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U.S. and North Korea: Ready for a new chapter?
Former ambassador to South Korea expresses optimism for future relations between the U.S. and North Korea, but remains realistic. Donald Gregg told a group at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance…
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Ted Johnson to participate in White House Fellows program
Active duty Navy Commander and 2011 Harvard Extension School Master of Liberal Arts (A.L.M.) grad Ted Johnson has been selected to participate in the prestigious White House Fellows program. Of…
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Arboretum and Boston Teachers Union School partner for science education
Growing out of a longstanding commitment to sharing knowledge about the natural world, the Arnold Arboretum’s educational programming for children began in the 1980s with the introduction of field study…
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Hybrid & Alt Vehicle Showcase at SEAS on 2/15
As part of the Harvard College General Education course Science of the Physical Universe 24: “Introduction to Technology & Society,” students and members of the Harvard community are invited to…
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SEAS’s Katia Bertoldi wins Faculty Early Career Development Award
Katia Bertoldi, assistant professor of applied mechanics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has won a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science…
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Jeffrey Schnapp leads new approach to research in the arts and humanities
As revolutionaries go — and he is one, embracing a dynamic new conception of humanistic research in the digital age — Jeffrey Schnapp is really quite grounded. He’s a medievalist,…
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Ash Center devotes $350,000 in grants to exploring democracy’s challenges
From exploring citizen participation in rural China to assessing how public deliberations in California can engage citizens, HKS’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation continues to be at the…
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Whole-genome sequencing of 2011 E. coli outbreaks in Europe provides new insight
Using whole-genome sequencing, a team led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Broad Institute has traced the path of the E. coli outbreak that sickened…
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Omega-3s tied to lower risk of irregular heartbeat
People with higher-than-average levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood may be roughly 30 percent less likely than those with the lowest levels to develop atrial fibrillation, according to…
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Searching for answers to causes of childhood depression
Over the past decade, scientists have produced a flurry of studies exploring the role of genetic (nature) and environmental factors (nurture) in youth depression, but there has been little consensus…
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Composer Curran gives 2012 Louis C. Elson Lecture Feb. 28
Alvin Curran will bring his thoughts and experiences to Harvard as the Louis C. Elson Lecturer, and will talk about his uncommon music and life on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at…
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SEAS graduate student awarded Facebook Fellowship
Facebook certainly “likes” Gregory Malecha, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The social media giant awarded Malecha a 2012-13 Facebook…
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“Flipped classroom” teaching model gains an online community
Researchers at Harvard University have launched the Peer Instruction (PI) Network, a new global social network for users of interactive teaching methods. PI, developed by Eric Mazur, area dean for…
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Arboretum’s Weld Hill Research Building awarded LEED certification
The Arnold Arboretum is pleased to announce that the Weld Hill Research Building has been awarded LEED Gold in assessments established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by…
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Harvard Kennedy School faculty reflect on the World Economic Forum
Europe’s financial crisis dominated the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting, which wrapped up Sunday (January 29) in Davos, Switzerland. For the first time, growing wealth disparities were a main…
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Harvard researchers to receive high-performance computing grants
Seven Harvard-affiliated researchers will receive grants to support collaborative projects in high-performance computing. The seed grants, awarded by the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) under construction in Holyoke,…
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GSAS adopts electronic submission of the dissertation
Until now, a key part of receiving a Ph.D. from Harvard was taking a cab ride to a factory in Charlestown (it was not T-accessible) to have your dissertation bound.…
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Grant expands Dana-Farber’s cancer imaging research program
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute a $10 million grant to support the expansion of its pioneering cancer imaging research program. The MLSC grant will…
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Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Design public health initiatives with users in mind
Whether drafting a plan to help patients make healthier food choices or designing an electronic medical records system, the more public health professionals know about the personal preferences of those…
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Limiting certain nutrients before surgery may reduce risk of surgical complications
Limiting certain essential nutrients for several days before surgery—either protein or amino acids—may reduce the risk of serious surgical complications such as heart attack or stroke, according to a new…
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Cross the board cuts to Medicare are not the answer
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services recently announced a scheduled cut in physician fees for 2012 using a sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, which determines annual adjustments to payments…
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After the Cold War: The impact of Soviet èmigrès on the Mathematics Academy
The end of the Cold War brought great changes across the political and economic landscapes. But it also affected the academic world in significant ways. In a new research paper…
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Funding “knowledge gaps” and increasing patient involvement top concerns
The field of comparative effectiveness research, which aims to determine the most effective medical treatments, has drawn criticism from those who believe that it will lead to health care rationing.…
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A new opportunity for student input on College alcohol policy
Following a host of public meetings during the fall semester, Harvard College is offering undergraduates another chance to help define the College alcohol policy’s underlying principles. Working with the Office…
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Arboretum heralds new USDA Hardiness Zone Map
This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), a development that has been long anticipated by gardeners and researchers. Like its earlier incarnations,…
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Transmission/Transformation: Sounding China in Enlightenment Europe
All eyes are turned toward China, as it continuously grows in global importance. This phenomenon may have a contemporary ring to it, but the eighteenth century was equally enthralled by…
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Prevent “toxic stress” in childhood to offset lifelong problems
“Toxic stress,” or adversity, in early childhood can lead to a lifetime of mental and physical problems—including disruption of the body’s metabolism or brain development —and pediatricians should take a…
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The information revolution
In today’s economy data is power. “Open data leveraged by networks is the fuel that powers important decisions at each level of society,” writes Vivek Kundra, “from government to business…
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Are presidential primary debates working?
Mark McKinnon wonders if the course of history would have been altered had P.T. Barnum moderated the famed Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858, implying that today’s political debates are a bit…
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Do better test scores indicate better teaching?
Many school administrators, parents and policymakers advocate on behalf of improving the quality of teaching, but there is much debate over how best to do it. One method of evaluating…