The Harvard Gazette

Year: 2012

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Nieman Foundation and Berkman Center announce joint fellowship

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DateJanuary 12, 2012March 15, 2019

The authors note that, while several studies have examined sudden cardiac deaths in young, competitive athletes, there had been no comprehensive study of marathon participants, who are often older and may have unknown underlying medical conditions. File photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

Good news for marathoners

Underlying heart disease blamed for increased reports of cardiac events

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DateJanuary 11, 2012March 21, 2019

In “Telling War Stories: Reflections of a Civil War Historian,” Harvard President Drew Faust explored the meanings the Civil War holds today. The lecture at the Cambridge Public Library kicked off the John Harvard Book Celebration, a recently announced program that will commemorate Harvard’s 375th anniversary.

The Civil War’s allures, and horrors

Faust reflects on her work as historian, kicking off library lecture series

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DateJanuary 11, 2012

"There has been a feeling in the field that exercise ‘talks to’ various tissues in the body," said Bruce Spiegelman (right), a professor of cell biology at Harvard Medical School. "But the question has been, how?"

Reaping benefits of exercise minus the sweat

Researchers isolate messenger protein linking exercise to health benefits

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DateJanuary 11, 2012March 19, 2019

Krishna G. Palepu, Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for international development at Harvard Business School, has been named to the new post of senior adviser to the president for global strategy.

An adviser for global strategy

Faust appoints Palepu of HBS to new administrative post

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DateJanuary 11, 2012March 13, 2019

Peter Huybers, professor of earth and planetary sciences, confirmed that slow changes in both the tilt and orientation of Earth’s spin axis combined to help determine when the major deglaciations of the past million years occurred.

Of orbits and ice ages

Researcher confirms that axis shifts help to propel temperature changes

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DateJanuary 10, 2012

Harvard's Laurent Rivard (right) and Christian Webster (left) sandwich an opponent in pursuit of the rebound in a game against Dartmouth College on Jan. 7. The Crimson won 63-47.

Harvard tops Dartmouth, 63-47

The Crimson to take on George Washington Jan. 14

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DateJanuary 10, 2012

To understand how molecular motors work, some researchers are creating animations. Here, each “leg” of a molecular motor called dynein moves as it progresses along a cellular structure called a microtubule. New data suggest that dynein’s walk is even stranger than the one modeled. View its movement in action (below).

Struttin’ its stuff

Harvard researchers find the molecular motor that keeps us on right track

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DateJanuary 10, 2012March 12, 2019

After John Milton Ward retired from Harvard, his long-standing fascination with opera, ballet, operetta, vaudeville, and social dance led him to form extensive new collections. He donated what he had gathered to the Harvard Theatre Collection of Houghton Library.

Music scholar, John Milton Ward, 94

Dedicated professor donated collections to Harvard’s libraries

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DateJanuary 10, 2012March 19, 2019

Forbes honors student innovators

Undergraduates offer new solutions for pressing problems

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DateJanuary 10, 2012March 21, 2019

"This study shows that using NRT [nicotine replacement therapies] is no more effective in helping people stop smoking cigarettes in the long term than trying to quit on one’s own,” said Hillel Alpert, a research scientist at Harvard School of Public Health and lead author of the study.

Nicotine letdown

No boost from patches, gum in study of quitting success

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DateJanuary 9, 2012July 26, 2019

In recognition of its 375th anniversary, Harvard University has developed a lecture series that will bring some of its most renowned thinkers to speak at neighborhood libraries. President Drew Faust, a Civil War scholar, will officially launch the program on Jan. 10 at the Main Library in Cambridge.

Harvard launches city lecture series

Speakers, programs will visit all 34 Boston, Cambridge public libraries

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DateJanuary 9, 2012March 19, 2019

In a study, researchers report that defects in the regeneration of the myelin sheaths surrounding nerves, which are lost in diseases such as MS, may be at least partially corrected after exposing an old animal to the circulatory system of a young animal. The research was led by Associate Professor Amy Wagers (above) of Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.

Age-related effects of MS may prove reversible

Study provides hope of stimulating myelin sheaths around nerves

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DateJanuary 6, 2012March 20, 2019

David Wheeler (center) with actor Al Pacino (left) and Robert Brustein. Wheeler passed away on Jan. 4. “As director of the Theatre Company of Boston, David Wheeler was one of the founding fathers of postwar American theater and his influence on the American Repertory Theater has been incalculable," said Brustein, the A.R.T.'s founding director.

Former A.R.T. resident director dies

David Wheeler, 86, will be honored for his contributions

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DateJanuary 5, 2012March 21, 2019

Bridging the gap between activism and policymaking in Malawi

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DateJanuary 5, 2012

MARO for a Better ‘Morrow

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DateJanuary 5, 2012March 18, 2019

In a recent Nature Nanotechnology paper, researchers from Harvard demonstrated that nanowire transistors can locally read and amplify the DNA translocation signal from a nearby nanopore.

Reading life’s building blocks

Harvard researchers develop tools to speed DNA sequencing

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DateJanuary 5, 2012March 19, 2019

Mather House Master Christie McDonald (left) discusses the latest exhibit with John T. Hill. Hill designed and produced “Walker Evans: Before and After the FSA," which is on view at Mather House's SNLH Three Columns Gallery.

The art of Walker Evans

Mather House exhibit showcases photographer’s work

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DateJanuary 4, 2012May 16, 2019

During a student fair in the fall, Stressbusters Samantha Meier '12 (from left), Mishal Rahman '13, and Gary Carlson '13 offered up their stress-busting services. The next Stressbusters training will be in February.

Calming influence

Stressbusters program helps to lessen pressures of College life

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DateJanuary 4, 2012March 18, 2019

Working together, the city of Cambridge, Harvard University, and the nonprofit Homeowners Rehab Inc. (HRI) were able to orchestrate HRI’s purchase of Craigie Arms Apartments to ensure affordability of the 25 units for a minimum of 50 years.

Preserving affordable housing

Cambridge, Harvard, and HRI partner on affordable units in Harvard Square

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DateJanuary 4, 2012April 30, 2019

Prepping for the Harvard Classroom

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DateJanuary 3, 2012March 20, 2019

Tudesco, Miller Honored with Ishimoto Award

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DateJanuary 3, 2012March 19, 2019

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