Chase/Harvard News Office ‘Water guy’ John Briscoe stays in motion

the change lightly. technocratic policies can be a bit blue-eyed and pie Brought to Harvard with joint His decision to come to Cambridge was influ- in the sky.Proposals will only work when they make appointment at SEAS, HSPH enced by the tug of ties both old and new. Two for- political sense, too.” mer deans, Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti (of Already, with no influence from Washington, 10 By Michael Patrick Rutter SEAS) and Barry Bloom (of HSPH), urged him to of the governors of Brazil’s 27 states — Briscoe SEAS Communications create a water program for the 21st century, high- knows them all — have said they are ready to work lighting how Harvard was embracing integrative, with Harvard on issues like sustainable develop- For someone who deep-sixed his BlackBerry global-minded science and engineering. ment in the Amazon. On campus, students have (instant e-mail was taking over his life) and traded Only half a term in, he has discovered the pitched thesis topics, and policymakers have of- the local newspaper for a good book (“What do I promised openness and enthusiasm of the research fered collaborations. need to knowabout Celtics’ scores?”), John Briscoe community. Colleagues have filled up his schedule, To best direct such enthusiasm, Briscoe advis- ’76 is as worldly a person as you are ever likely to asking Briscoe to give talks on behalf of the South es those interested in the water development busi- meet. Asia and Middle East Initiatives, present a lecture ness to first overcome a common “moral hazard.” An expert on water and economic development during Latin American Week, and meet with a group As many have never lived without water, “they who most recently served as the World Bank’s se- of visiting Chinese executives. come up with a whole set of prescriptions about an nior water adviser and the country director for “Harvard is one of the few places where you can imagined solution that has nothing to do with peo- faculty Brazil, Briscoe has lived in his native do this — and I feel like an absolute fish in water,” ple’s actual situation,” he says. South Africa as well as Bangladesh, Briscoe says.Moreover, he has not had to give up his Put another way, water is deeply personal. “If profile Mozambique, India, and Brazil. international connections. “The big ‘H’ counts for you want to understand it in your heart, live in Briscoe’s cultural comfort has been his guide a lot. Everyone wants to partner with Harvard.” Mozambique or India or turn the taps or electrici- amid what he calls the “changing economic geog- At the same time, Briscoe was pulled in by past ty off for a week.” raphy” of the world. However painful and disori- history, remembering fondly the achievements of At Harvard, Briscoe’s vision is to create an en- enting the current financial crisis, he insists that his faculty advisers. From the late 1950s to the early vironment where students, faculty, and politicians the true mover and shaker of the planet has never ’60s, Harold A. Thomas Jr. (1913-2002) guided what can come “in and out of the fray” and gain “a sense been the markets. It is instead the ebb and flow of became the famed Harvard Water Program. In tan- of what the battles are really about and find enough the oceans. dem, Roger Revelle (1909-91), the man who inspired distance to see the science and what’s essential in “Water touches everything,” Briscoe explains. Al Gore about an inconvenient truth, focused on the it.” “It is about religion, culture, history, biology, gov- link between population and natural resources as he He pictures a series of “horizontal partner- ernment. It is everything.” created the Center for Population Studies at Har- ships” in which faculty and students pair with their To make that point, the August 2008 Scientific vard. peers in Brazil (to start) and then those within Aus- American cover featured an image of the world as Both thinkers answered a call by John F. tralia and Pakistan. “The old model of ‘send your a sponge being wrung dry. The article’s author, Kennedy, who was intent on offering a nonmilitary best and brightest to Harvard’ must,” says Briscoe, Peter Rogers, Gordon McKay Professor of Envi- incentive to then-Pakistani President Muhammad “be replaced by new types of partnerships that re- ronmental Engineering at Harvard’s School of En- Ayub Khan. As Pakistan was facing an agricultural flect the changed global economic geography.” gineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), conclud- crisis due to waterlogging (saturation) and salin- Part of his plan includes training a new genera- ed that if unchecked, “by midcentury as much as ization, Kennedy offered academic expertise. tion of “integrators” — the kind of individuals a fu- three-quarters of the Earth’spopulation could face Thomas and Revelle’sdiagnosis — more, notless,ir- ture world leader might call in a crunch. With a scarcities of freshwater.” rigation by supplementing canal water with the ex- Harvard degree, he says, “you are equipped to be ad- Rich or poor, powerful or weak, water’s fate is tensive use of groundwater — changed the history venturous, and that’s a fantastic gift” — and essen- our fate. of the country and the region. tial, he has found, for tackling a moving target like “By doing good science, [offering] good policy, the water problem. From ‘the Bank’ to ‘the Big H’ andengaging politicians, they left a mark that is still Briscoe offers a sense of optimism rather than Briscoe arrived in January as the Gordon revered by Pakistanis today,” says Briscoe. dire Malthusian predictions about a coming McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmen- Likewise, his goal is to craft a program that drought. That “water has no respite” inspires him. tal Engineering, a joint appointment between brings together politicians with policies and sci- Even the pessimistic poet Philip Larkin saw beau- SEAS and the Harvard School of Public Health ence. “The science part standing alone, is interest- ty in the Earth’s most elusive element: “And I (HSPH). Having loved his roles as the “water guy” ing, important, and obviously necessary, but not should raise in the east/A glass of water/Where and the “Brazil guy”at“the Bank,”he did not make sufficient,”he says. “At the same time, even the best any-angled light/Would congregate endlessly.”

4 / Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard Board of Overseers election results APPOINTMENT Berrizbeitia appointed professor The president of the Harvard Alumni versity of California, Los Angeles (A.B., Boger, will complete the three years re- of landscape architecture Association on June 4 announced the re- A.M., Ph.D.) and Yale (M.S.L.). maining in the unexpired term of Arne Dun- Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Harvard sults of the annual election of new mem- Walter Clair (Nashville, Tenn.), clinical can, who stepped down from the Board of Graduate School of Design (GSD) and bers of the Harvard Board of Overseers. director of cardiac electrophysiology at the Overseers in light of his appointment as U.S. Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of The results were released at the annual Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute Secretary of Education. Design, announced the appointment of meeting of the association following the and faculty member at Vanderbilt Univer- In 2009, there were 10 candidates, eight Anita Berrizbeitia as tenured professor of University’s 358th Commencement. The sity Medical Center. A 1977 graduate of Har- nominated by a committee of the Harvard landscape architecture, starting in July. six newly elected Overseers follow: vard College, he also holds an M.D. (1981) Alumni Association, as prescribed by the Berrizbeitia is a and an M.P.H. (1985) from Harvard. election rules, and two nominated by cer- landscape architect Photeine Anagnostopoulos (New Linda Greenhouse (New Haven, tificates from Harvard degree-holders. De- whose research focus- York, N.Y.), chief operating officer of the Conn.), former Supreme Court correspon- gree holders cast 30,383 ballots in the elec- es on design theories New York City public schools. She received dent for The New York Times, now Knight tion. of modern and con- her A.B. from Harvard College in 1981 and Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence The primary function of the Board of temporary landscape her M.B.A. from and Joseph M. Goldstein Senior Fellow in Overseers is to encourage the University to architecture, the pro- in 1985. Law at Yale Law School. Greenhouse grad- maintain the highest attainable standards ductive aspects of Joshua Boger (Concord, Mass.), uated from Radcliffe College in 1968 and as a place of learning. Drawing on the di- landscapes, and Latin founder and former chief executive officer also holds an M.S.L. from Yale. verse experience and expertise of its mem- American cities and of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a global Cristián Samper (Washington, D.C.), bers, the Board exerts broad influence over landscapes. She was biotechnology company based in Cam- director of the Smithsonian Institution’s the University’s strategic directions, pro- awarded the 2005-06 bridge. He received his bachelor’s degree National Museum of Natural History. He vides essential counsel to the University’s Berrizbeitia Prince Charitable from Wesleyan University, then his A.M. received his bachelor of science degree leadership on priorities and plans, has the Trusts Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape (1975) and a Ph.D. (1979) from Harvard. from the Universidad de Los Andes in Bo- power of consent to certain actions such as Architecture. A native of Caracas, Morgan Chu (Los Angeles), intellectu- gotá, then did his graduate work (A.M. the election of Corporation members, and Venezuela, she studied architecture at the al property expert with the law firm Irell & 1989, Ph.D. 1992) at Harvard. directs the visitation process by which a Universidad Simón Bolívar before receiving Manella. A 1976 graduate of Harvard Law Five new Overseers were elected for six- broad array of Harvard Schools and de- a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.L.A. School, Chu also holds degrees from Uni- year terms.The sixth-place finisher, Joshua partments are periodically reviewed. from the GSD. Berrizbeitia has taught design theory and studio, most recently at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, where Artist at work she was associate chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture. Her studios in- vestigate innovative approaches to the con- ceptualization of public space, especially on sites where urbanism, globalization, and local cultural conditions intersect. She also leads seminars that focus on significant transformations in landscape discourse over the past three decades. From 1987 to 1993, she practiced with Child Associates Inc., in Boston, where she collaborated on many award-winning projects. She is co-author, with Linda Pollak, of “Inside/Outside: Between Architecture and Landscape” (Rockport, 1999), which won an American Society of Landscape Archi- tects (ASLA) Merit Award; author of “Rober- to Burle Marx in Caracas: Parque del Este, 1956-1961” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004), awarded the J.B. Jackson Book Prize in 2007 from the Foundation for Landscape Studies; and editor of “Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates: Reconstruct- ing Urban Landscapes” ( Press, 2009), which received an ASLA Honor Award. Her essays have been pub- lished a number of books as well. IN BRIEF

Mobile kiosk links Harvard arts events; inspires digital artists Want to know what’s new at the Sackler Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office Museum or who’s on the boards at the Prior to Commencement, Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) student Jeffrey Laboskey wields a delicate hammer to work American Repertory Theater? Passersby will on an installation outside Gund Hall. In its finished form, the installation is part of an overall exhibit, which displays the vast soon be able to access current cultural range of ideas entertained and realized by the research and projects of the GSD graduating class. The exhibit runs through Aug. 3. Open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., it is located in the Gund Hall Lobby at the GSD. events at Harvard through the Mobile Infor- mation Unit, an innovative, cross-disciplinary research project designed and fabricated by Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) students. Led by Martin Bechthold and Allen Sayegh with support from Dan Schodek and Bhat and Holland named Fisher Prize winners Kostas Terzidis, the project also involved members of the Harvard Art Museum as The Committee of the Howard T. Fisher tially interdisciplinary area. mathematical cartographer, founded the well as other arts-related groups and initia- Prize in Geographical Information Science Bhat was awarded for her entry, “Ele- Laboratory for Computer Graphics and tives at Harvard. In addition to disseminat- (GIS) has announced that Harvard College ment of Survival: Isolating the Causal Effect Spatial Analysis (LCGSA) at the Harvard ing information about arts events on cam- senior Shubha Lakshmi Bhat and Alisha of Access to Iodized Salt on Child Health in Graduate School of Design in 1965, where he pus, the kiosk is designed as a resource for Holland, a Graduate School of Arts and Sci- India,”which was prepared as part of her se- developed the synegraphic mapping system. digital artists who wish to explore their own ences Ph.D. candidate in the Department of nior thesis in economics and health policy. The initial endowment for the fund was pro- work. As a result of a competition, the win- Government, are the 2008-09 recipients of Holland was awarded for her entry, “The vided by a generous contribution from Jack ning scheme proposed a large, interactive, the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Electoral Battle After the War: A Spatial Dangermond, M.L.A. ’69, president of Envi- fiber-optic display on the exterior, with more- Information Science. Analysis of Crime and Conservative Party ronmental Systems Research Institute Inc. targeted displays and touch screens on the The Fisher Prize was established in 1999 Politics in El Salvador,” prepared as part of (ESRI), the world leader company in GIS interior of the mobile structure. The unit will by the GIS Users’ Group to promote and re- a final project for her Government 1016 modeling and mapping software and tech- be deployed around the University this sum- ward the work of both undergraduate and course. nology. Funding is provided this year by the mer. Meanwhile, fabrication and prototyping graduate students in this broad and poten- Howard Taylor Fisher, a geographer and Center for Geographic Analysis. are ongoing in the GSD fabrication labs.

June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 5 Six faculty named Walter Channing Cabot Fellows

Chosen for accomplishments in literature, history, or art

By Amy Lavoie and Emily T. Simon FAS Communications

Six professors in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) have been named Walter Channing Cabot Fellows. The annu- al awards recognize tenured faculty mem- bers for distinguished accomplishments in the fields of literature, history, or art, broad- ly conceived. The 2009 honorees are Peter Bol, Vin- cent Brown, Timothy Colton, Marjorie Gar- ber, Ann Harrington, and John Stauffer. “The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is de- lighted to recognize these eminent scholars, whose innovative research has forged new paths in their respective fields,” said Michael D. Smith, dean of FAS. “We con- gratulate them for their outstanding ac- complishments and commend them for their many contributions to the Harvard community, not only as scholars but also as teachers and mentors.” Cabot Fellowships honor broad scholar- ly achievements, but the selection commit- File Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office File Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office File Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office Peter Bol is a historian of later imperial tee also takes note of recent book publica- Vincent Brown studies the political impli- Timothy Colton explores Russian and China who recently wrote ‘Neo-Confu- cations of cultural practice within a post-Soviet government and politics. He tions. This year’s awardees represent a pro- cianism in History’ (Harvard University broad sweep of American history, focus- was honored with a Cabot Fellowship for lific group. Their writings stretch across a Press, 2008). ing on the history of slavery. ‘Yeltsin: A Life’ (Basic Books, 2008). range of subjects, from Russian politics to Civil War history. Peter Bol, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, is a historian of later imperial China. He chairs the China Biographical Database Project, an online database that contains bi- ographical information on individuals who lived between the seventh and 14th cen- turies. The data is primarily used for statis- tical and spatial analysis. He also chairs the China Historical GIS, a geographic infor- mation system covering 2,000 years of China’s history. Bol was honored with a Cabot Fellowship for “Neo-Confucianism in History” (, 2008), a study of Neo-Confucianism in China during the Song, Yuan, and Ming dy- nasties. Vincent Brown is the Dunwalke Associ- ate Professor of American History. Brown studies the political implications of cultur- al practice within a broad sweep of Ameri- can history, focusing especially on the his- tory of slavery and the African diaspora. He has been awarded a Cabot Fellowship for his book “The Reaper’s Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery” (Harvard University Press, 2008), which has received the 2009 Merle Curti Award, File Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office File Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office File Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office the 2009 James A. Rawley Prize, and the Marjorie Garber is the author of 16 Anne Harrington’s research addresses John Stauffer is primarily a scholar of the 2008-09 Louis Gottschalk Prize. “The books on topics ranging from gender and the history of psychiatry, neuroscience, Civil War. He also writes about social Reaper’s Garden” is about the perception sexuality to literary and cultural theory and other mind and behavioral sciences. protest movements and visual culture. and role of death in cultural and political life to animal studies. in Jamaica, which was the hub of the British Empire in early America. Timothy Colton is Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor Her six books on Shakespeare include “Shakespeare After John Stauffer is professor of English and of African and of Government and Russian Studies and director of the All” (Pantheon, 2004), 2005 winner of the Phi Beta Kappa African American studies, and chair of Harvard’s Program Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. In his schol- Society’s Christian Gauss Book Award, and most recently, in the History of American Civilization. Primarily a scholar arly work, Colton explores Russian and post-Soviet gov- “Shakespeare and Modern Culture” (Pantheon, 2008), for of the Civil War, he also writes about social protest move- ernment and politics.Colton was honored with a CabotFel- which she was honored with a Cabot Fellowship. The book ments and visual culture. Stauffer has authored seven lowship for “Yeltsin: A Life” (Basic Books, 2008), a detailed discusses the reciprocal relationship between the play- books.Heis honored for “Giants: The Parallel Lives of Fred- and comprehensive biography of the controversial Russian wright’s work and modern culture. erick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln” (Twelve, 2008), a leader who left office in 1999 and passed away in 2007. The Anne Harrington is professor of the history of science and study of the unlikely friendship between the two eminent book is the first to cover Yeltsin’s complete life, including his chair of the Department of the History of Science. Her re- statesmen. This month Stauffer will publish his eighth book, early childhood when his family was victimized by the Stal- search addresses the history of psychiatry, neuroscience, and “The State of Jones” (Doubleday), which he co-authored in regime. other mind and behavioral sciences. Harrington received a with Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post. Marjorie Garber is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Cabot Fellowship for her book “The Cure Within: A History The Walter Channing Cabot Fund was established in English and of Visual and Environmental Studies, chair of of Mind-Body Medicine” (W.W. Norton, 2008). The book 1905 and given in memory of Walter Channing Cabot by his the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, and looks at the historical emergence of six core stories — from wife, Elizabeth Rogers Cabot, and children, Henry Brom- director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. She is “the power of positive thinking” to “healing ties” to “east- field Cabot, Ruth Cabot Paine, Elise Cabot Forbes, Walter the author of 16 books on topics ranging from gender and ward journeys” — that collectively shape the way we think Mason Cabot, and Mabel Cabot Sedgwick. sexuality to literary and cultural theory to animal studies. today about the role of the mind in illness and healing. [email protected] 6 / Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009 Committee on African Studies awards 51 summer travel grants

Through its Africa Initiative, the Harvard AIDS Organizations in South Africa.” Medical School (HMS) student: “Investiga- Delay and Drug-Resistant TB African Min- Committee on African Studies has award- Christina Newhouse, Adams House, tion of Program Practice Concerning Use ers in South Africa’ ed 51 grants to Harvard students for trav- government, will intern with WorldTeach, and Distribution of Micronutrients in Multi- Raquel Kennon, a GSAS doctoral stu- el to sub-Saharan Africa during the sum- teaching children in South Africa. ple HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Centers dent in Literature and Comparative Litera- mer of 2009. The grants fund internships, Ayodeji Brian Ogunnaike, Currier in Central Kenya.” ture: Yoruba language course in Nigeria. language study, senior thesis research, House, African and African American Emmanuel Bagenda, a Harvard Law Sharon Kivenko, a GSAS doctoral stu- master’s thesis research, and doctoral Studies, will research “Islamic Divination: School (HLS) S.J.D. student: “Revisiting dent in Anthropology: “Mobile Bodies: On dissertation research. Twenty-four under- The Interaction Between Traditional Yoruba the Formal and Informal Spheres: Lessons the Transnationalization of Malian Dance graduates and 27 graduate students were Divination and Islam in Nigeria.” from Uganda.” and Music.” awarded grants, the largest number of Anna Shoemaker, Currier House, social Venise Battle, a Harvard Divinity Carla Martin, a GSAS doctoral student grants ever given by the committee. The studies, will research “Alcohol and STI School (HDS) master’s of theological stud- in African and African American Studies: grants are funded by the Office of the (sexually transmitted infection) Transmis- ies student: “Mami Wata: Arts, Gender “Sounding Creole: The Politics of Cape Provost; an endowment established by sion in Ghana.” and Devotion in a West African Tradition.” Verdean Language, Music and Diaspora.” Jennifer Oppenheimer ’89, J.D. ’93; and a Mackenzie Sigalos, Dunster House, Jody Benjamin, a GSAS doctoral stu- Ian Mills, a gift from the Flowers family. government, will intern with the Victoria In- dent in African and African American (HKS) master’s student in Public Adminis- The Committee on African Studies has stitute of Science, Technology and Innova- Studies: Bamana language course in Ba- tration: “Assisting in the Promotion of De- awarded summer research grants since 1984. More information on the grants and recipients for past years is available on the committee’s Web site at www.fas.har- View from the top vard.edu/~cafrica/grants.html. e c i f f O

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Tsion Aberra, Mather House, human C n o evolutionary biology, will teach English, J math, and science at a K-12 school in Ethiopia. Hana Ali, Mather House, human evolu- tionary biology, will work at a human rights nongovernmental organization supporting HIV/AIDS patients in Ethiopia. Jenne Ayers, Mather House, govern- ment, will be a State Department intern at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda. Allison Brandt, Dunster House, anthro- pology, will work with Partners In Health/ Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, in Neno, Malawi. Charlotte Chuter, Quincy House, organ- ismic and evolutionary biology, will work for Support for International Change: HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign, in North- ern Tanzania. Laura Dean, Dunster House, women, gender, and sexuality, will work for Sup- Lin Cong (right) — who just earned a dual bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics and a master’s degree in physics port for International Change: HIV/AIDS — shows his mother, Li Naiyan, and father, Cong Zhiliang, the view from the Holyoke Center. To read about Cong and his Awareness Campaign, in Northern Tanza- family (and other ‘faces of the future’), visit www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2009/06.04/profiles_index.html. nia. Sangu Delle, Quincy House, African and African American studies, will research tion as a technology pilot coordinator. mako, Mali. mocratic Governance in Botswana.” “The Value of Water Supply and Sanitation Marguerite Thorpe, , social Stephanie Bosch, a GSAS doctoral stu- Rugemeleza Nshala, an HLS doctoral in Development: An Assessment of Agye- studies, will intern with Partners In Health dent in African and African American Stud- student: “The Extractive Industry in Africa: menti, Ghana.” in Neno, Malawi. ies: Bamana language course in Johannes- An Examination of Regulatory and Tax Thomas Graziano, Quincy House, social Aurelia Tichoux, Currier House, social burg. Laws Reforms of the 1990s in Tanzania studies, will research “Memorials, Collec- studies, will intern with PRIDE Tanzania, Bolanle Bukoye, an HSPH master’s and Zambia.” tive Memory and State Building in Post- working on microfinance. student in Population and International Philip Osafo-Kwaako, an HKS doctoral Genocide Rwanda.” Audrey White, Winthrop House, histo- Health: “Malaria Control Methods Among student in Public Policy: “Health Insur- Christopher Higgins, Winthrop House, ry, will research “An Exploration into the Pregnant Women and Children in Kwale, ance, Child Health and Educational Out- social studies, will work with New Hope Evolution and Progression of Violence in Kenya.” comes in Western Nigeria.” Africa Children’s Ministries, a grassroots, British West Africa.” Connie Chung, a Harvard Graduate Devaka Premawardhana, a GSAS doc- nongovernmental organization in Uganda. Christina Zhou, Leverett House, eco- School of Education (HGSE) doctoral stu- toral student in the Study of Religion: Rashmi Jasrajaria, Kirkland House, so- nomics and psychology, will intern with dent: “Gender in Place and Relationship: “Transnational Pentecostalism: The Dis- cial studies, will research “Deconstructing WorldTeach, teaching children in Namib- The Relational and Spatial World of Street course of Spiritual Warfare in Brazilian Women’s Empowerment as It Relates to ia. Girls in Zambia and Tanzania.” Missions to Mozambique.” HIV Prevention in Northern Tanzania.” Sarah Eltantawi, a GSAS doctoral stu- Pamela Scorza, an HSPH doctoral stu- Christopher Johnson-Roberson, African Studies 2009 graduate student dent in the Study of Religion: “Stoning dent: “Development of a Psychosocial In- Winthrop House, music and history of liter- grant recipients Punishment in the Islamic Tradition and Its tervention for Adolescents in Rwanda.” ature, will undertake intensive Zulu lan- David Amponsah, a Harvard Graduate Application in Modern Nigeria.” Chana Teeger, a GSAS doctoral stu- guage study at Summer Cooperative School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) doc- Michael J. Esdaile, a GSAS doctoral dent in Sociology: “Selling Memory and African Language Institute. toral student in the Study of Religion: “Re- student in History and Middle East Stud- Making Identity: Apartheid Commemora- Kathryn Leist, Adams House, organis- ligious Markings: Colonialism, Missioniza- ies: “The End of Empire in the Aden tions in South Africa in a Global Age.” mic and evolutionary biology, will work with tion, and the Native Burden in Ghana, Colony: The Role of Indigenous Social and Loic Watine, an HKS master’s student a nongovernmental organization in Tanza- 1874-1957.” Commercial Networks.” in Public Administration and International nia that promotes AIDS awareness in rural Tobenna Anekwe, a Harvard School of Claire Grace, a GSAS doctoral student Development: “Randomized Controlled villages. Public Health (HSPH) doctoral student in in History of Art and Architecture: “South Trial on a Microfinance Program in Rural Alina Mogilyanskaya, Quincy House, Population and International Health: “The African Urbanity in Contemporary Art.” Togo. history and literature, will work with Les Effect of Vaccination on Educational At- Catharine Hale, a GSAS doctoral stu- Brian Wood, a GSAS doctoral student Amis, in Senegal. tainment in Rural South Africa.” dent in History of Art and Architecture: in Anthropology: “Poverty Reduction Naseemah Mohamed, social studies, Emmanuel Asiedu-Acquah, a GSAS “Asante Schools and Cross-Cultural En- Through Community-based Forest Manage- will work at Standard Limited newspaper doctoral student in History: “Youth Culture counters in Ghana.” ment in Babati, Tanzania.” in Nairobi, Kenya. and Popular Politics in Colonial and Post- Christine Jeon, an HSPH master’s stu- Shannon Wright, an HDS master’s of Anjali Motgi, Currier House, social colonial Ghana.” dent in Epidemiology: “Impact of Fluoro- divinity: “Facilitating Church-based Restitu- studies, will research “Community-based Adefolakemi Babatunde, a Harvard quinolone Antibiotics on TB Treatment tion and Reconciliation in South Africa.”

