Featured series 
Tag: Center for Wellness
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Nation & World
‘Access, awareness, prevention, and support’
Student mental health initiative co-chairs Giang Nguyen and Robin Glover discuss the state of their work.
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Measured impact
According to the University’s Sustainability Report, released online today, various conservation measures and behavior changes have already contributed to 60 percent of Harvard’s progress in meeting its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2016.
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Wonders of Wintersession
Wintersession and Winter Break offer many chances to try out a new skill or return to a passion.
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Add tai chi to reduce stress
Students are gathering in Harvard Yard on Tuesdays this summer to take free martial arts lessons, as part of the University’s campaign to encourage use of common spaces.
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College touts success of Wintersession
College officials are analyzing students’ Wintersession 2012 evaluations and say that the response to January’s programming was strongly positive. They credit the success of the optional period of student- and faculty-led activities to a focus on real-world knowledge and a greatly expanded schedule of offerings.
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A winter wellness workout
Dozens of Harvard undergraduates started the year with a new emphasis on wellness, thanks to the Optimal Health program. With presentations from a lifestyle medicine consultant, a nutritionist, a personal trainer, a sleep specialist, and a stress manager, Optimal Health emphasized prevention and fitness.
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Calming influence
Stressbusters brings free back rubs to students who have neither the time nor the money for professional massage — or who simply wake up with stiff necks after long hours of study. The next Stressbusters training will be in February.
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Senior relief
Harvard offers a wealth of resources to help seniors manage stress and get as much from their last year of college as they have from their first three.
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Sticking together
Maintain Don’t Gain and Team Fitness Challenge are team-oriented programs that help Harvard employees avoid gaining weight during the winter months. A new session of Team Fitness Challenge starts Jan. 31.
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Relaxation station
The Center for Wellness has a new space in Harvard’s Holyoke Center, but its focus on health and quality of life remain the same.
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Nation & World
Around the Schools: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is offering a wealth of short courses, seminars, and events designed to provide more work or more play, depending on your preference, from Jan. 4 to 24.
