The Sidney Prize honors long-form journalism or thought pieces that address pressing social justice issues while also illustrating its value through deep storytelling. Established by Sidney Taylor ’51’s parents and family in his name, this award is administered by Hillman Foundation which has supported various forms of journalistic endeavor since 1950.
2024 winners include Richard Ho and Lynn Scurfield’s Two New Years and Mari Lowe’s The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman, which can be found on our Sydney Taylor Book Award page along with our complete list of winners. You can listen to Rebecca Levitan, committee chair, discuss winning titles in The Sidney Shmooze Book Award column as well as purchase Sydney Taylor Book Award seals to adorn any winning copies you own!
Sidney Altman shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for discovering that RNA, previously thought to simply carry genetic codes between parts of cells, actually has enzymatic activity that helps drive chemical reactions within cells. Altman’s discovery opened up new fields of biological research and biotechnology development as well as providing us with greater insight into how living cells operate.
This award, bestowed annually in spring by HLS students and presented at its spring award lunch, recognizes a student article which makes a significant contribution to U.S.-East Asian legal and cultural understanding, with demonstrated interest in and enthusiasm for furthering legal/political cooperation between these regions both inside and beyond law school community. Winners must present their paper at lunch with Interim Dean Goldberg and members of von Klemperer family as well as actively contributing towards Harvard East Asian Legal Studies Program in memory of Yong Kim A.B. ’92/JD. 95 by writing articles/teaching or otherwise engaging with program activities or contributing.
Established to honour Sidney Cox, who taught at Dartmouth from 1927-1952, this award honors an exceptional undergraduate piece of writing each year. Supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, over 500 submissions came in from Australia and around the globe for this year’s competition. Patrick Lenton, Alice Bishop and Sara Saleh–our judges–have selected one winning story to take home first prize of $5000 as well as two runners-up stories totalling $15000 in total prizes. Our winner will be published both online and in Overland’s autumn 2024 issue alongside runners-up stories. The judges wish to express their sincerest thanks and appreciation for all those who entered this year’s contest, for their commitment to upholding the spirit and integrity of our blind-judging process. Furthermore, we wish to convey our thanks and acknowledgement of the high quality entries submitted – hopefully we will receive many submissions next year!