Tag: Pandemic
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Nation & World
Post-pandemic challenges for schools
Bridget Long, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in the field of education.
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Science & Tech
Finding a way forward on climate change
If the causes and problems of climate change are entwined, then the solutions must be as well, according to an online panel of Harvard faculty.
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Nation & World
Keeping students on campus for their health and safety?
During the influenza pandemic of 1918, Harvard kept students on campus and imposed quarantine and isolation when necessary.
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Campus & Community
Harvard plans full return to campus life
The Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences is planning for a full return to campus in the fall, including opening residential accommodations at full density and holding classes in person.
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Nation & World
Seeded amid the many surprises of COVID times, some unexpected positives
We ask experts in the fields of medicine, biology, public health, education, religion about the unexpected upsides in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Health
Young adults hardest hit by loneliness during pandemic
As experts worry the COVID pandemic is triggering a loneliness epidemic, new Harvard research suggests some of the hardest hit are older teens and young adults.
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Health
Pandemic pushes mental health to the breaking point
The coronavirus has had an unexpected mental health impact, striking hardest where its physical impacts are lowest: among youths and young adults.
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Nation & World
Lessons from teaching in COVID times
“Teaching and Learning at Harvard: Looking Back, Looking Forward” has Harvard deans looking at achievements and challenges from the past year.
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Health
COVID-19 unmasked
A biology-based mathematical model indicates why COVID-19 outcomes vary widely and how therapy can be tailored to match the needs of specific patient groups.
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Work & Economy
COVID vaccine race leaders likely won’t be only ones to reap huge payday
The coronavirus pandemic will likely make some vaccine companies rich, but which companies and how rich relies on the still-murky future of the pandemic, a Harvard health policy expert said.
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Science & Tech
Here comes the sun
Seasonal changes in UV may alter the spread of COVID but not as much as social distancing.
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Health
Fauci says herd immunity possible by fall, ‘normality’ by end of 2021
Fauci predicted herd immunity by next fall and “normality” by 2021’s end, as long as enough people get vaccinated to bring the pandemic to an end.
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Campus & Community
Moving into Science and Engineering Complex after pandemic pause
After months of pandemic-related delay, labs and offices have begun to move from the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ Cambridge campus into the newly completed Science and Engineering Complex in Allston.
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Nation & World
Principled yet just, pragmatic yet idealistic — and nice
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand, recipient of the 2020 Gleitsman International Activist Award from Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, talks about leadership challenges and how she’s dealt with crises from the outside, like the coronavirus pandemic, and from the inside, like self-doubt and sexism in politics.
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Campus & Community
Easing children’s COVID-19 anxieties
Recent Harvard grads created an educational website featuring a South Asian protagonist for children to assuage worries and answer questions.
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Nation & World
Talking pandemic across borders
Two Harvard alumni created the Bridging Borders Project to assemble the perspectives of world leaders and exchange health policy ideas about the pandemic.
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Work & Economy
The gig is up
A report found that 90 percent of companies surveyed see a future in shifting their talent model to a blend of full-time and freelance employees.
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Nation & World
Looking at what the election will mean to education policy
Hosted by the Graduate School of Education, Harvard experts look at the election’s impact on politics and policies that affect young people, families, schools, and communities.
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Work & Economy
What might COVID cost the U.S.? Try $16 trillion
Harvard economists have estimated the pandemic’s overall cost at a staggering $16 trillion, an economic toll not seen since the Great Depression, and say that figure justifies the expense of efforts to combat it.
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Campus & Community
Running, walking, cycling, and rolling together
In a one-of-a-kind, University-wide virtual 5K called Harvard Moves, participants will “run, jog, walk, cycle, or roll” to promote wellness, build community, and raise funds for student financial aid.
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Campus & Community
Work that is vital, workers who are essential
The Gazette interviewed nine Harvard workers who have been laboring on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic, holding the place together and keeping everybody safe.
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Nation & World
Thinking through unforeseeable election fallout
An online gathering of university officials took place last week to exchange ideas on how to prepare for Election Day.
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Campus & Community
Weathering COVID’s financial storm
Harvard this week released its annual financial report, which details a $10 million deficit due to the sudden and overwhelming financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gazette spoke with Harvard Executive Vice President Katie Lapp and Chief Financial Officer Thomas Hollister about the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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Work & Economy
Unemployed faced major barriers to financial support
New research finds workers laid off during the lockdown faced major barriers when accessing financial support. The survey also notes stark differences between states, and hunger and other major hardships suffered by service sector workers unable to secure assistance.
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Science & Tech
Pandemic academics
A new Harvard course challenges students to use science to evaluate COVID-19 policies.