A new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that, among women, drinking coffee may reduce the risk of depression. The researchers, led by Michel Lucas,…

Eating fish a few times a week may be beneficial in lowering stroke risk, according to a new meta-analysis. Researchers examined results from 15 previous studies to summarize the evidence…

Harvard Divinity School (HDS) announces a major gift to support and expand its program in Buddhist ministry studies. The gift will provide exceptional funding to enhance and expand the strength…

Wall Street and Washington share responsibility for the current economic crisis, according to Jeff Madrick, who discussed his new book Age of Greed: The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of…

Many of this year’s Arab uprisings are evolving from angry popular revolts into drawn-out political struggles to build democratic systems that will protect basic civic rights and social justice, analysts…

Experiments in Place and Collaborative Documentary: UnionDocs’ Looking at Los Sures Director Diego Echeverria and UnionDocs artists will be in person Tuesday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m. at the Carpenter Center…

On Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 2.30 p.m. in Maxwell Dworkin G115, APJ Abdul Kalam , former president of India and current chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and…

Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs this week announced its 2011-12 research fellows. While the Belfer Center is the hub of research, teaching, and training in…

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced Sept. 6 a $1 million federally funded campaign to encourage young people and others to drink fewer sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), which health officials have…

A new analysis by Medicare has found that patients 65 or older suffering from heart failure, heart attacks, or pneumonia are just as likely to be readmitted within a month…

Andy Carvin, senior strategist at NPR, presented to the Shorenstein Center a different kind of newsroom: “My Twitter following — they are my newsroom.” He sees himself as an “anchor,”…

Middle-aged women who drink a glass of wine or other alcoholic beverage each day are more likely to be healthier at age 70 than non-drinkers, according to a new Harvard…

From fertilizer plants in Turkmenistan to nickel smelting in the Philippines, Kanoko Kamata’s consulting work for Environmental Resources Management  (ERM) has taken her across the globe to provide a full…

His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, will make his first visit to Harvard University Oct. 2–3, 2011. He will deliver the Samuel L. and Elizabeth…

Harvard Business School (HBS) has received approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) for its plans for Tata Hall, a new Executive Education classroom and residential building to be constructed…

At the first installment of the fall semester speaker series, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Jessica Yellin, chief White House correspondent for CNN, to speak about “Covering the White House in…

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is pleased to announce its fall 2011 Askwith Forums, a series of public lectures dedicated to discussing challenges facing education, sharing new knowledge,…

It’s time to get those green creative juices flowing. The Harvard Office for Sustainability is once again offering seed funding of $500-$5,000 to undergraduate and graduate students for innovative projects…

A new environmental toxicity study by a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Danish researcher has found a link between DDT exposure and asthma–and possibly also a link between…

HSPH Professor Steven Gortmaker believes that there is a simple explanation for the globally skyrocketing rates of obesity in recent decades. It is now easy to obtain fast and cheap…

Public policy officials grappling with the nation’s budget deficit should address the health care system’s inefficient use of expensive medical technology and interventions that may provide little clinical benefit to…

Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds today announced plans for substantial enhancements to undergraduate social spaces across campus. The Mather Multimedia Lab, the Eliot Grille activity space, the Student Organization Center…

Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds Sept. 2 congratulated Adams House Master Judith Palfrey on her appointment to lead first lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative against childhood obesity, and…

Harvard Kennedy School is launching a new interactive website, HKS 75, to celebrate its 75th anniversary.  The website is designed to recognize the school’s history, impact and global connections as…

HUCE extends a warm welcome to its newest cohort of environmental fellows, who will join a current group of scholars embarking on their second year of the program. Now in…

Harvard’s new Borrow Direct service enables the University’s faculty, staff, and students to borrow books and other circulating library materials from the libraries of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, the University…

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies is pleased to announce the arrival of its 2011 fall fellows. The center is dedicated to fostering the study of European history,…

A cadre of Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) students, staff and faculty — led by Dean David T. Ellwood — took to the streets, schools and neighborhood centers across the region on…

Coping with humanitarian emergencies brought on by war, famine, or a natural disaster is rife with challenges. Aid workers can face armed militias, an earthquake-stricken landscape of blocked roads and…

A resurgence of malaria in parts of Africa is raising questions about whether current control mechanisms are failing. It could be, some researchers say, that mosquitoes are becoming resistant to…