Nominations welcome for FAS prize

The nomination deadline for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Administrative/Professional Prize is Friday, Feb. 13. The Prize honors exempt staff with at least five years of service who have made extraordinary contributions to the FAS. Prizes of $5,000 plus one month paid leave to be used for travel will be awarded this spring. For nomination forms, call FAS Personnel Services at 495-1592.

Fellowships available for those working in practical ethics

Applications for 1998-99 Graduate Fellowships are invited from Harvard graduate students who are writing dissertations or engaged in major research on topics in practical ethics. The deadline is Thursday, Feb. 12. For information, contact the Program in Ethics and the Professions at 495-1336; ethics@harvard.edu.

Summer internships in biomedicine available to high school students

Project Success matches high school students with basic science or clinical investigators in settings within the Medical School and medical community.

Summer internships with paid, hands-on research positions will run for eight weeks, July through August 1998.

High school students, particularly students from underrepresented racial or ethnic backgrounds, residing in Boston or Cambridge, may apply. Among other eligibility requirements, students must also demonstrate an interest and ability in science and in a biomedical science career, and plan to attend college.

The application deadline is March 6. For information, call 432-0161.

Mortgage assistance to be offered by lender program

Harvard University is offering mortgage assistance through its Preferred Mortgage Lender Program. A University committee has selected two new preferred mortgage lenders for employees of Harvard University -- PNC Bank Corp. (PNC) and North American Mortgage Corp. (NAMC). These firms were chosen because of their strong commitment to customer service and their willingness to offer reduced closing costs and a discount of one-quarter of 1 percent on points to Harvard's employees.

For more information, employees may contact the vendors directly. Harvard's contacts at the newly selected vendors are: Daniel Heffernan, PNC, 443-6423 and James Loughery, NAMC, at (978) 762-9200. The program will be monitored internally by Kathleen MacDonald, manager of the Mortgage and Educational Loan Office, who may be contacted at 495-8858.