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Course in reading, study strategies set to begin in mid-February Beginning Valentine’s Day through mid-March, Harvard’s Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) will be offering its spring Reading and Study...
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The Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) will be offering morning and afternoon sessions of its spring-term “Reading and Study Strategy” course beginning Feb. 12. Through readings, films, and classroom...
View ArticleSenior, junior named Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients
Two Harvard students were recently named Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients. Administered by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), the award commemorates Barrett (Class of ’73) and is given in...
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BSC summer session upcoming The Bureau of Study Counsel will offer its summer session course in reading and study strategies from July 2 to 19. Through readings, films, and classroom exercises,...
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Chorus auditions this weekend The 150-voice Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus will hold auditions for all voice parts this Saturday (Sept. 15 from 1 to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (Sept. 16 from 6 to 10 p.m.). The...
View ArticlePainting of Kiyo Morimoto is unveiled
The Harvard Foundation unveiled the portrait of Kiyo Morimoto, former director of the Bureau of Study Counsel in the Dunster House Dining Room last week (Feb 1). Morimoto served the bureau from 1958...
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Bok Center offering half time postdoc fellowship The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning has announced that it’s offering a half-time postdoctoral fellowship for the 2008-09 academic year to a...
View ArticleBarrett Award presented to three
Two Harvard seniors and a sophomore were honored as Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients at a special ceremony May 9. Administered by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), the award commemorates Barrett,...
View ArticleBSC set to offer course in reading, study strategies
This fall, the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) will present the Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies. Harvard’s longest continuously running course uses readings, films, and classroom...
View ArticleReading and study strategies course open for registration
Registration is open for the Bureau of Study Counsel’s 14-day reading course. The fee is $150. Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read more purposefully, selectively,...
View ArticleBSC offers 5-week fall course on reading
Registration will open Sept. 7 for the Bureau of Study Counsel’s Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies. The reading course is designed for people overwhelmed by the prospect of reading more,...
View ArticleRegistration open for 14-day reading course
Registration is open for the Bureau of Study Counsel’s 14-day Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies. The fee is $150. The hourlong course will be held in two sessions: Feb. 14-March 4 and...
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Senior relief
Margie Thorp ’11 works to make Harvard a less stressful place. As a student mental health liaison (SMHL), Thorp helps her classmates navigate the University’s network of resources for students under...
View ArticleRegistration for BSC summer course open
Registration is open for the Bureau of Study Counsel’s 14-day reading course. The fee is $150. Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read more purposefully, selectively,...
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BSC presents Barrett Award to senior
David Gootenberg ’11, a chemical and physical biology concentrator, was presented with the Joseph L. Barrett Award at a special ceremony May 2. The Barrett Award is given by the Bureau of Study...
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Finding meaning in loss
For many Americans, Sept. 11, 2001, evokes memories of confusion and sadness, a stunned sense of the world not being what it once was. For Jennifer Page Hughes, those feelings were all too familiar,...
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Winter bounty
It’s been a long semester for Ashin Shah ’12, whose last final exam falls at the very end of the term. He’s worked hard. And when winter break arrives on Dec. 22, he’s going to play hard. “We’re...
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Gen Ed connects the dots of life
Casual critics say college students can spend too much time with their heads in the clouds. John Huth, the Donner Professor of Science in Harvard’s Department of Physics, agrees. To bring...
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BSC presents Barrett Award to students
Miranda Morrison ’14 and Patrick Rooney ’14 were presented with the Joseph L. Barrett Award at a special ceremony on May 2. The Barrett Award is given by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) in memory of...
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Resources in the aftermath of tragedy
The latest update on services offered or events being held to help the Harvard community cope with the April 15 tragedy during the Boston Marathon. Concert for Boston At 3 p.m. on April 28, the Dudley...
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Students win BSC’s Barrett Award
Ruth Goins ’13 and Kabungo “Yanick” Mulumba ’15 were presented with the Joseph L. Barrett Award at a special ceremony on Wednesday. The Barrett Award is conferred by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC)...
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Students receive Barrett Award
The Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) awarded Keerthi Reddy ’14 and Daniel Wilson ’14 the Joseph L. Barrett Award on May 5. The award commemorates Joseph L. Barrett ’73, and honors exceptional students...
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Reconnecting academic support services
After five years of gathering input from students, faculty, and staff, after lengthy planning, and after careful thinking about the best way to support undergraduates, the Bureau of Study Counsel...
View ArticleHarvard College opening new Academic Resource Center
Harvard today announced creation of a new Academic Resource Center (ARC), which will launch in August and will provide a wide range of academic support services for students at Harvard College and the...
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