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Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2016
Harvard Extension Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Association and Harvard Graduate Council are inviting you to celebrate the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2016 on campus of Harvard University on Saturday, Nov. 19. Women’s Entrepreneurship Day…
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Villa I Tatti marks the 50th anniversary of the 1966 River Arno flood with an online exhibition
Exactly 50 years ago, on Nov. 4, 1966, a devastating flood swept through the city of Florence, destroying and causing significant damage to much of the city’s artistic patrimony. As soon…
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Institute of Politics poll finds young voters “fearful”
A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29-year-olds by Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics (IOP) finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 28 percent. Clinton captured 49 percent of likely…
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Peter Berman receives lifetime achievement award from APHA
Peter Berman, professor of the practice of global health systems and economics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has received the 2016 Carl Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award in…
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Nicholas McGegan conducts Music of Rossi, “Baroque Music from the Jewish Ghetto”
Nicholas McGegan — long hailed as “one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation” (London Independent) and “an expert in 18th-century style” (The New Yorker) — is recognized for…
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Elderly may face increased dementia risk after a disaster
Elderly people who were uprooted from damaged or destroyed homes and who lost touch with their neighbors after the 2011 tsunami in Japan were more likely to experience increased symptoms…
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VA inpatient psychiatric hospitals fall short on quality measures
For veterans and others entering inpatient psychiatric care, an admissions screening can be key to identifying the most appropriate treatment. But a new study by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan…
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Navigating the Affordable Care Act
Open enrollment for people buying insurance through the Affordable Care Act begins Nov. 1, 2016 and runs through Jan. 31, 2017. A major change this year will be increased rates;…
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Malnutrition, unregistered children, and maternal health policy the focus of student fieldwork
From helping to launch a nutrition program in Tanzanian villages to learning how the World Health Organization (WHO) develops global policies, eight Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students…
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Enjoy fall vegetables, but skip the white potatoes
When choosing fall vegetables to bake, roast, or add to dishes, carrots, Brussel sprouts, parsnips, and most others —except for white potatoes — are a good choice, Vasanti Malik, a…
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Political polarization among voters likely to have significant effect on future health policy, including ACA
An in-depth analysis of results from 14 national public opinion polls that looked at how Republican and Democratic likely voters in the 2016 presidential election view the health policy issues…
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Top child stunting risk in developing world: poor fetal growth
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers rank for the first time a range of risk factors associated with child stunting in developing countries, the greatest of which occurs…
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Comparing procedure costs impacts patients’ health facility choice
Consumers who used a health insurance plan’s cost-comparison tool to find out sleep study costs and imaging costs chose medical facilities that charged lower prices for the procedures, according to…
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Weatherhead Center awards new initiative on Afro-Latin American studies
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs recently awarded $250,000 to fund a new Weatherhead Initiative in Afro-Latin American Studies. The Center funds the initiative through its Weatherhead Initiative Research Cluster…
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Henry Rosovsky receives honorary doctorate from Asian University for Women
On Oct. 20, Henry Rosovsky, Ph.D. ’59 received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Asian University for Women. The connection between the longtime academic and leader of Harvard and…
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Applications open for ‘It Stops Here’ student conference on sexual assault and harassment
Student leaders from across Harvard’s graduate and professional schools will gather in the Barker Center on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 for the second “Student Leader Convening on Addressing Sexual Assault and Sexual…
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Michelle Williams, Karen Emmons elected to National Academy of Medicine
Michelle A. Williams, Sc.D. ’91, Dean of Faculty at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Karen M. Emmons, professor and Dean for Academic Affairs, have been elected to…
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Online course aims to bolster clinical research skills
When Brazilian physician Felipe Fregni, M.P.H. ’07, came to Harvard to study clinical research (medical studies involving human volunteers) the experience was transformative. Gaining the skills to critically analyze the latest…
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The good news about Alzheimer’s
By age 95, people have a 50% chance of having Alzheimer’s disease. That’s the bad news. But Albert Hofman, new chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School…
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Smokeless tobacco product snus may increase risk of death among prostate cancer patients
The smokeless tobacco product snus, which is used mainly in Sweden but also is sold in the U.S., may increase the risk that men with prostate cancer will die from…
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Increase in emergency department visits persists following Medicaid expansion
Visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) not only jumped by 40% in Oregon after Medicaid coverage was expanded there in 2008—but the increase persisted for at least two years, according…
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Villa I Tatti accepting applications for Graduate Fellowships
Two Graduate Fellowships are available for Harvard Ph.D. students each fall and spring semester at Villa I Tatti. The primary goal is to allow students working on their dissertation or selecting…
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NAM select five Harvard faculty, Overseer for membership
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly the Institute of Medicine, announced today the election of 80 new members, including five Harvard faculty and an Overseer, during its annual meeting. Sudhir…
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Education and the 2016 Election
On Oct. 19, faculty members of the Harvard Graduate School of Education will gather to explore where education fits into the 2016 election. How could the outcome of the election…
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At teach-in, alumni stand up for voting rights
In signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, President Lyndon Johnson acknowledged an uncomfortable truth: “Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote because of their color. This law…
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Words matter when describing addiction
Using judgmental words like “junkie,” “crackhead,” or even “substance abuser” can increase the stigma associated with substance use disorders and can end up driving people away from the treatment they…
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Forty years of low-fat diets: a ‘failed experiment’
Recent research suggests that eating a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet—which Americans were advised to do for about 40 years—is not a good idea. But Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health nutrition…
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Graduate School of Design launches the Richard Rogers Fellowship
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce a research residency at the Wimbledon House, a modern masterpiece designed by world-renowned British architect Richard Rogers. Open to accomplished…
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How work and home environments shape health
Cassandra Okechukwu, associate professor of social and behavioral sciences, studies how different environments—such as our homes and our workplaces—shape our health. She sat down with Christiana von Hippel S.D. ’19 to…
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Jazz artist Dena DeRose to be in residence at Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.—Dena DeRose, “the most creative and compelling singer-pianist since Shirley Horn” (Joel Siegel, Washington City Paper), will be in residence at Harvard University Oct. 31–Nov. 5, 2016, sponsored by…