Although Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) has come under fire in that country for its failings, emerging economies are finding much to emulate in the NHS as they look to…

Harvard’s Allston Farmers’ Market will host one of three drop-off locations for Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s pilot program to allow Boston residents to drop off compostable food scraps for free.…

The Harvard Kennedy School Library, in conjunction with the HKS IT/Media Services office, regularly posts “Virtual Book Tours” that spotlight HKS faculty members with recently published books. The current book…

Professors Peter Bol and Suzanne Blier have received a $320K award from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Digital Humanities Implementation Grant for their proposal on “Extending WorldMap to Make…

About one in 20 middle and high school students who chew tobacco and use other smokeless tobacco products also smoke cigarettes, a new Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study…

The largest indoor sport fish hatchery in North America is the first ever recipient of the EnvisionTM Gold award for sustainable infrastructure. The award ceremony on July 24 that honored…

The U.S. health care system needs more trained professionals and prevention specialists to take on the often overlooked―and sometimes deadly―issue of eating disorders. “Eating disorders need to be higher up…

With health innovations that are slow to catch on, it may be best to promote them person-to-person. In an article published online July 22, 2013 in The New Yorker, Atul Gawande,…

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers have discovered that chemicals generated by bacteria in the colon help important immune cells known as Tregs in the colon grow and function…

This upcoming season, fans of Harvard’s sports teams will have an all new way to follow and support the Crimson as they take on the rest of the Ivy League.…

“Stepping Stones for New Americans,” at the Radcliffe Institute’s Schlesinger Library showcases books, photographs, audiovisual materials, and ephemera related to four Boston-area organizations founded to support new immigrants. The exhibit…

Though it’s first and foremost thought of in economic and political terms, globalization is having profound cultural effects as well – effects Harvard scholars and their peers around the globe…

Materials design expert to spend fall semester at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences A leader in computational materials design will bring an industry perspective to the Harvard School…

The Boston Globe Magazine profiled Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) nutrition expert Walter Willett in the cover story of its July 28 issue. Willett, Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition…

With just months remaining before the Jan. 1 rollout of changes to the  Medicaid program that will expand health care coverage to as many as 10-20 million Americans, substantial implementation…

Robert A. Lue, Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, faculty director of HarvardX, and professor in the department of molecular and cellular biology…

A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) adds to evidence that eating breakfast is important for good health. HSPH researchers found that men who regularly skipped breakfast…

Federal dietary guidelines recommending that Americans of all ages consume three cups per day of reduced fat milk or other dairy products may be influenced more by lobbying from the…

Three Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) postdoctoral researchers spent a week at Kocaeli University in Turkey in May 2013 under a fellowship program offering them opportunities to lecture, learn,…

Leading lawmakers, police officials, and social activists met July 12-13 in New Delhi, India, for a conference titled “Gender Justice and Criminal Law Reform,” which was organized by the Harvard…

Make a difference as an Arnold Arboretum School Program Guide! Training for the fall season of school programs at the Arboretum begins on Aug. 29. The Arboretum is looking for…

Among developed countries, rates of violence are roughly similar. But in the United States, the chance of dying from a violent act exceeds that of other countries by a wide…

A new initiative at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) aims to formalize and build on longstanding ties between the School and India. The new effort — the HSPH-India Health…

The 22-year career of multi-platinum Def Jam Recordings artist Nas is at the heart of a joint announcement by the Hiphop Archive and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard…

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770, both at Harvard University, jointly announced today the establishment of the Hasty Pudding Fellowship at the A.R.T. The…

In the 1960s, the late epidemiologist Ralph Paffenbarger, Jr. launched a study of men matriculating as undergraduates at Harvard University that would be among the first to link physical activity…

Hospitals nearly tripled their use of electronic health records (EHR) systems between 2010 and 2012, according to a new study co-authored by Ashish Jha of Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The…

Robert Blendon, senior associate dean for policy translation and leadership development and Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health, recently spoke with the website Medpage…

HarvardX, the campuswide endeavor to support faculty innovation in the use of technology in teaching & research, has announced its course and module proposal cycles. Harvard faculty interested in developing HX…

Half a billion people in northern China will likely live an average of 5.5 years less than their southern counterparts because of heavy air pollution caused by coal burning, according…