Harvard’s Italian Language Program established the largest monetary prize in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, as the program faces declining enrollment. The Diaco Prize for Best Composition in Italian will award $5,000 to those involved in the program for outstanding work. Nick C. Diaco ’04 and his family funded the award to encourage undergraduate travel to Italy.

Chiara Trebaiocchi, who runs the Italian Language Program, said the prize was established to “attract more students” to the program and celebrate “the ones that are already taking the courses and completing” the requirements.