June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 7 Frans Spaepen named interim director of CNS

Frans Spaepen, director of the Row- land Institute, will serve as interim di- rector of Harvard University’s Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) starting July 1, upon completion of his term as inter- im dean of Harvard’s School of Engi- neering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Spaepen, the John C. and Helen F. Franklin Professor in Applied Physics, will return to direct Harvard’s Rowland Institute after helping to guide CNS through changes suggested in a recent report by an external review committee, launching CNS toward its next stage of development. In his role at CNS, Spaepen will work closely with both Je- remy Bloxham, dean of science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and Cherry A. Murray, incoming dean of SEAS. Photo by Stuart Cahill CNS, which for the past five years has Max Anderson, HBS/HKS ’09, is a George Leadership Fellow and a key organizer of the ‘MBA Oath.’ been led by Charles Marcus, professor of physics and scientific director of the Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Structures, operates and maintains cen- Some HBS students adopt ethical code tralized scientific facilities for use by re- searchers at Harvard and beyond. CNS also provides training and assistance for By Patrick S. McKiernan tions we’ve had this year.” the HBS oath are the pledges to represent the next generation of scientists. Devel- and Loren Gary HKS Center for Public Leadership The George Leadership Fellows pro- the performance and risks of the business opment of new, advanced facilities for gram, established through a foundation accurately and honestly and to hold oneself the imaging and fabrication of nanoscale started by HBS professor and former chair- and one’s colleagues mutually accountable structures is also a high priority for CNS. “True professions have codes of conduct,” man of Medtronic Bill George and his wife, for living by the oath. Interestingly, noted wrote Harvard Business School (HBS) pro- Penny, annually selects 20 joint M.B.A.- Brian Elliot, another GeorgeFellowwho has fessors Nitin Nohria and in M.P.P. students in the final year of their de- accepted a job at the social enterprise En- a 2008 article. At gree work. The George Fellows’ monthly deavor, the oath makes no mention of any M-RCBG, HKS the end of Class Day exercises particular sector whatsoever. (June 3), approximately half of “Rather, people who take the the 886 graduating HBS stu- Harvard Business School’s ‘MBA Oath’ oath are committing them- announce dents took the professors’ com- selves to make ethical decisions ments seriously enough to sign a As a manager, my purpose is to serve the greater good in whichever sector they find Dunlop awards managerial version of the Hip- by bringing people and resources together to create value themselves.” pocratic oath, pledging to man- that no single individual can build alone. Therefore I will “M.B.A.s definitely need to The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for agethe companies they work for seek a course that enhances the value my enterprise can rebrand themselves,” said An- Business and Government (M-RCBG) in a way that safeguards not just create for society over the long term. I recognize my deci- derson, citing recent polls doc- at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) the interests of stakeholders, sions can have far-reaching consequences that affect the umenting how far the public’s has announced that Vivek Viswanathan but of fellow employees, cus- well-being of individuals inside and outside my enterprise, trust in business managers has and Anna Katherine Barnett-Hart are tomers, and the larger society in today and in the future. As I reconcile the interests of dif- fallen. “But the oath is about the 2009 recipients of The John T. Dun- which they function. ferent constituencies, I will face difficult choices. more than changing percep- lop Thesis Prize in Business and Gov- Max Anderson, a George tions. It’s about changing be- ernment, awarded to the graduating se- Therefore, I promise: Leadership Fellow who has just havior and changing the busi- nior who writes the bestthesis on a chal- I will act with utmost integrity and pursue my work in completed his final year in a ness culture from ‘looking out lenging public policy issue at the inter- an ethical manner. joint-degree program at HBS for No. 1’ to recognizing that face of business and government. The I will safeguard the interests of my shareholders, co- and Harvard Kennedy School we’re all in this together.” prize carries a $500 award. Due to the (HKS), spearheaded the effort workers, customers, and the society in which we operate. Maura Sullivan, another extraordinary caliber of submissions, to craft and build support for I will manage my enterprise in good faith, guarding George Fellow who was instru- the Dunlop Prize committee presented the “MBA Oath.” When a col- against decisions and behavior that advance my own nar- mental in garnering support for the award to both Viswanathan and Bar- league responded enthusiasti- row ambitions but harm the enterprise and the societies it the oath — more than 750 nett-Hart this year. cally, Anderson began to re- serves. M.B.A.s from Harvard and else- Viswanathan won for his thesis, search similar oaths already in I will understand and uphold, both in letter and in spir- where have signed it — will begin “Crafting the Law of the Sea: Elliott use at other business schools it, the laws and contracts governing my own conduct and working in PepsiCo’s leadership Richardson and the Search for Order on such as Columbia and Thun- that of my enterprise. development program this fall. the Oceans, 1977-1980,” and Barnett- derbird. He and 32 other grad- I will take responsibility for my actions, and I will repre- “Pepsi is an $80 billion compa- Hart’sthesis was titled “The Story of the uating joint-degree and M.B.A. sent the performance and risks of my enterprise accurate- ny that affects the lives of nu- CDO Market Meltdown: An Empirical students worked together to ly and honestly. merous people and communi- Analysis.” create a pledge that “takes the I will develop both myself and other managers under ties.Whyshouldn’tthat respon- “Recent events have illuminated the best from these other oaths and my supervision so that the profession continues to grow sibility be taken as seriously as crucial nature of the business-govern- adds our own flavor,” Anderson and contribute to the well-being of society. the Hippocratic oath a doctor ment relationship. From macroeco- said. I will strive to create sustainable economic, social, and takes? Figuring out how far that nomic policy to health care, from the “Once the project was up and environmental prosperity worldwide. responsibility goes or what regulation of financial instruments to running, I spoke about it at the I will be accountable to my peers and they will be ac- specifically it entails is rarely a energy policy, from technological inno- end-of-year dinner for the countable to me for living by this oath. black-and-white issue. But busi- vation to protecting private pensions, George Fellows,” Anderson ness leaders need to let the pub- business and government influence one This oath I make freely, and upon my honor. continued. “Seventeen of this lic know that they’re committed another around the world,” said Roger year’s George Fellows eventual- to managing those tensions to Porter, the IBM Professor of Business ly signed on, and many of them the best of their ability. and Government at HKS. “The John T. played key roles in promoting support for program, designed by the Kennedy School’s “It’s not legally binding, but the symbol- Dunlop Thesis Prize, named in honor of the oath. Without question, our involve- Center for Public Leadership, includes dis- ism of the oath is important,” added Sulli- a giant in this field, allows us to encour- ment in the joint-degree program with HKS cussions with senior executives from the van, a captain in the Marine Corps. “In the age and recognize a new generation of and the George Fellowship gave this idea public and private sectors about ethical military, every time you’re promoted, you young thinkers as they explore ways of real momentum. I think we saw it as a nat- leadership and multisector careers. take a new oath — in front of other people understanding and improving this vital ural extension of the cocurricular conversa- Among the specific promises included in who will help hold you accountable.” relationship.” 8 / Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009

Faculty of Medicine — Memorial Minute

As impressive as the actual re- search discoveries that Jack Mendelson made was the way that he accomplished them. ... Along with several generations of scientific colleagues and stu- dents, Jack brought innovation and scientific rigor to a study of the problems of substance use and dependence. Jack H. Mendelson

ack H. Mendelson, M.D., Professor of Psy- forts with unflagging optimism. Many went on to lems of substance use and dependence. His work chiatry (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical successful academic careers of their own, fortified shed light on the complex interplay between brain J School and Co-Director of the Alcohol and by the solid grounding in research methodology mechanisms and behavior in the development of Drug Abuse Research Center at McLean Hospital and the untiring support they received as fellows these clinically complex problems. He and Nancy died on August 15, 2007, after a brief illness; he was and junior faculty members in the laboratories were among the first to explore the role of neu- 77 years old. Jack devoted his research career to that, for almost four decades, have remained on roendocrine factors in the development of sub- clinical, behavioral, and biological studies of alco- the cutting edge of research in this field. stance dependence. Key to his success was an ap- holism and drug abuse. He was a true titan of the To appreciate the impact of Jack’s work on the preciation of the need to approach this complex field. After undergraduate training at the Johns field of addiction research, it is useful to consider setofdisorders from a variety of perspectives,and Hopkins University, Jack received his medical de- howalcoholism and addiction were viewed before he encouraged innovative scientists in a variety of gree from the University of Maryland, then did an Jack conducted his landmark studies. For exam- fields to join his efforts. Thus, the Alcohol and internship at Boston City Hospital and a psychia- ple, alcoholism was grouped in the diagnostic Drug Abuse Research Center has over the years in- try residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. nomenclature with personality disorders, and was cluded psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists, He was the first Chief of the National Center for seen as a symptom of some underlying deep-seat- anthropologists, pharmacologists, chemists, bio- Prevention and Control of Alcoholism at the Na- ed psychological problem rather than a disease in chemists, radiologists, obstetricians, and endocri- tional Institutes of Health, then Chief of Psychia- its own right. Jack’s critical research, in which he nologists. By including scientists from a wide va- try at Boston City Hospital, Professor of Psychia- observed alcoholics in the act of drinking, began to riety of theoretical perspectives, Jack was able to try at , and founder and change all of that. He demonstrated through rig- achieveexciting discoveries and help elucidate the co-director (with his colleague and beloved wife, orous human laboratory studies that alcoholic nature of this group of disorders. Nancy Mello, Ph.D.) of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse drinking caused dysphoria and other psychiatric It is common, when describing someone who Research Center at McLean Hospital. He made symptoms, and was not merely a result of other has passed on, to say that he loved life. But Jack nearly 500 contributions to the scientific litera- problems. He clearly demonstrated the degree of Mendelson really loved life, and it showed. His de- ture. In his case, quantity was matched by quali- suffering that alcoholics experience, and sensi- votion to Nancy, his children, and grandchildren, ty; he published papers in Science, Nature, and the tized the field to appreciate that. This led to the be- was obvious, and he loved to have fun. He traveled Journal of Medicine, and won nu- ginning of more integration of alcoholism and its frequently, often to exotic locations. He loved giv- merous awards, among them the Founders Award treatment into mainstream medicine, as well as a ing hotel and restaurant recommendations, and of the American Academyof Addiction Psychiatry, more empathic rather than judgmental viewof in- he was never wrong about these. He was an avid the Hofheimer Prize of the American Psychiatric dividuals with alcohol dependence. photographer, gardener, and cook. Jack enjoyed Association, and, with Nancy Mello, the Jellinek Jack had a similar view of opioid dependence, entertaining his staff at his and Nancy’s home in Memorial Award for Research on Alcoholism, the and was involved in some of the groundbreaking Rockport. They even provided buckets and shov- Distinguished Research Award of the Research work on the partial opioid agonist buprenorphine, els for the young children who would come to their Society on Alcoholism, and the Nathan B. Eddy demonstrating its potential therapeutic value in annual summer parties – a very thoughtful touch. Memorial Award for Innovative Research on Drug the treatment of heroin addiction. Twenty years No tribute to Jack, however, would be complete Abuse from the College on Problems of Drug De- later, buprenorphine was approved by the FDA for without mentioning his jokes. Jack had an endless pendence. The McLean Hospital has established the treatment of opioid dependence, representing store of wonderful stories and an even larger col- an annual research award for excellence in be- the first time that opioid agonist treatment could lection of jokes. Many of his jokes were brilliant, havioral and biological research on substance be prescribed by physicians as part of general and many were, as he would admit, awful, usually abuse in Jack’s honor. The National Institute for medical practice. Jack was also involved in the based on bad puns that would elicit simultaneous Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse of the NIH has es- early studies of the opioid antagonist naltrexone, groans and laughter. But the pleasure was less tablished a memorial lectureship to honor Jack, which is an effective treatment both in the treat- about the jokes than about the joke-telling, and which indicates the level of esteem in which he is ment of opioid dependence and alcohol depen- Jack appeared to enjoy telling the bad jokes as held. dence. These are just a few of the highlights of much (or more) than the good ones. There was a As a teacher,Jack was extremely skilled in mak- Jack’s research career. rhythm to the joke-telling; as the punch line ap- ing complexconcepts understandable to students, As impressive as the actual research discover- proached, he would often lean forward a bit and trainees, and colleagues in psychiatry and other ies that Jack Mendelson made was the way that he speak a little more softly, as if the listeners were medical specialties. In so doing, he not only broad- accomplished them. Jack realized that a multi- about to be let in on an important secret. Then the ened their perspective on the clinical and scien- plicity of factors influenced the development, punchline was delivered with a twinkle in his eye. tific complexity of substance use disorders, but clinical course, and response to treatment of sub- That was classic Jack Mendelson. He was indeed also placed these disorders firmly within the scope stance abuse and dependence. He also recognized both a titan and a mensch. We will miss him. of work of all practicing physicians. For postdoc- that greater scientific understanding was and still toral students and young physicians with a more is an essential precursor to eradicating the stigma Submitted by enduring interest in alcohol and drug abuse re- associated with these disorders and for develop- Roger Weiss, M.D., Chair search, Jack was an enthusiastic mentor, gener- ing effective, evidence-based treatment ap- Bruce Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. ously sharing data, giving them an opportunity to proaches. Along with several generations of sci- Shelly Greenfield, M.D., M.P.H. write up their findings, reviewing their work with entific colleagues and students, Jack brought in- Roger Meyer, M.D. a critical scientific eye, and encouraging their ef- novation and scientific rigor to a study of the prob- Steven Mirin, M.D.

June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 9

Faculty of Medicine — Memorial Minute

Dr. Khuri was a master clinician, an inspiring teacher and mentor, a competent administrator and a prolific researcher and innova- tor. He was the consummate sur- geon-scientist. The scope of his research interests was limitless, and his ability to attract very competent professionals from other disciplines to work harmo-

niously with him was exemplary. Shukri F. Khuri

r.Shukri F. Khuri passed away peacefully at the age of 65, sur- the first validated, outcome-based, risk adjusted, and peer con- rounded by family and , on September 26, 2008, at his trolled program for the measurement and improvement of the qual- D Westwood home, after courageously battling brain cancer ity of surgical care. The NSQIP was adopted by the American Col- for more than eighteen months. A gifted and spirited sur- lege of Surgeons in 2001, and has now extended to over 215 hospi- geon and researcher, his absolute love for life enabled him to achieve tals in the private sector. Since its inception the 30-day postopera- remarkable professional success and effectively pursue his passions tive mortality and morbidity within the VA have dropped by 47% for family, friends and various interests. and 43% respectively. Born in Jerusalem, Dr. Khuri fled with his parents to Syria and Shukri also had a loving family and a beautiful home. With Randa, then to Beirut, Lebanon. He later attended the American Universi- his two daughters and son, they regularly hosted delicious dinners ty of Beirut (AUB), graduating with distinction from college and and social events for friends, colleagues, neighbors and guests. He medical school. In addition to excelling academically, he had a pas- was senior warden in his church, and with Randa, created a chapel sion for the arts and was a producer of student musicals. The the- devoted to peace in the Holy Land. He worked closely with his alma atre is where he met Randa Domian, who later became his wife, life- mater and served as president of the New England AUB Alumni As- long supporter and best friend. sociation. He worked ardently with many local groups to create and He completed his surgical residency at the AUB hospital in sustain dialogue between Israelis,Palestinians,and Jewish and Arab Beirut, training in research at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and cardiac Americans to promote peace and justice throughout the world and surgery at the Mayo Clinic. He was recruited in 1976 to the West Rox- especially in the Middle East. bury Veteran’s Administration (VA) surgical service, where he soon He published over 380 peer reviewed articles, was a reviewer for expanded the surgical research laboratory and became a major con- several scientific journals, and served on the editorial board of the tributor in the field of cardiac surgery. Two years later, he ascend- Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He belonged to ed to the role of chief of cardiac surgery, and in 1984, became chief many professional organizations and served as president for three of surgery for the next twenty years. Under his leadership the car- years of the Massachusetts Affiliate of the American Heart Associ- diac surgery program became the largest in the VA system and the ation, and as vice-president of the American Surgical Association first program in any specialty to be designated a program of excel- in 2005-2006. lence by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Hewas the recipient of numerous prestigious honors and awards, The affiliation of the West Roxbury VA and Harvard University all richly deserved, including the Paul Dudley White award of the was one of the first of its kind between a university and a VA hospi- American Heart Association, the 1998 Frank Brown Berry Prize, tal. This affiliation strengthened over the years, and when Shukri honoring an outstanding physician in the federal healthcare system, became chief of surgery, Dr. John Mannick, then chairman of and posthumously, the Joint Commission’s Ernest Amory Codman surgery at the Brigham and Women’s hospital, appointed him vice- Award for outstanding contributions by an individual in perfor- chairman of the department, a position he maintained under the mance measurement. tenure of Dr.Michael Zinner.In 1987 Shukri rose to the rank of Pro- Dr. Khuri’s scope of interests and activities was no less remark- fessor of surgery at HMS. able than his research. He was at ease discussing history, politics, Dr. Khuri was a master clinician, an inspiring teacher and men- philosophy, religion, music, theatre, arts, movies, and sports- truly tor, a competent administrator and a prolific researcher and inno- a man for all seasons. vator. He was the consummate surgeon-scientist. The scope of his His courage, optimism, love of life and love of his work were vivid- research interests was limitless, and his ability to attract very com- ly on display during his difficult battle with his illness. Even during petent professionals from other disciplines to work harmoniously radiation and chemotherapy treatments, he obsessed over his work, with him was exemplary. his plans for tomorrow and his next research project, while keep- With Dr Bob Kloner, then a cardiology fellow assigned by Dr. Eu- ing his good humor, cheering his family and enjoying the music he gene Braunwald to work in Shukri’s laboratory, he developed the pH loved. He was truly a profile in courage. meter and showed that it could be used to monitor a reduction in He was a humble man who, inspired by his deep Christian faith, pH as the first marker of myocardial ischemia. With Dr. Robert Va- was always kind and considerate with his colleagues and subordi- leri of the Naval Research Laboratory, he identified platelet dys- nates, yet relentless in his pursuit of excellence, be it in photogra- function during cardiopulmonary bypass. With Dr. Joanne Ingwall phy, carpentry, or peace and justice for all his fellow human beings. at Harvard and Dr. Leo Nuringer at MIT, using nuclear magnetic His love for the beauty of life was infectious, and he was simply a spectroscopy, he studied changes in high-energy phosphates during wonderful person to be around. He was a brilliant researcher, yet a myocardial ischemia. With his colleagues in the surgical research role model husband, father, grandfather, and mentor to over sixty laboratory and Helmant Thatte PhD, he developed the GALA solu- residents and fellows. He cherished his work, but, more so, family tion to preserve the endothelium of the saphenous vein before its and friendships as his extended loving family, and his many loyal use in coronary bypass, and the LAZARUS solution to resuscitate friends and admirers will attest. and preserve the donor heart before transplantation. Dr. Khuri’s initiatives and achievements improved the surgical Dr. Khuri was a major contributor to the surgical package in service, the Boston VA medical center, the Department of Veterans DHCP (Decentralized Hospital Computer Program) which is now Affairs, and American surgery. For all of his contributions and for the most comprehensive electronic medical records system in the Shukri the man, the memory of his work and his life will remain in- world. He also installed the first automated data management sys- delible. tem in a surgical intensive care unit in the VA and in New England. Shukri’s crowning achievement came in 1994. Under his guid- Dr. John Mannick ance as co-founder and chair, and with a large multidisciplinary Dr. Michael Zinner team of collaborators including Dr. Jennifer Daly, now at Partners Dr. Joseph Loscalzo Health Care, the landmark NSQIP (National Surgical Quality Im- Dr. Kamal Itani provement Project) became a reality within the VA. This project was Dr. Ernest Barsamian, Chairperson

10/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009

Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Memorial Minute

He was a major force in the world of new music for many years, a devoted teacher and colleague, and a wholly commit- ted composer. ... His music stands, and will stand, for a very long time as among the most expressive and memorable of our time, and not only by American composers. Donald James Martino

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences October from the late nineteenth century. Many decades later, these tran- 21, 2008, the following Minute was placed upon the records. scriptions fired Martino’s imagination and he made his own arrangements of them, whose objective, in Martino’s words, “has not been to stubbornly confirm the authenticity of the music as onald Martino was one of the leading American com- much as it has been to recreate the authenticity of my youthful ex- posers of the twentieth century. Born in Plainfield, New perience.” Jazz also ran in his veins. One of his Plainfield, New Jer- D Jersey,he began lessons on the clarinetand other wind in- sey,acquaintances was the great jazz pianist/composer Bill Evans; struments at the age of nine, and he remained a clarinetist all his they occasionally played music together in the early 1950s. Re- life, even as he grew to be a many-sided musician, teacher, and, cently-heard recordings of the fourteen-year-old Martino playing above all, composer of significant instrumental and vocal works. jazz clarinetcaused his lifelong friend Gunther Schuller to remark After attending Syracuse University, he did his graduate work at “at fourteen he played better than Artie Shaw and I speak with au- Princeton in the 1950s, where he studied with Roger Sessions and thority.” Milton Babbitt. Thereafter he taught at Princeton, Yale, the New The list of Martino’s students is long, and includes many of the England Conservatory of Music (where he was chairman of the most prominent names in American composition today. His teach- Composition Department from 1969 to 1980), Brandeis Universi- ing encompassed not only profound insights into the music of ty, and finally at Harvard, where he was the Walter Bigelow Rosen Schoenberg, Berg, Beethoven, and Brahms, but also a single-mind- Professor of Music from 1983 until his retirement ten years later. ed insistence on the same high levels of musical craftsmanship that Hewas activeas a guestlecturer, and was Composer-in-Residence he observed in his own composition. This craftsmanship had to at Tanglewood, the Composers Conference, the Yale Summer start at the most basic level of harmony and instrumentation; one School of Music, the Pontino Festival in Italy, the Atlantic Center of the pedagogical tools he developed for his own students, a com- for the Arts, the Ernest Bloch Festival, and the Festival Interna- parative edition of 178 chorale harmonizations by J. S. Bach, is still cional de Música de Morelia, Mexico. His many commissions came used by many today, as is his “Stringograph,” which he invented from, among others, the Paderewski Fund; the Fromm, Naumburg, to help non-string players compose for the violin, viola, and cello. Koussevitzky, and Coolidge Foundations; and from the Chicago, Dissatisfied with the publishing world for new music, Marti- Boston and San Francisco Symphonies, along with other per- no, together with his wife, Lora, founded his own company, Dan- forming organizations. talian, Inc., to produce, promote, and distribute his music. By the In Florence, where he lived from 1954 to 1956 on a Fulbright way, “Dantalian” has nothing to do with the words “Dante” or “Ital- scholarship, Martino studied with the eminent Italian composer ian,” but refers to a medieval talisman that Martino came across Luigi Dallapiccola, and the blend of lyricism and rigor that Dal- in the 1960s. He was a major force in the world of new music for lapiccola instilled into his own music may have formed a partial many years, a devoted teacher and colleague, and a wholly com- model for the direction of Martino’s mature works, which blend mitted composer. His music is not easy listening because he would these features in a musical language of high originality and ex- not give in to facile productivity, but rather reflects his need to go pressivity. In an interview for his sixtieth birthday, Martino offered to deeper levels and to write music that was strong enough to last. the view that, in utilizing the full resources of the chromatic scale, His music stands, and will stand, for a very long time as among the in his own highly personal adaptation of the so-called “twelve-tone mostexpressive and memorable of our time, and not only by Amer- system,” he wanted to write music that “would sing and think, too.” ican composers. Despite frequent misunderstandings by critics and others of where Martino was a member of the American Academy of Arts and he stood as a composer, he asked that if future listeners “look and Letters and a fellowof the American Academyof Arts and Sciences. listen to my music, they will judge that it’s really pretty old-fash- His many awards include two Fulbright scholarships; three ioned and traditional stuff… I used to bridle at that realization but Guggenheim awards; grants from the Massachusetts Arts Council, I’ve come to view it tenderly of late. When I listen to a Brahms In- the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the National En- termezzo or his C Minor Piano Quartet I don’t analyze it, I sit and dowment for the Arts; the Brandeis Creative Arts Citation in weep. That’s what I’d like my audience to do...” Music; First Prize in the 1985 Kennedy Center Friedheim Com- Having established a significant profile through works such as petition for his String Quartet (1983), and most recently, the Pianississimo and his piano masterpiece Fantasies and Impromp- Boston Symphony’s Mark M. Horblit Award. He died of cardiac tus, the Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Paradiso Cho- arrest following an attack of hyperglycemia off the coast of Antigua rusesand the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,Martino composed while on a Caribbean cruise, and is survived by his wife, Lora Mar- Notturno for an ensemble of six players for which he was awarded tino; a daughter, Anna Maria, of Branford, Connecticut; and a son, the 1974 Pulitzer Prize. One critic described the work as “noctur- Christopher, of Boston. nal theater of the soul” and Martino expressed his pleasure “with that poetic description.” Respectfully submitted, Martino’s musical appetite was voracious and democratic. In his early teens,he studied with the local bandmaster,an Italian im- Lewis Lockwood migrant, who awakened his love for Italian opera and bequeathed John Stewart to the composer a large collection of Italian opera transcriptions Anne C. Shreffler, Chair

