Its not enough for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that foods are safe the agency should also require food producers to inform consumers about the health benefits of their products, said FDA Commissioner Mark B. McClellan at a conference titled Changing the American Diet: Imperatives and Opportunities, co-sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health and the research firm TIAX LLC.
When botanist Rebecca Pradhan returns to her native country of Bhutan this month, she will put her Harvard fellowship to good use. Pradhan is committed to preserving one of Earths last remaining sanctuaries with pristine biodiversity – the forests of Bhutan.
The University and the square have a special feel this time of year. Theres the usual bustle of activity, but its a sultry, slow sort of busyness, slow enough for the student, resident, or tourist to stop and smell the flowers, look at the postcards, or listen to the street musician play Summertime.
Few of us work or learn completely alone. And almost all of us who work in groups – offices, project teams, committees, classrooms – could do it better. Harvard Graduate…
Cambridge Fire Department responds to a fire that ignited on the tarmac in the construction area on Kirkland Street behind the Design Schools Gund Hall. The firefighters managed to extinguish the fire without incident.
You know his music even if you dont know his name – the sprightly Sleighride, inescapable at Christmastime The Syncopated Clock, heard for 25 years as the theme of New Yorks Late Show The Typewriter, featuring a solo instrument more common in the office than the concert hall the million-selling Blue Tango Jazz Pizzicato A Trumpeters Lullaby, and many more.
The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, has doubled over the past decade in the United States. Now researchers at Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) have published a study that links abnormal cholesterol levels with the development of kidney problems, raising the possibility of preventing the onset of chronic kidney dysfunction by controlling a persons cholesterol levels.
King, the Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the Divinity School, is the author of a new book, “What Is Gnosticism?” (Harvard University Press, 2003), which offers a provocative look at Christianity during its formative centuries and the heterogeneous array of groups, doctrines, and beliefs that all claimed to be inspired in some way by Jesus.
Each year, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) selects a number of distinguished scholars and professionals, many from Latin America, to spend a minimum of one semester at Harvard. While in residence, visiting scholars and fellows spend time working on their own research and writing projects, making use of the Universitys extensive library resources, participating in the centers conferences and seminars, and interacting with faculty and students. Many of the DRCLAS Visiting Scholars and Fellows are supported by endowed fellowships named in honor of the donor. In April 2003, the executive committee of the center selected visiting scholars for the 2003-04 academic year from a pool of more than 80 applicants.
Kidney disease, thought to be unstoppable in many people with type 1 diabetes, has been reversed with the help of nature, early detection, and tight blood sugar control.
June 19, 1858 – At the Boston City Regatta, crimson finds its first use as a Harvard color when members of a Harvard boat club seek to distinguish themselves among…
A memorial service for Tony Lee, associate director of financial services, will be held June 27 at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., from 1 to 4 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, c/o Michael Rabin, M.D., D1234, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02115. Lee was 60.
Sailing captures coed championship A day after retaining its team race national championship, Harvard sailing captured the Coed Dinghy North American Championship this past Tuesday (June 10) at Bayview Yacht…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 7. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
The Kennedy Schools Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group (ENRFG) has announced that this years Savitz Prize, given to the best paper written by masters students in the area of environmental and resource policy, has been conferred upon Adriana Hochberg and Catherine Rauschuber, master of public policy (M.P.P.) students. Their winning paper examines the use of voluntary programs to improve corporate environmental performance, drawing lessons from eight case studies.
Americas public health system is stronger due to changes initiated after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a coordinated effort that must be ongoing, former Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Howard Koh told a Kennedy School conference on bioterrorism preparedness Tuesday (June 10).
The president of the Harvard Alumni Association Thursday (June 5) announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers. The results were released at the annual meeting of the association following the Universitys 352nd Commencement. The six newly elected overseers, in order of their finish, are: Roger W. Ferguson Jr. 20,184 Pauline R. Yu, 18,859 Michael F. Cronin, 16,960 Leah Zell Wanger, 16,663 Joan Argetsinger Steitz, 16,645 Merrick B. Garland, 15,656 and the candidate who received the seventh-highest number of votes, 14,632.
Graham Allison, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), received a special award on June 5 from the president of Kazakhstan in recognition of his work to remove nuclear weapons from Kazakhstan and for his support of KSG students from that country. Ambassador Kanat Saudabayev of Kazakhstan presented the award to Allison, who also chairs the Caspian Studies Program, which supports and assists students and fellows from the Caspian region.
The six newly elected Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) directors, in order of their finish, are: Andrea C. Silbert, 19,649 Marilyn J. Holifield, 17,908 Susan Fales-Hill, 17,183 Alexander L. Aldrich, 17,029 Thomas H. Castro, 16,384 and Alan A. Khazei, 16,059.
Despite the myths, rumors, and apprehension that swirled around the library community in the wake of the USA Patriot Act, the acts impact on Harvards 90-plus libraries has been minimal.
The Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences (CBRSS) has announced that graduate students Nava Ashraf and Nicola Gennaioli, both of the Department of Economics, have been named the centers grant recipients. Given to graduate student associates who expect to complete their dissertation within the upcoming academic year, the award supports up to a year in residence at the University and provides a stipend plus funds to cover facilities fees, individual health insurance, and office and research incidentals. The grant also provides office space and computer facilities for its recipients at the center.
Previously unknown letters written by W.E.B Du Bois (A.B. 1890, A.M. 1891, Ph.D. 1895) – the influential African-American scholar and leader of the early 20th century African-American protest movement – and his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois, an author and teacher, have been jointly acquired by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute and Houghton Library. The letters, written to the leftist writer, teacher, and world traveler Anna Melissa Graves, cover topics ranging from family to politics to sociological issues.
Admission increase at HMNH, Peabody Beginning July 1, the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology will increase the price of admission by…
The Center for International Development (CID) has awarded 25 grants to Harvard undergraduate students to support international development internships and research projects this summer.
Gerard Moufflet (left to right), chair, board of fellows, School of Dental Medicine Michael Ross, Boston City Council Eric Williams of the Boston Celtics Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, dean, UPenn School of Dental Medicine Bruce Donoff, dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and President Lawrence H. Summers participate in the groundbreaking at the future site of the new research and education building at the School of Dental Medicine. Research in the state-of-the-art center will focus on bone and joint biology and disease, mucosal biology and disease, biomaterials sciences, and clinical trials.
Harvards Center for Jewish Studies has announced the recipients of the 2003 Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies and the Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.
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