Campus & Community

Former economics professor János Kornai was awarded the Leontief Medal, given annually to several Russian economists and one international economist for contributions to the field of economics.

For almost three-quarters of a century, the Lowell House Opera has given the Harvard community, and the community at large, something to sing about.

The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus (HGLC) is encouraging all current full-time students at Harvard to apply to the HGLC Public Service Fellowship, made possible with support from The Open Gate Foundation.

In news that’s sure to delight chocolate lovers, a Harvard study finds that a couple of squares of dark chocolate a day might reduce the risk of a hemorrhagic stroke, by 52 percent.

Harvard’s David C. Parkes studies the intersection of computer science and economics in order to simplify decision making.

Harvard extends temporary public ice rink through March, and opens Bright Center to community. University issues grants to Allston-Brighton neighborhood groups.

The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States has awarded two Harvard College seniors Zhou Fan and Yi Sun Churchill Scholarships for 2010-11.

New Winthrop House masters, the first African Americans in those roles at Harvard, juggle duties as teachers, researchers, student mentors, and parents of a new baby.

The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Kokkalis Program on Southeast and East-Central Europe will host a four-day HKS executive training program May 31-June 3 titled “Leading, Innovating and Negotiating: Critical Strategies for Public Sector Executives.”

Michael O. Rabin of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has been named a 2010 Dan David Prize laureate.

In a University-wide race to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases, Harvard Business School shares its strategies for technology and behavior.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded seven Harvard faculty members Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.

Perfection is never easy to achieve, but the No. 1-ranked Harvard women’s squash team surely made it look that way.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded seven Harvard faculty members Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.

Erez Lieberman-Aiden had a nagging feeling that his grandmother’s death, which occurred after a hard fall, could have been prevented.

Harvard Kennedy School student Nizar Farsakh talks about what makes the School work, citing its two-pronged approach involving faculty with real-world experience and students with varied backgrounds, all with a willingness to entertain other points of view.

Raquel Rutledge, from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has been chosen as winner of the Nieman Foundation’s Worth Bingham Prize, awarded annually to honor investigative reporting of stories of national significance where the public interest is being ill-served.

Radcliffe Magazine, the signature publication of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and successor to the Radcliffe Quarterly, debuted in late February

E.O. Wilson, the Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus at Harvard, has been awarded the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, the highest external honor given by the University of Virginia.

Harvard Law School is losing a faculty member to the federal government, even as it regains one.

“Harvard Shorts” is not stock market lingo, nor abbreviated pants for wearing on a treadmill. It’s a new University-wide digital movie contest, sponsored by the Division of Humanities.

The Green Carpet awards ceremony will premier this spring honoring Harvard faculty, students, and staff who have made significant contributions to greenhouse gas reduction and sustainability at Harvard. Submission deadline is April 15.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. received the 41st NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work (nonfiction) for his book “In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past.”

Harvard overseers elect Seth Waxman and Mitchell Adams as senior officers for 2010-11.

Researcher Linda Marc has received a grant from the Harvard School of Public Health to examine public health and emergency preparedness in Haitian-Americans. Marc is based at the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard-affiliated health system.

Two studies published yesterday are expected to reignite an emotionally charged debate about whether young athletes should be screened with a heart test to reduce the small risk of sudden death from an undiagnosed heart problem.

Boston Mayor Menino and Harvard President Faust award $100,000 in second round of Harvard community partnership grants to nine local organizations.

Rwanda has 10 million people, but no cancer specialists. A recent collaboration between a Waltham medical information company and a Harvard University research institute aims to reduce such professional isolation – and to learn from the medical knowledge and resourcefulness of doctors in the developing world.

Musician and producer Wyclef Jean was honored as the Harvard Foundation’s Artist of the Year at Sanders Theatre.