Campus & Community

Researchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have been chosen to receive a six-year, $86 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify and develop molecular tools known as “small molecules,” which can probe proteins, signaling pathways, and cellular processes that are crucial to human health and disease.

The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Asia Programs at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) will announce a new partnership. Under the leadership of new institute director Tony Saich, Asia Programs became part of the Ash Institute on July 1. The new collaboration promises to leverage and expand the collective strength of both organizations.

The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced the winners of the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards. These six government initiatives — consisting of one city, three state, and two federal programs — were recently honored at an awards gala and reception at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Innovations Award winners will receive $100,000 toward replication of their initiative.

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel was honored by the American Political Science Association Aug. 30 at the group’s annual meeting in Boston.

This fall, the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) will present the Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies. Harvard’s longest continuously running course uses readings, films, and classroom exercises to aid students in reading more purposefully and selectively, while gaining greater speed and comprehension.

On Sunday (Aug. 24), anyone near Harvard Square will hear the new bells in Lowell House ring out in concert for the first time.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently announced funding in the amount of $12 million for three, new public television documentary series in which Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. will explore the meaning of race, culture, and identity in America.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Aug. 18. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at www.hupd.harvard.edu.

Harvard-affiliated study runs in Journal of Community Psychology; Docents sought for Semitic Museum; Habitat for Humanity sale begins Aug. 23; HMS to host second ‘Freecycle’ event, donations sought; HMS to host quantitative genomics conference, poster component; Deadline for first print issue

A memorial service honoring Henry C. Moses, the former dean of freshmen, will take place Sept. 19 at 2:30 p.m. at the Memorial Church.

Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean Michael D. Smith has announced the appointment of Brett C. Sweet as FAS dean for administration and finance, effective Sept. 2.

Sharyn Bahn was appointed the associate dean for advancement at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, effective Aug. 4.

Scholar, author, and activist Rory Stewart has been named director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Stewart will assume his new position on Jan. 1.

Harvard’s 33rd annual Senior Picnic went off without a hitch on a sun-filled Wednesday (July 30) whose warm temperatures were cooled by a gentle breeze.

Susan Carey, a Harvard psychologist whose work has explored fundamental issues surrounding the nature of the human mind, has been awarded the 2009 David E. Rumelhart Prize, given annually since 2001 for significant contributions to the theoretical foundation of human cognition.

A new Harvard Business School (HBS) course beginning this fall will explore the intersection of intellectual property and the corporate sector.

Georgene Herschbach, a longtime member of the Harvard community who has served the campus in a wide range of capacities, has been named to the new position of dean for administration in Harvard College, Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and Jay Harris, dean of undergraduate education, jointly announced Aug. 19.

On the verge of making some of life’s biggest decisions, a group of Allston-Brighton high school students listened attentively to a few of the possibilities that lay before them.

Materials scientist Frans Spaepen will serve as interim dean of Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) effective Sept. 15, Michael D. Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced today (Aug. 15).

Julio Frenk, an eminent authority on global health who served as the Minister of Health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006, will become the new dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), President Drew Faust announced today (July 29).

Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean Michael D. Smith has announced the appointment of Brett C. Sweet as FAS dean for administration and finance, effective Sept. 2. Sweet will assume the redefined executive dean’s position that has been held on an interim basis by Robert Scalise. Scalise will return to his position as Harvard’s director of athletics.

Scholar, author, and activist Rory Stewart has been named director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Stewart will assume his new position on Jan. 1.

Julius B. Richmond, a seminal figure in the history of American public health and pediatrics, and the first national director of the Head Start program, who held professorial positions at three Harvard Schools, died July 27 at his home in Chestnut Hill, Mass. He was 91.

Georgene Herschbach, a longtime member of the Harvard community who has served the campus in a wide range of capacities, has been named to the new position of dean for administration in Harvard College, Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and Jay Harris, dean of undergraduate education, jointly announced Aug. 19.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently announced funding in the amount of $12 million for three, new public television documentary series in which Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. will explore the meaning of race, culture, and identity in America. Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, as well as director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. His recent PBS series include “African American Lives” and “African American Lives 2,” “Oprah’s Roots: An African American Lives Special,” “America Beyond the Color Line,” and “Wonders of the African World.”

Susan Carey, a Harvard psychologist whose work has explored fundamental issues surrounding the nature of the human mind, has been awarded the 2009 David E. Rumelhart Prize, given annually since 2001 for significant contributions to the theoretical foundation of human cognition.

Sharyn Bahn was appointed the associate dean for advancement at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, effective Aug. 4. With a distinguished career in development, Bahn comes to Radcliffe from the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) in Cambridge and previously from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She succeeds Tamara Elliott Rogers, who was appointed Harvard’s vice president for alumni affairs and development.

Materials scientist Frans Spaepen will serve as interim dean of Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) effective Sept. 15, Michael D. Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced today (Aug. 15).

Julio Frenk, an eminent authority on global health who served as the Minister of Health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006, will become the new dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), President Drew Faust announced today (July 29).

HARVARD-AFFILIATED MEEI NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST HOSPITALS; HUDS AND CRIMSON CATERING RECOGNIZED WITH AWARDS; DOCENTS SOUGHT FOR SEMITIC MUSEUM; AGREEMENT TO DOUBLE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLOMBIAN STUDENTS; HU PRESS PUBLISHING MODERN GREEK STUDIES SERIES; HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SALE SET FOR AUGUST; HARVARD POPS BAND TO HOLD SUMMER CONCERTS; EXTENSION SCHOOL PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMS; A.R.T. BRINGS SHAKESPEARE TO THE SQUARE; SUMMER SCHOOL CHORUS TO PERFORM; ‘KIDNEY KABARET’ LETS HARVARD FOLKS SING FOR CAUSE; DEADLINES FOR ONLINE AND FIRST PRINT ISSUE