Awards
Freshman Formal! The Glitz! The Glamour! The Dresses! The Cake!
The class of 2016 was whisked away for an evening in Hollywood last night, proving once and for all that class is just a bowtie away.
Lander Awarded $3 Million
Eric S. Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, was one of 11 scientists awarded the inaugural Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Award, which recognizes scientists in the field of curing intractable disease and extending human life.
Harvard's Oscar Guru
Ben T. Zauzmer '15, an Applied Math concentrator in Mather House, gained Internet fame last year for his strikingly accurate predictions of who would win the 2012 Oscars. This year, he's at it again. Using results from similar awards shows, critics' picks, and other available data, Zauzmer runs statistical analyses to determine the probability that nominated movies, directors, or actresses will win in their given categories this Sunday. Flyby sat down with Zauzmer to talk movies and math.
Flyby Presents: The Gen Ed Course Trailer Awards
In honor of the Academy, we at Flyby have created awards to recognize this semester's best course trailers. Check out these videos while you’re procrastinating packing those suitcases.
Marion Cotillard Named 2013 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
French actress Marion Cotillard has been named the recipient of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2013 Woman of the Year award.
Oscar Nominations: Who Should (And Shouldn't) Get The Nod
Before the release of the 2013 Oscar nominees on January 10, the Arts Blog has compiled a list of films, actors, and actresses that either should be rewarded or that should not receive the coveted "Academy Award nominated" flash-and-fade on future trailers.
Two Students Awarded Marshall Scholarships
Alex W. Palmer ’12 and Aditya Balasubramanian ’12-’13 will study in the United Kingdom next year as two of the 34 nationwide recipients of the 2013 Marshall Scholarship.
Phi Beta Kappa Selects Seniors
Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter notified 48 seniors Thursday afternoon that they had been selected to join the prestigious honors society.
FM Writes the EU’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Thanks again, Nobel committee. Oh, and if you could be a doll and wire the prize money directly to Spain, that’d be great.
Rebecca D. Onie '98 Wins Gleitsman Award
Health Leads CEO and Harvard alum Rebecca D. Onie ’98 was named 2012 recipient of the Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award for helping low-income patients establish healthy lifestyles.
PBHA Honors Cortes for Service
The Philip Brooks House Association honored Co-Director of Industrial Areas Foundation Ernesto Cortes, Jr., on Friday for his work as a community organizer through IAF, which provides leadership development for the politically disenfranchised.
Harvard Professor and Alum Win Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Harvard Business School professor Alvin E. Roth was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday morning for his research on market design.
Hans Rosling, Public Health Expert, To Receive Gomes Award
Hans Rosling’s mother, who suffered from tuberculosis, wanted her son to become a doctor. But he wanted to study the social sciences and economics.
Awards Praise Bizarre Science
The 22nd Ig Nobel Ceremony—a prize ceremony that parodies the famous Nobel Prize by celebrating not the best, but the most bizarre that science has to offer—began on Thursday night with a thirty-second paper airplane deluge.