June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 11

Faculty of Medicine — Memorial Minute

He was a deeply spiritual man, knowledgeable in his Jewish faith as well as other faiths, for which he had profound respect. He in- corporated this into his approach to medicine and, through the ex- ample of his own gentle manner and everyday humility, he taught residents how to communicate with patients and their families in the most trying of circumstances. I. (Israel) David Todres

(Israel) David Todres, Professor of Paediatrics (Anaesthe- and was an active participant in the bioethics program at Harvard sia) at Harvard Medical School, died at his home of lym- Medical School. Until the time of his death, he served as the Chief I. phoma on September 26, 2008. He was 73. of the Ethics Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital for Chil- Born in South Africa where his parents immigrated from dren. Lithuania, David obtained his undergraduate and medical school David was board-certified in pediatrics, neonatology, anesthe- education at the University of Cape Town. As a medical student in siology, and critical care medicine and was a Fellow of the Faculty the late 1950’s,he worked with a pioneering pediatrician and anes- of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons thesiologistwho were treating neonatal tetanus in babies with tra- of England. He was the author of more than 150 original reports cheostomy and curare, which was one of the first successful uses and review articles. In addition, he was one of the co-authors of of mechanical ventilation in a series of neonates. After his post- the book “A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children” now graduate training, largely in pediatrics, he spent several years in in its 4th edition and another, “Critical Care of Infants and Chil- England in anesthesiology, first at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Ox- dren”. In the later stages of his career he devoted increasing time ford including in its adult intensive care unit and then at the Hos- to the Program in Medical Education at Harvard Medical School pital for Sick Children in London. After briefly returning to Cape where he directed the Steering Committee for the Comprehensive Town to serve as a Consultant in Pediatrics and Anesthesia, he Examination (OSCE) for fourth-year medical students. He served moved to Montefiore Hospital in New York City in 1969 and be- on numerous national committees including the Task Force of the came the Director of both pediatric anesthesia and the medical- American Heart Association for Advanced Pediatric Life Support surgical intensive care unit and an Associate Professor of Anes- and the Committee on Bioethics of the Society of Critical Care thesiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Medicine. He received widespread recognition in the form of many University. prestigious awards, including the first Distinguished Career Award In 1971 he relocated to Boston to become one of the co-founders from the Critical Care Section of the American Academy of Pedi- of the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units at the Massa- atrics and the Grenvik Family Award for Ethics in Critical Care chusetts General Hospital (MGH). It was a daring thing to do since Medicine as well as the Presidential Citation from the Society of the MGH at that time had no obstetrical service and only a small Critical Care Medicine. pediatric service. The impetus was that the MGH Department of Finally, David was well versed in classic literature and loved Anesthesia had a few years earlier established the first respirato- the arts whether visiting museums or dabbling in painting and ry care unit in the country, helping demonstrate the enormous sculpture. His relationships with trainees at all levels revealed his benefit of intensive care for adults. It certainly seemed appropri- unusual warmth, from resident interviews, to clinical rounds, to ate to extend this concept to infants and children, and David helped the book group he established to explore medicine, art and culture. develop at the MGH one of the early and premier intensive care His lectures were replete with deep knowledge and delivered with units for children in the world. He was deeply involved in all as- so much enthusiasm it was impossible not to get interested in the pects of patient care and was widely known as a master clinician topic. With his incomparable South African accent, shock of curly and teacher. In recognition, he soon was appointed the units’ Di- gray hair, and wonderful smile, he made an indelible impression rector and served in that role for the next twenty years. on all who had the great pleasure of getting to know this most kind David developed a special interest and expertise in bioethics be- and gentle man. He is survived by his wife of nearly twenty years, cause of the complexproblems that were becoming apparent as in- Judith Sharlin, and their son Hillel, of Waban, MA; three children creasing technologic innovations were used to treat younger, from a prior marriage (Jonathan of Atlanta, GA, Nadia of Reads- smaller and sicker children who were surviving illnesses that had boro,VT and Rachelle and her son, John Jeremiah of Malden, MA), previously been fatal. Calm under all circumstances, his wise and and his brother, Hymie of Perth, Australia. A memorial lecture- reasoned approach to sick patients went well beyond invasive ship in pediatric medical ethics has been established at the MGH catheters, laboratory values, and drug lists and always addressed in his honor. the cultural values of the family. He was a deeply spiritual man, knowledgeable in his Jewish faith as well as other faiths, for which he had profound respect. He incorporated this into his approach to medicine and, through the example of his own gentle manner and everyday humility, he taught residents how to communicate Mark Rockoff, M.D. (Chair) with patients and their families in the most trying of circum- Ronald Arky, M.D. stances. Rather than focus on the negative, David approached life John Downes, M.D. with unending optimism whether dealing with critically ill chil- Michael Epstein, M.D. dren or his own, ultimately fatal, illness which included multiple Edward Lowenstein, M.D. rounds of chemotherapy, radiation and a stem cell transplant. He Jonathan Todres, J.D. established a pediatric-oriented bioethics program at the MGH Robert Truog, M.D.

12/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009

Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Memorial Minute

His artistic life was one of un- ceasing invention and produc- tivity, enriched by friendships with his most eminent artistic contemporaries. He was an artist of enormous ambition and achievement, and together with his forebears, will be remem- bered in the bronze and stone he shaped for the ages. Dimitri Hadzi

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences February as well as his East Cambridge studio, with projects in all stages of 10, 2009, the following Minute was placed upon the records. exploration and completion. Following his divorce, a friendship blossomed with the charming and urbane Assistant for Exhibi- tions at the Carpenter Center, Cynthia von Thuna, and in June ll of us here know at least one sculpture by Dimitri Hadzi 1985, the two were married. —if not the towering Thermopylae at Government Center In both of Dimitri’s studios he worked in stone and wood, he A plaza, then Omphalos in Harvard Square. For Dimitri the modeled, he cast works in bronze, he etched, he drew. His teach- Greek titles weren’t unusual. He was from a recently immigrated ing seemed to spur his own achievements. He created the large- Greek-American family and took pleasure in saying “I’m a Greek scale River Legendfor the Federal Office Building in Portland, Bish- and Greeks have to carve.” And carve he did, as well as cast—scores op’s Triad for One Dallas Center, and Propylaea, a huge granite of major works, ranging in scale from the monumental to the fountain in Toledo. In 1983 he was elected to the American Acad- miniature, many in public places, many in private collections and emy of Arts and Letters, and shortly after, completed the heroic museums. sculptures in Harvard Square and Copley Place and others for Ap- Dimitri Hadzi was born in 1921 in New York City. As a child he pleton, Wisconsin and Carleton College. This work, as with every- was sent to a Greek after-school program, where he received in- thing he created, was marked by a meticulous craftsmanship, a struction in Greek language, mythology, history, and theater. His mastery of materials that drew on his knowledge of chemistry and artistic ability won him a drawing prize and his strength in math his later studies of geology, and a sensitivity to the subtleties of and science gained him admission to Brooklyn Technical High color rooted in his early work as a painter. School. Upon graduating he worked as a chemist by day while con- Retirement from teaching in 1989 did nothing to diminish Dim- tinuing to study chemistry by night. On July 4, 1942, he enlisted itri’s productivity. He created major pieces for San Francisco and in the Army Air Force and served in the South Pacific, where an Birmingham, Alabama, mounted one-man shows in New York, officer encouraged his efforts at drawing. After the war, he re- Tokyo, Houston, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and collaborated with turned to New York, decided to turn away from chemistry, and be- his friend Seamus Heaney on an illustrated book of poems, Keep- came a student of painting and sculpture at Cooper Union. At the ing Going. In the winter of 2006 the Kouros Gallery in New York age of 29, a Fulbright Scholarship took him to Athens where he organized an exhibition entitled Dimitri Hadzi at 85, but Dimitri studied the history of Greco-Roman sculpture while learning the was too ill to attend. He died shortly afterward on April 16, 2006. technical demands of carving in stone. The GI Bill subsequently al- Dimitri was a thoroughgoing modernist. At the same, the entire lowed him to continue his studies in Rome, where he set up his first history of western sculpture from Praxiteles to David Smith in- studio. While there he married the art historian and archeologist formed his work. As with the best of his contemporaries, his sculp- Martha Leeb and had two children, Cristina and Stephen. tures evoked the past while insistently probing its connection to Within a few short years Dimitri’s work in bronze was shown the present. A sustained dialogue between figuration and abstrac- at the Museum of Modern Art. Along with Louise Nevelson he rep- tion energized them. His forceful yet sophisticated three-dimen- resented the U.S. in sculpture at the 1962 Venice Biennale. A flood sional compositions were born from an intuitive understanding of commissions and exhibitions followed, including one-man of effects that can be called forth by the interaction in space of shows in New York and Rome. The Whitney, Guggenheim, Hirsh- forms, colors, and textures. horn, and Cleveland museums purchased his work. Princeton, Dimitri chose Rome, with its myriad connections to antiquity, MIT, and Yale acquired and installed major pieces, Lincoln Cen- as the place to form himself and explore his identity as an artist. ter commissioned K458 The Hunt, and the Sun Life Insurance When, in the “eternal city,” he created bronze doors for its Angli- Company in Baltimore commissioned Helios, asuspended piece in can church, he across the centuries joined the venerable guild of bronze. In 1968 a retrospective was mounted at Temple Universi- artists who, like Lorenzo Ghiberti in Florence, strove to give dig- ty of Dimitri’s fifteen years in Rome. More gallery shows ensued, nity to the place of entry into a sanctuary. His artistic life was one as did a residency at Dartmouth, the completion of Arcturus, a 25- of unceasing invention and productivity, enriched by friendships foot bronze for the plaza of the Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, and with his most eminent artistic contemporaries. He was an artist Willamette River Oracle in Eugene, Oregon, Dimitri’s first monu- of enormous ambition and achievement, and together with his mental work in stone. forebears, will be remembered in the bronze and stone he shaped In 1975 Dimitri left Rome to come to Harvard, soon becoming for the ages. our first tenured professor in the studio arts. As a teacher, he laid out a demanding curriculum in both sculpture and printmaking, Respectfully submitted, emphasizing drawing and modeling from the figure, always en- couraging his students to follow their own paths of aesthetic dis- Christopher Killip covery. He occupied the fifth-floor studio of the Carpenter Cen- Eduard Sekler ter, which Corbusier had designed for our senior artist, filling it, Alfred Guzzetti, Chair

June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 13 Chu calls for global warming action; Faust stresses search for truth

By Alvin Powell ditional, Chu spoke at the annual meet- scientists and engineers, I ask you to Harvard News Office ing of the Harvard Alumni Association give us better technology solutions. As during Commencement Day’s After- future economists and political scien- U.S. Energy Secretary noon Exercises. In his speech, Chu tists, I ask you to create better policy op- expressed optimism last Thursday called on Harvard’s latest graduates to tions. As future business leaders, I ask (June 4) that the world will avoid cata- help fight climate change by inventing that you make sustainability an integral strophic climate change, saying the cri- new technology, designing better gov- part of your business.” sis presents an opportunity to bring ernment policies, and making busi- Chu was one of several speakers who about a sustainable energy future. nesses environmentally sustainable. took the podium Thursday, a day filled “If there ever was a time to help steer “The Obama administration is lay- with speeches, music, and tradition dat- America and the world towards a path ing a new foundation for a prosperous ing back hundreds of years. The Uni- of sustainable energy, now is the time,” and sustainable energy future, but we versity granted 6,777 degrees and 81 Chu said. “The task ahead is daunting, don’t have all the answers. And that’s certificates, swelling the ranks of the but we can and will succeed.” where you come in. I am asking you to Harvard Alumni Association, which has Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office Chu delivered his remarks as the join this effort,” Chu said. “As our future more than 300,000 members world- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu gets a little help speaker at Harvard’s 358th Com- intellectual leaders, take the time to wide. with his mortarboard from Stephanie Gumble, who mencement, held outdoors in Harvard learn more about what’s at stake, and The morning’s exercises included works in Massachusetts Hall. Yard’s Tercentenary Theatre. As is tra- then act on that knowledge. As future (See Chu, next page)

Katherine C. Cohen/Harvard News Office Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is this year’s winner of the Radcliffe Medal. O’Connor marks women’s progress in legal profession

But warns in Radcliffe talk of ‘Victorian echoes’ Grosz also noted, with admiration, O’- zero associates, zero equity partners, and Connor’s “nonretirement” in 2006 — since zero judges.” By Corydon Ireland then, she has been busy promoting three is- As for not long ago: O’Connor told her own Harvard News Office sues: judicial independence (hard to create, story. Fresh out of Stanford Law School in easy to destroy); early public education in 1952, and ranked near the top of her class, she Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female jus- civics (O’Connor is behind the new Internet had trouble landing an interview with a law tice of the U.S. Supreme Court, turns 80 years education site www.ourcourts.org); and the firm — much less a job. old next year. relevance of international law in American When she did get an interview, her inter- But even in her lifetime, she told a Har- jurisprudence. viewer asked, “Now, Miss Day, how well can vard audience last week (June 5), there has O’Connor — silver-haired and slim in a vi- you type?” been a “revolution” regarding the issue of olet jacket and black slacks — delivered a Impediments like this led her to a career women as practitioners of American law. brief history of women in American law. in public service, perhaps happily — because O’Connor — chipper, funny, and precise — She started with present statistics: of the experience, said O’Connor. (She went spoke at a luncheon sponsored annually by Women comprise 50 percent of law students on, in Arizona, to serve in all three branches the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and 45 percent of law firm associates. But of state government.) which awarded the former justice its Rad- only 20 percent of judges are women, along Her first job, in 1952, was as a county at- cliffe Medal. with 16 percent of law firm equity partners, torney — for no money and with a desk next She joined a stellar cast of previous hon- and — this got a laugh — 11 percent of to the secretary. orees: Donna Shalala last year, Toni Morri- Supreme Court justices. Decades before, “early women legal pio- son the year before, and, in years past, the To date, women have achieved parity in neers faced a cult of domesticity,” said O’- likes of Madeleine K. Albright, Lena Horne, the legal profession, but only at entry-level Connor — the notion that women were un- Katharine Graham, Margaret Atwood, Eliz- positions, said O’Connor. The more power a suited to the hurly-burly of the law. abeth Dole, and Janet Reno. job has, the fewer women are likely to be in “They were compassionate, whereas Radcliffe Dean Barbara J. Grosz praised it. lawyers had to be ruthless,” she said. “They O’Connor’s American West virtues: “honesty, Still, “it’s been an amazing century for us,” were gentle, where lawyers had to be force- discipline, and good humor.”She also said the she said. “It was not that long ago that the ful. Women were pure, when lawyers had to veteran jurist is the first Radcliffe Medalist to only relevant statistic regarding women in be morally flexible.” (Laugh line.) be a member of the Cowgirl Hall of Fame. the legal profession was zero percent — as in (See O’Connor, next page) 14/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009 Chu e c i f f O s w e N d r a v r a H / e d I n i t s u J s o t o h P

‘Change can happen to us or through us,’ President Drew Faust said at Af- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu at Afternoon Exercises: ‘The Obama ad- ternoon Exercises. ‘We must make sure we become its architects, not its ministration is laying a new foundation for a prosperous and sustainable en- victims. We must ask ourselves what it is we want to be on the other side ergy future, but we don’t have all the answers. And that’s where you come of recession and crisis ...’ in. I am asking you to join this effort.’

(Continued from previous page) tims. We must ask ourselves what it is we want to be on on foreign oil.” student speeches and the conferring of degrees by Har- the other side of recession and crisis, when the world has Despite his stated optimism, Chu stressed the imme- vard President Drew Faust. It featured a rendition of reached what we might call a new normal.” diate need for action and the consequences if none is “America the Beautiful” by jazz trumpeter Wynton taken. Current climate models indicate that without Marsalis, who received an honorary doctor of music de- Potential savings from efficiency steps to curb carbon dioxide emissions, global tempera- gree. In his talk, Chu said that though many of the answers tures have a 50 percent chance of climbing five degrees In her annual speech to the Alumni Association to America’s — and the world’s — energy problems re- Celsius by the end of the century. He referred to past his- Thursday afternoon, Faust reflected on the difficult year main to be found, some are already apparent. tory to illustrate how potentially catastrophic that could the University has endured. Harvard was not spared in Energy efficiency alone could garner enormous sav- be, saying that during the last ice age the world was just the global financial meltdown and has been forced to take ings, he said. Using current technology, buildings could six degrees cooler, a difference that resulted in glaciers a new, hard look at its spending priorities as it examines be made 80 percent more efficient, paying back the need- covering most of Canada and the northern United States. ways to cut its budget. ed investment in just 15 years. Since heating, cooling, and He also raised concerns that rising temperatures may Despite the difficulty, Faust said, this is not a time to powering buildings account for roughly 40 percent of our trigger certain “tipping points” that could accelerate the feel victimized by circumstances or to forget Harvard’s energy consumption, those savings alone could be con- problem rapidly. One such tipping point could be the long history of academic excellence — an excellence that siderable. Energy efficiency has such enormous poten- melting of the Arctic permafrost, which would lead to the may be more in need today than ever before. tial for savings, Chu said, it doesn’t even qualify as low- rapid decomposition of organic material held frozen now Instead, it’s time to re-examine the University’s pri- hanging fruit, calling it instead “fruit lying on the and, consequently, the rapid release of methane and car- orities and renew the institution’s dedication to three ground.” bon dioxide. core principles: that equal opportunity has to be avail- Some of the answers to the energy crisis are not Action on climate change needs to occur at a time able to talented students regardless of their economic known, of course. To find those, the Obama administra- when the developing world is seeking to upgrade its stan- means; that universities are critical generators of knowl- tion is encouraging research and innovation, Chu said, dard of living to more closely mirror the energy-inten- edge, so new ways to conduct and support research must adding that America has the opportunity to lead in the sive lifestyles in industrialized nations. The United be found; and that universities must be places that speak development of a new industrial revolution. States uses 25 percent of the world’senergy for just 3 per- the truth — through their research and knowledge — re- “We will invent much-improved methods to harness cent of its people. The question, Chu said, is whether the gardless of whether that particular truth is popular at the the sun, the wind, nuclear power, and to capture and se- welfare of future generations is important enough to time. quester the carbon dioxide emitted from our power people today to take the needed action. “Change can happen to us or through us,” Faust said. plants,” Chu said. “Advanced biofuels and the electrifi- “While I’m worried, I am hopeful we will solve this “We must make sure we become its architects, not its vic- cation of personal vehicles will make us less dependent problem,” Chu said.

O’Connor Following her talk, Radcliffe Medal re- cipient Sandra Day O’Connor met with (Continued from previous page) students from Fenway High School. “The view that women could not cut it as lawyers enjoyed an embarrassingly woman” — or what Justice William J. long shelf life in our United States,” said Brennan Jr. in 1972 called “romantic pa- O’Connor. ternalism.” Such concepts, he said — as She related the case of Myra Bradwell, O’Connor quoted, put women “not on a who in 1869 applied to be admitted to the pedestal, but in a cage.” Illinois bar. Turned down, she appealed But just as the courts and Congress all the way to the Supreme Court — and were turning away from gender-based lost there, too, in 1873. classifications, the same kind of myths O’Connor recalled that Greta Coleman were getting revisited, said O’Connor — ’15 and Elizabeth Beale ’15, two Radcliffe writers questioning “whether women are suffragists, lobbied in 1914 for the College different merely by virtue of being to add legal studies.Bythe next year, there women.” was a Cambridge Law School for Women, In the legal arena, such inquiry sug- a national first. It only lasted two years, gests that women lawyers (including O’- said O’Connor, but was an inspiration. Connor herself, according to one writer) By 1920, women had gained the right would rather mediate than litigate, for in- Katherine C. Cohen/Harvard News Office to vote. And by 1922, the nation saw its stance. first female state Supreme Court justice, in Ohio: Florence and Harry Truman for U.S. Supreme Court consideration — “I fear that kind of calls back the old mess we struggled E. Allen. (Her advice to a friend: “Never forget, nor remem- for reasons, O’Connor said, that signaled the enduring to put behind us,” and revives old stereotypes, said O’Con- ber, that you are a woman.”) power of “the cult of domesticity.” nor. In 1934, Allen became the first female federal judge. She But starting with Reed v. Reed in 1971, an equal protec- “This new feminism is certainly interesting,” she said. wrote “good opinions,” said O’Connor, “rather than tion case that reached the Supreme Court, gender barriers “But it troubles me because it so nearly echoes the Victori- women’s opinions.” started falling fast. an myth of the ‘true woman’ that kept women out of the ac- Allen was later turned down by both Franklin Roosevelt Losing its shine, said O’Connor,was “the myth of the true tion for so long.”

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Justin Ide/Harvard News Office Harvard’s 358th Commencement begins early for Rebeca Hammann ’10, who distributes programs on the sea of chairs in Tercentenary Theatre before the start of the ancient rituals.

n June 4, administrators sighed with relief at the weather, speakers went over their notes, and graduates congregated in black-tasseled flocks along- side a rainbow of professors in their own caps and gowns. Meanwhile, staff fanned out across the campus on Commencement day to pick a rainbow of their own — colorful accounts of the long, happy O day. Read about the oldest graduates — and the youngest. Watch Divinity School angels take off, and see Medical School grads wearing surgical masks. Hear the bells peal and maestro Wynton Marsalis play “America the Beautiful.”

Sine qua non Shortly before Morning Exercises (June 4), a young man in cap and gown squeezed into a Holyoke Center el- evator. “Where’s the Financial Aid Office?” he asked. “You don’t need financial aid anymore,” a man joked. “You’re graduating.” “Not if I don’t pay my bill,” the young man replied. “That’s what we’re doing, too,” the older man said. “Our daughter didn’t pay a fee.” The graduate, the man, and his wife exited on the ninth floor to complete the most ancient and solemn rit- ual of all.

Men in skirts Members of the Stuart Highlanders, a pipe band from Wilmington, Mass., took a coffee break at the outdoor ta- bles at Au Bon Pain dressed in white shirts, black vests, and tartan kilts before hitting the pavement for their sec- ond round of piping that Commencement afternoon. They were recharging from their early start, having woken residents of Cabot and Lowell houses with their bagpipes at 6:15 a.m. and then having marched them into the Yard to line up for Morning Exercises. In his 17 years on the job, Bob Cameron said the only major mishap he could recall was seeing a piper spill a cup of hot coffee on his kilt-exposed legs.

Bittersweet farewell A few minutes before 7 a.m. on Commencement day, as graduating seniors from Leverett House marched up Plympton Street to the sounds of a jubilant tuba, a dozen people stood outside the House, beaming with pride as they watched the procession. They called out congratu-

Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office lations to the passing graduates. They snapped pho- Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office As Commencement day begins, graduating senior tographs. At least one cried. In the balcony of the Memorial Church, students raise Christopher Lo looks appropriately serious at Morning But these weren’t the graduates’ proud parents or their voices in song as part of Morning Services. Services inside the Memorial Church. grandparents. Their tidy aprons and starched white uni- forms identified them as staffers in the Leverett House dining center. (Continued on next page)

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Everything’s coming up roses … and daffodils … and daisies Flowers could be seen everywhere on Commence- ment day, from the blooming bushes in the Yard to the bouquet-laden gift carts scattered throughout Harvard Square. Even the mail room at was filled with arrangements — special deliveries adding cheer to an already festive day for the Class of 2009.

