President Lawrence Summers described his vision for uses of land that Harvard owns in Allston in an open letter to the Harvard community on October 21. One of the elements of the letter is the possible relocation of HSPH in the future to Allston. The letter is available at www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2003/lhs_allston.html, and a summary is available at www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/10.23/01-allston.html.

Dean Barry Bloom's letter to the HSPH community regarding Allston may be found at: www.hsph.harvard.edu/announcements/allston.html.

REMINDER: Free Flu Vaccinations this Monday

HSPH members with valid Harvard photo IDs may receive a free flu vaccination on Monday, November 3 and 10, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Kresge 101.

Series on Population Research to Continue with Talk on Evolution and Aging

A university-wide symposium series on important topics in population research will continue with "Rethinking the Evolutionary Theory of Aging" on Friday, November 14, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., William James Hall, Room 1,

33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA. The lecturer is Ronald Lee, chair of the Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging, University of California, Berkeley. The series is sponsored by the HSPH Office of the Dean and the Harvard Office of the Provost.

Alumnus Shih Wins Industrial Hygiene Award

HSPH Senior Lecturer Robert Herrick (l) with Mark Shih

Shih now works as the director of the Division of Method Development and Analysis, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, in Taiwan.