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150 stories in February, 2007
Harvard Foundation names Laurence Fishburne the 2007 Artist of the Year
Actor, producer, and director Laurence Fishburne has been named the 2007 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation. Fishburne, the unanimous choice of the selection committee, will be awarded the foundation's most prestigious medal at Harvard's annual Cultural Rhythms ceremony on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 24) at Sanders Theatre.
Paul Oliver, probably the world's foremost scholar of the blues, first heard African-American vernacular music during World War II when a friend brought him to listen to black servicemen stationed in England singing work songs they had brought with them from the fields and lumber camps of the Deep South. Oliver was enthralled by the rhythm and drive of the music and the spontaneous interweaving of harmonies, and wanted to hear more. His fascination led him on a 60-year quest that has included numerous field trips through the American South interviewing, recording, and photographing blues musicians.
This month in Harvard history
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Feb. 19. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Arts of the Islamic World: A Workshop for Children
In conjunction with the exhibition "Overlapping Realms: Arts of the Islamic World and India, 900-1900," the Sackler Museum is offering a workshop in Islamic art for children ages 9 to 12.
Computer Product & Repair Center changes hours
Harvard's Computer Product and Repair Center is changing its walk-in hours.
Still time to order daffodils, help American Cancer Society
Daffodil Days, one of the University's most popular and colorful fundraisers, is now accepting orders from the Harvard community for the bright bouquets, which cost $7 each and include 10 stems. For $25, the bouquet includes a limited edition, collectible Boyds Bear teddy bear.
Undergrad grants available through Schlesinger Library
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America invites Harvard undergraduates to make use of the library's collections with competitive awards (ranging from $100 to $2,500) for relevant research projects.
Porter, Teisberg win Hamilton Award for ‘Redefining Health Care’
"Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results" (Harvard Business School Press) by Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, based at Harvard Business School, and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, a senior institute associate at Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness and an associate professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School, has been awarded the 2007 James A. Hamilton Award by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
HBS’s Sunil Gupta recognized with Berry-AMA Book Prize
"Managing Customers as Investments: The Strategic Value of Customers in the Long Run" (Wharton School Publishing), co-authored by Sunil Gupta, Harvard Business School's Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration, has received the 2006 Berry-AMA Book Prize from the American Marketing Association (AMA) as the best book in marketing reviewed that year.
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