August 16, 2001

Pas de deux Members of the Ballroom Dance Team entertain appreciative seniors at the annual Harvard Seniors Picnic in Harvard Yard. (Staff photo by Jon Chase) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

KSG service fellowship awarded
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has awarded the prestigious Hassenfeld Public Service Fellowship for Rhode Island to Providence resident Caroline Benedict-Drew.

Public service interns funded by institute
Housed at the Kennedy School, the The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston coordinates an array of academic and scholarly functions with the aim of improving governance of the Greater Boston area.

Keylatch Program opens door to fun
They met dinosaurs and tigers, marched in a parade, sailed a boat, and traveled to an island. All this, plus a little learning and lots of swimming, filled the summers of the 75 kids in the Keylatch Summer Program, run by Harvard students through the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA).

Summer of study
For 170 Cambridge high school students Harvard has helped take the sting out of summer school.

A perfect day for a picnic
City and school fete Cambridge's elders at the 26th annual Harvard Yard Picnic.

Technology for educators
Five-day institute at GSE aids teachers, principals, and superintendents in grappling with the problems of using the newest technologies to the best advantage.

Medical center and affordable housing are result of swap
Harvard University joined Brigham and Women's Hospital and the nonprofit tenants' organization Roxbury Tenants at Harvard in an unusual three-way land-swap agreement that will make way for a new medical center while preserving affordable housing in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood.

Public service tour
President Lawrence H. Summers became acquainted with some of Harvard's many community service activities last month.

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