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...building, which housed two Harvard graduate students and Cambridge resident Gladys Evans, 78, was consumed by an accidental blaze, according to Cambridge Fire Department Chief of Operations John Gialanis. He said the department plans to issue a formal report about the fire’s cause today. Evans, the building??s only inhabitant at the time, died in the fire. Her nieces arrived bearing Thanksgiving leftovers just as crews removed the body from the blaze on Friday morning, the Boston Globe reported. Firefighters arrived at the three-story house around 4:50 a.m., 10 minutes after they received...
...campaign that asks students, staff, and faculty members to commit to a series of energy-saving measures. If more than 50 percent of the residents and office workers in a building sign the pledge, the Green Campus Initative will buy wind energy credits to offset one-quarter of the building??s energy use. The campaign, called “emPOWER Harvard,” replaces GCI’s three-year-old “Go Cold Turkey” pledge campaign, which urged students to minimize energy consumption over Thanksgiving break. The coordinator of GCI?...
...long quest to establish the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Friday afternoon, as dozens of donors and Harvard affiliates gathered in the lobby of the center’s Knafel building for a dedication to celebrate the new complex.Sidney R. Knafel ’52, the building??s namesake, jump-started Harvard’s effort to unite faculty from the Government and History departments and nearly a dozen centers of international study with a $15 million gift almost nine years ago.The complex, situated east of Memorial Hall on the border of University property...
Reeves, who attended a meeting of about 40 of the building??s tenants last week, said the residents complained of having to remove plants from a penthouse common area...
...faculty, who will not comment. But while design experts stood by quietly, local residents protested the construåction of CGIS, and the City of Cambridge blocked Harvard’s initial plan to construct a tunnel connecting the two buildings. Covered with rectangular terracotta panels, the building??s exterior responds to the traditional brick buildings and sidewalks that characterize Cambridge and Harvard. But, although the terracotta acknowledges the center’s Cantabrigian context, it nevertheless remains true to Cobb’s minimalist, highly geometric style. And such a conscious borrowing from Cambridge?...