Tag: Campus
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Campus & Community
Harvard Forest announces Bullard Fellows in Forest Research
Harvard Forest recently announced the 2009-10 Charles Bullard Fellows in Forest Research. The fellowship program was established in 1962 to support the advanced research of individuals who show promise in making important contributions to forestry.
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Campus & Community
Harris Wang wins 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition
Harris Wang, doctoral student in biophysics at Harvard Medical School, wins grand prize in Collegiate Inventors Competition.
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Campus & Community
Administrative Fellowship Program names nine fellows
Continuing the legacy of a flagship leadership development fellowship for high-potential academic administrators of color, nine new fellows have been selected for the 2009-10 class of the Administrative Fellowship Program.
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Campus & Community
‘The Lab’ opener set for Nov. 8
Members of the Harvard community are invited to celebrate the opening (Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m.) of The Laboratory at Harvard, a new platform for student idea experimentation in the arts and sciences.
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Campus & Community
Gardner receives honorary doctor of fine arts degree from Bard University
Robert Gardner, an associate in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard, was awarded an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from Bard University on Oct. 25.
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Campus & Community
BIDMC geneticist Rinn named to Popular Science’s ‘Brilliant 10’
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center geneticist John Rinn, whose research has helped uncover a new class of RNA, has been named to this year’s “Brilliant 10” list of top young scientists by Popular Science magazine.
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Campus & Community
Alexander Hamilton Leighton
Alexander Hamilton Leighton, whose respectful, attentive, and scholarly approach to other species colored his distinguished career in cross-cultural psychiatry at the Harvard School of Public Health, died on Aug. 11, 2007 at the age of 99.
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Campus & Community
Green report card
For the fourth-straight year, Harvard is at the top of the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, a report that grades the green credentials of 300 colleges and universities.
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Campus & Community
Hunn Award honors seven for Schools Committee work
This year the Hiram S. Hunn Memorial Schools & Scholarships Award recognizes seven for their work with Harvard’s Schools Committee.
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Campus & Community
Gates wins Madison Freedom Award
Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, was presented the 2009 Madison Freedom Award at The Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16.
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Campus & Community
Arnold Arboretum invites artists to submit shirt designs for Lilac Sunday
The Arnold Arboretum is holding a T-shirt design contest for Lilac Sunday 2010.
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Campus & Community
Freshman Parents Weekend
In October, Freshman Parents Weekend fills campus with mothers and fathers eager to and experience all aspects of Harvard life.
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Campus & Community
UHS to open final seasonal flu clinics
After a dwindling supply of vaccines forced the suspension of seasonal flu clinics, University Health Services (UHS) officials said today (Oct. 26) that it had acquired additional doses and would be able to reschedule several clinics.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 21
At its fourth meeting of the year on Oct. 21, the Faculty Council spoke with President Drew Faust, reviewed the Dean’s Annual Report, and discussed a report from the Standing Committee on pedagogical improvement.
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Campus & Community
Homecoming kickoff
The College Alumni Programs office of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) invites alumni and their families to join classmates and friends this weekend (Oct. 23-24) for the kickoff of the Harvard College Homecoming celebration.
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Campus & Community
Save with Harvard’s Vendor Fair
Harvard University Strategic Procurement will host seminars Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on how to cut costs, work more efficiently, and be green.
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Campus & Community
Funds available for faculty conducting research on Kuwait and the Gulf
The Harvard Kennedy School is now accepting applications for the fall 2009 funding cycle for the Kuwait Program Research Fund.
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Campus & Community
Fans enjoy Cambridge Football Day
Harvard welcomed many football-loving residents of Cambridge on Saturday (Oct. 17) to its annual Cambridge Football Day.
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Campus & Community
Harvard University spotlights hunger as it kicks off Public Service Week
Harvard President Drew Faust says the University will begin a yearlong commitment to volunteer support of The Greater Boston Food Bank. The announcement comes on the eve of World Hunger Day and as Harvard prepares to launch its Public Service Week, Oct. 19 -25.
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Campus & Community
Gates honored with literary award
Henry Louis Gates Jr. accepted the 2009 Sarah Josepha Hale Award on Oct. 3 at the Newport Opera House in Newport, N.H.
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Campus & Community
Foster elected to Trustees of Reservations board of directors
Harvard Forest’s David Foster elected to the Trustees of Reservations board of directors at the organization’s annual meeting and dinner on Sept. 26.
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Campus & Community
Rubin elected a corresponding fellow by British Academy
Donald B. Rubin was elected a corresponding fellow for distinction in research at the Annual General Meeting of the British Academy on July 16.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Forest announces Charles Bullard Fellows in Forest Research for 2009-10
Harvard Forest recently announced the 2009-10 Charles Bullard Fellows in Forest Research. The fellowship program was established in 1962 to support the advanced research of individuals who show promise in making important contributions to forestry.
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Campus & Community
Radcliffe fellow Brown receives Whiting Writers’ Award
Jericho Brown, a Bunting Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute and assistant professor of English at the University of San Diego, will receive the 2009 Whiting Writers’ Award on Oct. 28 at a ceremony in New York City.
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Campus & Community
Faculty and staff to be honored for 25 years of service
On Oct. 15, Harvard will hold the 55th annual 25 Year Recognition Ceremony in historic Sanders Theatre, honoring faculty and staff from across the University who have served Harvard for 25 years.
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Campus & Community
Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics invites applications for 2010-11 fellowships
The Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics is now accepting applications for 2010-11.
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Campus & Community
Glazer to give Lipset lecture, Nov. 4
Nathan Glazer will give the Seymour Martin Lipset Memorial Lecture at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 4. Glazer’s talk is titled, “Democracy and Diversity: Dealing with Deep Divides.”
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Campus & Community
Jon Alpert wins 2009 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will present the 2009 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence to veteran reporter Jon Alpert.