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Tag: Social Science
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Nation & World
Women more likely to suffer drug side effects, but reason may not be biology
Studies debunk prevailing belief, highlight series of gender-based social factors
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5 faculty members named Harvard College Professors
They are recognized for excellence in teaching in fields ranging from biophysics to cultural studies.
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‘Happiness scholar’ cites three ways to start healing rifts
In the Solutions series, Arthur Brooks, a “happiness scholar” at HKS and HBS, explains why we’re so divided as a nation and suggests some actions people can take to begin healing rifts in everyday lives.
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Recognition for some risky research
The Star-Friedman Challenge is helping Harvard scientists during a time of great global uncertainty by boosting high-risk, high-impact research.
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Bobo named dean of social science
A scholar whose research probes inequality, politics, and race, Lawrence D. Bobo has been appointed dean of social science at Harvard. He takes the helm Oct. 1.
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New faculty: Robert Reid-Pharr
Q&A with Robert Reid-Pharr as part of a series introducing new faculty members.
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Mining Facebook data for science
An organization co-created by Harvard scientists is set to release a massive trove of Facebook data, strictly for research purposes.
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Claudine Gay named dean of social science
Claudine Gay, a Harvard professor of government and African and African American Studies, and a distinguished scholar of mass political behavior, has been appointed dean of social science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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Online hub for social science
The Digital Lab for the Social Sciences is designed to serve as an online clearinghouse where social scientists can find study participants.
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Nice guys can finish first
Nice guys can finish first — a new paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that complex social networks like those of everyday life encourage members to be friendlier and more cooperative, with the possible payoff coming in an expanded social sphere. The study said selfish behavior can lead…
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Turkle talks technology, intimacy
“Technology proposes itself an architect of our intimacies,” explained Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Sherry Turkle to an engrossed audience May 14 at the Harvard University Extension School.
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Often, we are what we were
In his latest book, professor emeritus Jerome Kagan examines the temperaments of babies and how they can be predictors of adult behaviors.
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Social security
Harvard authors who met years ago through social networking produce the book “Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives.”
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Ecologies of value
Radcliffe Fellow and anthropologist Heather Paxson is studying small artisanal cheese operations as “ecologies of production” that are both commercial and moral.
