In brief

Arts First volunteers are needed for May festivities

Organizers of Arts First – Harvard’s four-day celebration of music, theater, dance, and visual arts – seek volunteers for the Performance Fair on May 7. Stage managers, backstage crew members, and audience greeters are all needed. No experience is necessary for many of the jobs, and the entire University community is welcome. Volunteers will receive an Arts First T-shirt and will be invited to a party at the conclusion of the fair.

For more information, contact Ingrid Schorr at arts@fas.harvard.edu.

Huntington Prize Committee seeks nominations

Students and friends of Albert J. Weatherhead University Professor Samuel P. Huntington have established a prize in the amount of $10,000 for the best book published each year in the field of national security studies. The book can be a work of history or political science, or a work by a practitioner of statecraft.

The Huntington Prize Committee currently seeks nominations for books published in 2004. Please note that the prize committee reserves the right not to award a prize in a given year.

Nominations will be accepted until May 31. A letter of nomination and two copies of the book may be sent to: Ann Townes, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, 1033 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138.

EALS accepting submissions

The East Asian Legal Studies (EALS) program of Harvard Law School (HLS) is now accepting submissions for the Yong K. Kim ’95 Memorial Prize, which recognizes the student who has made the most significant contribution to fostering U.S.-East Asian understanding at HLS. The most important factor in determining the winner is the authorship of a paper concerning the law or legal history of the nations and peoples of East Asia or concerning issues of law as it pertains to U.S.-East Asia relations, however, other contributions made to the intellectual life of EALS and the Law School more generally will also be considered.

Submissions can be written in conjunction with a course, seminar, or independent study project at HLS. The prize includes a cash award and will be announced at Commencement. Two copies of the submitted work should be delivered to the EALS office (Pound Hall 426, HLS) by April 29, and should include the student’s name, School, class level, e-mail address, and phone number.

Hilles Library to close May 27

Hilles Library will close on May 27 and reopen in October as the Quad Library. To ensure a smooth transition, please note the following arrangements:

• Recalls of Hilles materials will begin in early April.
• Nonreserves materials checked out or renewed, either online or in person, from early May onward will be due on May 31. Materials not returned by May 31 will be billed immediately as lost.
• Reserves materials will not circulate after May 26.
• Many Hilles materials that are being transferred to other libraries and all materials intended for the Quad Library will be unavailable from mid-June until October.For more information, please contact Heather Cole at hcole@fas.harvard.edu.

  – Compiled by Andrew Brooks