‘Hey! This guy’s good.’ As a soloist stood on the steps next to the Memorial Church and performed a rendition of “America the Beautiful” to open the morning Commencement Exer- cises, the crowd was noticeably impressed. “He’s good!” amember of the audience exclaimed in surprise, stirred by the trumpeter’s musicianship and ease before such a large gathering. He was good, and relaxed, and with good reason. The lone trumpeter was none other than jazz great Wynton Marsalis, who, it just so happens, was also receiving an honorary degree during the service.

‘A lot of practicing’ Raymond Fadel ’12, a trumpet player in the Harvard , spoke about his experience joining the rest of the band members in a tribute to Wynton Marsalis: “It was fantastic and a great experience. [At] Commencement rehearsal, our director gave us a piece that was arranged by our student conductor as a fitting salute to his honorary degree.” And although he would love to do a trumpet duet with Marsalis, Fadel admitted, “I would do a lot of prac- ticing before considering.”

Forget Paris One Commencement guest, a physics research in- tern from Paris, excused himself from his work on Thursday to catch part of the ceremony. “I wanted to at- tend this ceremony to get an idea about how [Ameri- cans] celebrate graduation. We don’t have this in [France], so this is interesting,” he said. “I’m going to take the afternoon off to enjoy the ceremonies and to discover new things about the American culture.”

Wunderkinder On graduation day, Loker Commons was temporar- ily turned into a day care center as the young children of Ph.D. students prepared to graduate along with their parents — literally. One proud wife and mother ex- plained, “My daughter will be getting her honorary Ph.D. today, at 13 months old. And she’s having fun, but I’malittle upsetbecause myfather has a Ph.D. and I did- n’t get an honorary degree!”

Footwear If footwear has any cultural meaning, this year’s Harvard College graduates are taking a turn to the “Mild Side.” For men, the most common style was plain black leather dress shoes. They were even tied! For women, what prevailed below the ankles were plain flats and open-toed black heels, in even numbers. With- Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office in this conservative crowd, the odd-shod stood out. One observer spotted a few contrarian pairs of running shoes and flip-flops, along with one pair each of leop- The weather During the Preceding ard slippers, pale blue Chuck Taylor high-tops, moon was obliging morning pro- Morning Exer- shoes, and — so 20th century! — tasseled loafers. at Harvard’s cession, Har- cises, honorary bright and vard Presi- degree recipi- Appropriate accessory colorful dent Drew ent and cele- brated musi- As a marshal for the Divinity School, Elizabeth Leav- 358th Com- Faust, sur- mencement cian and com- itt sported a pair of white, feathered wings and a gold rounded by Exercises poser Wynton halo made out of pipe cleaner, for her class’s Morning soon-to-be (above). To bachelors, Marsalis, who Exercises. celebrate masters, and later serenad- their brand doctors, en- ed the crowd Props? Or proper precaution? new status, thusiasticall- with two musi- Every Commencement, graduates of Harvard’s var- Kennedy ly applauds cal numbers, ious Schools bring in props to wave as Harvard’s presi- School grad- their accom- gets a little as- dent confers their degrees: plastic globes for Harvard uates (left) plishments. sistance fitting Kennedy School students or school workbooks for joyfully hold into his Com- those from the Graduate School of Education, for ex- aloft inflated mencement day regalia. ample. This year, graduating students from Harvard globes. Medical School sported surgical masks, making them look like … well, pandemic-shy residents of major cities around the world. With thousands of people crammed into Harvard Yard for Thursday’s ceremonies and swine flu out and about, it was unclear whether the Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office Justin Ide/Harvard News Office Katherine C. Cohen/Harvard News Office newly minted docs were toting masks in the spirit of the day or out of an abundance of caution. Both perhaps?

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(Continued from page 16) At the conferral All tuckered out of their degrees (right), Brianna By 9:50 a.m., just as Morning Exercises were getting Wadler (left) under way, two weary spectators had already decided it and Erin Pfeiffer was nap time. They stretched out on the ledge of Widen- of HSPH fail at er Library across from Boylston Hall and snored peace- remaining im- fully through the booming, joyous introductions of Uni- passive. Patrick versity Marshal Jackie O’Neill. In place of a pillow, one of Jones (below) of the sleepers had balanced a Frisbee over his eyes — hard- the Design ly comfortable, but apparently adequate. School, on the other hand, Room with a view looks like he’s One clever family avoided the morning crowds by es- thinking about the job market caping to the second floor of Weld Hall, where they com- in the brave mandeered a corner bedroom suite overlooking Ter- new world. centenary Theatre. The view was perfect, offering clear sightlines to the procession, a good perspective on one of

Justin Ide/Harvard News Office Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office the enormous video screens, and just enough height to glimpse the stagebeyond. Mom stood by the open window, camera trained on the crowd, while Dad relaxed on the extra-long twin mattress and leafed through a copy of the program. The only problem with their otherwise ideal campout was that the room is a hospitality room, technically re- served for guests of the Extension School. This family was there to celebrate their daughter’s graduation from the College. “I think we’re going to have to ask them to leave,” whis- pered one of the room attendants, an Extension alumna. Her tone was apologetic. “But not until the ceremony’s over.”

Hometown girl makes good The Harvard Gazette — by no means for the first time — was proud to be represented at Commencement by a newly minted A.L.M. This year it was photographer Stephanie Mitchell. Not only did she graduate in her con- centration of studio arts, but Mitchell’s thesis, “The An- cient and Modern Art of Abbas Kiarostami,” was awarded the prestigious Annamae and Allan R. Crite Prize for “sin- gular dedication to learning and the arts.” Mitchell’s proud fellow photographers (from the Gazette and elsewhere) swarmed around their friend like a hive of excited pa- parazzi, causing some bystanders to wonder aloud, “Is she Jon Chase/Harvard News Office a celebrity?!” News Office photographer (and winner of the Dean’s List Certificate for Academic Achievement) Stephanie Mitchell (above) learns what it’s like to be at the other end of the lens as she receives an A.L.M. from the Hopelessly devoted Extension School. Rachel Hawkins ’12 (below) makes sure the Morning Exercises end with a bang. The parents of Lowell House senior Max Mishkin were e c thrilled to see their son, a tuba player and outgoing drill- i f f master with the Harvard Band, finally graduate. Jeremy O s w

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Bamboo poles and natural talent For those in the audience, the awarding of honorary de- grees is at least as interesting for the tidbits they reveal about the lives of extraordinary individuals as they are for the honors they convey. June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 19

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The ringmaster The majestic peals of the Lowell House bells filled Har- vard Square not once, not twice, but three times on Com- mencement day. Who was behind all the ring-a-ding? Ben Rapoport ’03, Lowell House tutor and M.D./Ph.D. candi- date at the Harvard Medical School. Rapoport has been a klappermeister, or bellringer, since 2000. He learned to ring the bells during his sopho- more year and has continued throughout his tenure at Harvard. Thursday marked Rapoport’s seventh Com- mencement performance. By tradition, the bells are rung three times on Commencement day: when the Lowell se- niors process out of the House courtyard, when they re- turn, and when the final degree is conferred. From his

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es, therefore, Rapoport can play a recognizable tune. For Honorary degree recipients Commencement day his go-to choice is the 1836 College Joan Didion and Sidney Verba hymn, “Fair Harvard.” (above) chat on the platform. “Sometimes alumni bell ringers come back, and join Jazz musician and honorary de- me up in the tower,” Rapoport said. “It’s always wonder- gree recipient Wynton Marsalis (left) plays a version of ‘Ameri- ful to see them.” ca the Beautiful’ that is simul- taneously playful and moving. Venerable In the fall of 1927, George Barner arrived at Harvard after two years at Grinnell College in his native Iowa. This year, the Class of 1929 graduate was back on campus for Commencement day, the oldest alumnus to take part in the ceremonies. Barner, wearing a natty golf cap, ate lunch in the shade of a tent behind Stoughton Hall. Across the table from him, in a wide white hat and big sunglasses, was Frances Addelson ’30, the oldest Radcliffe graduate to attend. Both are 100 years old. Barner,who retired from his law practice in 1969, lives in Kennebunk, Maine. He may give (Continued on next page) Jon Chase/Harvard News Office 20/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009

Katherine C. Cohen/Harvard News Office Katherine C. Cohen/Harvard News Office At 100, George Barner ’29 (above) is the oldest One-hundred-year-old Frances Addelson ’30 alumnus to take part in Commencement day cere- (above) is the oldest Radcliffe alumna to take part monies in Tercentenary Theatre. Charles Flather in Harvard’s 358th Commencement. In 1992, Ad- ’54 (right) strolls past Class banners in the Yard delson founded a group of Shakespeare players. before the start of Morning Exercises. Jon Chase/Harvard News Office

(Continued from previous page) as a social worker,” said Addelson. “When I began my Planning for Commencement meals began nearly up driving his Lincoln this year. Addelson, a one-time 100th year, all of a sudden everybody looked at me as a three months ago. Martin Breslin, director for culinary social worker living in Brookline, Mass., founded a celebrity.” operations at HUDS, worked with alumni groups and troupe of senior Shakespeare players at age 92. She Barner, who turns 101 in December, took the passing House masters to design the perfect menu for each reached the century mark in May. of years equally in stride. “It doesn’t impress me,” he lunch. At any Commencement, the oldest graduates gather said. “I don’t feel like I’m that age.” “We have approximately 35 different menus today,” in that same far shady corner of the Yard. It’s a Harvard Addelson and Barner sat in the first row for the Af- said Breslin, brandishing an intricate spreadsheet. time machine. ternoon Exercises. Early on, the assembled crowd heard According to Mayer, this year’s menus are more mod- Addelson takes a listener back to Cambridge of the some sad news: Albert H. Gordon ’23, M.B.A. ’25, LL.D. est, in keeping with the economic downturn. 1920s, when Radcliffe students were barred from Har- ’77, died May 1 at age 107. Until then, he had been the old- “People have been more conservative with their vard Yard and from wearing bobby socks in Harvard est living graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard menu approach,” Mayer said. “We have a lot more chick- Square. When Radcliffe girls went to , Business School. en, for example. It’s still a celebration, but groups are she said, they studied in one cell-like room. The books being more careful with their finances and holding less were delivered. No small picnic extravagant events. It mirrors the reality of what’s hap- Barner’s senior year was marked by debate over a Between Morning and Afternoon Exercises, Harvard pened [in the economy].” proposed “house” system for undergraduates, who put on what may have been the world’s largest picnic, Though the menus vary, one constant at every loca- feared it would dash tradition and impose new author- feeding countless graduates, families, and alumni in tion — whether a House courtyard or an alumni tent — ity. He studied French literature with Louis Allard, a venues across the University. At the head of the cater- is the famed Harvard “H” ice cream. The frozen treat scholar with 19th century roots. And Barner remem- ing craziness was Ted A. Mayer, executive director for consists of vanilla ice cream emblazoned with a crimson bered the now-forgotten Pi Eta, a fellowship club whose Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS). Armed “H” in the center,surrounded by a ring of crimson sprin- homegrown stage productions — complete with under- with clipboards, spreadsheets, and cell phones, Mayer kles. graduates in drag — rivaled Hasty Pudding. and his team successfully served more than 30,000 “The ice cream has been served for maybe 40 or 50 Both centenarians, who later marched at the head of meals. years,” Breslin said. “It’s a well-established tradition. … the Alumni Parade through Harvard Yard, were a little “The biggest challenge is coordination,” said Mayer. A lot of alums come back and look for it on Commence- taken back at the attention. “Our whole department basically turns into a catering ment day.” “I’m very much surprised. I lived a very modest life group.” (Continued on page 32)

Justin Ide/Harvard News Office Against a backdrop of ingenious crimson banners and traditional Harvard brick, alumnae of numerous Harvard classes gather for Commencement. June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 21

Events for June 11-August 31, 2009 comedy

Sun., June 14—“Fairly Unbalanced: Writing Political Satire in the Twenty- First Century.” (Cambridge Forum) A dis- Inside cussion of the power (and pitfalls) of Deadlines writing in the age of Jon Stewart and Al Important Calendar Franken. Panelists include novelists submission deadlines Percival Everett and Lise Haines; come- Page 23 dian Jimmy Tingle, poet Baron Wormser, and members of . Writer Nurmuhemmet Yasin will be hon- ored by PEN/New England. Cambridge Forum, 3 Church St., 4 p.m. Free and open to the public. www.cambridgefo- rum.org. concerts

Sun., June 14—“Ligeti & Strauss, Concerto Competition Winner.” (Harvard Box Office) Concert by Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, directed by Federico Cortese. Sanders Theatre, 3 p.m. Tickets are $30/$25 general; $5 Greece at a glance off students/senior citizens. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222, www.boxof- See Maggie Hsu’s photos in the fice.harvard.edu. Holyoke Center Arcade Page 25 Sun., June 21—“Piano Concert by Students of Dr. Bella Eugenia Oster.” (Harvard Box Office) Concert by stu- circus. Starring her daughter Aurélia dents of European Academy of Music Thierrée, granddaughter of Charlie and Art Inc., under the tutelage of Bella Chaplin. Also featuring Jaime Martinez. Eugenia Oster. Program includes Chopin, —Performances take place at Loeb Liszt, Schumann, and others. Sanders Drama Center Main Stage, 64 Brattle Theatre, 2 p.m. Free. Tickets are St., various times. Some dates have required; limit two per person. Harvard pre-play discussions and matinees; see Box Office (617) 496-2222, www.boxof- Web site for full schedule. Tickets are fice.harvard.edu. $25-79 general; $10 off senior citizens. Tickets are available through the A.R.T. Fri., June 26—“The Revelations of Box Office (617) 547-8300, in person at Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and the Loeb Drama Center Box Office, or Sky).” (The Memorial Church) The Choir www.amrep.org. of Royal Holloway, University of London, and the Buttrick Sinfonia under the Opening Fri., Aug. 21—“The Donkey direction of Rupert Gough perform an Show” is the ultimate disco experience oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orches- — a crazy circus of mirror balls and tra by Carson Cooman ’04, based on feathered divas, roller skates, and hus- the writings of the English Medieval mys- tle queens. Come party on the floor to tic Julian of Norwich. The Memorial ’70s hits as the show unfolds around Church, 8 p.m. Free. (617) 495-5508. you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Sun., July 5—“First Sunday World through great ’70s anthems. Part of the Music Series.” (Art Museum) A celebra- “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival. tion of Independence Day featuring Directed by Diane Paulus and Randy music made in the U.S.A. Sackler Weiner. Museum, 485 Broadway, 3 p.m. Free —Performances take place at Zero with price of admission. (617) 495- Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and 9400, www.harvardartmuseum.org. Mass. Ave., times TBA. Tickets TBA. ‘From Film to Digital: Fresh Images Over Decades’ features the photographs of Henry Steiner. www.amrep.org. Thu., July 23—“Harvard Summer Pops Taken from 1966 on, these photographs embrace nature in its many majestic forms and peo- Band.” () Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre & Selections from “Phantom of the ple in their cultural diversity. The exhibit will be on view at the Holyoke Center Aug. 28-Sept. iONO! Opera,” “Moorside March,” and more. 23. See exhibitions, page 22, for details. Through Thu., June 18—“DUETT” is a Memorial Church steps, 4 p.m. Free and play meets rock concert meets video open to the public. (617) 496-BAND, ABOVE: Crete village, lady watching election rally, Nikon F-3, Kodak film, 1989 installation meets horror show. www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hub/events/sum Featuring original music from Incubus merband.shtml. lead guitarist Michael Einzinger, “DUETT” brings your favorite bad guys Sat., Aug. 1—“Harvard Summer School Thu., June 11-Sun., June 28—“Sexual laugh-out-loud stories about how having Sun., July 26—“Harvard Summer Pops from “Dangerous Liaisons” to reveal the Orchestra.” (Harvard Summer School) Perversity in Chicago” and “Duck children changes you unexpectedly and Band.” (Harvard Summer School) silent pact of “reality” that global society Program of Bartok, Mozart, and Haydn. Variations” showcase David Mamet’s forever. The cast includes Christy Selections from “Phantom of the unknowingly made once upon a time. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. Free and open command of lightning-quick comic ban- Callahan, Caroline Bicks, Johanna Stein, Opera,” “Moorside March,” and more. Oscillating between the real and surreal, to the public. ter, while skewering the antics of young Tovah Mirvis, and others. Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, 3 this bold adaptation offers a ruthless www.summer.harvard.edu/2009/cam- and old alike. —Performance takes place at Zero p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) critique of elitism, religion, and the the- pus/activities.jsp. —Performances take place at Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and 496-BAND, ater. Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets are www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hub/events/sum —Performances take place at Loeb Sun., Aug 2—“First Sunday World Mass. Ave., various times. See Web site $20.50 general; $5 off for A.R.T. merband.shtml. Drama Center Experimental Theatre, 64 Music Series.” (Art Museum) Concert of for full schedule. Tickets are $25-39 patrons. Tickets are available through Brattle St., various times. Tickets are world music. Sackler Museum, 485 general; $10 off senior citizens. Tickets the A.R.T. Box Office (617) 547-8300, in Fri., July 31—“Harvard Summer School $12 general; $8 students/senior citi- Broadway, 3 p.m. Free with price of are available through the Harvard Box person at the Loeb Drama Center Box Chorus.” (Harvard Summer School) zens. Harvard Box Office (617) 496- admission. (617) 495-9400, www.har- Office (617) 496-2222, Office, or www.amrep.org. Program of Handel and Haydn. Sanders 2222, www.boxoffice.harvard.edu. vardartmuseum.org. www.boxoffice.harvard.edu. Theatre, 8 p.m. The chorus will sing with Wed., July 22-Sun., Aug. 2—“Aurélia’s professional orchestra and soloists. Wed., June 24-Sat., June 27—“A Mon., June 22—“Afterbirth … Stories Oratorio” is Victoria Thierrée Chaplin’s Free and open to the public. Workshop of Original Student Plays” theater You Won’t Read in a Parenting dazzling display of stage illusion, [email protected]. features two student-written plays, Alex Magazine” is a showcase of original, inspired by the magic of music hall and American Repertory Theater (Continued on next page) 22/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009

