Origins of Indo-European? Donation to Art Museums?

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Origins of Indo-European? Diagnosis bias?

Sy Boles

Harvard Staff Writer

February 6, 2025 1 min read

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Primary care shortage. New context for history. An extraordinary gift. What do you remember from this week at Harvard?

1. In a recent paper on subjectivity in the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders, Harvard researchers found a 14 percent increase in childhood ADHD diagnoses under what condition?

When the doctor was tired

When the doctor was distracted

On Fridays

On Halloween

2. In 1925, archaeologists with the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition uncovered the Tomb of Idu near the Great Pyramid at Giza. What new acquisition at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East is helping visitors understand that tomb chapel in a new way?

Idu’s mummy

Idu’s DNA

A historic painting of Idu

Logbooks from the expedition

3. The Harvard Art Museums are set to unveil a new exhibition thanks to a major gift of the works of which artist?

Edgar Degas

Edvard Munch

Vincent van Gogh

Henri Matisse

4. Landmark Harvard studies out this week identified the original speakers of proto-Indo-European, the ancestor tongue of languages spoken by about 40 percent of the world’s population. In which modern country did the researchers locate the speakers of this ancient tongue?

Russia

Iran

Turkey

Ukraine

5. The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission has said that the state of primary care in the Commonwealth is “dire” as physicians retire and fewer medical students enter the field. What solutions might help?

Pay primary care providers more

Reduce administrative and paperwork hurdles

Show trainees the joy and impact of primary care