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HILT announces 2017 Advance Grant awards
The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) announced four Advance Grant awards with support of up to $25K designed to extend the success of prior HILT grant projects. Awardees…
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Firefighting puts strain on the heart
Firefighters appear to be at increased risk of heart attack from the stress, heat, and other physical demands of the job, according to a new study by University of Edinburgh…
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HDS’s Janet Gyatso elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Divinity School Professor Janet Gyatso has been named among this year’s class of national and international leaders elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Gyatso, the Hershey…
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“New Realities” and Russian markets
During the April 10 discussion at Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies the representatives of academia and business presented the Moscow-based International Center For Emerging Markets Research. The…
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Does the world need a World Health Organization?
Yes, the world still needs WHO — although it needs to be improved, Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of International Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and…
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Expanding SNAP to promote healthy diets for low-income Americans
Sara Bleich, professor of public health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently co-authored a Perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine that offered ideas for…
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OAS and Hutchins Center sign collaborative agreement on United Nations resolution on Afrodescendants in the Americas
Last week, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, and Luis Almagro, Secretary General…
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Three Harvard faculty named Guggenheim Fellows
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Fellowships to a diverse group of 173 scholars, artists, and scientists in its ninety-third annual competition for the United States and Canada.…
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Using people power to promote public health
A renowned community organizer told a rapt audience that organizing—bringing people with a common purpose together to create change—could be an effective way to improve people’s health at a time…
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Ban Ki-moon to serve as Angelopoulos Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
Ban Ki-moon M.P.A. ’84, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and a Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) alumnus as an Edward S. Mason Fellow, has been named the Angelopoulos Global Public…
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Harvard Climate Week will explore multiple dimensions of climate change
A series of lectures and events hosted by Harvard University from April 24 – 28 will explore the multiple dimensions of climate change, as well as its impact on people…
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Women experience high rates of health insurance ‘churn’ before and after childbirth
Many women, particularly those covered under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, may lose access to prenatal and postpartum care A high percentage of women in the U.S. move…
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Charles Stang named Director of Center for the Study of World Religions
Charles Stang, professor of early Christian thought, has been appointed the next director of the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School, beginning July 1.…
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Meir Stampfer honored for cancer research
Meir Stampfer, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Associate Director, Channing Division of Network Medicine Department of Medicine, Brigham And Women’s Hospital,…
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Askwith Essentials: Promoting Healthy Relationships
On April 4, the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Making Caring Common (MCC) Project and Game Change: The Patriots Anti-Violence Partnership will hold an Askwith Forums panel to examine the…
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Advanced Leadership Initiative releases 2017 Climate Change Deep Dive Report
The Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) has released its 2017 Climate Change Deep Dive Report. The report presents a summary of ideas from ALI’s Deep Dive event, a two-day…
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Religious literacy: Critical for both secular and faith-inspired humanitarian INGOs
Both secular and faith-inspired international humanitarian organizations would benefit from a higher level of religious literacy to understand the religious dimensions of the contexts in which they work, concludes a…
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Harvard’s Philosophy Chamber Collection — Rediscovered and reunited after almost two centuries
This spring, the Harvard Art Museums will present “The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820,” a special exhibition that brings together many long-forgotten icons of American…
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HMX Fundamentals goes public
Charting new territory in online medical education, Harvard Medical School has launched for the first time an online program for aspiring clinicians as well as the general public. The certificate…
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Living in the shadows: Health of poor urban women often overlooked
An elderly woman struggles to find food, clean water, and a toilet in her slum in India. A Brazilian woman, frightened by violence in her poor section of town, refuses…
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Air pollution within legal limits may increase risk of early death
Current limits on fine particulate matter in the air set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not be sufficient to protect elderly people from the risk of premature…
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HILT Speaker Series: Debate as pedagogy
Debate as pedagogy: Practices, tools, and examples from Harvard faculty Monday, April 24 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Boylston Hall 110 – Fong Auditorium Why and when should debate…
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Cancer prevention strategies save lives. Let’s put them to work.
Karen Emmons, Professor and Dean for Academic Affairs at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an expert in cancer prevention interventions, says that knowledge we already have about ways…
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The Honorable Henry Cisneros and Sol Trujillo to deliver eighth annual Roosevelt Memorial Lecture
The FDR Foundation at Adams House, Harvard College, has selected The Honorable Henry Cisneros, the former secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Solomon D. (“Sol”) Trujillo, an entrepreneur and…
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Zika epidemic in Brazil did not affect birth rates
Last year’s outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil did not lower the country’s birth rates, despite warnings from the government that women should delay pregnancy to avoid increased…
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Batteries power landscaping in the Yard
A new arsenal of cleaner, quieter, and climate-friendly landscaping equipment will soon join the electric carts and hybrid police cars already traversing Harvard Yard. Campus Services is equipping crews in the…
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Speakers announced for Harvard Graduate Council Leadership Conference
Speakers from all over the world will come together on April 8, 2017 for Harvard Graduate Council’s Leadership Conference. The event includes TEDtalk style presentations, panel discussions, and problem solving…
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New low-cost rotavirus vaccine could reduce disease burden in developing countries
A new vaccine for rotavirus was found to be 66.7 percent effective in preventing severe gastroenteritis caused by the virus, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard T.H.…
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Stories from Aleppo: Medical workers under siege
The stories told by health workers from Syria were heartbreaking. They spoke of making desperate attempts to save people injured in a chemical attack on a hospital… of struggling to…
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School buildings can influence student health, performance
Environmental exposures in school buildings — to mold, poorly ventilated air, uncomfortable temperatures, inadequate lighting, or noise — can negatively impact student health, thinking, and performance, according to a new…