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Harvard Thinks Big Wants YOU!
Attention all aspiring public speakers: Harvard Thinks Big is looking for a student speaker to present at its 4th annual event on Jan. 31, 2013. Think you're the student for the job? Here are the guidelines for submitting your "big" idea:
James Wood Named Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Harvard English professor James Wood joined a list that includes writers Samuel T. Coleridge, William B. Yeats, and J. K. Rowling when he was designated a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature last week.
‘The Swerve’ Named National Book Award Finalist
Some might argue that a Harvard education—Expos 20 and all—owes much of its conception of liberal arts to the Renaissance age. And while many have investigated the wealth of scholarship that the Renaissance produced, few have attempted to explain what sparked the period in the first place. Last week, The National Book Foundation recognized the product of John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities Stephen J. Greenblatt by naming his latest work, "The Swerve," a National Book Awards Finalist.
Harvard Senior Wins Glamour Award
Beauty, talent, and brains reign supreme for Isha H. Jain '12, who made Glamour Magazine’s list of “Top 10 College Women” for her lifelong work in the biological fields and involvement in Harvard's National Symposium for the Advancement of Women in Science.
Play Starcraft, Win an iPad
With a grand prize of an iPad 2 at stake, fans of the hit strategy game Starcraft 2 will have further incentive to conquer their opponents next weekend.
