Tag: Center on the Developing Child

  • Campus & Community

    McCartney named president of Smith

    Kathleen McCartney, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development, will become the next president of Smith College next year.

    5–7 minutes
  • Health

    A child’s memory in military time

    Harvard specialists discussed research on memory development during a seminar aimed at helping military families talk to their children about deployments and homecomings.

    3–5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Spotlight on Harvard in Chile

    President Drew Faust is traveling this week to highlight Harvard’s engagement with Latin America. In Chile, she is meeting with government and academic leaders and getting a firsthand look at the tangible benefits of Harvard research.

    23–34 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Three doctoral students receive 2010-11 Julius B. Richmond Fellowships

    Doctoral students Erin C. Dunn, Sky Marietta, and Matthew Ranson have been named recipients of Julius B. Richmond Fellowships from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Five Harvard graduate students receive Julius B. Richmond Fellowships

    Five Harvard graduate students have been named to receive Julius B. Richmond Fellowships from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.

    1–2 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Center on the Developing Child names Richmond Fellows

    To support its goal of creating a new generation of leaders who have a broad perspective on the promotion of healthy child development and who recognize the need to bring strong scientific knowledge to bear on policies and programs that support the well-being of children, the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University today…

    2–3 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Early childhood stress affects developing brain

    It is now clear that creating a sustained, reliable, compassionate and widespread system that cares for tiny children born into troubled families is needed in this nation, said Jack P. Shonkoff, Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. Speaking today during a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association…

    3–4 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    From neuroscience to childhood policy

    The Center on the Developing Child, founded in July 2006 to promote healthy child development as “the foundation of community development, economic prosperity, and a secure nation,” has been putting its message forth in a powerful series of colloquia across the University. Wednesday night (Dec. 5) director Jack P. Shonkoff brought his case to a…

    4–7 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Center on the Developing Child awards Julius B. Richmond Fellowship

    Launched in August 2006 with a mission to create a new generation of leaders who possess a broad perspective on the promotion of healthy child development, the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University recently announced the recipients of its first Julius B. Richmond Fellowship.

    1–2 minutes
  • Health

    New science provides compelling framework for early childhood investment

    A remarkable convergence of new knowledge about the developing brain, the human genome, and the extent to which early childhood experiences influence later learning, behavior, and health now offers policymakers an exceptional opportunity to change the life prospects of vulnerable young children, says a new report from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard…

    3–5 minutes