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A 23,000-year-old hunter-gatherers’ camp submerged under the Sea of Galilee for millennia has provided Harvard researchers with new information about early human diets, showing that grains were staple foods 10,000 years earlier than previously thought and shedding new light on agriculture’s roots.

Researchers from Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) found that women currently taking thyroid hormones need to increase their dose early in a pregnancy – on average, by eight weeks gestation – to prevent maternal hypothyroidism and possible harm to the fetus. These findings, which will be published in the July 15 issue of The New…

Sidney Verba, the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the University Library, has appointed Megan Sniffin-Marinoff to the position of Harvard University archivist. Sniffin-Marinoff, who currently serves as librarian and deputy director of Radcliffes Schlesinger Library, succeeds former University archivist Harley P. Holden, who held the position from 1971 until his retirement late…

George Francis Fabyan Lombard, a former senior associate dean and professor of human relations at Harvard Business School (HBS) for 41 years, died at his home in Weston on June 17. He was 93.

The Kennedy School of Governments Institute of Politics (IOP) recently announced its selection of a diverse and experienced group of individuals for resident fellowships this fall. The fellows will join the IOP beginning in mid-September, and will lead weekly, not-for-credit study groups on a range of political topics. Fellows interact with students, participate in the…

The United States government through its Agency for International Development (USAID), Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI), and the Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation have joined hands with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE) to support fiscal decentralization in Ethiopia. The donors and the GFDRE have collectively pledged $13.6 million to support roll-out…

Harvard Extension School biochemistry instructor Cheryl Wojciechowski and faculty aid and A.L.M. candidate Luke McKneally are creating a kiosk display on obesity and diet for the Current Science and Technology Center at the Museum of Science, Boston. Supersized America claims that obesity may soon surpass tobacco as the leading cause of health problems facing America.

The lives of single mothers and their families improved in the post-welfare reform age, despite the negative impacts of the 2001-02 recession. Thats the finding in a new study authored by Wiener Center Research Fellow Scott Winship and Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy Christopher Jencks, both at the Kennedy School.

The Rowland Institute for Science, an interdisciplinary research institute in Cambridge that merged with Harvard in 2002,

Seasoned Summers offers advice to new college presidents

Harvard graduate Chris Lambert 03 captured the U.K. Olympic Trials 200-meter dash in 20.94 seconds earlier this month in Manchester, England, to qualify for the big show in Athens. Lambert is one of six Ivy League athletes to advance to the Olympic games in track and field, including Harvard hurdler Brenda Taylor 01. At least…

Cross honored for achievement in Jewish Studies In June, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture presented the 11th Annual Jewish Cultural Achievement Award in Scholarship to Frank Moore Cross, the…

Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003, according to a study by researchers from the Kids Risk Project at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Kimberly Thompson, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at HSPH and director of the Kids Risk Project, said, The findings…

For three weeks, the 20 high school students from Hawaii and Hopi nations had studied the physiological and psychological effects of drug and alcohol addiction with some of the foremost researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

In the world of academia, the spotlight shines brightly on the esteemed faculty who advance knowledge and research, on the promising students and their achievements or misbehavior, on the presidential initiatives that chart the course for the universitys proud future.

Harvard Business School (HBS) Press and The Commercial Press, the oldest publishing house in China, recently announced the formation of an exclusive partnership to publish HBS Press books in the Chinese language.

As the author of several highly respected works of architectural history, William J.R. Curtis receives many new volumes for review, a good portion of them large-format books filled with photographs and reproductions. While he is not always impressed with these tomes as works of scholarship, he does appreciate the packaging they come in, the corrugated…

Patriotic pride wasnt enough to lift the Harvard mens crew to victory this July 4 holiday, as the NCAA champion Crimson was forced to settle for second place in international competition at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River. Coming off its second perfect collegiate season, Harvards varsity couldnt overcome a sluggish start in…

Former Harvard hockey captain, Olympian, and NHL player Ted Donato was named head coach of the Harvard mens ice hockey team on July 2. A 1991 graduate of Harvard who captured an NCAA championship as a sophomore, Donato becomes just the sixth person to serve as Harvards head coach since 1950. The appointment is Donatos…

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning June 13 and ending July 17. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Howard A. Frank, co-developer of the heart pacemaker and clinical professor of surgery emeritus at Harvard Medical School, died from complications of a stroke at his Brookline, Mass., home on June 27. He was 89.

Harvard researchers have shown that an apple a day isnt quite enough to keep the eye doctor away – at least for the most common type of blindness that afflicts the elderly.

It was a science picnic for alums. A 50th reunion symposium on June 9 featured five of the best minds on the Harvard faculty, if not in the world.

Public Interest Careers at Harvard promotes and supports College undergraduates whose career goals are focused on the public interest.

Harvard is committing financial and scholarly resources to widening access to high-quality education, President Lawrence H. Summers said at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) during the Afternoon Exercises of Commencement.

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