We know you’re all out of school, but we’re going to attempt to keep you abreast on NU news this summer with a new feature. Similar to Fresh Cream, Ripe Produce will feature local Northwestern news that’s “ripe for the reading.” Here are six summer stories you must know.

* Congrats to Tommy Finn! The Huskie baseball star was just named an award winner of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate Baseball League.

* Northwestern’s 2008 Summer Music Theatre Festival kicks off tomorrow night with a world premiere musical revue that pays tribute to Sheldon Harnick.

* NU fertility researcher Teresa Woodruff just got $6.5 million to help aging women get preggers.

* Sophomore softball pitcher Lauren Delaney hurled three complete-game shutouts to guide the Wildcats to the Big Ten tournament title.

* Want your boyfriend to open up and share? Assistant communications professor Eszter Hargittai says get your man a broadband connection.

* Get hot and heavy under the stars this summer on the Norris East Lawn. Wednesday nights at dusk Summer Cinema will offer feature films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix