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  • The Cynthia Wight Rossano Endowed Prize Fund

    A new endowed prize fund, established by Daniel Pierce ’56, has been named in honor of Cynthia Wight Rossano for her services to Harvard University and to commemorate Harvard’s history.

  • Not afraid to switch focus

    IT technician Jeff Mayes tries and masters new fields, from computers to photography.

  • HRES establishes 2010-11 rents for Harvard University Housing

    In accordance with the University’s fair market rent policy, Harvard Real Estate Services has announced the proposed rent for Harvard University Housing for 2010-11.

  • Harvard’s Institute of Politics announces spring resident fellows

    Six individuals have been selected for resident fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics (IOP).

  • The Tennis Academy at Harvard provides tennis instruction for all ages

    The Tennis Academy at Harvard (TAH), which offers summer instruction for children and adults, will start its third season on June 14 at the Soldiers Field Athletic Complex.

  • Harvard Forest conservation finance initiative seeks to protect water

    The Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET), one of the largest funding sources in Massachusetts for water quality projects, recently conferred a $25,000 grant to Harvard’s center for research and education in forestry and ecology, the Harvard Forest.

  • Center for the Study of World Religions names Francis X. Clooney next director

    Francis X. Clooney, a Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Society of Jesus, has been appointed the next director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at the Harvard Divinity School, beginning July 1.

  • Around the Schools: Harvard Kennedy School

    Last year, pirates off the coast of Somalia attacked 217 ships, hijacked 47, and snatched $60 million in ransom.

  • M-RCBG fellows and scholars welcomed for 2010 spring semester

    A former Brazilian electricity regulator and a management professor from the Indian Institute of Technology are among the incoming visitors being welcomed this spring at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).

  • Scott Duke Kominers receives 2010 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize

    Scott Duke Kominers ’09, a student in the Harvard Business Economics Ph.D. program, was awarded the 2010 Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student on Jan. 14 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco.

  • Jack Strominger receives AAI mentoring award

    Jack Strominger, the Higgins Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, was recently honored with the AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award “in recognition of exemplary career contributions to a future generation of scientists,” by the American Association of Immunologists.

  • Harvard Staff Artists Community to host first meeting on Feb. 24

    The Harvard Staff Artists Community (HSAC) invites all staff artists to its first meeting on Feb. 24 from noon to 1 p.m. at Area 1 in the Gutman Library conference center.

  • Poussaint to receive the Camille O. Cosby World of Children Award

    Alvin F. Poussaint will be honored with the Camille O. Cosby World of Children Award on March 13 at the 2010 World of Children Award Celebration.

  • Arts Medalist named

    Kicking off the Arts First festivities, visual artist, writer, and curator Catherine Lord ’70 will receive the 2010 Harvard Arts Medal.

  • Interpreter of cultures

    Harvard professor Ali Asani uses art to spread understanding of Islam and its underpinnings.

  • Shorenstein Center announces fellows and visiting faculty for spring 2010

    The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at the Harvard Kennedy School, recently announced four spring fellows for 2010.

  • Office hours for Dean Hammonds

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds welcomes students to share their thoughts and concerns about undergraduate life during her office hours.

  • Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts & Sciences

    Swimming after eating may be a dubious decision, but a film series about food in a pool? That’s another story.

  • The Crimson’s Grand Elections

    During Grand Elections, the annual ritual for incoming members of the Harvard Crimson’s editorial board, merry participants sang, danced, and paraded around Harvard Yard.

  • Yes, Harvard sweats

    Known as a bastion of academe, Harvard has more Division 1 sports programs than any other college — and thousands of students in club, intramural programs.

  • No giving up

    Despite battling three injuries in three years, senior Pat Magnarelli is here to stay.

  • Beanpot bound

    Harvard women skate to Beanpot finals with 5-0 hockey win over Boston College.

  • Student concert to aid Haiti

    Harvard’s student artists, in collaboration with the OfA, pull together to produce a two-hour benefit on Feb. 12 in Sanders Theatre.

  • Michael Jensen receives AFA award

    Michael C. Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School (HBS), has received the 2009 Morgan Stanley-American Finance Association (AFA) Award for Excellence in Financial Economics.

  • Stephen Burt named National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

    Associate Professor of English Stephen Burt has been named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award in Criticism for his book “Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry.”

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Learning beyond the gates

    Marcel Moran ’11, a biology concentrator, plans on a career in medicine. But last semester he stepped aside from problem sets and laboratory experiments to venture into a course called “Reinventing Boston: The Changing American City.”

  • Harvard upended by B.C.

    Harvard struggled to generate any offense in its Beanpot semifinal match against Boston College, losing 6-0.

  • Scientists Say Crack HIV / AIDS Puzzle For Drugs

    Scientists say they have solved a crucial puzzle about the AIDS virus after 20 years of research and that their findings could lead to better treatments for HIV…