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Tag: Alvin Powell
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Health
Life support for medical faculty
Shore Fellowships provide important breathing room for junior faculty members pressed by the demands of work and home life.
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Science & Tech
Ice sheet in peril? Gravity to the rescue
Gravity’s surprising effects when the Earth’s ice sheets melt can help to stabilize ones, such as those found in West Antarctica, that are grounded below sea level.
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Science & Tech
New facilities for Wyss Institute
Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering officially opens new, expansive facilities in Boston and Cambridge to host its fast-growing enterprise.
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Science & Tech
You are where you live
A Harvard School of Public Health associate professor examines the link between health and neighborhoods to see whether people’s residential landscapes matter.
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Science & Tech
Getting genetic leg up on climate change
Harvard botanist Charles Davis is examining evolutionary relationships between species affected by climate change for clues to past and future changes.
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Health
Hope for AIDS vaccine?
Progress on several fronts has raised optimism about the possibility of achieving an effective AIDS vaccine in the coming years, a speaker at the Harvard School of Public Health said Tuesday (Nov. 9).
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Health
The rise of chronic disease
Heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases are becoming enormous problems in the developing world and need more attention even as the challenge of fighting infectious diseases like AIDS shows no sign of abating, according to Institute of Medicine President Harvey Fineberg.
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Health
Where surgery is lacking
Authorities on global health and surgery gathered Nov. 5 to discuss how to address the lack of trained surgeons and adequate operating rooms in developing nations.
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Nation & World
Trading places
Economist Marc Melitz improves models of international trade by viewing broad trends in tandem with the behavior of individual corporations.
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Science & Tech
The search for China’s roots
Archaeologist Rowan Flad is seeking early traces of one of the world’s oldest civilizations.
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Health
Bird, meet cousin alligator
Assistant professor Arkhat Abzhanov looks to birds’ relatives by way of dinosaurs — alligators — for clues to their evolution.
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Campus & Community
‘Africa in Motion’
A two-day celebration of African studies at Harvard highlighted cultural elements such as dance and artwork, study and travel on the continent, and scholarly discussions of Africa’s status today.
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Nation & World
The bad news on Afghanistan
In a talk at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh said he was disappointed in the Obama administration’s approach to Afghanistan and criticized U.S. journalists for not being aggressive enough in their coverage of American foreign policy.
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Science & Tech
Termites as architects
The air exchange system inside termite mounds provides a natural example of how to harness intermittent winds.
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Health
Thinking like an octopus
A philosophy professor’s summer of diving in Sydney Harbour has gotten him thinking about what octopus intelligence might mean.
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Science & Tech
Gabrielse wins Lilienfeld Prize
Harvard Physics Professor Gerald Gabrielse was named the recipient of the 2011 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, awarded by the American Physical Society for outstanding contributions to physics.
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Nation & World
Food for thought
Harvard authorities on Southeast Asia see trouble on the horizon for rice production and consumption by billions of people dependent on the grain. The threats come from water shortages, salinization, and bad resource management.
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Nation & World
No shortcuts in Pakistan
Harvard experts from a variety of fields discussed the Pakistan flooding disaster, saying that poverty blocks preparedness and an enduring commitment is needed to help the nation recover.
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Nation & World
Focus on the world’s problems
The World Economic Forum came to Harvard in an effort to engage the academic community, particularly its students, in the pressing issues of the day, from the international monetary system to trade to the population explosion.
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Health
Be skinny, be strong, be loved — be fooled
Joshua Sharfstein, the Food and Drug Administration’s principal deputy commissioner, talked about tobacco control and the agency’s role in keeping Americans healthy.
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Science & Tech
Building the cheapest car
An executive of the Indian conglomerate Tata described how the company promotes innovation, resulting in the creation of the world’s cheapest car, a $2,500, fuel-efficient four-seater.
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Science & Tech
‘Breathtakingly awful’
With 8 million orphans living in institutions worldwide, an ongoing Harvard study highlights the devastating effect institutionalization has on children, providing support for a switch to foster care.
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Health
Hunting the missing health link
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are launching a study of 100,000 patients to determine the link among genetics, lifestyle, and environmental factors in causing disease.
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Science & Tech
Doubting Thomas nation
Why aren’t you listening? Scientists discuss the difficulty of transferring scientific consensus to the public.
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Campus & Community
Funding for the future
Faculty members at Harvard and its affiliated hospitals have been awarded the National Institutes of Health New Innovators awards for promising research by young researchers, and Transformative grants, for groundbreaking work by established researchers.
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Nation & World
Technology in governance
A two-day Kennedy School conference examined the need to integrate information technology training into the curriculum through a new, long-term initiative.
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Nation & World
The oozing fog of war
During a Harvard panel discussion, three authorities on international conflict discussed the complexities on the ground and in international law because of the spreading fog of warfare.
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Campus & Community
Faust: Let’s break down boundaries
Harvard President Drew Faust took questions from television journalist Charlie Gibson, a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School this year, in a Sanders Theatre forum intended to kick off the school year.
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Arts & Culture
Looking past the plantation
Archaeologists examining the African-American past are broadening their focus to include a greater understanding of Africa, according to Christopher Fennell, who spoke at the Harvard African Seminar.
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Science & Tech
‘It is within our grasp’
Answers to questions about life in the universe is “within our grasp,” astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger said at an Origins of Life Initiative forum.
