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Jack Eckert, the reference librarian at the Countway Library’s Center for the History of Medicine in Longwood, writes in an e-mail that he believes only one human-skin volume exists in the Countway collection. According to Eckert, the Medical School’s 1597 French translation of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” bears a small penciled annotation, “Bound in human skin,” on the inside cover...
...suspect who had reportedly just finished vandalizing a motor vehicle and then fled. The search was unsuccessful. 3:28 p.m.—Officers investigated the theft of a $1,327 ThinkPad Laptop that had been swiped from Harvard Medical School’s C1 building on Longwood Avenue. Dec. 13: 2:16 p.m.—Reports of a “suspicious” suitcase led officers to the New Research Building. Upon closer inspection, it was determined that the suitcase was from the airport and did not pose a threat...
Organizers of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative (HGCI) say they were not anticipating several thousand members of the Harvard community to pledge their support for a new energy-conservation initiative. The results proved a pleasant surprise. Jaclyn E. Emig, HGCI’s Longwood campus coordinator, said the program’s following this fall was more than she had hoped for. The Campus Sustainability Pledge campaign garnered support from 4,300 students and faculty. “It exceeded our expectations because we had more pledges than the ‘Go Cold Turkey’ campaign last year...
...Officers report an individual attempting to remove a bicycle wheel at the Palace Road Lot, on 168 Longwood Avenue. The suspect fled the area. The officers re-secured the bicycle wheel.Nov. 6:4:53 a.m.—Officers were dispatched to Au Bon Pain to a report of individuals throwing chairs in the café. The officers arrived and a search of the area proved negative. The officer reports no damage was done to the café.1:24 p.m.—Officers were dispatched to a report of individuals with potential guns in the area. The officers...
...Reports of a suspicious person in the Warren Alpert Building sent Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers to 200 Longwood Ave. The responding officers found the individual and searched for any outstanding wants and warrants under his name without success. Carlos Gonzalez, 18, of Roxbury, Mass. was then arrested for trespassing. Oct. 29: 2:53 a.m.—Officers were sent to Holmes Hall in the Quad in response to a report that someone had been smoking in the bathroom. Police found the bathroom empty and were unable to locate the alleged smoker...