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    Sodium intake in the U.S. adult population

    Adam Bernstein, research fellow in the Department of Nutrition, discusses sodium intake in the U.S. adult population.

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    December Green Tip: Turn off before you take off

    Before you take off for holiday break, remember that a few simple energy saving actions can make a big difference in helping Harvard University meet its goal to reduce greenhouse…

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    SEAS 2009-10 annual report is now online

    “Refecting upon my first year as dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), I can’t deny that it’s been a year of surprises. Good ones—and often…

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    Crisis in primary care

    More than 66 million people live in regions of the United States that have a shortage of primary care physicians. Learn what Harvard Medical School is doing to help by …

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    Dudley House Jazz Band to perform rarely heard “Zodiac Suite”

    The Dudley House Jazz Band and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) are proud to present Mary Lou Williams’s classic, rarely heard Zodiac Suite on Friday, Dec.…

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    Nieman conference on secrecy and journalism

    Tune in hear what leading journalists and other watchdogs have to say during the Nieman Foundation’s conference “From Watergate to WikiLeaks: Journalism and Secrecy in the New Media Age” on…

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    Harvard’s latest LEED green buildings

    In response to Harvard’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal and Green Building Standards, building managers and facilities leaders across the University are renovating and constructing greener labs, offices, and classrooms that…

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    Larsen Librarian Nancy Cline to retire

    Nancy M. Cline, the Roy E. Larsen Librarian of Harvard College for more than 15 years, will retire at the end of the academic year. In an announcement to faculty,…

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    Harvard-Yenching’s 2010 holiday cards now available

    Each year since 1998, Harvard-Yenching Library has offered a series of holiday and note cards featuring images from interesting pieces in their collections. For 2010, Kuniko McVey, Librarian for the…

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    Kristin Stoklosa receives Ishimoto Award

    Kristin Stoklosa, e-resources manager and e-resources coordinator for the sciences, has been named this year’s recipient of the 2010 Carol Ishimoto Award for Distinguished Service in the Harvard College Library.…

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    Laura Farwell Blake receives national award

    Laura Farwell Blake, head of Services for Academic Programs at Harvard University’s Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, has been named one of 10 librarians recognized for service to her community…

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    GSAS to offer career prep, skill-building workshops in January

    For the second year running, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will convene a flexible series of January seminars, workshops, and recreational opportunities designed to help Ph.D. and…

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    Autism research fellowship open for applications

    Harvard Medical School and the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation are accepting applications for the Nancy Lurie Marks Junior Faculty Merit Fellowship. Applicants must be affiliated with Harvard Medical School…

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    New SEAS institute sponsors ComputeFest in January

    Students will have an unusual opportunity to polish the computing skills they need for tackling spring-semester science challenges in January. In response to demand, the new Institute for Applied Computational…

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    Asking the unanswered questions

    Harvard College students flocked to the Maxwell Dworkin lobby on Thursday for the fifth annual Harvard Undergraduate Research Symposium (HURS). Hosted by the Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association (HCURA), the…

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    From Watergate to WikiLeaks: Nieman conference on secrecy and journalism

    On Dec. 16, 2010, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will host a one-day conference “From Watergate to WikiLeaks: Journalism and Secrecy in the New Media Age.” The WikiLeaks…

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    Dunster/Mather kitchen wins 2009-10 Green Skillet

    With a more than 16 percent reduction in both electricity and natural gas usage, Dunster/Mather dining hall was a strong competitor in Harvard’s 2009-10 Green Skillet competition. But the implementation…

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    Community building

    As high unemployment rates and company downsizing have left many Americans discouraged and unsure of the future, community colleges across the country have experienced a tremendous surge in enrollment over…

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    Rhee speaks at Ed School’s Nexus Series

    Reflecting on her time as the District of Columbia’s chancellor of education, Michelle Rhee encouraged those at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to get active in the game if…

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    Q&A with Tony nominee Gavin Creel at OBERON

    Gavin Creel, the two-time Tony Award nominee (Hair, Thoroughly Modern Millie) will be in Boston giving concerts and master classes for the weekend. He is an actor, musician, human rights activist and a…

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    2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture announces winners in Doha, Qatar

    The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is presented every three years in recognition of exemplary projects in communities where Muslims have a notable presence. For the 11th award cycle, five…

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    Harvard encourages community to shop local this season

    Harvard University and the Harvard Square Business Association (HSBA) are teaming up again this holiday season to encourage the Harvard community to “think Harvard Square” and shop locally. Harvard President…

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    ‘The Just City’: GSD forum to celebrate publication

    Cities are many things. Among their least appealing aspects, cities are frequently characterized by concentrations of insecurity and exploitation. Cities have also long represented promises of opportunity and liberation. Public…

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    Found in translation

    Otger Campàs knows all about conquering language barriers. As a native of Barcelona, he grew up speaking Catalan and Spanish. While an undergraduate at the University of Barcelona, he studied…

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    Hear former CIA agent Plame Wilson at JFK Forum event

    The surprise disclosure that North Korea has begun enriching uranium is yet another stark reminder of the grave threats of nuclear proliferation. On Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m., the…

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    Harvard Divinity School faculty votes for open access policy

    The faculty of Harvard Divinity School (HDS) voted, in  a meeting on Nov. 15, to allow Harvard University to make electronic versions of their current scholarly articles available to the…

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    Thorbjørn Jagland receives Harvard Foundation Humanitarian Award

    The Harvard Foundation presented its annual Humanitarian Award to Thorbjørn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Noble Peace Prize Committee, and secretary general of the Council of Europe. The award, which…

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    November Green Tip: Think before you print

    Before you click “print” consider this: Harvard purchases more than 2,000 tons of paper every year. Add that up and you get a pile of paper 13,333 feet tall, just…

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    Erasmus Prize 2011 awarded to Joan Busquets

    The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2011 to Joan Busquets, architect and expert in urban development: ‘arquitecte urbanista’ (Barcelona, Spain). The thematic of the Erasmus Prize 2011…

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    Methane-powered laptops may be closer than you think

    Making fuel cells practical and affordable will not happen overnight. It may, however, not take much longer. With advances in nanostructured devices, lower operating temperatures, and the use of an…