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Tag: Arthur Kleinman
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Nation & World
‘When you’re with a patient … their suffering counts more than your suffering’
Symposium honoring late global health pioneer Paul Farmer reflects on achievements, purpose, influence of Haiti
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‘To understand the world but also to change the world’
Arthur Kleinman pays tribute to beloved student with new class that explores wide-ranging intellectual contributions of Partners In Health co-founder Paul Farmer.
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How a doctor learned to become a caregiver
Harvard Professor Arthur Kleinman’s wife, Joan, began to struggle with a rare form of early Alzheimer’s disease at 59.
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7 projects win Global Institute grants
Seven projects that feature interdisciplinary, cross-collaborative research and span five Harvard Schools will receive grants from the Harvard Global Institute.
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The doctor gets a doctorate
Neither Wirun Limsawart’s knowledge as a doctor nor his work as a hospital manager could help him solve Thailand’s national crisis over health care malpractice.
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Pain, joy, and wisdom
Four Harvard professors engage students in a weekly dialogue that looks at wisdom as it relates to how we experience the world, and the strategies we need to have a moral life amid uncertainty.
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MOOCs on the move
As MOOCs grow in influence and sophistication, they’re no longer simply reimagined in a Harvard classroom or even in a nearby studio. Recently, transforming a residential course — going digital via HarvardX — included filming in far-flung Rwanda and Haiti.
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A journey into illness
Poet and memoirist Meghan O’Rourke is using her time as a Radcliffe Fellow to write “What’s Wrong With Me,” a chronicle of her struggles with autoimmune disease.
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The seeds of anthropology
Zongze Hu, who received his doctorate in anthropology from Harvard in 2009, has wasted little time fostering the discipline in his native China, establishing new graduate and undergraduate programs at Shandong University.
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A time was had by all
A fond look back at the memorable events of Harvard’s 375th year.
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The wisdom of William James
Physician and Harvard Medical School Professor Arthur Kleinman delivered Harvard Divinity School’s annual William James Lecture, exploring the philosopher’s importance in the area of moral wisdom.
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Improving health care in China, U.S.
Health officials from China and the United States gathered at Harvard Medical School to examine common challenges and solutions as the two global giants seek to reform national health care systems to improve access and care, while lowering costs.
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Harvard College Professorships for 5
Honor provides support for research, recognizes outstanding teaching of undergraduates.
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Taming nature, then man
Humankind, after millennia of reluctance and ambivalence, surrendered finally to growing fixed crops — a precondition of modern states.
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Harvard Foundation honors Kleinman, students
The Harvard Foundation honored Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and professor of medical anthropology and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, on May 3 with its 2011 Distinguished Faculty Award at the annual Harvard Foundation Student/Faculty Awards Dinner in Quincy House.
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Caring for caring
The art and technology of care giving — undervalued now — “cuts to the quick” of our humanity. Caring — for others, for ourselves, even for things and places — is at the core of our humanity. But how to cope with its demands in a medical setting was the subject of a two-panel conference,…
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Suffering, through an Asian lens
Several Asian scholars and historians gathered at the Faculty Club Nov. 5 to discuss the cultures of suffering produced by war and tragedy, as shown in the book “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War,” by Harvard President Drew Faust.
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Newsmakers
THREE HMS PROFESSORS ELECTED TO MICROBIOLOGY ACADEMY; STONE ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING; KLEINMAN HONORED BY SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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Newsmakers
Three faculty elected to NAE, Linnean Society of London honors Wilson, Arthur Kleinman serves as Cleveringa Professor, Faculty earn Smith Breeden Prize, Pair wins prestigious NSF award, ‘Father of World Wide Web’ to receive Pathfinder Award