Tag: Campus
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Shorenstein Center announces Goldsmith winners and finalists
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has announced two winners of the Goldsmith Books Prize and six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.
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Daffodil Days in full bloom
At Harvard, the month of February brings the promise of spring with the kick-off of Daffodil Days, a University-wide effort to raise funds to support the fight against cancer.
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Faculty Council meeting, Jan. 27
At its seventh meeting of the year on Jan. 27, the Faculty Council reviewed proposals to rename the Department of Literature and Comparative Literature and to establish a new concentration in biomedical engineering.
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HKS’s Belfer Center creates Ernest May Fellowship
The Belfer Center has announced the Ernest May Fellowship, a new initiative to help build the next generation of men and women who will bring professional history to bear on strategic studies and major issues of international affairs.
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Overseer and Elected Director candidates announced for 2010-11
This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board.
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PBHA vies for $1 million award
The good deeds of Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) are being handsomely rewarded through a Facebook contest grant, and there may be more assistance in the wings.
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Xie to receive award from DOE
Harvard Professor Sunney Xie was one of six recipients of the 2009 E.O. Lawrence Award.
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Harvard China internship program open to Harvard College students
The Harvard China Student Internship Program is accepting applications through Jan. 29.
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HKS receives $20.5M for Asia studies
Harvard Kennedy School receives $20.5 million gift to start program and institute pointed at key issues confronting rapidly growing Asian countries.
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Swim School offering spring classes
The Harvard Swim School, which provides swimming and diving lessons for adults and children (ages 5 and up), will offer Saturday morning classes (March 27-May 1) at Blodgett Pool and the Malkin Athletic Center.
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Poetry in motion
A novice poet learns her craft by presenting her work in front of open-mic audiences at Adams House.
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Burgin awarded fellowship
Angus Burgin, who received A.B, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard, is among eight individuals who have been awarded fellowships as part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Visiting Scholars Program for 2009-10.
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KITA and Harvard connect to advance Korean Scholarship
Harvard University and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) recently announced an agreement (Dec. 10) to advance modern Korean scholarship at the University.
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Dowling awarded the Glenn A. Fry Medal in Physiological Optics
John E. Dowling, the Gordon and Llura Gund Professor of Neurosciences at Harvard, was awarded the Glenn A. Fry Medal in Physiological Optics during a ceremony at the Great Lakes Vision Research Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 21.
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Harvard School of Public Health predoctoral grant available
Predoctoral training slots are available for the spring 2010 term on the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) training grant “Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Biodefense.” HSPH students from all departments are encouraged to apply.
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Jordan scholars honored at luncheon
Longtime supporters of Harvard College financial aid, Gerald R. (Jerry) Jordan Jr. and his family established the Gerald Jordan Family Scholarship in 1995-96 to ensure that undergraduate students in need of financial support are able to attend the College.
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Alastair Graham Walter Cameron
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 19, 2009, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Alastair Graham Walter Cameron, Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Alastair Cameron’s theory is now the accepted one for the origin of the Moon.
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CCSR annual report now available for 2009
The 2009 annual report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a subcommittee of the President and Fellows, is now available upon request from the Office for the Committees on Shareholder Responsibility.
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Gates honored with Morry Award
Project Morry presented Henry Louis Gates Jr. with its annual award on Nov. 19.
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Inaugural Burke Global Health Fellows named
The Provost and Deans Committee of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH) announced the selection of the 2009 Burke Global Health Fellows.
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A joyful noise
The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College celebrate the African-American aural tradition, and have done so for almost 40 years.
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Eric Beerbohm appointed director of Graduate Fellowships
Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics recently announced the appointment of Eric Beerbohm as director of the Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellowships in Ethics.
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Journey to D.C.
Harvard Kennedy School graduate Sam Sanders ’09 writes about his experience as a public policy student and the road that led him to National Public Radio.
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The Game
The oldest rivalry in college football dates to 1875, when Harvard and Yale played a bruising game that resembled rugby more than modern football. Back then, fans journeyed by train, horseback, and foot from around New England to view the rough-and-tumble spectacle.
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CfA shows schoolchildren the stars
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is giving middle school children in three Massachusetts towns a taste of astronomy, using robotic telescopes they control themselves to fuel their interest in careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Wizard at circuits, physics
Donhee Ham, Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, uses his personal energy and understanding of physics to design innovative integrated circuits.
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Anthropologist Hymes dies at 82
Dell H. Hymes, 82, an influential linguistic anthropologist and folklorist who taught at Harvard from 1955 to 1960, died in Charlottesville, Va., on Nov. 13.
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Around the Schools: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is offering a wealth of short courses, seminars, and events designed to provide more work or more play, depending on your preference, from Jan. 4 to 24.
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Lohre named NCC president-elect
Kathryn M. Lohre has been elected president-elect of the National Council of Churches (NCC) by the NCC Governing Board.