(Continued from previous page) Through Thu., July 9—No screen- —First floor, Countway Library. (617) mens documenting two centuries of sci- —Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Breaux’s “Still Fighting It” and Jack ings. Screenings will resume on July 10. 432-6196. entific exploration, including a 42-foot- Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. Cutmore-Scott’s “Breaking Up.” Each long Kronosaurus skeleton, and the Ave., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free and open to performance will be followed by a talk- Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute “Modeling Reproduction: The Teaching world’s largest turtle shell, more than 7 the public. (617) 495-5214. back with the director, playwrights, and Films are screened in Room S020, CGIS Models of Robert Latou Dickinson” fea- feet long and 6 million years old. actors. South, 1730 Cambridge St., with Yuri tures an early birth pioneer who devel- (Ongoing) —Performances take place at Loeb Shevchuk, Columbia University. Co-spon- oped a renowned collection of reproduc- “‘Ever Westward’: Sir Arthur Conan Drama Center Experimental Theatre, 64 sored by the Ukrainian Film Club and the tion models as part of his campaign to “Evolution” is an exhibition of life’s Doyle and American Culture” commem- Brattle St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia broaden the understanding and accep- major transitions — the move from orates the 150th anniversary of Doyle’s general; $6 students/Harvard ID/senior University. www.huri.harvard.edu/calen- tance of human sexuality. In addition to water to land and human origins, inviting birth and examines his life and most citizens. Harvard Box Office (617) 496- dar.html. models, the exhibit includes correspon- visitors to examine the fossil, anatomi- famous literary creation, Sherlock 2222, www.boxoffice.harvard.edu. Mon., July 6—“New Films from dence, ephemera, and photographs cal, and genetic evidence that reveals Holmes, with a special emphasis on Ukraine” at 7 p.m.. from the Dickinson papers. (Through the shared evolutionary history of all their place in American culture. (Through Mon., July 13—“The Holodomor in Sept. 30) life. Featuring animals and plants that Aug. 8) film Film” at 7 p.m. —Second floor, Countway Library. (617) sparked Darwin’s theory, dramatic dis- —Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Mon., July 20—“Ukraine: A View 432-6196. www.countway.harvard.edu/ plays of diversity within species, and Library. (617) 496-4027. from the Outside” at 7 p.m. chom. computer simulations to demonstrate All films are screened in the Main how natural selection acts, “Evolution” “‘A Monument More Durable Than Auditorium of the Carpenter Center for “The ” pre- will also offer behind-the-scenes looks Brass’: The Donald and Mary Hyde the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St. Video pre- radio sents over 13,000 rare and unusual at current evolution research at Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson” is sentations are presented in B-04, a objects, including anatomical and patho- Harvard. (Ongoing) the most comprehensive collection in smaller auditorium next to the main Harvard Radio WHRB (95.3 FM) logical specimens, medical instruments, existence on the life and work of auditorium. Programs are subject to WHRB presents the finest in classical, anatomical models, and medical memo- “Language of Color” looks at the vastly Johnson and his circle of friends and change; call for admission charges and jazz, underground rock, news, and rabilia of famous physicians. (Ongoing) different ways and reasons animals dis- associates in 18th century London. details. The Film Archive publishes a sports programming, and has 24-hour —Warren Museum Exhibition Gallery, play color. This exhibition combines dra- Treasures include a fragment of the schedule of films and events that is live Internet streaming from its Web 5th floor, Countway Library. (617) 432- matic specimens from across the ani- manuscript for his “Dictionary,” his only available at the Carpenter Center. (617) site. Program guide subscriptions are 6196. mal kingdom with computer interactives, surviving letter to his wife, books from 495-4700, http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/. free. (617) 495-4818, [email protected], hands-on activities, and a stunning dis- his library, and his teapot. See also con- www.whrb.org. Ernst Mayr Library play of live dart frogs. Visitors will learn “Hillbilly at Harvard”—Saturdays, 9 “Charles Darwin: A Celebration of the how color and its perception have co- a.m.-1 p.m. Bicentenary of His Birth (1809) pre- evolved, resulting in a complex and sents a selection of Darwin’s books, diverse palette used to camouflage, Living on Earth, National Public Radio’s manuscript fragments, correspondence, startle predators, mimic other animals, journal of the environment, hosted by portraits, and ephemera. (Through attract a mate, or intimidate a rival. Guidelines Steve Curwood, Department of Earth autumn 2009) (Through Sept. 6, 2009) Calendar and Planetary Sciences, and produced —Ernst Mayr Library, second floor, for listing in cooperation with Harvard University, is Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 “Mineral Gallery.” More than 5,000 abbreviations aired on more than 270 NPR stations Oxford St. (617) 495-2475, minerals and gemstones on display Where abbreviations appear in Calendar list- nationally and on more than 400 outlets http://library.mcz.harvard.edu. including a 1,642 pound amethyst ings, the following list may be used to find events in internationally. In eastern Massachu- geode from Brazil. Touch meteorites the full name of the sponsoring organization. setts, the program airs Sunday, 7 a.m., Graduate School of Design from outer space. (Ongoing) WBUR 90.9 FM. (617) 868-8810, Belfer Center for Science “The 2009 Commencement Exhibition” and International Affairs BCSIA Calendar [email protected], www.loe.org. Events on campus sponsored by the is a collection of artwork by GSD gradu- “The Ware Collection of Glass Models Bunting Society of Institute Fellows BSIF University, its schools, departments, ating students representing the culmina- of Plants” features the world famous Center for American Political Studies CAPS tion of many years of intellectual com- “” created more than five Center for European Studies CES centers, organizations, and its recog- Center for Government nized student groups are published exhibitions mitment and imaginative speculation. decades by glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, 3,000 glass models and International Studies CGIS every Thursday. Events sponsored by Arnold Arboretum (Through Aug. 3) Center for Jewish Studies CJS outside groups cannot be included. —Gund Hall Lobby, 48 Quincy St., GSD. of 847 plant species. (Ongoing) Center for Middle Eastern Studies CMES “Science in the Pleasure Ground” pro- Admissions charges may apply for www.gsd.harvard.edu. —The Harvard Museum of Natural Center for Population vides a captivating retrospective on the some events. Call the event sponsor History is located at 26 Oxford St. and Development Studies CPDS oldest arboretum in the nation. The cen- Center for Quality of Care for details. Harvard Art Museum Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Closed Jan. tral feature of the exhibit is an 8-foot by 1, Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 24-25. Research and Education QCARE 15-foot scale model of the Arboretum I Sackler Museum Admission is $9 for adults; $7 for senior Center for the Study of Values in Public Life CSVPL that includes historical vignettes and “Re-View” presents extensive selec- citizens and students; $6 for children 3 To place a listing tions from the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, Center for the Study present-day attractions. (Ongoing) to 18 years old; free for children under of World Religions CSWR —Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, and Sackler museums together for the Notices should be e-mailed, faxed, or 3 years old. Current Harvard ID holders Committee for the Concerns Jamaica Plain. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 9 first time. The survey features Western of Women at Harvard-Radcliffe CCW mailed to the Calendar editor. Perti- and one guest always admitted free. a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; art from antiquity to the turn of the last Committee on African Studies CAS nent information includes: title of See Web site for free admission hours Sun., noon-4 p.m.; closed holidays. century, Islamic and Asian art, and Committee on Degrees event, sponsoring organization, date, for Mass. residents, extended third (617) 524-1718, www.arboretum.har- European and American art since 1900. in Women’s Studies CDWS time, and location; and, if applicable, Thursday summer hours, reduced rates Committee on Inner-Asian vard.edu. (Ongoing) for adult and student groups, lectures, name of speaker(s), fee, refresh- —The Sackler Museum is located at and Altaic Studies CIAAS ments, and registration information. A classes, and events. (617) 495-3045, Committee on Iranian Studies CIS Baker Library 485 Broadway. The Harvard Art www.hmnh.harvard.edu. David Rockefeller Center submission form is available at the Museum is open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 “The Primary Sources: Contemporary for Latin American Studies DRCLAS front desk of the News Office, 1060 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. Admission is $9; Division of Biological Sciences DBS Research in Baker Library Historical Holyoke Center Holyoke Center. Promotional pho- $7 for senior citizens; $6 for college stu- Division of Health Sciences Collections” examines the role of prima- tographs with descriptions are wel- dents with ID; free to Harvard ID hold- “Physical State” features photographs and Technology DHST ry source materials in contemporary come. ers, Cambridge Public Library card hold- by Damian Hickey. Influenced by fashion East Asian Legal Studies Program EALS scholarly research by showcasing four Graduate School of Design GSD ers, members, and to people under 18 photography and painting, Hickey uses recent publications by Harvard Business Graduate School of Education GSE Addresses years old; free to the public on Saturday the camera as a tool to photograph School faculty and fellows that drew dreams and visions, which deal with Harvard AIDS Institute HAI mornings 10 a.m.-noon and every day Harvard Art Museum HAM extensively from the extraordinary Mail: after 4:30 p.m. Tours are given Mon.-Fri. themes of desire and loss from the Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum HBSF breadth of historical documents held at Calendar editor at 12:15 and 2 p.m. (617) 495-9400, point of view of female protagonists. Harvard College Library HCL HBS. Also featuring ten additional, Harvard Gazette www.harvardartmuseum.org. NOTE: The (Through June 24) HDS recent, scholarly publications in which Harvard Education Forum HEF 1350 Massachusetts Avenue Fogg and Busch-Reisinger closed to —Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, the premises were strengthened and Harvard Family Research Project HFRP Cambridge, MA 02138 the public on June 30, 2008, for a ren- Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. enriched by the authors’ access to his- Ave., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free and open to Harvard Film Archive HFA ovation project lasting approximately Harvard Foundation for Intercultural torical documents at HBS. (Through Telephone: (617) 496-2651 five years. The Sackler will remain the public. (617) 495-5214. and Race Relations HFIRR Sept. 11) Fax: (617) 496-9351 open during the renovation. Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus HGLC E-mail: [email protected] —North lobby, Baker Library, Bloomberg “Southwest by Northeast” is Heather Harvard Institute Center, HBS, Soldiers Field Rd. (617) for International Development HIID Harvard Museum of Natural Meri Stewart’s imaginative exploration Deadlines 496-6364, www.library.hbs.edu/hc. of the means by which we mediate Harvard International Office HIO History between the rational and sensual ele- Harvard Law School HLS “Arthropods: Creatures that Rule” Harvard Medical School HMS Calendar listings must be received at Collection of Historical Scientific ments of painting. Inspired by recent brings together unique fossils and pre- Harvard Museum of Natural History HMNH least one week before their publica- Instruments travels, these paintings investigate the Harvard School of Dental Medicine HSDM served specimens, large screen video tion date. All entries must be re- “Time, Life, & Matter: Science in landscape and built environment of the Harvard School of Public Health HSPH presentations, striking color pho- ceived by 5 p.m. on Thursday. If you Cambridge” traces the development of northeastern and southwestern U.S. Harvard-Smithsonian Center tographs and images from scanning for Astrophysics CfA are uncertain about a deadline, holi- scientific activity at Harvard, and (June 26-July 22) electron microscopes, hands-on interac- Harvard University Center for the day schedule, or any other informa- explores how science was promoted or —Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, tive games, and live creatures. It pre- Environment HUCE tion, please call the Calendar editor affected by religion, politics, philosophy, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. sents arthropods’ long evolutionary his- Institute of Politics IOP at (617) 496-2651. art, and commerce in the last 400 Ave., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free and open to Kennedy School of Government HKS tory and the incredible variety of their years. Featured objects include instru- the public. (617) 495-5214. Law School Human Rights Program LSHRP habitats, and showcases a range of ments connected to Galileo, Benjamin Law School Program Online arthropod adaptations, including the in Jewish Studies LSPJS Franklin, William James, and Charles “Greece at a Glance” showcases pho- evolution of wings and the remarkable Office for Information Technology OIT The Calendar is available on the Web Lindbergh. (Ongoing) tographs by Maggie Hsu that capture capacity to mimic both their surround- Office of International Education OIE at http://www.news.harvard. —Putnam Gallery, Science Center 136, Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, the beauty, ings and other animals. (Ongoing) Office of Work and Family OWF edu/gazette. Click on Calendar. 1 Oxford St. Free and open to the pub- beaches, and architecture of Greece. Philosophy of Education lic. Children must be escorted by an (July 24-Aug. 26) Research Center PERC “Climate Change: Our Global Available space adult. (617) 495-2779. —Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Program on Information Experiment” offers a fascinating look at Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. Resources Policy PIRP how scientists study climate change and Program on International Confict Listings for ongoing exhibitions, Ave., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free and open to Countway Library of Medicine at the evidence of global warming and Analysis and Resolution PICAR health and fitness classes, support the public. (617) 495-5214. “Conceiving the Pill: Highlights from the impact of human activity. Visitors Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and social groups, and screenings and Cultural Survival PNSCS the Reproductive Health Collections” are encouraged to apply what they’ve and studies are provided on a space- “From Film to Digital: Fresh Images Program on U.S.-Japan Relations USJRP features newly opened manuscripts of learned via a dynamic computer simula- available basis. Information not run Over Decades” features the pho- School of Engineering and John C. Rock, the co-creator of the con- tion that allows them to make choices Applied Sciences SEAS in a particular issue will be retained tographs of Henry Steiner. Taken from traceptive pill with Arthur T. Hertig, and about energy use for the nation and the Technology & Entrepreneurship for later use. 1966 on, in film and slides until he draws on the papers of contributing sci- world and evaluate the consequences. Center at Harvard TECH Screenings/studies and support went digital seven years ago, these pho- entists, physicians, and activists (Ongoing) Trade Union Program TUP group listings must be renewed by involved in reproductive health. The tographs embrace nature in its many Ukrainian Research Institute URI Jan. 5 or Aug. 30 to continue run- majestic forms, nature in the striking United Ministry UM exhibit includes ephemera, photographs, “Dodos, Trilobites, & Meteorites: ning for an additional term. patterns and lighting that it can offer, Weatherhead Center for correspondence, and artifacts from Treasures of Nature and Science at International Affairs WCFIA these collections. (Through Sept. 30) and people in their cultural diversity. Harvard” features hundreds of speci- (Aug. 28-Sept. 23) June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 23

Important deadline information The June 11 Gazette is the last issue of the academic year. There are two summer (online only) issues scheduled: July 23 and Aug. 20. The deadlines for those issues are 5 p.m. Thursday, July 16, and Thursday, Aug, 13, respectively. There will be NO exceptions. Please call (617) 496-2651 with any questions. ferences. (Aug. 26-Nov. 14) Liberia/Ivory Coast festivals through everyday life in Iron Age Israel (ca. Mon., June 15—“The Man on Mao’s —Edison and Newman Room and Amy rare drawings and photographs, along 1200-600 BCE). Featured in the exhibit Sat., Aug 15—“Renaissance Right.” (Fairbank Center) Ji Chaozhu, Lowell Room, Houghton Library. (617) with masks from the Peabody Museum is a full-scale replica of a fully furnished, Responses to Antiquity: Rubens, author and former interpreter for Mao 495-2449. collections. See also Tozzer Library. two-story village house. (Ongoing) Bernini, and Poussin.” (Art Museum) Zedong and Zhou Enlai. Room S153, (Through March 31, 2010) Gallery talk with Antien Knapp, postdoc- CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., noon. “‘This great voice that shakes the “Nuzi and the Hurrians: Fragments from toral fellow, Harvard Art Museum. world’: Tennyson’s ‘Idylls of the King’” “Pacific Islands Hall” features a diverse a Forgotten Past” features over 100 Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, 11 Wed., June 24—“Ukraine’s Security: is a celebration of the 200th anniver- array of artifacts brought to the muse- objects detailing everyday life in Nuzi, a.m. Free and open to the public. (617) Regional Context.” (HURI) Leonid sary of Tennyson’s birth. This exhibition um by Boston’s maritime trade mer- which was located in Northeastern Iraq 495-9400, www.harvardartmuseum.org. Polyakov, fellow, HURI. Room S050, focuses on the poet’s great Arthuriad, chants. (Ongoing) around 1400 B.C. (Ongoing) CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., 7 “The Idylls of the King,” a 12-part cycle —Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave. Open p.m. www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar. of poems composed and published over “Storied Walls: Murals of the Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., 1-4 p.m. conferences html. nearly 30 years. Including early drafts Americas” explores the spectacular wall Closed holiday weekends. Admission is Thu., Aug. 27-Sat., Aug 29—“Johnson and variants, published editions, and paintings from the ancestral Hopi village free. (617) 495-4631. at 300: A Houghton Library Tue., June 30—“Famine and Socialism: artist’s interpretations of the “Idylls.” kivas of Awatovi in Arizona; San Bartolo Symposium.” (Harvard College Library) Exploring the Cases of China and the (June 15-Aug. 27) and Bonampak in Guatemala and Science Center For symposium details, visit Soviet Union.” (Fairbank Center, Davis http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/Hought —Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library. Mexico, respectively; and the Moche “Patent Republic: Materialities of Center) Felix Wemheuer, Vienna on/conference_johnson.html. See also (617) 495-2449. huacas of northern Peru. (Through Dec. Intellectual Property in 19th-Century University and visiting scholar, Fairbank exhibitions. 31, 2009) America” retraces more than 50 years Center. Room S153, CGIS South, 1730 of patent-model making in the U.S., pre- Cambridge St., 12:15 p.m. “Harvard College Annual International “Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the senting common inventions such as environmental sciences Photo Contest” displays photos taken Contested West” explores the mean- washing machines, carpet sweepers, Thu., July 23—“China’s Environmental Wed., July 1—“Children of Ukraine by Harvard students who have studied, ings of a unique 19th century “artist’s and ice skates, as well as Thomas NGOs and Public Policy: Three Case Hospital Rotary Project: 12 Years of worked, interned, or conducted research book” filled with colored drawings by Edison’s carbonizer. (Through Dec. 11) Studies.” (Fairbank Center) Jialiang Xu, Working Side by Side To Save abroad during the past year. (Through Indian warriors, probably Lakota Indians, —Science Center, 1 Oxford St. Open Beijing Normal University and visiting Children.” (HURI) Joyce Dove, founder June 30) recovered by the U.S. Army from the bat- weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. scholar, Fairbank Center. Room S153, and director, Foundation for Children Inc. —Level B and first floor, Lamont Library. tlefield after the 1876 Little Big Horn CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S050, CGIS South, 1730 (617) 495-2455. fight, in which George Armstrong Custer Tozzer Library 12:15 p.m. Cambridge St., 7 p.m. www.huri.har- was defeated by the Sioux and “Masked Festivals of Canton Bo (Ivory vard.edu/calendar.html. Landscape Institute Cheyenne. (Through August 2011) Coast), West Africa” explores the g’la, “Independent Project Studio and or the spirit forms of eastern health sciences Wed., July 15—“The Politics of Memory Design IV Final Project Presentation.” —The Peabody Museum is located at Liberia/Ivory Coast festivals through Wed., July 1—“Children of Ukraine in a Divided Society: A Comparison of (Through June 25) 11 Divinity Ave. Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 rare drawings and photographs, along Hospital Rotary Project: 12 Years of Post-Franco Spain and Post-Soviet —Landscape Institute, 30 Chauncy St. p.m. Admission is $9 for adults; $7 for with masks from the Peabody Museum Working Side by Side To Save Ukraine.” (HURI) Oxana Shevel, Tufts (617) 495-8632, www.landscape.arbore- senior citizens and students; $6 for chil- collections. See also Peabody Museum. Children.” (HURI) Joyce Dove, founder University. Room S050, CGIS South, tum.harvard.edu. dren 3 to 18 years old; free for children (Through March 31, 2010) and director, Foundation for Children Inc. 1730 Cambridge St., 7 p.m. under 3 years old. Free admission (for —Tozzer Library Gallery, 21 Divinity Ave. Room S050, CGIS South, 1730 www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html. “Julie Shapiro: Seed and Plant Massachusetts residents only) on Sun. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with Cambridge St., 7 p.m. www.huri.har- Identification Photographs.” (Aug. 17- mornings 9 a.m.-noon, except for some evening and weekend hours. vard.edu/calendar.html. Thu., July 23—“China’s Environmental Sept. 10) groups, and free admission on Wed. (617) 495-2292, http://hcl.harvard. NGOs and Public Policy: Three Case —Landscape Institute, 30 Chauncy St. afternoons, Sept.-May, 3-5 p.m. The edu/libraries/#tozzer. humanities Studies.” (Fairbank Center) Jialiang Xu, Peabody Museum is closed Jan. 1, Beijing Normal University and visiting (617) 495-8632, www.landscape.arbore- Wed., July 8—“The Art of Fiction: tum.harvard.edu. Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 24, and Dec. scholar, Fairbank Center. Room S153, 25. (617) 496-1027, www.peabody.har- lectures Practice, and Practice (A Workshop CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., vard.edu. and Reading).” (HURI) Askold 12:15 p.m. “Roger Cody: Downtown Boston Melnyczuk, UMass Boston. Room S050, Landscapes.” (July 12-Aug. 6) art/design CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., 7 —Landscape Institute, 30 Chauncy St. Pusey Library Sun., June 14—“A Museum of Plaster p.m. Open to Harvard students only. (617) 495-8632, www.landscape.arbore- “Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, 1909- classes etc. Casts: Adolphus Busch Hall.” (Art www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html. tum.harvard.edu. 1929: Twenty Years that Changed the Museum) Gallery talk with Almut Trinius, Arnold Arboretum offers a series of World of Art” features more than 200 Wed., July 15—“The Politics of Memory Loeb Music Library original documents and art works in the curatorial fellow, Harvard Art Museum. classes for the general public. (617) Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St., 2 in a Divided Society: A Comparison of 384-5209, [email protected], “Nadia Boulanger and Her American Harvard Theatre Collection. For more p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) Post-Franco Spain and Post-Soviet www.arboretum.harvard.edu. Composition Students” focuses on information, visit 495-9400, www.harvardartmuseum.org. Ukraine.” (HURI) Oxana Shevel, Tufts Volunteer opportunities: Share Nadia Boulanger, one of the foremost http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions/i I University. Room S050, CGIS South, your love of trees and nature — volun- composition teachers of the 20th centu- ndex.html#diaghilevs_ballets. (Through Tue., June 16—“The Houses of Ancient 1730 Cambridge St., 7 p.m. teer as a School Program Guide at the ry, especially her American ties and her Aug. 28) Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine.” www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html. Arnold Arboretum. You will be trained to influence on generations of American —Pusey Library. Open weekdays, 9 (Semitic Museum) Free lunchtime tour. lead science programs in the Arboretum composers. www.crosscurrents08- a.m.-5 p.m. Learn how people lived in an ancient landscape with elementary school 09.org. (Through July 1) poetry/prose Mesopotamian city around 800 BCE. groups. (617) 384-5239, www.arbore- —Richard F. French Gallery, Eda Kuhn “Family Gallery” features portraits of Sun., June 14—“Fairly Unbalanced: Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., 12:15 tum.harvard.edu/programs/fieldstudy_g Loeb Music Library, Fanny Mason ’s wives, children, Writing Political Satire in the Twenty- p.m. www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic. uides.html. Peabody Music Building. (617) 496- and himself as a father, paterfamilias, First Century.” (Cambridge Forum) A dis- “Signs of Spring” Free walking 3359. and grandfather, while “Pilgrimage to a cussion of the power (and pitfalls) of I Refuge” displays Roosevelt’s pho- Sat., June 20—“A Historian’s writing in the age of Jon Stewart and Al tours: Come and explore the collections Perspective: How the Art of Pissarro, on a free guided tour led by knowledge- Peabody Museum tographs, ocean charts, and his pub- Franken. Panelists include novelists lished account of his 1915 trip to the Manet, and Picasso Can Teach Us Percival Everett and Lise Haines; come- able volunteer docents on select “Avenue Patrice Lumumba: about Women’s Lives in Late 19th Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays Photographs by Guy Tillim” features bird refuges at the mouth of the dian Jimmy Tingle, poet Baron Wormser, Mississippi. (Through June 30) Century France.” (Art Museum) Gallery and members of the Harvard Lampoon. through November. Times vary. All tours photographs of Tillims’ travels to talk with Kelsey McNiff, Harvard Art begin in front of the Hunnewell Building Angola, Mozambique, Congo, and —Roosevelt Gallery, Pusey Library. Writer Nurmuhemmet Yasin will be hon- (617) 384-7938. Museum. Sackler Museum, 485 ored by PEN/New England. Cambridge Visitor Center, 125 Arborway, and last Madagascar to document the grand Broadway, 11 a.m. Free and open to the approximately 60-90 minutes. No regis- colonial architecture and how it has Forum, 3 Church St., 4 p.m. Free and “Taking the Measure of Rhode Island: public. (617) 495-9400, www.harvar- open to the public. www.cambridgefo- tration necessary. (617) 524-1718, become a part of a contemporary dartmuseum.org. www.arboretum.harvard.edu/visitors/tou African stage. (Through Sept. 8) A Cartographical Tour” examines the rum.org. cartographical history of the small, enig- rs.html. Tue., July 14—“The Houses of Ancient Call for Artists: The Arnold “Change and Continuity: Hall of the matic state. From the Colonial period to Wed., July 8—“The Art of Fiction: I the early 20th century, this exhibit fea- Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine.” Practice, and Practice (A Workshop Arboretum and Jamaica Plain Open North American Indian” explores how (Semitic Museum) Free lunchtime tour. Studios are hosting a juried group exhi- native peoples across the continent tures examples of boundary surveys, and Reading).” (HURI) Askold state maps, nautical charts, town plans, Learn how people lived in an ancient Melnyczuk, UMass Boston. Room S050, bition devoted to art inspired by the responded to the arrival of Europeans. Mesopotamian city around 800 BCE. plants, landscape, and collections of the (Ongoing) city and state atlases, topographical and CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., 7 geological maps, road guides, and bird’s Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., 12:15 p.m. Open to Harvard students only. Arnold Arboretum. Artists are welcome eye views. (Through June 12) p.m. www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic. www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html. to submit work for consideration. Details “Digging Veritas: The Archaeology and and forms available at www.arboretum. History of the Indian College and —Map Gallery Hall, Pusey Library. (617) 495-2417. Sat., July 18—“Modern Visions from harvard.edu/jpos. The deadline is Tue., Student Life at Colonial Harvard” show- the Busch-Reisinger Museum social sciences July 14, at 4 p.m. cases finds from Harvard Yard, historical Semitic Museum Collection.” (Art Museum) Gallery talk Sun., June 14—“Fairly Unbalanced: documents, and more from Harvard’s with Laura Muir, assistant curator, “Ancient Cyprus: The Cesnola Writing Political Satire in the Twenty- The Center for Workplace Development early years. (Through Jan. 2010) Harvard Art Museum. Sackler Museum, Collection at the Semitic Museum” First Century.” (Cambridge Forum) A dis- offers a wide variety of professional 485 Broadway, 11 a.m. Free and open comprises vessels, figurines, bronzes, cussion of the power (and pitfalls) of development courses, career develop- “Encounters with the Americas” to the public. (617) 495-9400, www.har- and other artifacts dating from 2000 writing in the age of Jon Stewart and Al ment workshops, consulting services, explores native cultures of Mesoamerica vardartmuseum.org. B.C. to 300 A.D. (Ongoing) Franken. Panelists include novelists and computer classes to Harvard before and after Spanish contact. It fea- Percival Everett and Lise Haines; come- employees. State-of-the-art training and tures original sculpture and plaster Wed., July 29—“The Houses of Ancient “Ancient Egypt: Magic and the dian Jimmy Tingle, poet Baron Wormser, conference rooms are available to rent casts of Maya monuments as well as Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine.” Afterlife” introduces visitors to the and members of the Harvard Lampoon. at CWD’s 124 Mt. Auburn St. location contemporary textiles from the (Semitic Museum) Free lunchtime tour. Egyptian view of life after death through Writer Nurmuhemmet Yasin will be hon- as well. Go to http://harvie.harvard. Americas. (Ongoing) Learn how people lived in an ancient coffins, amulets, and funerary inscrip- ored by PEN/New England. Cambridge edu/learning/cwd to view a complete Mesopotamian city around 1200 BCE. tions. (Ongoing) Forum, 3 Church St., 4 p.m. Free and list of programs and services, or contact “Masked Festivals of Canton Bo (Ivory Nuzi Gallery, Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity open to the public. www.cambridgefo- CWD at (617) 495-4895 or training@har- Coast), West Africa” explores the g’la, Ave., 12:15 p.m. www.fas.harvard.edu/ “The Houses of Ancient Israel: rum.org. vard.edu. or the spirit forms of eastern ~semitic. Domestic, Royal, Divine” is devoted to (Continued on next page) 24/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009

