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Tag: Hurricane Katrina
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Nation & World
Lessons from Katrina on how pandemic may affect kids
Harvard researchers looked at Katrina’s impact on children and how the lessons learned there could be applied to the COVID pandemic.
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Trumpet and coffee in hand
Capping his lauded Harvard lectureship, “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” musician Wynton Marsalis visited the Phillips Brooks House for an intimate conversation about his hometown of New Orleans.
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After Katrina, residents rolled up sleeves
Tom Wooten ’08 discussed his latest book, which profiles several grassroots recovery efforts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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Last stretch for Community Gifts
As Harvard Community Gifts comes to a close on Jan. 15, Program Manager Mary Ann O’Brien hopes Harvard employees are inspired to start the New Year in the spirit of giving.
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Reality of rising sea levels
Harvard Law School Professor David Barron offered a range of ideas as he addressed the challenges presented by rising sea levels.
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In praise of ordinary people
Officials should not forget the important role that ordinary citizens play in the critical hours after a disaster, authorities on disaster response told the Forum at Harvard School of Public Health, during a discussion of how that has changed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Planning for disasters
A panel discussion that included some of the top leaders in American homeland security and the military pondered the nation’s readiness for unexpected disasters.
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Poetry on ice, paper
Loren Galler Rabinowitz ’10 used her creativity, intelligence, and drive to evolve from professional skating to Harvard, and soon to medical school.
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The ripple effect
Public service at Harvard increasingly reaches well beyond its gates, as student and alumni volunteers journey far to do good works.
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Class Day speaker chosen
Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent with CNN and anchor of the daily interview program “Amanpour,” has been selected as the 2010 Senior Class Day speaker.
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Managing disasters
The Kennedy School will offer a new course this fall on disaster recovery, largely focusing on New Orleans and the work the School has done there in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Seven HBS students honored for their service to School, society
Seven members of the Harvard Business School M.B.A. Class of 2007 will take home more than the coveted diploma they are receiving today from HBS Dean Jay O. Light. Anthony D’Avella, Sachin Jain, José Antonio Morán, Jean-Philippe “JP” Odunlami, John Serafini, Heather Thompson, and Arturo Weiss Pick are winners of the School’s prestigious Dean’s Award.
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Heading disaster off at the pass
Before Hurricane Katrina, you could walk along a street in New Orleans and look up to see a ship glide by — with an ocean of water held in check by just one dike.