Month: October 2007

  • Nation & World

    Researchers create colorful “Brainbow” images of the nervous system

    By activating multiple fluorescent proteins in neurons, neuroscientists at Harvard University are imaging the brain and nervous system as never before, rendering their cells in a riotous spray of colors dubbed a “Brainbow.”

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Almost two million veterans lack health coverage

    One in every eight (12.2 percent) of the 47 million Americans without health insurance is a veteran or member of a veteran’s household, according to a study by Harvard Medical…

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Economic motivation could underlie some ordering of imaging tests

    A new study by researchers at Institute for Technology Assessment in Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) Department of Radiology finds that  physicians who consistently refer patients to themselves or members of…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Survey: Med students ill prepared for ethical issues faced in wartime

    A new survey of U.S. medical students shows they receive little training about what they should or should not do in wartime, despite ethical questions over physician involvement in prisoner…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Berkman named to head Center for Population and Development Studies

    Social epidemiologist Lisa Berkman has been appointed director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard Provost Steven E. Hyman today announced. “I am extremely pleased that Professor…

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Mystery comet explodes into brightness

    A once-faint comet has made a sudden leap from obscurity tocenter stage. Comet 17P Holmes, now visible to northern hemisphereresidents, increased its brightness by a factor of one million this…

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  • Nation & World

    James Harriman Jandl

    Dr. James H. Jandl died on July 17, 2006 after a prolonged illness. He spent his entire career at Harvard Medical School where he became one of the world’s premier experimental hematologists. He was also a highly effective teacher and a renowned textbooks author.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Memorial Church

    The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes talks about the Memorial Church, a place for “trouble, sorrow and celebration.”

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  • Nation & World

    Du Bois Institute announces appointment of 20 fellows for 2007-08

    Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, has announced the appointment of 20 new fellows for the 2007-08 academic year.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    University announces this year’s public-spirited Zuckerman Fellows

    A trustee of the University of Notre Dame, a former naval intelligence officer, and a former special assistant to the Iraqi Ministry of Health are among this year’s Zuckerman Fellows.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Reynolds Fellows are active social entrepreneurs

    A documentary filmmaker, a former vice president for Teach for America, and a cellist for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as a lawyer, two M.D. candidates, and five M.B.A. candidates, are among the Reynolds Foundation Fellows for 2007–08.

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  • Nation & World

    Administrative Fellowship Program names 10 fellows

    Continuing the legacy of a flagship leadership development fellowship for academic administrators of color, 10 new fellows have been selected for the 2007-08 class of the Administrative Fellowship Program. The seven visiting fellows are talented professionals drawn from business, education, and the professions outside the University, while the three resident fellows are exceptional professionals currently…

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The Committee for the Provostial Fund awards seven new proposals

    The Office of the Dean for the Arts and Humanities has announced that the Committee for the Provostial Fund in the Arts and Humanities has recently awarded funds to the following seven proposals (in alphabetical order by title).

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Harvard-Yenching Institute names doctoral fellows

    Initiated in the 1960s, the Harvard-Yenching Institute’s Doctoral Scholar Program (DSP) now consists of two branches — Harvard-DSP and Non-Harvard DSP. Each year the institute invites Harvard departments of the humanities and social sciences to nominate candidates for the Harvard-DSP scholarship. Although not necessarily faculty members or researchers, these candidates must be from Asia.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Kuwait Program Research Fund accepting grant proposals

    The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has recently announced the 13th funding cycle for the Kuwait Program Research Fund. With the support of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, a KSG faculty committee will consider applications for one-year grants (up to $30,000) and larger grants for more extensive proposals to support advanced research…

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bearden Foundation honors Henry Louis Gates Jr. , Derek Walcott

    This past September, the Romare Bearden Foundation honored Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. along with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott for their contributions and commitment to the literary and artistic canon.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    President’s office hours 2007-08

    President Drew Faust will hold office hours for students and staff in her Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    HUHS flu vaccination clinics

    Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) is offering free flu shots to members of the Harvard community.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Happy anniversary!

    In a performance befitting the special occasion, Harvard quarterback Chris Pizzotti ’08 dazzled in the 100th meeting between the Crimson and the Princeton Tigers this past Saturday (Oct. 20) at the stadium. Poised and patient both in and out of the pocket, the senior completed 25 of 35 passes for a career-best 365 yards and…

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Sports in brief

    The Harvard men’s water polo team will salute its supporters with fan appreciation festivities this evening (Oct. 25) as the club takes on visiting Brown. The Harvard women’s golf team shot a blistering 318 in the second day of action at the Gutshall Invitational at the Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Penn., this past…

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Title IX talk shows knotty issues are alive and well

    More than 30 years after its enactment, Title IX is still a topic of hot debate.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Blood drive in Holyoke Center

    The Office for Sponsored Programs is holding a blood drive Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Holyoke Center (conference room 704) for the benefit of Mount Auburn Hospital.

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  • Nation & World

    Over the river, through the woods

    For close to 30 Hyde Park preschool children, a recent trip to the Arnold Arboretum, the majestic 265-acre botanical garden run by Harvard University in Jamaica Plain, meant a journey to a world alive with natural wonders and surprises.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Improving child survival around the globe is key goal of United Nations

    Reducing child mortality rates for children under 5 — which in 2004 was 6.5 (per 1,000 children annually) in Latin America and the Caribbean, about 20 in South Asia, and 39 in sub-Saharan Africa — is one of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals were established at the beginning of this decade…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Steven Pinker’s ‘Ideas on the Fringe’

    Not long ago, Steven Pinker appeared on “The Colbert Report.” He managed to explain the functioning of the human brain to Stephen Colbert in only five words: “Brain cells fire in patterns.”

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Panel investigates media reporting on science and politics of stem cells

    Stem cells, politics, “fairness,” and what one participant termed “the disintegration of traditional journalism,” were all on the bill at Thursday night’s (Oct. 18) public forum titled “Stem Cells and the Media,” hosted by the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Improving women’s health key Indian strategy

    Detailed research of Indian health disparities has revealed that significant differences in access to health care exist even within families, with the health and nutrition of women and girls taking a backseat to that of men and boys.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Field school brings students to Borneo

    Morning came in the middle of the night in the hikers’ hut partway up the side of Borneo’s towering Mount Kinabalu.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hunn Awards bestowed for long service

    Six alumni/ae and one Harvard parent were recognized for their outstanding “Schools and Scholarships” work during an awards ceremony on Oct. 19 at the Charles Hotel. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons presented the annual Hunn Awards for outstanding longtime service at the fete.

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  • Nation & World

    Building stories: GSD helps some come true

    This summer, Ming Thompson learned a few things about telling a story.

    3 minutes