46 stories in July, 2009

Freshwater fish at top of food chain evolve more slowly

By Steve Bradt, Faculty of Arts and Sciences / July 30, 2009

Tags: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology/Evolutionary Biology
Categories: HarvardScience, Life Sciences

Harvard Allston Farmers’ Market hosts health and nutrition fair Friday

July 29, 2009

In addition to the market’s fresh, seasonal produce from local farmers, this family event will feature a variety of health related displays for people of every age. The Joseph Smith Health Center will be conducting free glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure screenings. The Fair will offer information on walking and biking in Boston…

Categories: In the Community, In the Media, Today

Scientists create energy-burning brown fat in mice

By Richard Saltus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / July 29, 2009

Tags: Bruce M. Spiegelman/Cellular Biology/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School/Obesity
Categories: HarvardScience, Life Sciences

Faust shares research techniques with Crimson Summer Academy students

By Colleen Walsh, Harvard News Office / July 28, 2009

Budding young scholars met with one of the University’s top scholars to learn about the finer points of academic research, the field of history, and what it’s like to be the president of Harvard.

Tags: Cambridge Rindge and Latin/Community/Crimson Summer Academy/Faust/high school/This Republic of Suffering
Categories: Campus & Community, In the Community

Maternal, paternal genes’ tug-of-war may last well into childhood

By Steve Bradt, Faculty of Arts and Sciences / July 28, 2009

Tags: child development and behavior/David Haig/Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Genetics/Molecular Genetics/population genetics
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Scientists expect wildfires to increase as climate warms in the coming decades

By Michael Patrick Rutter, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences / July 28, 2009

Tags: Engineering/environmental health/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Jennifer A. Logan/School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Categories: Engineering & Technology, HarvardScience

MGH researchers develop potentially safer general anesthetic

By Sue McGreevey, Massachusetts General Hospital / July 24, 2009

Tags: Douglas Raines/Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Pain/Surgery
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Earlier AIDS drug treatment would save 76,000 lives over 5 years

By Sue McGreevey, Massachusetts General Hospital / July 24, 2009

Tags: AIDS and HIV/Global Health/Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Rochelle P. Walensky
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Lifestyle culprit in increase in cardiovascular disease

By Alvin Powell, Harvard News Office / July 24, 2009

Tags: Brigham and Women's Hospital/Cardiology/Dariush Mozaffarian/Global Health/Harvard Institute for Global Health/Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health/Public Health/Steven E. Hyman/Thomas Andrew Gaziano
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Nine Graduate Students Receive Loeb Fellowships

July 23, 2009

Harvard Divinity School (HDS) has announced nine recipients of John L. Loeb Fellowships for summer and term-time research in 2009.

Tags: Harvard Divinity School/John L. Loeb Fellowships/religious freedom/religious tolerance
Categories: Arts & Culture, History, Language & Culture