The Harvard Gazette

Month: January 2013

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Friends of the Allston Library is among the 10 nonprofits awarded a grant by the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund. In total, the Harvard fund has awarded 20 nonprofits in the Allston-Brighton community with grants totaling $500,000 over the past five years.

$100K awarded to local nonprofits

Harvard Allston Partnership Fund has given $500K over five years

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DateJanuary 9, 2013March 21, 2019

Counting the twists in a helical light beam

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DateJanuary 8, 2013

Computer scientist Leslie Valiant named 2012 ACM Fellow

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DateJanuary 8, 2013

This artist's illustration represents the variety of planets being detected by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. A new analysis has determined the frequencies of planets of all sizes, from Earth’s up to gas giants. Key findings include the fact that one in six stars hosts an Earth-sized planet in an orbit of 85 days or less, and that almost all sunlike stars have a planetary system of some sort.

Search for Earth’s twin shows promise

Harvard researcher finds one in six stars has an Earth-sized planet

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DateJanuary 8, 2013

Piecing the parts together

Harvard’s diversity encourages sophisticated entrepreneurship

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Chinese breast cancer delegation visits HSPH

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Faculty articles garner acclaim

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What’s killing the study of international relations

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The researchers noted that the stress of enduring numerous lengthy lawsuits may not only explain why malpractice reform is so staunchly advocated by physicians, but may also lead to expensive defensive medicine that contributes to high health care costs.

Looming malpractice

Waiting for resolution consumes 11 percent of average medical career

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DateJanuary 7, 2013April 11, 2019

Push for name-brand drugs

Industry relationships appear to increase likelihood of costly practice

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DateJanuary 7, 2013March 21, 2019

Bicycle reimbursements will begin in the 2013 calendar year as part of the Bicycle Commuter Act and will be provided to faculty and staff commuters who do not receive a subsidized monthly MBTA pass or annual parking permit from the University.

Green incentive for going green

Harvard offers reimbursements to those who bike to work

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DateJanuary 7, 2013March 12, 2019

New findings on mercury contamination and seafood

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DateJanuary 4, 2013July 26, 2019

Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Xiaoliang Sunney Xie (from left) has co-authored a paper on gene sequencing with graduate student Alec Chapman and postdoctoral fellow Chenghang Zong. The paper demonstrates a new method for DNA amplification that could signal a breakthrough in genomics.

One cell is all you need

Innovative technique can sequence entire genome from single cell

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DateJanuary 4, 2013July 26, 2019

President Drew Faust announced today that a search for a new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) will begin. Current HGSE Dean Kathleen McCartney will conclude her tenure in the spring.

Search for Ed School dean begins

President names advisory group, invites community input

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DateJanuary 3, 2013

Expanded sustainability offerings for 2013 Wintersession

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DateJanuary 3, 2013April 11, 2019

Home visits offer window into mother, infant well-being

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DateJanuary 3, 2013April 11, 2019

One of the many options for giving through Harvard Community Gifts includes SUDS Diving. SUDS improves the lives of injured military men and women who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. Julie Broad, director of Alumni Affairs and Development systems, said she chose SUDS because as a former scuba diver it resonated with her. "I support a lot of other military organizations, but this spoke to me personally because I could relate to the diving experience.”

Scuba for wounded warriors

Community Gifts aids charitable program for returning military

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DateJanuary 3, 2013

Elizabeth Kane looks at a Stirling heat engine model that eliminates the standard piston system. The presentation was part of the “Physics and Applied Physics Research Freshman Seminar." The seminar challenged students to study and improve upon the Stirling heat engine constructed by last year’s seminar students.

Building a better machine

Students in freshman seminar used creativity to improve heat engine

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DateJanuary 3, 2013April 9, 2019

Matthew Davids, an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Xiu-Ping Wang, an assistant professor of developmental biology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, are recipients of Shore Fellowships, which help junior faculty balance professional responsibilities with household duties.

Help with life’s bottleneck

Shore Fellowships aid junior faculty juggling families, careers

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DateJanuary 3, 2013April 1, 2019

“I feel like the luckiest person alive,” said "Hansel and Gretel" director Allegra Libonati, who started out at the A.R.T. as an intern before becoming a fellow, then an artistic associate, then serving as assistant director on various productions.

The director’s cut

Libonati polishes craft with new staging of 'Hansel and Gretel'

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DateJanuary 2, 2013

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) causes nerve cells in the spinal cord to die, eventually taking away a person’s ability to move or even breathe. Research studies are giving hope to the ALS community by showing, for the first time, that the fatal disease may be treatable.

A treatment for ALS?

Neural stem cell transplants slow progression of disease

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DateJanuary 2, 2013March 22, 2019

Michael Gilmore, who organized the Harvard-wide Program on Antibiotic Resistance and whose lab in May announced it had decoded the genome of the 12 known VRSA strains in the United States, said the group is taking a diversified approach to meet the challenge of antibiotic resistance.

Battling a bacterial threat

Researchers join forces, explore strategies against drug-resistant bugs

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DateJanuary 2, 2013July 9, 2019

“If we go through our lives thinking that love needs to be a swept-off-your-feet kind of love, like Romeo and Juliet in the first springs of passion, that’s slightly delusional," said Edison Miyawaki, assistant professor of neurology, who wrote "What to Read on Love, Not Sex," a book about love, literature, and Freud.

He wrote the book of love

Literary neurologist examines the tough work that underlies tender relationships

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DateJanuary 2, 2013September 12, 2019

Experts discuss similarities, differences between U.S., India health systems

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DateJanuary 2, 2013March 21, 2019

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