The Harvard Gazette

Month: January 2013

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A team of researchers led by Hopi Hoekstra, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology and molecular and cellular biology, studied two species of mice — oldfield mice and deer mice — and identified four regions in their genome that appear to influence the way they dig burrows.

Digging yields clues

Biologists connect burrowing behavior in mice to genes

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DateJanuary 16, 2013March 15, 2019

The second term: Robert Stavins on energy and environmental policy

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DateJanuary 16, 2013April 1, 2019

HSPH experts help U.S. News rank top diets

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DateJanuary 16, 2013

The second term: Robert Blendon on the Affordable Care Act

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DateJanuary 16, 2013April 1, 2019

The Man and Woman of the Year awards are presented annually to performers who have made a lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment. In 2008, this year's recipient, Marion Cotillard (pictured), became the second French actress ever to win an Oscar, and the first to win an acting award for a performance in the French language.

Marion Cotillard is Woman of the Year

French actress to be honored by Hasty Pudding Theatricals

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DateJanuary 16, 2013April 1, 2019

“To the extent we can preserve materials as a goal, that is what we are doing. And we are integrating state-of-the-art technology and new heating and plumbing, but incorporating that within the fabric of Old Quincy," said Lee Blackwell, senior project manager for Old Quincy.

New life for Old Quincy

House renewal preserves character and history of building

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DateJanuary 16, 2013April 9, 2019

When PEPFAR was announced, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers were in a unique position to respond because they’d already begun research programs and had partnerships with three African nations, according to David Hunter, HSPH’s dean for academic affairs.

In Africa, success against AIDS

School of Public Health reviews decade of increasingly effective treatment

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DateJanuary 16, 2013July 9, 2019

HLS symposium marks launch of global network of interdisciplinary centers

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DateJanuary 15, 2013April 11, 2019

Bebchuk, committee urge SEC to set corporate political spending rules

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DateJanuary 15, 2013April 11, 2019

Six from Harvard Law School awarded Skadden Fellowships

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DateJanuary 15, 2013April 11, 2019

Doctor honored for work, leadership

Jane deLima Thomas receives Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award

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DateJanuary 15, 2013April 9, 2019

Actors Andrea Martin (left) and Matthew James Thomas rehearse for the American Repertory Theater's smash production of "Pippin."

‘Pippin’ goes to the circus

Broadway-bound A.R.T. version of musical adds a high-wire act

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DateJanuary 15, 2013April 10, 2019

Chelsea High School students Neris Yanes (left) and Karina Perez (second from right) work with research assistant Alia Qatarneh and Chelsea High teacher Melissa Puopolo (right) on a lab exercise involving RFP-expressing bacteria.

Learning life in the lab

Harvard program helps high school students tap their inner scientists

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DateJanuary 15, 2013April 9, 2019

Three members of the Tech in the World team work at their computers at the APHFTA offices in Dar es Salaam on Christmas Day. From left are Harvard undergraduates Salvatore Rinchiera, Joshua Lee, and Brandon Liu.

Tech solutions for Tanzanian health care

Undergrads work in Dar es Salaam to upgrade computer records

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DateJanuary 15, 2013

HKS deepens commitment to public policy research in China

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DateJanuary 14, 2013April 1, 2019

New discussion paper addresses weapons challenges in the Middle East

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DateJanuary 14, 2013September 10, 2019

HSPH to launch second public health course on edX

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DateJanuary 14, 2013

Researchers have identified the first “bone” of the Milky Way — a long tendril of dust and gas that appears dark in this infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope. Running horizontally along this image, the “bone” is more than 300 light-years long.

First ‘bone’ of the Milky Way identified

CfA researcher says finding shows ‘delicate piece of galactic skeleton’

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DateJanuary 14, 2013

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2010 Dietary Guidelines recommend that Americans consume at least three servings of whole-grain products daily, and the new U.S. national school lunch standards require that at least half of all grains be whole-grain rich. However, no single standard exists for defining any product as a “whole grain,” according to a Harvard School of Public Health study.

‘Whole grain’ not always healthy

Harvard study finds new standard needed to help consumers

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DateJanuary 14, 2013April 9, 2019

By manipulating the plastic ball attached to the flexible tether (lower, right hand) the system operator can control the position of the endomicroscopy capsule in a patient's esophagus.

Pill-sized device rivals endoscopy

Novel imaging system screens for Barrett’s esophagus in minutes

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DateJanuary 13, 2013April 1, 2019

"Thanks to a wonderful new group of campaign volunteers and campaign co-chairs from across the University, this holiday season donations to HCG increased dramatically to about $600,000. We’re hoping to round that number up to $625,000 by the end of the business day on Tuesday,” said HGC Program Manager Mary Ann O’Brien.

Last stretch for Community Gifts

Campaign concludes on Jan. 15, but donations still needed

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DateJanuary 11, 2013April 9, 2019

The Production of Tea, 1790-1800, Guangzhou, China, Oil on canvas. Peabody Essex Museum

The rise, ruin of China trader

Baker Library exhibit, website track early U.S. firm’s business efforts, mirroring the times

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DateJanuary 11, 2013November 21, 2016

Film Study Center offers fellowships

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DateJanuary 11, 2013April 9, 2019

In “Nothing But a Man” (1964), Abbey Lincoln (left) and Ivan Dixon play a young married couple facing injustice in the Jim Crow South.

Nothing but a breakthrough

Landmark 1964 film about race by two Harvard grads launches Film Archive's season

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DateJanuary 11, 2013April 1, 2019

Consumers may need help navigating health insurance exchanges

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DateJanuary 11, 2013

Jennifer A. Lewis' understanding of the chemistry and physics of soft materials enables her to design and manipulate various soft materials to create architectures that mimic those found in nature. A schematic view of the printing process for 3-D hydrogel scaffolds (clockwise from top left); origami made by printing and folding intricate 3-D metallic and ceramic structures; a hydrogel with an embedded microvascular network, for use in tissue engineering; and a hydrogel scaffold seeded with fibroblast cells.

New professor for SEAS, Wyss

Lewis is a pioneer in 3-D printing and bioinspired materials

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DateJanuary 10, 2013February 28, 2019

“Tom Everett’s extraordinary musicianship, his dedication to teaching and scholarship, and depth of knowledge — especially regarding 20th-century American composers and artists of the jazz tradition — connected our students and faculty to many of the field’s greatest musical innovators,” said Jack Megan, director of the Office for the Arts. “His is an extraordinary and lasting legacy, and Harvard musicians are infinitely richer for his contributions.”

Tom Everett to retire from Harvard

Longtime leader of bands inspired University since 1971

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DateJanuary 10, 2013March 29, 2019

Breast cancer in China: HSPH to partner in new awareness initiative

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DateJanuary 10, 2013

“Data shows that our children are not more violent than other countries’, but our kids kill each other. They kill each other because they have access to guns,” said David Hemenway (left), professor of health policy and management and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Hemenway was joined at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) panel discussion by Felton Earls, professor of child psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and research professor of human behavior and development at HSPH.

Considering gun violence

Panelists urge citizens to promote culture change to target gun violence

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DateJanuary 9, 2013July 26, 2019

Comprehensive public health approach urged to curb gun violence in U.S.

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DateJanuary 9, 2013April 11, 2019

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