The Hoopes Prize is an award given annually to
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
undergraduates. The prize was endowed by Thomas T. Hoopes, Class of 1919.
Awarded for outstanding scholarly work or research by students, recipients are selected by a committee of faculty from the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, representing the three branches of study—the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. All submissions must be nominated for consideration by the project's advisor.
Winning students and their advisors both receive cash awards. As of 2021, the students winners are awarded $5,000 and the faculty nominators are awarded $2,000. Winning projects are bound and displayed in
Lamont Library
Lamont Library, in the southeast corner of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, houses the Harvard Library's primary undergraduate collection in humanities and social sciences. It was the first library in the United States specifically plann ...
for two years.
Notable Recipients
* 1989:
Mira Sorvino
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She also starred in the films ...
* 1990:
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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(Greece)
* 2011:
Becky Cooper,
Isidore Bethel
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* 2021:
Malia Obama
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See also
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Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...
References
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External links
Stellar Students Awarded Hoopes fro
The Harvard Crimson May 21, 2007
Awards by university and college in the United States
Harvard University