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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
In brief
'Catwoman' to lead next week's Hasty parade
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Hasty Pudding Theatricals' Woman of the Year Halle Berry will lead the celebrated group's traditional parade through the streets of Harvard Square on Feb. 16 at 2:30 p.m. This year, the colorful procession will commence in front of the Inn at Harvard before heading west on Massachusetts Avenue and ending near the MBTA stop in the heart of Harvard Square. The esteemed film star will receive the coveted Pudding Pot at 3:15 p.m. in the Agassiz Theatre. Following the presentation festivities and roast, the Hasty Pudding Theatrical's 158th production, "Some Like It Yacht," will then be previewed. See http://www.hastypudding.org/ for details.
Daffodil Days under way
Despite the mild winter thus far, Harvard's annual Daffodil Days fundraiser remains a welcome affair this time of year for its power to conjure up a touch of spring and a heap of charity. Now in its 19th year, the campus-wide program benefiting the American Cancer Society (ACS) will deliver a vivid bouquet of 10 yellow daffodils to participating University faculty, staff, and students for just $7. Or you may purchase a Boyd's Bear along with one bunch of daffodils for $25. Last year, the Harvard community purchased 5,001 bouquets to bring in $35,500.
Daffodils will be delivered via University Mail Services on March 20, with the last day to purchase the vivid bouquets set at March 3. Orders are placed through local volunteer coordinators around the University. To locate your coordinator, or to volunteer to help, contact Julie Russell in the Office of Community Affairs at (617) 495-4955.
LSO concert to benefit Hurricane Katrina survivors
The Longwood Symphony Orchestra (LSO) - the orchestra of Boston's medical community - will present a benefit concert this Saturday (Feb. 11) at 8 p.m. in Jordan Hall to assist displaced women and children in New Orleans. The Steve Glidden Foundation, a Newton, Mass., organization dedicated to enriching the lives of underprivileged children, will be donating a portion of the evening's proceeds. The concert will feature acclaimed Canadian violinist Juliette Kang and the Boston premiere of "Serenade," a 2004 composition by Stephen Dankner, the composer-in-residence of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra who was uprooted by Hurricane Katrina.
For tickets ($15 for seniors and students, and $25 for general admission) call (617) 585-1260, or visit http://www.ticketstage.com/LSO.
Undergrad grants available through Schlesinger Library
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America invites Harvard undergraduates to make use of the library's collections with competitive awards of amounts from $100 to $2,500 for relevant research projects. Preference will be given to applicants pursuing research in the history of community service and volunteer work, the culinary arts, health concerns of women, or work and the family. The research may be in connection with a project for which academic credit is sought, though this is not necessary.
The application deadline is April 13. Awards will be announced by the end of May, to be used for research at the library from July 2006 through June 30, 2007. For more information, visit http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/grants.
Committee to select HMS reps for fellowships, grants
Each year more than 50 postdoctoral and faculty fellowships/grants are available to the Harvard medical community by invitation only. The private foundations that fund these grants permit a limited number of individuals to be nominated for these awards. (Individuals cannot apply for these directly, but must be nominated by the institution.) In order to choose candidates that will represent the Harvard medical community in the national competitions, an internal selection process is conducted by the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Faculty Fellowship Committee.
Updated information on the next cycle of invitational fellowships/grants will be available online beginning Feb. 13 at http://medapps.med.harvard.edu/fellowships/.
Additionally, hard copies of the "Red Book" are no longer distributed, however, the book's information will be printable from the Web site. The application deadline in the office of the HMS Dean for Academic and Clinical Programs is April 10.
- Compiled by Andrew Brooks
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