• Remembering a beloved employee: Ricardo Diaz
  Although several months have passed since the tragic death of MGH employee Ricardo Diaz, 39, deep emotions and heartfelt sadness still linger among MGHers who knew him well. Those employees — along with Diaz's family, friends, supervisors and MGH administrators — were able to express their feelings during a memorial service to honor and celebrate the life of Diaz held May 21.

• Haber selected as new director of MGH Cancer Center
  After an extensive search, Daniel Haber, MD, PhD, has been selected as the new director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, succeeding Kurt Isselbacher, MD, who held the position since 1986.

• Four MGHers recognized at Nursing Spectrum gala
  Four of the MGH's best and brightest were recognized May 19 at this year's New England
  Nursing Spectrum Nurse of the Year Gala. Nursing Spectrum is a nurse-led communications company that publishes a biweekly magazine and produces a website that celebrate the nursing profession.

• Race through Revere for good health
  Despite the unseasonably cold weather, 73 runners gathered May 17 at Revere Beach for the annual "Revere Moves" 5-mile road race and health fair sponsored by the MGH Revere HealthCare Center. Franklin Sanchez was the winner of the race with a time of 25 minutes and 25 seconds. A one-mile fun run also was held for children ages 2 to 13.

• Milestone reached for Institute of Health Professions graduates
  The MGH Institute of Health Professions welcomed 75 new graduates with masters of science in nursing degrees to the nursing profession at the Institute's May 10 commencement ceremony, held on the quadrangle of Harvard Medical School.

• Kaleidoscope offers inspiration and creativity
  Young artists from MassGeneral Hospital for Children displayed their creative artwork May 21 for a new program called Kaleidoscope, which transforms pediatric patients' artwork into healing displays for children being treated in the Cancer Center.

• MGH Clinical Research Day
  The Clinical Research Program invites the MGH community to participate in Clinical Research Day June 6, from 8 am to 1:30 pm. A day of opportunity for collaboration among basic and clinical sciences, it is also a chance to celebrate the quality of clinical research at the MGH.

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