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Harvard’s portal at VelvetJobs
On April 8, 2017, Pavel Krapivin, HBS ’11 and co-founder of VelvetJobs, spoke at the Harvard Graduate Council’s Leadership Conference about risk taking and fears. Recent trip to Playa del Carmen…
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Renovation eyes evolving mission of Memorial Church
The Memorial Church is fully open to the Harvard Community following an eight-month renovation designed to transform the 85-year-old building into a more accessible, comfortable and versatile place for the…
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Data driven
Kathryn Rough, SD ’17, uses deep quantitative analysis skills to examine drug-related health issues Kathryn Rough is a self-professed data junkie. As a doctoral student in epidemiology at Harvard T.H.…
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The Opioid Crisis in Boston and Beyond
Massachusetts is in the midst of an opioid epidemic resulting in an unprecedented numbers of overdoses and deaths. On Wednesday, May 3, from 6:30-8 p.m., the Harvard Ed Portal will…
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South Carolina hospitals see major drop in post-surgical deaths with nation’s first proven statewide Surgical Safety Checklist program
South Carolina saw a 22 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths in hospitals that completed a voluntary, statewide program to implement the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist. The findings of…
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Report links welding fumes with risk of cancer
More priority needs to be given to protecting the world’s estimated 111 million welders and other workers from exposure to potentially toxic welding fumes, according to David Christiani, Elkan Blout…
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Historic bell granted new life at Memorial Church
Gregory Curci can look at a piece of cast metal and read the craftsman’s skill like an archeologist brushing away the sand from a long-forgotten artifact. Deep in the lines…
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GSD announces student-designed installation at the Grove in North Allston, to open Summer 2017
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announces an inaugural design-build installation at the Grove, located at North Harvard Street and Western Avenue in Allston, expected to open to the…
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Todne Thomas named Assistant Professor of African American Religions at HDS, Radcliffe
Todne Thomas, an anthropologist who specializes in religion, race, and kinship, has been named Assistant Professor of African American Religions at Harvard Divinity School and a Suzanne Young Murray Assistant…
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Afro-Cuban activists at Harvard
A group of over thirty activists from the Afro-Cuban movement visited Harvard on April 14-15 to attend a gathering sponsored by the Afro-Latin American Research Institute (ALARI), Hutchins Center for…
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Jason Furman Named Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School
Jason Furman has been named Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), it was announced today by HKS Dean Douglas Elmendorf. Furman served as chairman…
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John Lewis to be honored with Gleitsman Award at Harvard Kennedy School
The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has named civil rights activist and U.S. Representative John Lewis (Georgia, 5th District) as this year’s recipient of the…
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HILT announces 2017 Advance Grant awards
The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) announced four Advance Grant awards with support of up to $25K designed to extend the success of prior HILT grant projects. Awardees…
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Firefighting puts strain on the heart
Firefighters appear to be at increased risk of heart attack from the stress, heat, and other physical demands of the job, according to a new study by University of Edinburgh…
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HDS’s Janet Gyatso elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Divinity School Professor Janet Gyatso has been named among this year’s class of national and international leaders elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Gyatso, the Hershey…
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“New Realities” and Russian markets
During the April 10 discussion at Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies the representatives of academia and business presented the Moscow-based International Center For Emerging Markets Research. The…
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Does the world need a World Health Organization?
Yes, the world still needs WHO — although it needs to be improved, Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of International Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and…
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Expanding SNAP to promote healthy diets for low-income Americans
Sara Bleich, professor of public health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently co-authored a Perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine that offered ideas for…
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OAS and Hutchins Center sign collaborative agreement on United Nations resolution on Afrodescendants in the Americas
Last week, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, and Luis Almagro, Secretary General…
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Three Harvard faculty named Guggenheim Fellows
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Fellowships to a diverse group of 173 scholars, artists, and scientists in its ninety-third annual competition for the United States and Canada.…
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Using people power to promote public health
A renowned community organizer told a rapt audience that organizing—bringing people with a common purpose together to create change—could be an effective way to improve people’s health at a time…
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Ban Ki-moon to serve as Angelopoulos Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
Ban Ki-moon M.P.A. ’84, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and a Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) alumnus as an Edward S. Mason Fellow, has been named the Angelopoulos Global Public…
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Harvard Climate Week will explore multiple dimensions of climate change
A series of lectures and events hosted by Harvard University from April 24 – 28 will explore the multiple dimensions of climate change, as well as its impact on people…
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Women experience high rates of health insurance ‘churn’ before and after childbirth
Many women, particularly those covered under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, may lose access to prenatal and postpartum care A high percentage of women in the U.S. move…
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Charles Stang named Director of Center for the Study of World Religions
Charles Stang, professor of early Christian thought, has been appointed the next director of the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School, beginning July 1.…
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Meir Stampfer honored for cancer research
Meir Stampfer, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Associate Director, Channing Division of Network Medicine Department of Medicine, Brigham And Women’s Hospital,…
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Askwith Essentials: Promoting Healthy Relationships
On April 4, the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Making Caring Common (MCC) Project and Game Change: The Patriots Anti-Violence Partnership will hold an Askwith Forums panel to examine the…
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Advanced Leadership Initiative releases 2017 Climate Change Deep Dive Report
The Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) has released its 2017 Climate Change Deep Dive Report. The report presents a summary of ideas from ALI’s Deep Dive event, a two-day…
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Religious literacy: Critical for both secular and faith-inspired humanitarian INGOs
Both secular and faith-inspired international humanitarian organizations would benefit from a higher level of religious literacy to understand the religious dimensions of the contexts in which they work, concludes a…
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Harvard’s Philosophy Chamber Collection — Rediscovered and reunited after almost two centuries
This spring, the Harvard Art Museums will present “The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820,” a special exhibition that brings together many long-forgotten icons of American…
