Harrington Accepts Tenure in History of Science Dept.

Anne Harrington '82, associate professor of the History of Science, confirmed yesterday that she has accepted an offer of tenure in the department.

"I am looking forward to having a long and productive career," Harrington said. She expects official notification of tenure in the next two weeks.

Harrington currently teaches History of Science 175, "The History and Historiography of Psychiatry and Psychopathology," and History of Science 176, a conference course titled "Evolution and the Mind."

She is also a member of the University-wide "Mind/Brain/Behavior" initiative, an interdisciplinary group of 25 scholars whose work combines cutting-edge research from brain science and the humanities and social sciences.

Harrington graduated from Harvard summa cum laude, combining courses from History and Science with a focus on biological anthropology and neuropsychology. --Valerie J. MacMillan COMMUNITY SERVICE

Bonfili to Use Steiner Grant To Buy Computers for Shelter

They don't have permanent residences or telephone numbers, but the local homeless may soon get email addresses. David V. Bonfili '96 said he plans to use his $1000 grant from the Steiner Program to put computers in cambridge shelters.

The Steiner Program awards funds to students involved in community service and interested in doing a creative public service project.

Bonfili, who volunteers at the University Lutheran Shelter, first envisioned his project after hearing Mitchell Kapor of the Lotus Corporation speak about "Politics on the Internet."

"After listening to Kapor discuss the importance of the information superhighway and the increasing prevalence of computers, one of the questions that came to my mind was 'What about people without computers?''' Bonfili said in an interview yesterday.

In hopes of starting his project this summer, Bonfili has already contacted companies including IBM, Macintosh and Microsoft for resources. But he emphasizes that help from nearby businesses is most important because they have "more incentive to invest in their community."

Not only will Bonfili's program benefit the homeless by bringing them closer to budding computer technology, he said, but the project will encourage Harvard students to become involved with community service as well.

Bonfili said he would like to organize a group of students, perhaps in conjunction with Phillips Brooks House and Harvard Computer Society, to go to the shelters once a week and teach the homeless how to use programs like Microsoft Word and Excel.   --Sharon C. Yang