(Continued from previous page) Handouts can be downloaded at p.m.; and Mon., June 22, 5-9 p.m. Fee is $37/half-hr; $25/half-hr for http://it.med.harvard.edu/ris. I Rehearsals are in Sanders Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study HUGHP members Committee on the Concerns of Women Theatre, Tuesdays and Thursdays begin- I Through Fri., June 12—“Reading at Harvard holds meetings throughout Harvard Museum of Natural History ning June 23, 7-9:45 p.m. Historic Cookbooks: A Structured Massage Therapy, 90-Minute the year. www.atwork.harvard.edu, offers a variety of programs based on I Performance is Fri., July 31, Approach.” Seminar by Barbara Appointments http://harvie.harvard.edu. E-mail the Museum’s diverse exhibits. The Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. Ketcham Wheaton. , 90-minute appointments with Licensed [email protected] for registration and entrance for all programs is 26 Oxford 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard. Massage Therapists details. St. Enrollment is limited, and advance Harvard Summer School Orchestra Applications accepted through May 8. A Tuesdays-Thursdays, evening appoint- registration is required. Sign up for (781) 899-4335, [email protected], participation fee is required. www.rad- ments CPR and First Aid Programs. Call (617) three or more classes and get an extra www.summer.harvard.edu/2009/cam- cliffe.edu. Fridays, Saturdays, afternoon appoint- 495-1771 to register. 10 percent off. Wheelchair accessible. pus/activities.jsp. ments (617) 495-2341, www.hmnh.harvard. Under the direction of Judith Records Management Office, part of 75 Mt. Auburn St., 2nd floor, HUHS Environmental Health and Safety edu. Zuckerman. Open to musicians from the Harvard University Archives, offers Call (617) 495-9629 to arrange (Harvard Longwood Campus) safety I Summer Science Weeks both Harvard and the Greater Boston important workshops to help staff in Fee is $90/90 minutes; $60/HUGHP seminars/orientation for Medical Area HMNH offers opportunities for chil- area; musicians must be available for charge of keeping the University’s files members lab researchers are offered on the third dren in preschool through grade 6 to the entire summer term. The orchestra in order. (617) 495-5961, rmo@hul- Thursday of each month, noon-2:30 explore the natural world in half-day has openings for flute, oboe, Bb clar- mail.harvard.edu, http://hul.harvard. Chair Massage Relaxation Break p.m. Topics include: Laboratory Safety, Summer Science Weeks. Kids learn with inet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, edu/rmo. 10- or 20-minute appointments with Bloodborne Pathogens, Hazardous professional museum educators: bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percus- Licensed Massage Therapists Waste. (617) 432-1720, www.uos.har- observing live animal behaviors and sion, harp, violin, viola, cello, and con- Mondays, noon-2 p.m. vard.edu/ehs. Beverages provided. investigating insects, spiders, and other trabass. computer Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. creepy crawlies. www.hmnh.harvard. I Auditions are Tue., June 23-Thu., Fridays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Hemenway Harvard Ballroom dance classes are edu/kids_classes/index.php#summer- June 25, Memorial Hall, 5-9 p.m. One Harvard’s Computer Product & Repair Gym offered by the Harvard Ballroom Dance programs. prepared piece of the auditioner’s Center has walk-in hours Mon., Tue., Fridays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Team throughout the year. Salsa, Swing, I Volunteer opportunity choice, and sight-reading excerpts from Thu., and Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed., 10 75 Mt. Auburn St., 2nd floor, HUHS Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Rumba, and Cha HMNH seeks volunteers who are planned program. a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Sat. and Sun. Call (617) 495-9629 to arrange Cha are just some of the dances you enthusiastic about natural history and I Rehearsals are Mondays, begin- Science Center B11. (617) 495-5450, Fee is $12/10 minutes; $9/HUGHP can learn. No partner or experience is would enjoy sharing that excitement with ning June 29, Sanders Theatre, 6:30-9 www.computers.harvard.edu. members necessary. For more information, includ- adults and children. No special qualifica- p.m. ing class descriptions and pricing, visit tions required. Training is provided. Just I Performance is Sat., Aug. 1, The Harvard College Library offers On-Site Massage Therapy or Shiatsu www.harvardballroom.org. one morning or afternoon per week or Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. hands-on instruction in using the HOLLIS 10-minute appointments with Licensed weekend required. More info: volun- Portal Page (the Web gateway to over Massage Therapists Harvard Contemporary Gamelan is open [email protected]. The Landscape Institute, 30 Chauncy 1,300 electronic resources), the HOLLIS Call (617) 495-9629 to arrange to Harvard students, faculty, staff, and I Ongoing programs St., 1st floor. (617) 495-8632, land- Catalog (for materials owned by Harvard Fee is $12 per person; minimum of six other community members. Join us Discovery Stations in “Arthropods: [email protected], www.land- libraries), and Advanced HOLLIS subject people Thursdays for a new music adventure Creatures that Rule” let you observe scape.arboretum.harvard.edu. sections each semester. http://hcl.har- and be part of creating the Music and learn about live animals, artifacts, I Summer 2009 registration is vard.edu/widener/services/research/ho Shiatsu (Acupressure) Department’s new orchestra. Lower and specimens, while Gallery Guides open for enrollment. Classes began llis_instruction.html. One-hour appointments with Karl Berger, main floor, Gamelan Music Room, answer questions and help visitors learn June 1. ABT, LMT SOCH/Hilles, 7 p.m. To sign up, e-mail about the natural world. Wednesday I Through Fri., June 12—“Estate Mondays, 6, 7, and 8 p.m. [email protected]. afternoons, Saturday, and Sunday. Management Practicum: The Evolution special events 75 Mt. Auburn St., 5th floor, HUHS General museum admission. of an Historic Estate Garden to a Call (617) 495-9629 to arrange Tue., June 16—“Informational Harvard Course in Reading and Study Nature Storytime features readings Modern Day Nonprofit Institution.” Fee is $60/hr; $40/hr for HUGHP mem- Meeting.” (Helping Children with Special Strategies offered by the Bureau of of stories and poems for kids ages 6 Weeklong intensive workshop offering bers Needs Together) Sandra Clancy and Study Counsel. Through readings, films, and under. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 students a “real world” opportunity to Shellie Legere, Massachusetts General and classroom exercises, students learn a.m. and 2 p.m. address the many professional chal- Reiki Hospital for Children Coordinated Care to read more purposefully, selectively, I Special events lenges presented by a new client with a One-hour appointments with Licensed Clinic, will answer parents’ questions and with greater speed and comprehen- Thu., June 18, July 16, Aug. 20— large historic estate. Featuring talks by Massage Therapists and give tips on where to look for sion. A 14-day course for one hour/day “Summer Nights.” Extended hours at Richard Schulhof, Erica Max, Alice Mondays-Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays resources, how to coordinate communi- over a period of a few weeks. Cost is the museum offers chances to explore Ingerson, and others. Cost is $485. 75 Mt. Auburn St., 2E, HUHS cation and care and exchange of infor- $150. Summer session will be held the galleries and participate in special Register online at http://arboretum.har- Call (617) 495-9629 to arrange mation, and more. Room 319, June 29-July 17 (no class July 3), Mon.- programs. Half-price admission on the vard.edu/landinst/reg_courses.php. Fee is $60/hr; $40/hr for HUGHP mem- Longfellow Hall, HGSE, 13 Appian Way, Fri., 4 p.m. Call (617) 495-2581 or third Thursday in June, July, and August. I Thu., June 11-Thu., July 9— bers 12:45-2 p.m. Open to Harvard affiliates. come to the Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Each night will feature a special program “Therapeutic Landscapes.” Instruction http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/hcsnt. Linden St., to register or for more infor- including movie screenings, conversa- by Robert C. Hoover. June 11: 821-1A Acupuncture, 1-Hour Appointments mation. http://bsc.harvard.edu/. tions with scientists, and gallery tours. “Why Therapeutic Landscapes?”; June One-hour appointments with Jeffrey Check www.hmnh.harvard.edu for 25: 821-2A “What is a Therapeutic Wed., June 17—“Info Session.” Matrician, Lic. Ac. () Designed for Harvard Extension School Career and details. Garden for Alzheimer’s Disease?”; July Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, morning anyone interested in learning more Academic Resource Center. (617) 495- 9: 821-3A “Therapeutic Landscape Case and afternoon appointments about the Extension School and its 9413, [email protected]. Harvard Neighbors offers a variety of Studies.” Classes run from 5:30 p.m.- 75 Mt. Auburn St., 2E, HUHS programs and events for the Harvard 7:30 p.m. Cost is $100 for 3 sessions; range of offerings. Memorial Hall & Call (617) 495-9629 to arrange (clini- I Wed., June 17—“Info Session.” Science Center, 5-9 p.m. A reception will Designed for anyone interested in learn- community. (617) 495-4313, neigh- $40 for a single session. Participants cian clearance required) be held from 5-6:15 p.m. One attendee, ing more about the Extension School [email protected], www.neighbors.har- may register for all three sessions, Fee is $75/hr; $40/hr for HUGHP mem- selected at random, will receive one and its range of offerings. Memorial Hall vard.edu. using the course code 821A. For single bers tuition-free, non-limited enrollment & Science Center, 5-9 p.m. A reception session registration, use the code next course, to be taken during the 2009-10 will be held from 5-6:15 p.m. One Harvard School of Public Health to class title. http://arboretum.har- Tobacco Cessation Classes are offered academic year. Register by June 17. attendee, selected at random, will I Through Fri., June 12—“Ethical vard.edu/landinst/reg_courses.php. weekly at the Dana-Farber Cancer http://dceweb.harvard.edu/prod/sowin- receive one tuition-free, non-limited Issues in Global Health Research I Thu., June 25—“Why People Institute, dates and times may vary. fo.taf. enrollment course, to be taken during Workshop.” Intensive 5-day seminar on Garden: A Look at the Prominent and Fee: $10 per class, and nicotine patch- the 2009-10 academic year. Register by key topics, including ethical guidelines Not-So-Prominent Folks Who Bring es are available at a discounted rate. Thu., June 18, July 16, Aug. 20— June 17. http://dceweb.harvard.edu/ for research involving human subjects, Gardening and Landscaping into Our (617) 632-2099. “Summer Nights.” (HMNH) Extended prod/sowinfo.taf. confidentiality, conflict of interest, and Lives.” Richard Churchill, associate edi- scientific misconduct. Room 636, FXB tor, People, Places, & Plants. Landscape hours at the museum offers chances to Weight Watchers at Work classes are explore the galleries and participate in Harvard Green Campus Initiative offers Building, 651 Huntington Ave., 8 a.m.-6 Institute, 30 Chauncy St., 6 p.m. available. (617) 495-9629. special programs. Half-price admission classes, lectures, and more. Visit p.m. daily. Course fee of $1,950 ($300 Reception at 5:30 p.m. on the third Thursday in June, July, and www.greencampus.harvard.edu for nonrefundable deposit due upon accep- Weight Watchers@Work at HDS class- August. Each night will feature a special details. tance) includes daily continental break- Office for the Arts offers several es are available Tuesdays, 1:15-2 p.m. fasts and breaks, special function in extracurricular classes designed to program including movie screenings, at the Center for the Study of World conversations with scientists, and Harvard Medical School’s Research Harvard Faculty Club, comprehensive enhance the undergraduate experience. Religions, 42 Francis Ave. The cost for gallery tours. HMNH, 26 Oxford St. Imaging Solutions. (617) 432-2323, reference manual and CD, and a (617) 495-8676, [email protected], the series of 12 meetings is $156. Check www.hmnh.harvard.edu for [email protected], http://it.med.har- Harvard certificate of attendance. For www.fas.harvard.edu/ofa. (617) 495-4513, details. vard.edu/training. more information on costs, scholarship [email protected]. assistance, and programming, visit Office for the Arts, Ceramics Program I Mon., June 22—“Creating Figures for Presentations and www.hsph.harvard.edu/bioethics. (617) provides a creative learning environment fitness Publications Using PhotoShop and 432-3998, [email protected]. for a dynamic mix of Harvard students, religion staff and faculty, professional artists, and PowerPoint.” Countway Library of Harvard Wellness Program Medicine Electronic Classroom, 9 a.m. Harvard Summer Pops Band (617) 496- the greater Boston and international com- The Memorial Church 2263, [email protected], munity. www.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics. To schedule appointments, inquire Harvard Yard (617) 495-5508 Prerequisites: Basic computer skills and about classes and events, or learn more some familiarity with PowerPoint. Free http://hcs.harvard.edu/~hub/events/su I Summer 2009 registration is www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu mmerband.shtml. open for enrollment. Classes began about the Center for Wellness: (617) Handicapped accessible and open to Harvard employees and 495-9629, http://cw.uhs.harvard.edu. HMS affiliates. Classes are limited to Led by Harvard University Band June 8. Register online at www.fas.har- six students and fill up quickly; registra- Director Thomas G. Everett. Open with- vard.edu/ceramics, or send registration Sunday Services out audition or fees to all brass, wood- form and check to 219 Western Ave. Massage Therapy, 1-Hour Appointments During the academic year, Sunday ser- tion required at http://it.med.harvard. One-hour appointments with Licensed edu/pg.asp?pn=training_classes. wind, and percussion musicians, regard- Courses fill quickly, and priority is given vices are broadcast on Harvard’s radio less of age or experience. to early enrollment. Massage Therapists station, WHRB 95.3 FM. For those out- I Wed., July 15—“Creating Figures Rehearsals are Wednesdays Mondays-Saturdays, morning, afternoon, side the Cambridge area, WHRB pro- for Presentations and Publications I and evening appointments Using PhotoShop and PowerPoint.” beginning June 24, Sanders Theatre, Office of Work/Life Resources. All pro- vides live Internet streaming from its 7:15-9:30 p.m. grams meet noon-1 p.m. unless other- Sundays, morning and afternoon Web site at www.whrb.org. Services take Countway Library of Medicine Electronic appointments Classroom, 9 a.m. Prerequisites: Basic I Performances are Thu., July 23, wise noted. Various places. Register for place at 10 a.m. during the summer. the Memorial Church, 4 p.m., and Sun., workshops at http://harvie.harvard. 75 Mt. Auburn St., 2nd floor, HUHS June 21—The Rev. Jonathan C. computer skills and some familiarity Call (617) 495-9629 to arrange with PowerPoint. Free and open to July 26, Hatch Memorial Shell, edu/courses/display.do?value(applica- Page, the Memorial Church Esplanade, 3 p.m. tion_id)=3. Call (617) 495-4100 or e- Fee is $60/hr; $40/hr for HUGHP mem- June 28—The Rev. Dr. Sarah B. Harvard employees and HMS affiliates. bers Classes are limited to six students and mail [email protected] with ques- Drummond, Andover Newton Theological fill up quickly; registration required at Harvard Summer School Chorus jmar- tions. See also support/social listings. School [email protected]. http://harvie.harvard.edu/workandlife. Massage Therapy, 1/2-Hour July 5—The Rev. Stephanie Spellers, http://it.med.harvard.edu/pg.asp?pn=tr Appointments aining_classes. Under the direction of Jameson the Crossing at Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Marvin, director of choral activities at Office of Work and Family (Longwood 1/2-hour appointments with Licensed Boston I Fri., July 24—“Overcoming Massage Therapists Projection Dysfunction.” Room 318, Harvard. Open by audition to all Greater Area). All programs meet noon-1:30 July 12—The Rev. Dr. Gregory Boston community singers and Harvard p.m. unless otherwise noted. Various Wednesdays, 9-11 a.m. Mobley, Andover Newton Theological Goldenson, HMS, noon. Learn how to Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon eliminate common technical problems Summer School students. places. Feel free to bring a lunch. (617) School Auditions are in Holden Chapel, 432-1615, [email protected]. 75 Mt. Auburn St., 2nd floor, HUHS July 19—The Rev. Jonathan C. Page, involved in projecting computer-based I Call (617) 495-9629 to arrange presentations. No registration required. Sat., June 20, Sun., June 21, 1:30-4 edu, www.hms.harvard.edu/hr/owf.html. the Memorial Church June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard University Gazette/ 25

Unity Center Cambridge Sunday services: 11 a.m. (meditation at 10:30 a.m.) July 24-Aug. 26 Morse School Theater, 40 Granite St., Cambridgeport (accessible by red line, ‘Greece at a green line and buses), www.unitycam- bridge.org Glance’ showcases Unity Center Cambridge is a new spiritu- al community that emphasizes practical photographs by teachings and integrates wisdom across a range of spiritual traditions. All are Maggie Hsu that welcome.

capture Athens, Unity Church of God 6 William St., Somerville, 3 blocks up Mykonos, College Ave. from Davis Sq., (617) 623- Santorini, and the 1212, www.unitychurchofgod.org I Sunday services: 11 a.m. beauty, beaches, I Monday: Prayer group at 7 p.m. I Tuesday: Support group at 7 p.m. I Alternate Fridays: Movie viewings at 7 and architecture p.m.

of Greece. The Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Cambridge holds service Sundays at exhibit will be on 170 Rindge Ave. in North Cambridge, view July 24-Aug. walking distance from Davis and Porter Squares. Service times are 9 a.m. — 26 in the Holyoke with corresponding kids church — and 11 a.m. shuttle service currently picks Center exhibition up students at 8:25 a.m. for the 9 a.m. service, and 10.25 a.m. for the 11 a.m. space. See exhibi- service, at Harvard Square (in front of the Holyoke Center, at 1350 Mass. tions, page 22, for Ave., next to the cab stand). Senior pas- tor, Dave Schmelzer. (617) 252-0005, details. www.cambridgevineyard.org. WomenChurch, an imaginative commu- nity for women, meets the first Thursday LEFT: ‘Church of each month (during the fall and spring terms only) at 7 p.m. in Andover Chapel Dome,’ photo- at HDS on Francis Ave. All women are welcome. E-mail [email protected] graph, 2008 vard.edu for information.

United Ministry The following churches and organiza- tions are affiliated with the United Ministry and offer worship and social services. Call for details. Julu 26—Sharon Kugler, Yale Cambridge, MA 02139 remaining Fridays meet in Andover University Congregation Ruach Israel (617) 864-3185 Chapel, Andover Hall. All are welcome. Anglican/Episcopal Chaplaincy at Aug. 2—The Rev. Dr. Sarah B. A Messianic Jewish Synagogue www.reformedprescambridge.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/huums Harvard Drummond, Andover Newton Theological 754 Greendale Ave., Needham, MA Sunday worship at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. /. 2 Garden St. (617) 495-4340 episco- School Shabbat services, Saturday morning at Christian counseling available by [email protected] 10 a.m. appointment. Hope Fellowship Church holds worship Eucharist Sundays at 5 p.m. at the Berkland Baptist Church Call (781) 449-6264 or visit service Sundays at 9 a.m. and 11 Christ Church Chapel (behind the church 99 Brattle St., Harvard Sq. www.ruachisrael.org for more informa- First United Presbyterian Church a.m.,16 Beech St. (617) 868-3261, at Zero Garden St.), followed by fellow- (617) 828-2262, [email protected] tion. Rides from Harvard Square avail- (PCUSA) www.hopefellowshipchurch.org. ship supper at 6 p.m. in the Chaplaincy vard.edu able upon request. 1418 Cambridge St. Common Room. Episcopal Students at I Sunday School: Sun., 12:15 p.m. Inman Square Old South Church, United Church of Harvard: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~esh/ I Worship Service: Sun., 1 p.m. Divinity School Chapel (617) 354-3151 Christ, Congregational for an updated list of student activities Berkland Baptist Church is a community 45 Francis Ave. (617) 495-5778 www.cambridgepres.com Copley Square, (617) 425-5145, and events. A ministry of the Episcopal of faith, primarily comprised of young www.hds.harvard.edu Sunday Worship at 10 a.m. [email protected] Diocese of Massachusetts and the Asian-American students and profession- Services are held during the fall and Weekly small group for young adults; I Sundays: 9 a.m. early service; 11 worldwide Anglican Communion. als. spring terms only. [email protected]. a.m. sanctuary service with organ and I HDS Wednesday Noon Service: 12:10 choir Christ the King Presbyterian Church Cambridge Forum p.m. (617) 384-7571, Fo Guang San ’V International Buddhist I Thursdays: Jazz worship service at 6 99 Prospect St. The First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian [email protected] Progress Society holds a traditional ser- p.m. Cambridge, Mass. Universalist, 3 Church St., (617) 495- I HDS Thursday Morning Eucharist: vice every Sunday at 10 a.m. with a free Sundays: Services in English at 10:30 2727, www.cambridgeforum.org. 8:30-9 a.m. vegetarian lunch. 950 Massachusetts Open Awareness Sangha meets every a.m. and in Brazilian Portuguese at 6 Ave. Open Mon.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. for Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. for medi- p.m. Christian Science Organization meets Episcopal Divinity School meditation. (617) 547-6670. tation and discussion at Cambridge (617) 354-8341, in the Phillips Brooks House every Tue. “Introductory Meditation Classes: Friends Meeting House, Longfellow [email protected], www.ctkcam- at 7 p.m. for religious readings and tes- Finding Peace in a Busy World.” Grace Street Church holds a Sunday Park, off Brattle St. Inspired by the bridge.org timonies. (617) 876-7843. Introduction to basic Buddhist philoso- evening service at 6 p.m. in the ball- Tibetan traditions of Dzogchen and phy and meditation. Each class includes room of the Sheraton Commander Mahamudra, services are open to all. Harvard Bahá’í Student Association The Church at the Gate a brief talk, guided meditation, and time Hotel, 16 Garden St. All are welcome. (617) 297-2026, www.openawareness- [email protected] Sunday services: 4 p.m. for questions. Taught by Gen Kelsang (617) 233-9671, www.gracestreet.org. sangha.org. All events are open to the public. www.thechurchattthegate.com Choma, American Kadampa Buddhist Please write to [email protected] The Church at the Gate will see people nun, resident teacher of Serlingpa Harvard Buddhist Community Chaplain St. Mary Orthodox Church for more information, or subscribe to our of all nations transformed by faith in Meditation Center. Burnham Chapel, Lama Migmar Tseten offers teachings 8 Inman St., Cambridge announcement list at Jesus Christ as we love and serve God Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle St., and meditation sessions at the Sakya (617) 547-1234 http://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/li and people in the strategic context of 10:30 a.m.-noon. $10 suggested dona- Institute for Buddhist Studies, 59 http://www.stmaryorthodoxchurch.org/ stinfo/bahai-list. the city and the university. tion. [email protected], Church St., Unit 3, Harvard Square. I Sunday Orthros: 8:45 a.m. www.MeditationinBoston.org. (617) 256-3904, [email protected], I Sunday Divine Liturgy: 10 a.m. Harvard-Epworth United Methodist The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- www.sakya.net. I Great Vespers: Saturdays at 5 p.m. Church day Saints First Baptist Church in Newton I Sundays: “In-Depth Teachings on 1555 Massachusetts Ave. 2 Longfellow Park (located at about 100 848 Beacon St. the Four Noble Truths,” 10 a.m.-noon. St. James Episcopal Church Cambridge, Mass. Brattle St.) Newton Centre, MA 02459 I Tuesdays: Mind training course, 1991 Massachusetts Ave. (2 blocks (617) 354-0837 Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m., (617) 244-2997 “Seven Points of Mind Training,” 6-7 beyond Porter Square T station) www.harvard-epworth.org 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 3:50 p.m. www.fbcnewton.org p.m. (practice), 7:30-9 p.m. (class). www.stjames-cambridge.org I Communion service: 9 a.m. All are welcome. The congregations that Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.; Sunday I Fridays: “Uttaratantra,” 6-7 p.m. Sunday services at 8 a.m. (Rite 1) and I Christian education hour for all ages: meet at these times are composed of School at 9:30 a.m. (practice), 7:30-9 p.m. (class). 10:30 a.m. (Rite 2) 10 a.m. young, single students and profession- Corner of Beacon and Centre streets, A musically vibrant, Eucharist-centered, I Worship service: 11 a.m. als. For information on family congrega- accessible via MBTA’s D Line, two Harvard Chabad holds 10 a.m. morning welcoming, and diverse congregation. tion meeting places and times, or for blocks from the Newton Centre stop. services during the academic year; win- Harvard Hindu Fellowship Meditation information on other classes and ter services at 6:30 p.m.; and services St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Group is led by Swami Tyagananda, events, e-mail ldsbostoninstitute@ First Congregational Church Somerville 15 minutes after sundown the rest of (617) 547-7788, www.saintpeterscam- Harvard Hindu chaplain from the yahoo.com. UCC is a progressive community rich in the year. Harvard Chabad, 38 Banks St. bridge.org Ramakrishna Vedanta Society. Meets young adults. Come Sunday mornings at For additional programming, schedule, Located at 838 Massachusetts Ave. in Mondays, 7-8 p.m., in the Mather House Congregation Lion of Judah 10 a.m. for creative worship and fellow- and information, (617) 547-6124, Central Square. Tranquility Room. Spanish/English bilingual services ship, or Wednesdays at 6:15 p.m. for www.chabadharvard.org. I Morning prayer services, weekdays at [email protected]. 68 Northampton St., Boston, Mass. Rest and Bread, a reflective communion 8 a.m. (617) 541-4455, [email protected], and prayer service. First Church, 89 Harvard Unitarian Universalist Ministry I Evening worship, Wednesdays, at 6 Harvard Islamic Society www.leondejuda.org College Ave., Somerville. for Students p.m., followed by a meal and forum. Harvard Islamic Society Office. (617) I Sunday services: 9 a.m. and noon www.firstchurchsomerville.org. Weekly worship: Fridays at 12:15 p.m. I Sunday services are 8 a.m. contem- 496-8084 I Adult Discipleship School: Sundays Services are held during the fall and plative service, and 10:30 a.m. sung www.digitas.harvard.edu/~his 10 a.m. and noon First Reformed Presbyterian Church of spring terms only. Eucharist with Sunday School. Open to Five daily prayers held in the basement I Kidz for Children: Sundays 10 a.m. Cambridge (RPCNA) The first Friday of the month meet in all. of Canaday E. and noon 53 Antrim St. Emerson Chapel, Divinity Hall. The (Continued on next page) 26/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009

