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Knitting for a good cause
The strains of Bach, Stravinsky, and jazz aren’t the only sounds coming from the Music Department and the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library lately. On most Friday afternoons the sound…
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To hope as Martin Luther King Jr. hoped
Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 90 this year. While his name and his contribution to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are revered, some wonder if King’s legacy is…
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From spreadsheets to city streets
In two recently released papers, a pair of scholars affiliated with Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation take a close look at how urban leaders are…
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Week-long training inspires Harvard’s dining team
Harvard’s students were still on break, but from Jan. 7-11, class was in session. Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) took advantage of a rare downtime on campus to host 226…
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Rise in medical marketing poses challenges
Companies spent nearly $10 billion to market prescription drugs and medical services in 2016 — five times more than they spent 20 years ago, according to a new study. The…
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Lead levels too high in many U.S. schools
Millions of children could be getting too much lead in the water they drink at school, according to a new report from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the…
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Swapping sweeteners may reduce disease risk — but water is better
Sugar substitutes such as aspartame and stevia may not help people lose weight, according to a review carried out for the World Health Organization by Cochrane, a nonprofit research group.…
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A decades-long legacy of protecting workers’ health
When Alice Hamilton joined Harvard’s faculty in 1919, workplace hazards were plentiful. American manufacturing was on the rise and across the country scores of workers were regularly exposed to myriad…
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New poll shows shift in Americans’ priorities
Lowering drug prices, cutting the federal budget deficit, and stanching the rise of domestic hate crimes are among the top issues that Americans want Congress to tackle in 2019, according…
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Faculty chair of Advanced Leadership Initiative welcomes record-breaking cohort
The new faculty chair of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) announced the selection of 48 ALI Fellows and 20 ALI Partners to take part in its intensive, multi-disciplinary fellowship program.…
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Cooper Gallery and Busch-Reisinger Museum among best exhibitions in U.S.
“Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55” at the Harvard Art Museums and “Nine Moments for Now” at the Cooper Gallery were both among Hyperallergic’s top 20 exhibitions across the United States this year.…
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Arctic Initiative Fellowship accepting applications
The Arctic Initiative at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is now accepting applications for its research fellowship in the areas of ocean policy and infrastructure in the…
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Sanes receives Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
Joshua R. Sanes, the Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and founding director of the Center for Brain Science, has been named the recipient of the 2018…
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Boston Children’s Hospital to receive $1.5M grant to fight sickle cell disease
Boston Children’s Hospital will receive a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop more efficient gene therapy treatments for sickle cell disease, as well as…
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Economics professor Raj Chetty named AAPSS fellow
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) has named Raj Chetty, Ph.D. ’03, one of its five Fellows of the Academy in 2019. The AAPSS is one of…
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For disease risk, is it genes or the environment?
How much of a role do genes play in the onset of diseases and how much of a role does an individual’s environment play? It’s a question that has long…
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SHINE publishes paper on factory workers’ well-being
The Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has published a paper, “A New Approach to the Well-being of Factory…
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Looking back on a lifetime of learning
Edgar Grossman ’66, a man who had a pivotal role in establishing the roots of the Harvard Extension Alumni Association community, comprised of 20,000 members worldwide, was honored at a…
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SHINE presents research at OECD World Forum
The Harvard T.H. Chan SHINE program, a well-being initiative that unites academic research with business innovation to advance progress for all, was invited to participate in the prestigious Organisation for…
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Chan School study named most popular paper of 2018
A study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which found that the death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was likely much higher than initial estimates, was…
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Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prize winners named
On Dec. 6, 2018, faculty, students, and staff gathered to celebrate the awarding of this year’s Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes. Co-sponsored by the Japanese Language Program and the…
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SHINE awarded grant to tackle worker well-being
The Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of State to…
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Works Wonders wins Innovations in American Government Award
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, a leading research center at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, today named Works Wonders, a job training…
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Faculty Council meeting — Dec. 12, 2018
On Dec. 12 the Faculty Council heard a proposal to dissolve the Standing Committee on the Library. They also approved a proposal from the graduate program in Population Health Sciences…
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GSD names winners of Richard Rogers Fellowship
The Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the six winners of the 2019 Richard Rogers Fellowship, a residency program at the Wimbledon House, the landmarked residence designed by…
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Djokovic Science and Innovation Fellowship accepting applications
The Center on the Developing Child’s Djokovic Science and Innovation Fellowship supports the research of Harvard advanced doctoral students whose work is related to early childhood health, learning, and behavior.…
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Use of ‘telehealth’ rising, slowly
Telehealth — accessing health care via a smart phone, tablet, or computer — is on the rise in the U.S., but it’s still relatively uncommon, even though 32 states have…
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Before circuit boards, female ‘computers’ set the standard
At the turn of the 19th century, the idea of women working was a foreign one, but at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO), it was the norm. From 1877 to…
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Malala Yousafzai to receive Gleitsman Award
The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School has named Malala Yousafzai — the 2014 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and an inspiration across the world — as this year’s…
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Pioneering AIDS researcher celebrated
On Nov. 9, 2018, doctors, veterinarians, scientists, and politicians arrived at Boston’s Colonnade Hotel to celebrate trailblazing AIDS researcher Max Essex. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health along with the Harvard…