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New study documents female employment, fertility rates in China
Women in China’s workforce have significantly lower fertility rates than those who are not employed. That is one finding in a new Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Working Paper co-authored by…
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Lee honored as trailblazer
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) presented Harvard Corporation member William F. Lee A.B. ’72 with its Trailblazer Award during the organization’s 24th annual convention in Washington, D.C.,…
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Harvard’s cutting-edge collaboration on sustainable research computing
With the installation of the first computers and a ribbon cutting, Friday’s opening event marked an important step in Harvard’s groundbreaking collaboration with four leading research universities, the Commonwealth of…
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Times columnist David Brooks reflects upon election 2012
New York Times columnist David Brooks reflected upon the changing nature of the American political landscape during the annual Theodore H. White Lecture delivered Thursday night (Nov. 15) at the John…
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Empowering discussions at GEM12
Policy makers, development experts and academics gathered at the Harvard Kennedy School in late October to develop “Trillion Dollar Ideas to Build Prosperity,” which was the theme for this year’s…
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Library Lab showcases innovative library projects
The Library Lab Showcase—held November 14—displayed 28 projects by Harvard library staff, faculty, and graduate students developed to enhance libraries. Organized by Harvard’s Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC), the Library…
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Gutman Library renovation includes green ‘living walls’
Indoor gardens have been shown to improve air quality, increase productivity and reduce stress and noise—so where better to install them than in a library? The Harvard Graduate School of…
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Pulitzer-winning composer Reynolds’ works to be performed
The music of Pulitzer-winning American composer Roger Reynolds is the subject of a concert at Harvard’s John Knowles Paine Concert Hall on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. Reynolds is…
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Chinese Language Program showcases student talent in poetry competition
The Chinese Poetry Recitation Competition, organized by the Chinese Language Program of Harvard’s Department of East Languages and Civilizations (EALC), began last Friday (11/9) at 3:30 when two student MCs,…
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Annenberg waste reduction efforts recognized with recycle award
First-year College students eat their meals in the historic Annenberg Dining Hall, immersing them in the Harvard’s history from day one. A reusable mug program and efforts to cut down…
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Author discusses transformative battle with breast cancer at book launch
The difficult but transforming experience of facing and surviving cancer takes center stage in the personal and professional saga, Beauty Without the Breast, by Felicia Marie Knaul (Harvard University Press,…
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News Pioneer Sandy Close wins Nieman’s I.F. Stone Medal
Sandy Close, executive editor and director of Pacific News Service (PNS), has been selected as winner of the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism…
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Painting the big picture on a Navajo reservation
Once upon a time, Anne Newland wanted to go to film school. But because life unfolds with its own logic, she instead became a doctor with the federal Indian Health…
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At Harvard Law, Rep. Sarbanes ’88 argues against big money in politics
At a Nov. 8 talk at Harvard Law School, Rep. John Sarbanes ’88 (D-MD) advocated for “grassroots democracy” funded by the people rather than by Political Action Committees and other…
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VIDEO: At HLS, Solicitor General Verrilli describes ‘the greatest legal job’
According to U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., the defining feature of his job—the most challenging, rewarding aspect—is grappling with what the position of the United States should be…
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Alumni fare well in elections
Harvard Law School graduates across the country won political victories in the 2012 elections. In addition to a victory by President Barack Obama ’91 in a close race with Republican…
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Massachusetts sends Warren to U.S. Senate
Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren—bankruptcy expert, Wall Street reformer and consumer watch dog—has won a hard-fought race for the U.S. Senate. The Democratic nominee defeated her Republican opponent, incumbent…
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The cost of not helping the world’s most vulnerable children
It’s not enough to refrain from harm. We must take positive action. This is the core message of The Cost of Inaction: Case Studies from Rwanda and Angola, a new…
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HSPH ranked most social media friendly school of public health for 2012
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) was crowned the most social media friendly school of public health in the first-ever ranking by the website MPHProgramsList.com. The site scored 57 schools…
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Harvard to contribute materials to Digital Public Library of America
The Harvard Library plans to share several collections with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)—becoming the first DPLA content hub. The Harvard Library is dedicated to providing open access…
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Dedicated crew kept HSPH running during Hurricane Sandy
Most Harvard School of Public Health employees got an unexpected day off when Hurricane Sandy barreled into the Eastern seaboard on October 29, 2012. But for a dedicated crew of…
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Report: Integrated care should be national priority
Ensuring that patients who see various health care providers in different locations have “integrated” care—in which their care process is thoughtfully planned and designed—is crucial for improving patient safety and…
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VIDEO: Gergen speaks at HLS on the 2012 presidential race
Rarely has a presidential race been so hard to call, said David Gergen ’67, during a talk on Oct. 26 at Harvard Law School Fall Reunions. A former adviser to…
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Expert warns of the growing trade in software security exploits
The growing trade in exploits of software security has become a “market in digital weapons,” leaving people in the U.S. and abroad vulnerable to cyberattack, said Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist…
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Pro Bono Task Force report: ‘If we don’t do it, who will?’
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow and John Levi ’72, LL.M. ‘73, the chairman of the Legal Services Corporation, presented the report of the Corporation’s Pro Bono Task Force in…
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VIDEO: At HLS, UN investigator announces probe of drone attacks by U.S.
At a packed Harvard Law School event co-sponsored by the Human Rights Program and the Harvard National Security and Law Association, Ben Emmerson, United Nations special rapporteur on counterterrorism and…
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Assembly not required
Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. These new particles come together,…
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An HLS symposium celebrates the writing and teaching of Sally Falk Moore
Sally Falk Moore, the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, has had a distinguished and multifaceted career: as a staff attorney at the Nuremberg Trials; as the author of…
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Belfer Center Cuban Missile Crisis contest winners announced
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Foreign Policy magazine have announced the winners and runners-up of the “Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis Contest,” held to mark…
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40 years after Roe v. Wade, attacks on access to reproductive health
The 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade may be fast approaching, but there’s no denying the dramatic increase in attacks on reproductive choice. “Little by little, the right to abortion has been…