(Continued from previous page) Episcopal Chaplaincy, (617) 495-4340 and alterations for Harvard employees. people ages 17-45 with dyslexia. Study Friday prayers held in Lowell Lecture Hall First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian (617) 495-3033, www.hsa.net. Smart Recovery is a discussion group takes 2 hours. The first part involves at 1:15 p.m. Universalist, (617) 495-2727 for people with problems with addiction. completing a series of problem-solving Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Harvard Student Spouses and Partners Programs are offered at Mt. Auburn activities, including a brief measure of Harvard Korean Mission meets on Church, (617) 354-0837 Association (HSSPA) Spouses Support Hospital, Massachusetts General word reading. The second part will Fridays for Bible Study Group at 7 p.m., Old Cambridge Baptist Church, (617) Group is a social group where you can Hospital, McLean Hospital, and other involve viewing visual patterns (checker- and on Sundays for ecumenical worship 864-8068 meet other spouses who might help you locations. (781) 891-7574. boards) on a computer screen while at 2 p.m. in the Harvard-Epworth United St. Paul Church, (617) 491-8400 to get used to your new situation as a brain activity is measured; non-invasive Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Swedenborg Chapel, (617) 864-4552 spouse or partner at Harvard University. Tobacco Cessation Classes are offered electrodes will be used to record brain Ave. (617) 441-5211, [email protected] The Memorial Church, (617) 495-5508 Our support group meets weekly all year weekly at the Dana-Farber Cancer activity. Compensation is a $50 Amazon vard.edu. long. Please e-mail spousessupport@ Institute, dates and times may vary. gift certificate. To participate, documen- gmail.com for location and time of meet- Fee: $10 per class, and nicotine patch- tation describing dyslexia should be sub- H-R Asian Baptist Student Koinonia support/social ings and check www.hsspa.harvard.edu es are available at a discounted rate. mitted, or consult the researcher. Friday Night Bible study: Boylston Hall for events. (617) 632-2099. [email protected]. 105, 7 p.m., every Friday. Join us as we Support and Social groups are listed as continue our study of the Gospel of space permits. Harvard Toastmasters Club helps you The University Ombudsman Office is an Depression Study: Researchers seek Matthew this year. The Berkman Center for Internet and improve your public speaking skills in a independent resource for problem reso- participants ages 18-60 who currently Frosh Mid-Week at Loker 031, 7:30- Society Thursday Meetings @ Berman, relaxed environment. For Harvard stu- lution. An ombudsman is confidential, suffer from depression. This study 8:30 p.m., every Wednesday, Freshmen a group of blogging enthusiasts and dents from all Schools and programs. independent, and neutral. The ombuds- involves an initial diagnostic interview, only. [email protected], people interested in Internet technology, Meetings are Wednesdays, 6:45-7:45 man can provide confidential and infor- one blood draw, and a telephone call www.hcs.harvard.edu/~absk. meets at the Berkman Center on the p.m., in room 332, Littauer Building, mal assistance to faculty, fellows, staff, 8-12 weeks after the study visit. second floor of 23 Everett St., HKS. [email protected]. students, and retirees to resolve con- Compensation up to $60. (617) 789- H-R Catholic Student Center Cambridge, on Thursday evenings at 7 cerns related to their workplace and 2404, or e-mail depression@cari- Saint Paul Church, 29 Mt. Auburn St. p.m. People of all experience levels and The Harvard Trademark Program has learning environments. A visitor can dis- taschristi.org and refer to the “bio- Student Mass: Sun., 5 p.m., Lower those who would like to learn more redesigned its Web site to better meet cuss issues and concerns with the marker study.” Responses are confi- Church. about weblogs, XML feeds, aggregators, the needs of the public and members of ombudsman without committing to fur- dential. wikis, and related technology and their the Harvard community who are seeking ther disclosure or any formal resolution. Harvard Hillel impact on society are welcome. information about the Harvard Typical issues include disrespectful or Depression and Insomnia Study: 52 Mt. Auburn St. (617) 495-4696 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thurs- Trademark Program’s licensing activities inappropriate behavior, faculty/student Researchers seek women ages 18-55 www.hillel.harvard.edu daymeetings/. and trademark protection efforts as well relations, misuse of power or unfair who are currently experiencing depres- Reform Minyan: Fri., 5:30 p.m. as information regarding the various treatment, authorship or credit dispute, sion and insomnia but not taking any I The COACH Program seeks Harvard col- policies governing the proper use of sexual harassment or discrimination, antidepressant medications. I Orthodox Minyan: daily, 7:30 a.m. and 15 minutes before sundown; Sat., lege and graduate students to serve as Harvard’s name and insignias. trade- stressful work conditions, career Participation involves taking two FDA- 9 a.m. and 1 hour before sundown “college coaches” in the Boston Public [email protected], www.trade- advancement, overwork, disability, or ill- approved medications to treat depres- Schools to assist young people in apply- mark.harvard.edu. ness. The office is located in Holyoke sion and insomnia. Study procedures I Conservative Minyan: Mon. and Thu., 8:45 a.m.; Fri., 5:45 p.m.; Sat., 9:30 ing to college and developing plans for Center, Suite 748. (617) 495-7748, include a screening visit, four MRI brain a.m., 1:45 p.m., and 45 minutes after after high school. COACH is looking for Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization www.universityombudsman.harvard.edu. scans, and three monitoring visits. sundown. applicants interested in spending about is open to all members of the Harvard Study medication will be provided free of three hours per week working with high University community who are, or have Weight Watchers@Work at HDS class- charge, and participants may be com- I Worship and Study Minyan (Conservative): Sat., 9:30 a.m. school juniors and seniors in West served, in the U.S. military. Visit es are available Tuesdays, 1:15-2 p.m. pensated up to $600. (617) 789-2404, Roxbury. Interested students should call www.harvardveterans.org for information at the Center for the Study of World or e-mail [email protected] H-R Humanist Chaplaincy (917) 257-6876 or e-mail asamuels@ and to participate. Religions, 42 Francis Ave. The cost for and refer to the “Lunesta study.” A diverse, inclusive, inspiring community law.harvard.edu. the series of 12 meetings is $156. Responses are confidential. of Humanists, atheists, agnostics, and Helping Children with Special Needs (617) 495-4513, [email protected]. the non-religious at Harvard and beyond. Harvard’s EAP (Employee Assistance Together is a networking group linking edu. Diabetic Foot Pain Study: For up-to-the-minute updates, join Program) provides free, confidential Harvard’s parents of children with spe- Researchers seek participants with Chaplain Greg Epstein on Facebook, assessment and referral services and cial needs and disabilities with Harvard diabetic foot pain to evaluate an inves- www.facebook.com. Join us: www.har- short-term counseling to help you work scholars, researchers, and students. studies tigational medication for treating dia- vardhumanist.org for e-newsletter, event through life’s challenges. Harvard fac- http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/hcsnt. betes-caused pain. Participants will details, and more. Humanist Graduate ulty, staff, retirees, and their house- I Tue., June 16—“Informational Studies are listed as space permits. have nine outpatient hospital visits Student Pub Nights: Queen’s Head Pub, hold members can access the following Meeting.” Sandra Clancy and Shellie Acne Study: Researchers seek people over 17 weeks. All study-related costs Memorial Hall, every other Thursday. services throughout the U.S. and Legere, Massachusetts General Hospital 12 years or older with facial acne to at no charge; compensation will be “Humanist Small Group” Sunday Canada 24 hours a day, 7 days a for Children Coordinated Care Clinic, will determine the safety and effectiveness provided. (617) 525-PAIN (7246), Brunch: every other Sunday. For Harvard week: confidential assessment, infor- answer parents’ questions and give tips of an investigational drug for acne. The [email protected]. students, faculty, alumni, and staff. mation, referral; consultation to super- on where to look for resources, how to study consists of 5 visits over 12 weeks visors around employee well-being, coordinate communication and care and and subjects will receive up to $200 in Excessive Drinking and Sadness in Cambridge Friends Meeting meets for behavior, or performance; individual exchange of information, and more. compensation for time and travel. Study College Students Study: Researchers worship Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and 5 and group support around a workplace Room 319, Longfellow Hall, HGSE, 13 visits are required approximately every 2 seek college students, ages 18 and p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., 5 crisis, serious illness, or death; and on- Appian Way, 12:45-2 p.m. Open to to 4 weeks. To participate, the subject older, to participate in a study to find Longfellow Park, off Brattle St. (617) site seminars. In addition, Harvard’s Harvard affiliates. must stop all other treatments for acne new and effective therapy treatments 876-6883. EAP can help with workplace conflicts, except emollients approved by the study for stress and unhealthy coping among personal and family relationships, LifeRaft is an ongoing drop-in support doctor. (617) 726-5066, harvardskin- college students. Students may be eli- Cambridgeport Baptist Church (corner eldercare planning, legal consultations, group where people can talk about their [email protected]. gible if they have been feeling of Magazine St. and Putnam Ave., 10- financial counseling and planning, sexu- own or others’ life-threatening illness, or stressed, sad, down in the dumps; minute walk from Central Square T stop) al harassment, workplace and domes- about their grief and bereavement. Life Atypical Antipsychotics Study: lost interest in the things they used to Sunday morning worship service at 10 tic violence, alcohol and drug use, and Raft is open to anyone connected with Researchers seek pregnant women enjoy; have been overwhelmed with a.m. Home fellowships meet throughout more. To schedule an appointment the Harvard Community: students, facul- between the ages of 18 and 45 that are school or having a hard time keeping the week. (617) 576-6779, www.cam- near your office or home, call the ty, staff, retirees, and families. Life Raft currently treated with one or more of the up; have been drinking more because bridgeportbaptist.org. EAP’s toll-free number at 1-EAP-HARV is free and confidential and meets on following atypical antipsychotics: Abilify, of it; and are unsure what to do about (1-877-327-4278). Counselors are Wednesdays, noon-2 p.m. in the Board Clozaril, Geodon, Invega, Risperdal, it. Participants will receive therapy First Church in Cambridge (United available to answer your calls from of Ministry Conference Room on the Seroquel, Zyprexa. The study will involve sessions at no cost and compensation Church of Christ) holds a traditional 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through ground floor of the Memorial Church. three brief phone interviews over an 8- is provided for completing question- worship service Sundays at 11 a.m. and Thursday, and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 Come for 10 minutes or 2 hours. (617) month period. (866) 961-2388. naires. 1-(877)-55-BLUES. an alternative jazz service Sunday after- p.m. on Friday; urgent calls will be 495-2048, [email protected]. noons at 5:30 p.m. Located at 11 answered by crisis clinicians round the Cocaine Usage Study: Researchers First Impressions of Faces Study: Garden St. (617) 547-2724. clock. You may also visit www.wellness- Office of Work/Life Resources offers a seek healthy men ages 21-35 who have Researchers seek men and women worklife.com for further information and variety of programs and classes. (617) used cocaine occasionally for a two-visit ages 18 and older with 20/20 corrected Lutheran — University Lutheran access to other resources available to 495-4100, [email protected], research study. Subjects will be adminis- vision and ability to read English to par- Church, 66 Winthrop St., at the corner you as a Harvard employee (there is a http://harvie.harvard.edu/workandlife. tered cocaine and either flutamide or ticipate in an hour and a half long non- of Dunster and Winthrop streets, holds one-time confidential registration See classes for related programs. premarin and undergo an MRI and blood invasive study of first impressions. Sunday worship at 10 a.m. through process; please visit www.harvie.har- I Parent-to-Parent Adoption sampling. $425 compensation upon Participants will be shown photographs Labor Day weekend and 9 and 11 a.m. vard.edu for login instructions). Network at Harvard. If you would like to completion. Taxi is provided. (617) 855- of women’s faces on a computer screen Sept. 10-May, with child care provided. volunteer as a resource, or if you would 2883, (617) 855-3293. Responses are and will be asked to record their percep- UniLu Shelter: (617) 547-2841. Church Harvard Lesbian/Bisexual/ like to speak to an adoptive parent to confidential. tions of them, and then fill out a brief and Student Center: (617) 876-3256, Transgender/Queer Women’s Lunch is gather information, call (617) 495-4100. questionnaire. Compensation is $20. www.unilu.org. a chance for lesbian/bi/trans/queer All inquiries are confidential. Brain Imaging Study: Researchers seek (617) 726-5135, blinkstudies@gmail. women staff and faculty at Harvard to healthy women ages 24-64 who are non- com. Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 1151 meet informally for lunch and conversa- On Harvard Time is Harvard’s new, smoking for a three-visit research study. Mass. Ave. and 400 Harvard St. (behind tion. Meetings take place 12:30-1:30 weekly 7-minute news show that will Subjects will undergo MRIs and blood Hearing Study: Researchers seek the Barker Center and the Inn at p.m. outside Dudley House. You can cover current news from a Harvard per- sampling. Up to $175 compensation healthy men and women ages 30 to 65 Harvard), holds Sunday morning worship bring lunch or buy at Dudley House. In spective. Online at www.hrtv.org, 7 p.m. upon completion of the screening visit for a non-invasive hearing study. at 10:30 a.m. Please join this inclusive, case of rain, meet in the mezzanine of [email protected]. and study days. (617) 855-3293, (617) Participation involves approximately nine progressive congregation in the Boylston Hall. E-mail jean_gauthier@har- 855-2883. Responses are confidential. hours of hearing tests. Compensation American Baptist tradition. www.oldcam- vard.edu, [email protected], or Recycling Information Hotline: The provided. (617) 573-5585, bridgebaptist.org, (617) 864-8068. [email protected] for more Facilities Maintenance Department Brain Imaging Study: Researchers seek [email protected]. information. (FMD) has activated a phone line to pro- healthy males ages 21-50 for a 12- Swedenborg Chapel: Church of the vide recycling information to University week study involving taking two FDA- Hispanic and African-American New Jerusalem Harvard Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & members. (617) 495-3042. approved antidepressant medications Participants for First Impressions of (617) 864-4552, http://sweden- Transgender Faculty & Staff Group. (Celexa and Lexapro), as well as a Faces Study: Researchers seek men borgchapel.org/ (617) 495-8476, [email protected], Scholastic Sanskrit Reading Group will placebo. Each of the three medications and women ages 18 and older who Located at the corner of Quincy St. and www.hglc.org/resources/faculty- next read Sayana’s introduction/prole- is taken individually for two weeks. identify themselves as African/African- Kirkland St. staff.html. gomenon to his commentary on the There are a total of eight visits during American, or Hispanic with 20/20 cor- the course of the study; this includes Bible Study, Sundays at 10 a.m. Rigveda. All are welcome to attend; 1+ rected vision and ability to read English I Harvard Student Resources, a division three MRI brain scans. Participants may Services, Sundays at 11 a.m. year of Sanskrit knowledge is recom- to participate in an hour-and-a-half long I of , employs a mended. Meetings are held each be compensated up to $800. (617) non-invasive study of first impressions. I Community Dinner, Thursdays at 6 p.m. work force of more than 300 students Tuesday in the Sanskrit Library, Widener 789-2404, or e-mail depression@cari- Participants will be shown photographs to provide temporary clerical work, A, 1:30-3 p.m. Others wishing to hone taschristi.org and refer to the “Celexa of women’s faces on a computer screen I Swedenborg Reading Group, Thursdays at 7 p.m. housecleaning, tutoring, research, mov- their Sanskrit skills are welcome to join and Lexapro study.” Responses are and will be asked to record their percep- ing, and other help at reasonable rates. the Mahabharata reading group meet- confidential. tions of them, and then fill out a brief Cambridgeport Baptist Church, (617) HSA Cleaners, the student-run dry ings, which are held immediately after questionnaire. Compensation is $20. 576-6779 cleaning division of Harvard Student Sanskrit reading group meetings. Brain Imaging Study: Visual Processing (617) 726-5135, blinkstudies@gmail. Christ Church, (617) 876-0200 Agencies, offers 15 percent off cleaning [email protected]. and Reading Ability: Researchers seek com.

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arvard is not a single place, but a large and varied community. It is comprised of many Harvard is strongly committed to its policy of equal opportunity and affirmative action. different schools, departments and offices, each with its own mission, character and Employment and advancement are based on merit and ability without regard to race, color, environment. Harvard is also an employer of varied locations. creed, sex, sexual orientation, disability, national origin or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era H veteran.

How to Apply: The salary ranges for each job grade harvard.edu. There are also job post- (Longwood area). welcome to attend. The sessions are To apply for an advertised position are available at http://www.employ- ings available for viewing in the Additional Career Support: typically held on the first Wednesday of and/or for more information on these ment.harvard.edu. Target hiring rates Longwood Medical area, 25 Shattuck A Web page on career issues, including each month from 5:30 to 7:00 at the and other listings, please visit our Web will fall within these ranges. These St., Gordon Hall Building. For more infor- links to career assessment, exploration, Harvard Events and Information Center site at http://www.employment.har- salary ranges are for full-time positions mation, please call 432-2035. resources, and job listings, is available in Holyoke Center at 1350 Massachu- vard.edu to upload your resume and and are adjusted for part-time positions. This is only a partial listing. For a complete for staff at http://www.harvie.harvard. setts Avenue in Harvard Square. More cover letter. Services & Trades positions are not listing of jobs, go to http://www.employ- edu/learning/careerdevelopment/inde information is available online at http: assigned grade levels. The relevant ment.harvard.edu. x.shtml //employment.harvard.edu/careers/fin Explanation of Job Grades: union contract determines salary levels dingajob/. Most positions at Harvard are assigned for these positions. In addition, Spherion Services, Inc., pro- Job Search Info Sessions: to a job grade (listed below with each vides temporary secretarial and clerical Harvard University offers a series of Please Note: posting) based on a number of factors Other Opportunities: staffing services to the University. If you information sessions on various job The letters “SIC” at the end of a job list- including the position’s duties and re- All non-faculty job openings currently are interested in temporary work at search topics such as interviewing, how ing indicate that there is a strong internal sponsibilities as well as required skills available at the University are listed on Harvard (full- or part-time), call Spherion to target the right positions, and navigat- candidate (a current Harvard staff mem- and knowledge. the Web at http://www.employment. at (617) 495-1500 or (617) 432-6200 ing the Harvard hiring process. All are ber) in consideration for this position.

Infectious Diseases FT (4/16/2009) FT (6/11/2009) Academic FT (6/4/2009) Executive Director Req. 36733, Gr. 062 Bioinformatics Data Manager Req. 36612, Gr. 056 Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Fellow) Req. 36698, Gr. Senior Sponsored Research Administrator Req. 36601, Harvard Medical School/Autism Consortium Harvard School of Public Health/Biostatistics 000 Gr. 056 FT (6/4/2009) FT (5/7/2009) Harvard School of Public Health/Health Policy and Harvard Medical School/Sponsored Programs Associate Director for Neuroimaging Req. 36632, Gr. Statistical Programmer/Data Analyst Req. 36771, Gr. Management Administration 058 057 FT (5/28/2009) FT (5/7/2009) Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Center for Brain Science Harvard Medical School/Health Care Policy Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Fellow) Req. 36426, Gr. University Controller Req. 36620, Gr. 063 FT (5/14/2009) FT (6/11/2009) 000 Financial Administration/Vice President for Finance Assistant Director for Undergraduate Studies in Applied Research Associate Req. 36775, Gr. 055 Harvard School of Public Health/Biostatistics FT (5/7/2009) Mathematics Req. 36697, Gr. 058 Harvard Business School/Division of Research & Faculty FT (4/2/2009) Assistant Director of Sponsored Research Req. 36772, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences/Academic Development Gr. 058 FT (5/28/2009) PT (6/11/2009) Alumni Affairs and Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Stem Cell & Regenerative Statistician (III) (Emperical Research Statistician) Req. Biology Health Care 36701, Gr. 058 Development FT (6/11/2009) Harvard Law School/Law Library Information Security Project Manager and Analyst Req. Occupational Health and Safety Nurse Req. 36524, Gr. 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Information Technology FT (5/21/2009) 057 Research Assistant (II) - Non Lab (Research Specialist) Systems Administrator Req. 36634, Gr. 057 Harvard University Credit Union/Financial Req. 36440, Gr. 053 Arts Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Language Resource Center FT (5/28/2009) Harvard School of Public Health/Nutrition Stage Supervisor Req. 36724, Gr. 055 FT (5/14/2009) Director of Financial Planning, Accounting & Reporting Union: HUCTW, FT (4/9/2009) American Repertory Theatre/Production Department Statistical Programmer/Analyst Req. 36728, Gr. 056 Req. 36735, Gr. 060 Laboratory Manager Req. 36641, Gr. 059 FT, SIC, (6/4/2009) Harvard School of Public Health/Center for Population University Administration/Office of the President and School of Engineering & Applied Sciences/Wyss Institute and Development Studies Provost FT (5/21/2009) FT (6/4/2009) Athletics FT (6/4/2009) Head of Magnetic Resonance Physics Req. 36553, Gr. Senior Developer/Associate DBA Req. 36746, Gr. 058 Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs Req. 36424, 060 Assistant Coach of Women’s Tennis Req. 36670, Gr. Division of Continuing Education/MIS Gr. 058 Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Center for Brain Science 055 FT (6/4/2009) Harvard School of Public Health/Sponsored Programs FT (4/30/2009) Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Athletics Senior Network Engineer Req. 36604, Gr. 058 Administration Bioinformatics Data Analyst Req. 36611, Gr. 057 PT (5/21/2009) Harvard Business School/Information Technology Group FT (4/2/2009) Harvard School of Public Health/Biostatistics Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning Req. 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Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Harvard College FT (4/9/2009) 36694, Gr. 058 Observatory Neurotechnology Engineer Req. 36554, Gr. 057 University Information Systems/ITIS/UIS Facilities FT (6/11/2009) Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Center for Brain Science FT (5/28/2009) Auxiliary Operating Engineer Req. 36410, Gr. 029 Director of Administration Req. 36478, Gr. 059 FT (4/30/2009) Web Developer Req. 36756, Gr. 057 University Operations Services/Engineering & Utilities Harvard School of Public Health/Global Health and Director of Environmental Health and Safety Req. Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Institute for Quantitative Union: ATC/IUOE Local 877, FT (4/2/2009) Population 36757, Gr. 062 Social Science FT (4/16/2009) University Operations Services/Associate Vice President FT (6/11/2009) Program Director, State-Building and Human Rights in for Facilities and Environmental Services IT Support Manager Req. 36762, Gr. 058 Faculty & Student Services Afghanistan and Pakistan Req. 36718, Gr. 058 FT (6/11/2009) Assistant Dean for Admissions Req. 36549, Gr. 060 JFK School of Government/Carr Center for Human Rights Faculty of Arts and Sciences/FAS IT Harvard Law School/Admissions Policy FT (6/11/2009) FT (4/23/2009) FT (6/4/2009) Technical Support Engineer Req. 36727, Gr. 056 Special Listings Assistant Registrar, Curricular Advisor Req. 36708, Gr. Assistant Provost for Research Policy Req. 36649, Gr. Faculty of Arts and Sciences/FAS IT 2009-2010 Preceptorships in the Harvard College 057 061 FT (6/4/2009) Writing Program Harvard Law School/Registrar’s Office University Administration/Office for Research and Scientific Data Curator Req. 36505, Gr. 056 The Harvard College Writing Program hires several pre- FT (6/4/2009) Compliance Harvard School of Public Health/Biostatistics ceptors each year. Salary and benefits are competitive. Assistant Director of Financial Aid Req. 36652, Gr. 057 FT (5/21/2009) FT (4/16/2009) Contracts are for one year, renewable for up to five Division of Continuing Education/Financial Services/DCE Regulatory Affairs Operations Manager Req. 36570, Gr. years. Undergraduate teaching experience at Harvard or FT (5/21/2009) 058 Research a Ph.D. from a Harvard department (or advanced stand- Clinical Instructor, Family Law Req. 36714, Gr. 058 Harvard Medical School/CTSC ing in graduate studies in a Harvard department) will be Research Associate, Global Research Group Req. Harvard Law School/Harvard Legal Aid Bureau FT (4/30/2009) considered a plus. For information on the application 36692, Gr. 056 FT (6/4/2009) Employment Coordinator (II) Req. 36748, Gr. 055 process and requirements, please see http://isites.har- Harvard Business School/Division of Research and Harvard School of Public Health/Human Resources vard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k24101&pageid=icb.page Faculty Development Union: HUCTW, FT (6/11/2009) 122980. Applications must be submitted both via mail PT (5/28/2009) Finance Assistant Director, Open Enrollment Programs Req. and e-mail. Send hard copy applications to Hiring Research Coordinator Req. 36687, Gr. 054 Associate Director (Capital Reserve) Req. 36630, Gr. 36751, Gr. 057 Committee, Harvard College Writing Program, 8 Prescott Harvard School of Public Health/Nutrition 060 Harvard Business School/Executive Education Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. E-mail applications to Mr. Union: HUCTW, FT (5/28/2009) Financial Administration/Office of Treasury Management FT, SIC, (6/11/2009) Doug Woodhouse at [email protected]. You Research Associate Req. 36759, Gr. 056 FT (5/14/2009) Senior Administrator of Physician Training Req. 36504, can learn more about the program at http://isites.har- Harvard Business School/Division of Research & Faculty Senior Grant Manager Req. 36719, Gr. 056 Gr. 059 vard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k24101&pageid=icb.page Development Harvard School of Public Health/Immunology and Harvard Medical School/CTSC 115294

