Tag: Awards & Honors
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Campus & Community
Ash Institute names innovation award finalists
The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced the 15 finalists for the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards competition. These programs are models of government excellence, representing innovative programming from the local, county, city, tribal, state, and federal levels. The finalists were selected from an initial pool…
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Campus & Community
Mossavar-Rahmani Center names Sperling the John T. Dunlop Prize winner
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government (M-RCBG) at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has named Michael Sperling ’08 the winner of the 2008 John T. Dunlop Prize in Business and Government.
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Campus & Community
Marquand Award honors five for exceptional performance as advisers
Five exceptional advisers are the winners of this year’s John Marquand Award, which recognizes excellence and dedication in the mentoring and guidance of Harvard undergraduates.
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Campus & Community
Shalala awarded Radcliffe Medal
President of the University of Miami, Donna E. Shalala, was at Harvard last week (June 6) to accept the Radcliffe Medal, a tradition that includes delivering the keynote address at a luncheon on Radcliffe Day.
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Campus & Community
In Brief
Harvard LGBT reunion set for September; Reischauer Institute seeks papers on Japan-related topics; HMNH publication captures prize
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Campus & Community
Newsmakers
CLC honors Shinagel, Haynes; Dumbarton Oaks Library announces new director of studies; Department of Commerce honors Michael E. Porter; Sohigan, Yeghiayan attend Energy Globe Awards; Raiffa named recipient of Schelling Award; Woolhandler to present at council on Bioethics
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Campus & Community
Six HBS students honored for service to School, society
Six members of the Harvard Business School M.B.A. Class of 2008 have been named winners of the School’s prestigious Dean’s Award.
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Campus & Community
Hoopes Prize winners number more than 80
More than 80 Harvard College seniors have been named Thomas T. Hoopes Prize winners for outstanding scholarly work or research. The prize is funded by the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes ’19. The recipients, including their research and advisers, are as follows:
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Campus & Community
Newsmakers
Holdren honored as guest professor of Tsinghua University; Locke given innovation award; HBS’s Thomas McCraw receives Hagley book prize; Zhang awarded prestigious Merck Award
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Campus & Community
Winners of Howard T. Fisher Prize announced
The Committee of the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science has named four students winners of the award for the 2007-08 academic year.
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Campus & Community
Extension School awards student, faculty prizes
The Harvard Extension School has announced the following student prize and faculty award winners for 2008.
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Campus & Community
Newsmakers
ACPE AWARDS HONORARY MEMBERSHIP TO HERZLINGER Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has recently been awarded honorary membership in the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE). An expert on consumer-driven health care, Herzlinger was awarded membership in recognition of her contributions to the advancement of medical management.
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Campus & Community
Radcliffe honors Alumnae Award winners
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University has announced this year’s Radcliffe alumnae award winners, who will be honored at the annual Radcliffe Awards Symposium on June 6 at the American Repertory Theatre’s Loeb Drama Center.
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Campus & Community
Faculty of Arts and Sciences names Walter Channing Cabot Fellows
Five professors in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) have been named Walter Channing Cabot Fellows. The awards, given annually, honor distinguished faculty members who have contributed to the advancement of scholarship in the fields of literature, history, or art.
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Campus & Community
Newsmakers
DEPT.OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES AWARDS PRIZES HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION ELECTS VISITING PROFESSOR KOBAYASHI GILDER LEHRMAN SCHOLAR NAMED ACKERMAN PRESENTS ADDRESS AT ITALIAN CONFERENCE CHA’S KEEFE RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GOMES TO FETE ORDINATION ANNIVERSARY
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Campus & Community
Barrett Award presented to three
Two Harvard seniors and a sophomore were honored as Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients at a special ceremony May 9. Administered by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), the award commemorates Barrett, who was killed in an auto accident in his senior year (1973). The award recognizes promising young people at Harvard College who pursue…
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Campus & Community
Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus names this year’s award recipient
The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus (HGLC) has announced that Martin Duberman Ph.D. ’57 will receive the HGLC Founding Father Award. It will be presented to Duberman at the caucus’ annual Commencement Day dinner (June 5) at Lowell House.
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Campus & Community
Yivo institute honors Summers
The YIVO Institute for Jewish research honored Charles W. Eliot University Professor Lawrence H. Summers on May 13 at its 83rd annual benefit dinner. The ceremony was held at the Center for Jewish History in New York City.
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Campus & Community
Kieffer awarded International Reading Fellowship
Michael Kieffer, an advanced doctoral student in language and literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is the recipient of the International Reading Association’s (IRA) Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship.
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Campus & Community
Faculty, students honored for improving intercultural relations
The Harvard Foundation presented its 2008 Faculty/Administrator Award to Benedict H. Gross, the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics, at its annual Harvard Foundation Student/Faculty Awards dinner in Quincy House on May 4.
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Campus & Community
Six faculty named Harvard College Professor
Six faculty members have been named Harvard College Professors this spring. They are Virginie Greene, David Laibson, Douglas Melton, Steven Pinker, John Shaw, and James Simpson.
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Campus & Community
PBHA fetes public service, honors seniors with awards
The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) held its seventh annual public service celebration on May 5 in the dining hall of Lowell House. A capacity crowd of 240, including PBHA public service leaders and volunteers, Harvard faculty and staff, and invited guests, attended the dinner program to celebrate the year in service, award postgraduate fellowships,…
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Campus & Community
Nieman Foundation honors Chauncey Bailey with Lyons Award
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard presented its Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism posthumously to Chauncey Bailey this past Tuesday (May 6).
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Arts & Culture
OfA awards students for excellence in the arts
The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OfA) and the Council on the Arts at Harvard, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, recently announced the winners of the annual undergraduate arts prizes presented in recognition of outstanding accomplishment in the arts for the 2007-08 academic year.
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Campus & Community
Newsmakers
RUVKUN RECEIVES GAIRDNER AWARD; HARVARD PROFESSOR ELECTED TO LEAD HUMANE SOCIETY BOARD; PHARR RECEIVES JAPANESE AWARD
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Nation & World
Ash Institute names top innovations in government
The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced the Top 50 programs of the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards competition.
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Nation & World
Excellence in teaching is recognized
Allan M. Brandt acknowledged the pedagogical achievements of Harvard’s graduate students, as well as preceptors, lecturers, and undergraduate course assistants at the biannual Teaching Excellence Awards Reception last Thursday (April 24).
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Campus & Community
Stephen Greenblatt to be honored
Cogan University Professor Stephen Greenblatt will join seven other distinguished artists and writers to be inducted into the 250-member American Academy of Arts and Letters next month.
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Campus & Community
AAPT to honor mazur for contributions to teaching
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has named Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Eric Mazur its Robert A. Millikan Medal recipient.