28/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009 Harvard-Yenching Institute’s 22 visiting scholars, fellows

The Harvard-Yenching Institute has se- place Association” — Cambodia, China and Vietnam in Compar- ment of English, Ewha Womans University, lected 22 visiting scholars and fellows from Fengfeng Gao, associate professor, De- ative and Historical Perspectives” Seoul, South Korea, “The Importance of major universities in Asia. Established in partment of English, Peking University, Beijing, Sung Yup Lee, assistant professor, Insti- Things in Defoe’s Fiction of Self, Nation, and 1928, the Harvard-Yenching Institute is an in- China, “The Ancient Commentary Tradition in tute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto Uni- Empire” dependent foundation dedicated to advancing the Late Antiquity” versity, Kyoto, Japan, “Re-examining the Re- Misato Ido, Ph.D. candidate, Center for higher education in Asia, with special atten- Joon Han, associate professor, Depart- lations Between the Imperial Diet of Japan and Philosophy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, tion to the study of Asian culture. The group ment of Sociology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Colonial Korea” “Cosmology of Tsukinami-Fuzoku-zu Byobu” of visiting scholars and fellows includes fac- South Korea, “The Origin and Consequences Hongliang Lü, assistant professor, De- Dae Hong Kim, Ph.D. candidate, College ulty members and advanced graduate stu- of Institutional Changes in Korea: From Colo- partment of Archaeology, Sichuan University, of Law, Seoul National University, Seoul, dents in the humanities and social sciences. nial Modernity to Compressed Modernity” Chengdu, China, “Environment and Social South Korea, “Application of the Great Ming Selected visiting scholars come to Harvard Suhua Hu, professor, Institute of Chinese, Complexity: The Transition from the Neolithic Code and Due Process of Law” for a year of research and collaboration with Minzu University of China, Beijing, China, “Lin- to Bronze Age in the Highlands of Western Han Sang Kim, Ph.D. candidate, Depart- local faculty members, and visiting fellows guistic Characteristics of the ‘Scripture of An- Sichuan” ment of Sociology, Seoul National University, come for a year and a half to work on their dis- cestor’s Road’” Masayuki Sato, assistant professor, De- Seoul, South Korea, “World-picture Visualized: sertation. Since 1953, more than 1,000 schol- Natsumi Ikoma, senior associate profes- partment of Philosophy, National Taiwan Uni- An Analysis of Propaganda Films Made in ars and fellows from East Asia and Southeast sor, Department of Literature, International versity, Taipei, Taiwan, “The Contextualization South Korea” Asia have received Harvard-Yenching Institute Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, “Repre- of International Xunzi Studies as a Basis for Hunmi Lee, Ph.D. candidate, Department visiting scholarships and fellowships. sentation of Crisis in Contemporary Society: the Reconstruction of Confucian Ethics in the of International Relations, Seoul National Uni- Mechanism of Monstrosity” 21st Century” versity, Seoul, South Korea, “Power, Knowl- Visiting scholars and their projects: Ryuta Itagaki, assistant professor, De- Wei Wang, assistant research fellow, In- edge, and International Relations: Rethinking Jin Cao, associate professor, School of partment of Sociology, Doshisha University, stitute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of So- the Enlightenment Reform Movement in Journalism, Fudan University, Shanghai, Kyoto, Japan, “Social History of Brewing in cial Sciences, Beijing, China, “Cases of le, zhe Korea, 1905-1910” China, “Women’s Alternative Media in Main- Modern Korea” and guo: A Study of Chinese Aspectuality from Wun-Sze Sylvia Lee, Ph.D. candidate, De- land China” Sung Ho Kim, professor, Department of a Typological Perspective” partment of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Lik-Kwan Cheung, instructor, Department Political Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Xiaohong Wu, professor, School of Ar- Hong Kong, “Negotiation, Status, and Power: of Literature, Chinese University of Hong South Korea, “To Make a Nation: Constitu- chaeology and Museology, Peking University, Garden Strategies of Elite Women in Jiangnan: Kong, “Spatial Imagination and Cultural Poli- tional Norms, National Identity and State-For- Beijing, China, “Cultural Change in Ancient China in the 17th Century” tics in Chinese Leftist Writers’ Travel Writings” mation in South Korea, 1945-1948” China: The Tempo of Transition in the Forma- Okja Seo, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Xiaocai Feng, professor, Department of Teilee Kuong, associate professor, De- tive Period” Anthropology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, History, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, partment of Law, Nagoya University, Nagoya, “Selling Sex, Selling Emotion: An Ethnogra- “Regional Association in Political Changes of Japan, “Development of the Concept of Prop- Visiting fellows and their dissertation topics: phy of U.S. Military Camptowns in South Modern China: A Focus on Ningbo Native- erty Rights in East Asian Transitional Markets Myunghui Ha, Ph.D. candidate, Depart- Korea” Green

(Continued from page 1) Class of 1984 at- for the 1984 reunion. “People got into the This year, an estimated 2,150 cele- tendees at the re- spirit of it,” said Holtzworth. brants showed up for the 1984 bash: 850 union signed a ver- The spirit will last, apparently. With- Class members, 500 spouses, and 800 sion of the Har- out scolding, the planners will ask this children. “It’s a new record,” said Michele vard Sustainabili- year’s 25th reunion registrants to make Blanc, senior associate director of classes up for the carbon they spent getting here ty Pledge before and reunions for the Harvard Alumni As- — by taking the next year to make ener- sociation. arriving in Cam- gy-reducing lifestyle adjustments. That’s a small town’s worth of people. bridge, An exact calculation for the required They required a lot of food, a lot of lights www.green.har- reduction is forthcoming, said Gary at night, a lotof water, and a lot of refillable vard.edu/pledge Pforzheimer ’84, co-chair of the green re- cups at a lot of portable bars. union committee. But 25th reunion planners banned bot- Class of 1984 But reducing energy at home has more tled water at events, set tables with plates takes giant step meaning, and carries more educational and utensils that turn into compost, rode in reducing car- punch, he said, than just buying carbon bio-diesel buses, and kept paper to a min- bon footprint offsets in the marketplace. imum with few mailings, a flurry of e-mail, As it happens, the Class of 1984 is al- www.news.har- The green activi- and an interactive Web site. ready primed to offset carbon at home. Reducing energy ties of the Class of This Reagan-era class was already fa- vard.edu/gazette/ According to a Class survey taken be- 2009/06.04/gree at home has more ’84 will set the mous for including public service work in fore the reunion, two-thirds of the 467 re- meaning, and car- its reunions years ago. (This year, it was a n.html spondents “always or usually” recycle stage for many re- Saturday morning “green-up” clean-up paper and plastic, turn out lights, lower ries more educa- unions in the fu- along the Charles River.) thermostats, and use efficient appliances. tional punch, than ture. The waste Now the Class shares a collective hope that Har- More than a hundred commute by bicycle. Ninety just buying car- standard for Har- vard’s first explicitly green reunion will be its lasting gift classmates — about 20 percent of survey respondents to future Class reunions — a template they can use, ex- — drive hybrid cars. bon offsets in the vard events will pand upon, and enjoy. For more glimpses of energy frugality, look in the marketplace. probably end up There’s no formal template in place yet, said Blanc, Class’ book-length 25th anniversary report. One for- but “I’m sure ’85 will follow in ’84’s footsteps.” mer Wall Street lawyer gave up taxis in favor of a foot- being 100 percent Gary Pforzheimer ’84 composting. “We set the groundwork,” said Anne S. Holtzworth powered scooter. A magazine writer, also in New York ’84, a Boston-area political consultant still hoarse from City, noted that his family has no car — but three catching up with old classmates lastweek. “Maybe next strollers. Jason Luke ’94 year they can go further.” The Class of 1984 has an apparent penchant for There are already glimmerings that going green Earth-saving exercise. Among the brain surgeons, con- might become standard practice at Harvard reunions. cert violinists, and financiers are a steady tide of Jason Luke ’94 said of the 1984 event, “Things marathoners, triathletes, swimmers, cyclists, duckpin they’re doing will be what a lot of reunions in the fu- bowlers,fencers,sailors, scuba divers, cricketers, and at ture do.” least one member of an all-gay mountaineering team. Luke, who was co-chair of his 15th reunion this year, Holtzworth speculated that some of the ideas for is associate director of custodial and support services offsetting carbon at home would come from the Har- at Harvard’s Facilities Maintenance Operations. For vard Sustainability Pledge. Class of 1984 attendees at more than a decade he’s been in charge of infrastruc- the reunion signed a version of the pledge before ar- ture, water, and energy at every Commencement. riving in Cambridge. Many Harvard events already emphasize compost- Meanwhile, none of the food at the reunion was from ing over recycling and recycling over trash, he said. But more than 250 miles away,said Pforzheimer, and waste sometime in the future, Luke predicted, the waste stan- often went straight to compost. dard for Harvard events will be 100 percent compost- The 25th reunion was alive with messages about ing. green living, but it was still fun, he said. “Nothing we did The green theme was a hit among those returning got in the way of a good time.”

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fresh local breads, dessert sauces, jams, pies, Fresh, local, and in your back Yard pastries, artisan honeys, and regional choco- lates. “All these new taste experiences make Farmers’ markets open up for the season in Cambridge and Allston everything worth it,” said Martin. “It’s fun to By Corydon Ireland be at the market and see people unable to re- Harvard News Office vard’s Office for Sustainability. “Everyone sist eating what they just bought.” eats.” Both markets will accept Food and Nutri- Farmers’ markets are sustainable in many tion Service (FNS) food stamps, Women, In- One of the many months of New England ways, she said. “They bring communities to- fant & Children (WIC) vouchers, and Senior farm abundance, June gives us fresh beets, gether, create jobs, provide educational op- Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program cabbage, collards, kale, greens, radishes, and portunities, and open access to healthy (SFMNP) coupons. rhubarb. foods.” Vendors at the Allston market will also ac- June also gives us the start of Harvard’s Farmers’ markets provide local and in- cept Boston Bounty Bucks, which in Boston two weekly farmers’ markets, open for the season food that minimizes transportation double the value of food stamps for purchas- season through October. from farm to table, said Henriksen. (By one es of between $1 and $10. Organizers promise a celebration of fresh, estimate, a typical carrot travels more than New this year at the Cambridge market is community regional goods from a med- 1,800 miles to reach the dinner table.) Cape Ann Fresh Catch, a community-sup- ley of vendors: bakers, bee- “The farmers pick the produce the morn- ported fishery. Buy a share or a half-share and keepers, chocolatiers, cheese makers, and ing it’s sold,” said McCulla of the Harvard you get part of the weekly catch from the seas local farmers. markets. “It’s important for shoppers to off Gloucester, Mass. — hake, dabs, grey sole, The regional farmers, none farther than know it’s so fresh and so close.” 50 miles from Harvard Yard, provide the Farmers’ markets are also classrooms of poem of produce that marks every month of a sort. Shoppers can pick up cooking tips, Upcoming farmers’ markets

The Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) Farmers’ Market opens Tuesday (June 16) and runs every Tuesday from 12:30 to 6 p.m. through Oct. 27. It’s near the corner of Oxford and Kirkland streets.

The Allston Farmers’ Market (sponsored by the All- ston Development Group in partnership with HUDS) opens June 19 and runs from 3 to 7 p.m. every Fri- day through Oct. 30. It’s at the corner of N. Harvard Street and Western Avenue.

On June 26, the market in Allston will include a Sus- tainability Fair: food tasting, tips on sustainable liv- ing (like ways to compost), a raffle, and children’s activities.

To learn more, go to www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/ag_market.html.

To sign up for a weekly farmers’ market e-mail newsletter, write to [email protected].

For a guide to fresh local foods in season, go to www.healthyharvest.org, a site maintained by Har- vard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment.

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Freshly harvested the growing season: the snap peas of June, sample regional foods they may never have flounder, cod – “whatever’s abundant,” said produce brings the peaches of July, the corn of August, the heard of, and learn the value of freshness. McCulla, “super-fresh and never frozen.” color and taste to peppers, pears, and pumpkins of September Lastyear,McCulla — who directs the mar- The farmers’ markets will reach beyond the farmers’ mar- — and more. ket near Harvard Yard — saw a shopper walk food. During a June 26 kick-off celebration at kets at Harvard Last year the Cambridge market (which by, eating from a pint of Concord grapes. He the Allston market, landscaping experts from and in Allston, both opening for opened in 2006) doubled in size. “It gets big- asked his friend, “Have you tasted these Harvard’s Facilities Maintenance Opera- the season in ger every year,” said Theresa McCulla ’04, ad- grapes? They’re not normal grapes.” tions will offer tips on home-scale organic June. ministrator of the Food Literacy Project at “I love overhearing things like that,” she composting, modeled on efforts already Harvard University Dining Services said. under way at the University. (HUDS). “A farmers’ market is actually a chance to The Office for Sustainability will have a dis- Farmers’ markets illustrate “very explic- see what’s happening seasonally,” said Crista play set up too. It will have top-10 tips on sus- itly” what food literacy means, she said: “a Martin, HUDS director of marketing and tainable living, lessons in low-impact trans- constant mindfulness” about what we eat. communications. “It’s such a different expe- portation and energy usage, and activities like McCulla, a onetime Romance languages rience to getabean when it’savailable — fresh a water tasting, a recycling game, and more. concentrator,gaveup a job as a media analyst that day.” Other special events will take place in All- with the Central Intelligence Agency to pur- The markets are a culinary history lesson ston through the season. sue her true passion in life: good food — and too, she said. “It gives me an appreciation of In the market near Harvard Yard, local the nutrition it offers, the beauty it possess- what it must have been like to eat in New Eng- chefs will offer weekly food demonstrations, es, and the community it engenders. land” before the advent of supermarkets. using ingredients from vendors at tents and She and other experts see farmers’ mar- Martin, who grew up on a family farm in tables nearby.(On June 16,the guest chef will kets as a way of getting the freshest food, Delaware, is astonished all over again every be Jody Adams of the Rialto Restaurant in learning how to prepare it, and meeting the year at the variety — sometimes the oddity — Cambridge.) people who grow it. of regional foods at the markets — like bright Farmers’ markets also give shoppers a re- And at markets like this, said McCulla, the orange squash blossoms, and long beans freshed sense of community, said Martin. money you spend goes directly to producers. from a Hmong farmer who grows Asian veg- “It’s one of those times you get the best-of- (For food sold in a supermarket, farmers get etables and herbs. the-neighborhood feeling.” only about 17 cents of every dollar.) Then there are “tomatoes of every color,” And it gives shoppers a glimpse of a large- Then there’ssustainability: the practice of said Martin: purple, green, and variegated ly hidden world: artisan shops, corner bak- living within our means, environmentally reds. “They’re beautiful.” eries, and — most of all — local farms. speaking. In season, there are maxixe, said McCul- “We do lose track, riding on the T every “Food is a gateway issue for sustainabili- la — cucumberlike vegetables that look like day,” said Martin. “These guys are operating ty,” said Heather Henriksen, director of Har- spiky green pine cones. And don’t forget the just beyond the edge of town.”

30/ Harvard University Gazette June 11-July 22, 2009 Peabody Museum receives grant to preserve maps, plans, and drawings

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Eth- fieldwork of the past 140 years. They include ethno- nology has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the graphic and linguistic field maps, site plans, large- U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services sized watercolors, and sketches of archaeological (IMLS). Over the next 18 months, the museum will sites and artifacts from North, Central, and South improve teaching and research access, preservation, America and beyond. There are also architectural and storage for its map collec- drawings documenting American anthropological preservation tion of nearly 4,000 unique, history as well as vital records of the Peabody Muse- hand-drawn, and annotated um, the oldest museum dedicated to anthropology in documents dating as early as the 1840s. The historic the Western hemisphere. maps and other documents from research expedi- Jeffrey Quilter, deputy director for curatorial af- tions are associated with the museum’s collections fairs and curator of Intermediate Area collections, of- and with Harvard’s Department of Anthropology fers an example of one the collection’s important highlights: “Alfred V. Kidder’s work at Pucara, Peru, was pathbreaking. As in so many cases of Peabody Watercolor of mural painting, ‘Temple of Museum research, the investigations there were in the Warriors, Chichen Itza,’ by Ann Axtell Morris. Works by Morris and others will be the vanguard of research for its day, and the materi- conserved and moved to a dedicated stor- als remain highly important today. The Pucara work age area for better preservation access. has been underpublished, and access to these mate- Image courtesy of Peabody Museum rials is vital for ongoing scholarship.”

Trading energy for safety, bees extend legs to stabilize

Turbulence hampers flight for various bee species, and possibly other insects

Jon Chase/Harvard News Office Stacey Combes, assistant professor of organismic and evolutionary biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, uses an anemometer to measure wind velocity in a wind tunnel.

By Steve Bradt lence on flight stability is an important lence by extending their rear legs while in FAS Communications and previously unrecognized determi- flight. nant of flight performance.” “This increases the bees’ moment of in- New research shows some bees brace Together with Robert Dudley of the ertia and reduces rolling,” Combes says, themselves against wind and turbulence University of California, Berkeley, and the “much like a spinning ice-skater who ex- by extending their sturdy hind legs while Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, tends her arms to slow down.” flying. But this approach comes at a steep Combes studied 10 species of wild orchid This rolling increased with flight speed cost, increasing aerodynamic drag and the bees (also called euglossine bees) that fly until the bees were rolled to one side or the power required for flight by roughly 30 at high speeds for tens of kilometers each other roughly 80 percent of the time, at evolutionary percent, and cutting day seeking food and other resources. which point the bees would become un- into the bees’ flight Males of these species are especially mo- stable and either crash to the ground or be biology performance. tivated to collect aromatic scents in blown from the airstream. Bees were able Image courtesy of Stacey Combes The findings are detailed in the Pro- pouches on their oversized hind legs, to reach higher speeds when flying in Scientists used high-speed video to mea- ceedings of the National Academy of Sci- which are then used in mating displays lower levels of turbulence, altered sure bees’ maximum flight speed as they ences. that attract females. through the use of different types of were buffeted by varying levels of envi- “Wind is a universal part of life for all Because male orchid bees are so screens to deflect airflow in the air jet. ronmental turbulence. flying animals,” says Stacey Combes, as- strongly attracted by scents, they will While Combes and Dudley studied sistant professor of organismic and evo- readily traverse severe conditions, such as only 10 species of euglossine bees, Combes lutionary biology in Harvard University’s those created when Combes and Dudley says that this stabilizing behavior is likely Faculty of Arts and Sciences. “Yet we know set up powerful air jets in the bees’ Pana- to be seen across Hymenoptera, the order remarkably little about how animals nav- manian jungle habitats. Using high-speed of insects that includes bees, wasps, ants, igate windy conditions and unpredictable video, the scientists measured the bees’ and sawflies, and that turbulent airflow airflows, since most studies of animal maximum flight speed as they were buf- may decrease the flight performance of flight have taken place in simplified envi- feted by varying levels of environmental many other flying insects as well. ronments, such as in still air or perfect turbulence. In every case, the bees dis- Combes and Dudley’s work was spon- laminar flows. Our work shows clearly played a side-to-side rolling motion at sored by the Miller Institute for Basic Re- that the effect of environmental turbu- high flight speeds, negotiating the turbu- search in Science.

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NEWSMAKERS

FAS confers 17 Mind, Brain, and Behavior certificates The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Standing Committee on Mind, Brain, and Behavior (MBB) conferred certificates in Mind/Brain/Behavior to 17 seniors in a ceremony held at the Harvard Faculty Club on June 3. The certificates are awarded to stu- dents who have satisfied the re- quirements of the MBB interdiscipli- nary honors undergraduate program, including the completion of specific course work and research, and the submission of a thesis. The commit- tee is co-chaired by Richard W. Wrangham, the Ruth Moore Profes- sor of Biological Anthropology and curator of primate behavioral biology in the Peabody Museum of Archaeol- ogy and Ethnology, and Sean D. Kelly, professor of philosophy. At the ceremony, Wrangham and Marc D. Photo © Luc Hossepied Hauser, professor of psychology, of- LCD screens provide a real world reference against the opera’s fifth-dimensional scenery during a recent lighting and fered remarks and were joined by video check. other members of the standing com- mittee and MBB faculty in congratu- lating the seniors on their accom- )

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Chensheng Zhang (biology). vealed that are harder to see from the per- We all found our repertoires expanded.” spective of a lower-dimensional world.” Though the opera doesn’t seek to direct- ‘Remembering Awatovi’ wins masses The work, called “Hypermusic Prologue: ly map the theories of physics onto the artis- independent publisher award AProjective Opera in Seven Planes,” tells the tic world of opera, Randall said it contains For her book “Remembering Awa- story of a man and a woman who have dif- more ideas from physics than she originally Theoretical physicist tovi: The Story of an Archaeological ferent views of the world. The baritone looks intended. Both Parra and Ritchie urged her Expedition in Northern Arizona, Lisa Randall pens at the world around him and is satisfied with to include more, she said. 1935-1939,” (Peabody Museum what he sees and the sense of reality it gives While the sets are designed to evoke oth- other-dimensional opera Press, 2008) Hester A. Davis has him. The soprano, a physicist and compos- erworldly space, the music expresses the won the 2009 Independent Publish- By Alvin Powell er, has a more open view of reality and a more ideas of physics as well, Parra said. er Gold Award for Best Regional Harvard News Office questing spirit. She travels to and explores a The man’s baritone voice is projected Non-Fiction. The IPPY awards recog- fifth dimension. The opera is a musical con- from a single speaker close to the character, nize outstanding books created by Harvard physicist Lisa Randall is taking versation between the two. while the woman’s soprano is projected from members of the independent pub- Paris’ operagoing public to the fifth dimen- “It was fascinating to work with the artist multiple speakers around the auditorium. lishing industry. More 700 entries sion this month, working with a composer and director to try to solve the challenges of Her voice is also distorted electronically, were received from across the U.S. and artist to present an opera that incorpo- staging something like this, trying to show compressed for some sections, while the and Canada. The regional “IPPYs” rates Randall’s theories about extra dimen- the contrast between his limited world and baritone is time-delayed, as if it were losing were designed to spotlight the best sions of space. her more open world, keeping the baritone’s energy.In her journey, the woman discovers regional titles from around North Randall, a theoretical physicist whose space more restrictive without being too the unification of the four basic forces of na- America. Books were judged along- ideas were presented in her 2005 book, small and theatrically boring,” Randall said. ture, with music representing their different side books for and about their re- “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Randall wrote the textfor the opera while characteristics: long and slow for gravity, gions only, based on their quality music Mysteries of the Universe’s Hid- Spanish composer Hèctor Parra wrote the which operates across the vast distances of and regional significance. den Dimensions,” wrote the libretto for the music. Artist Matthew Ritchie designed the space, and high-pitched and insectlike for opera, which is to be presented June 14 and sets. the strong force, which acts within the atom- 15 at Paris’ Pompidou Center. The project began shortly after Randall ic nuclei. — Compiled by Gervis A. Menzies Jr. Randall, who plans to be there for the pre- published “Warped Passages” in 2005. She “It’s the ideas and feelings [of the theo- and Sarah Sweeney miere, said the opera is an opportunity to was contacted by Parra, the son of a physicist ries]. … I don’t use the mapping of data,” Send Newsmakers to present to a new audience the ideas of who had read the book and thought its ideas Parra said. “The audience isn’t obligated to [email protected] physics and the notion that the universe is a would make an interesting opera. understand anything Lisa does. They will more complex and subtle place than our “What I saw was the possibility to play feel anguish, they will feel unification and daily experience may indicate. with the relationship between energy, mass, accomplishment. … They can enjoy the voic- “There are a lot of people who have never and time … to make two people live inside es and the sound itself without knowing the read a book about physics who still want to this model,” Parra said. specific equations.” understand the newways we think about the Parra said he just jumped in after the idea The opera, which is in English, will be universe,” Randall said. “People will follow came to him, sending Randall a long e-mail performed in Barcelona in November and only so much literally, but the [opera pre- explaining what he wanted to do. Randall, possibly in other locations around Europe. sents the] idea that there is a bigger space to who has no music background but who en- “Physicists try to know reality,” Parra explore and that connections can be re- joys art and music and has a keen interest in said, “while artists try to create a world.”