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Veterans

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Among older adults, statin use tied to decreased risk of death

U.S. veterans 75 years or older who were prescribed statins had a 25% lower risk of death than their counterparts

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DateJuly 7, 2020July 6, 2020

U.S. map dotted with To Serve Better icons.

The collective effort

Harvard students, alumni, faculty, and staff from the nationwide ‘To Serve Better’ project reflect on how coronavirus is affecting their communities

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DateApril 3, 2020April 27, 2020

Alex Walsh in Memorial Hall.

From the service to school

Veteran transfer students from community colleges make Harvard home

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DateNovember 7, 2019

Eve Howe

Nuclear submarine expert turns to Law School

Eve Howe: ‘I had to help people in some way’

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DateNovember 8, 2018November 9, 2018

Warrior-Scholar Project.

Military, veterans study at Harvard

Warrior-Scholar Project aims to ease their transition to college life

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DateJuly 10, 2018

‘Then, I wanted to run’

Pushing past devastating injuries, veteran Daniel Cnossen earns master’s degree from Kennedy School

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DateMay 25, 2016July 26, 2019

As part of Veterans Impact Day, U.S. Army Major Dennis "DJ" Skelton (from left), moderator Katie Burkhart, Iraq War veteran Josh Mantz, and former Marine Kristen Kavanaugh participated in a panel discussion.

A focus on veterans

Kennedy School students take part in day of service

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DateMay 2, 2016March 5, 2019

The seed of Cameron Waites’ vocation was planted and nurtured, he said, by his mother’s spirit. Waites, who served in the Army, plans to graduate from Harvard Medical School in 2018.

Veteran wants to improve the quality of life for amputees

At 34, Cameron Waites brings his goals to Harvard Medical School

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DateFebruary 18, 2016March 7, 2019

Harvard continuing education student and Army Specialist J. Holden Gibbons led 50 fellow veterans on a tour of Memorial Hall as part of the inaugural Official Harvard Military History Tour. Director of the Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization former Capt.

Harvard honors its military past with tour

University’s historic sites offer visitors rare opportunity while thanking those in uniform

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DateDecember 7, 2015January 3, 2018

"The system is ill-suited to the needs of today’s returning veteran population," said Linda Bilmes, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. "This VA system was set up a long time ago in a different era, pre-Internet, pre-all-volunteer force, and at a time when far fewer troops survived injuries."

Disarray at the VA

Kennedy School’s Bilmes has pragmatic proposals for presidential commission, system overhaul

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DateJune 6, 2014October 6, 2016

“When we send young people away, we’re responsible for them,” Gen. Stanley McChrystal told a packed audience during a discussion of veterans’ policies at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. “Not to give them something, but to give them an opportunity to continue to serve, give them a place to fit in.”

A postwar call to service

McChrystal weighs in at HKS panel on needs of newest veterans

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DateMarch 12, 2013May 24, 2019

Harvard President Drew Faust installs the Rev. Jonathan Walton as Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, while the Rev. Wendel "Tad" Meyer looks on.

Memories and beginnings

Harvard salutes war dead and veterans, installs new Pusey Minister

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DateNovember 12, 2012April 15, 2019

Harvard Law School student Jesse Reising was medically disqualified from the Marines (he’d attended Officer Candidates School during college), but decided to serve those who serve in the military.

Reising serves those who serve

HLS student helps veterans with ‘academic boot camp’

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DateNovember 9, 2012April 2, 2019

The return of ROTC

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DateNovember 12, 2011February 13, 2018

“As the president is bringing back our forces from Iraq, we have the enormous duty of figuring out ways to welcome people home,” said Col. Christian Macedonia during the opening remarks at a conference sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.

A better welcome home

New models to help veterans adjust after war are explored

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DateNovember 3, 2011April 23, 2019

“If you tell a young child too early that you’re going to leave, they can’t remember much. And when a spouse is upset that someone is leaving they might not prepare the child for his departure,” said Margaret Sheridan, a psychologist and instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, speaking at the first seminar in a series by the Harvard College Veterans Engagement Initiative.

A child’s memory in military time

Guidance for families preparing for deployments, homecomings

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DateOctober 19, 2011May 15, 2019

“These results have been a long time coming,” says principal investigator Kevin Kit Parker (left), a professor of bioengineering at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and a major in the U.S. Army. “So many young men and women are returning from military service with brain injuries, and we just don’t know how to help them.” Borna Dabiri (right) a graduate student at SEAS worked on Parker's team.

New approach to traumatic brain injuries

Harvard researchers offer hope for veterans wounded by explosions

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DateJuly 22, 2011March 21, 2019

Gen. Stanley McChrystal (left) and Lt. Col. Jerry Carter spoke with the National Security Fellows at Harvard. McChrystal was the keynote speaker at an event recognizing Harvard's veterans. "I am very proud that President Faust has led the charge for a return of ROTC," he said in his address to the assembled veterans. "We hope you learn something from us, but we know that you are among our best teachers."

Harvard honors veterans

Gen. Stanley McChrystal gives keynote address

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DateApril 29, 2011June 18, 2019

Andrew Kinard lost his legs in Iraq but made a promise to himself that the wounds he suffered in battle wouldn’t control his life: He is currently pursuing a joint Harvard Law School/Harvard Business School degree and will be handcycling in the Boston Marathon. “It’s a decision I have to make every day, he said. “It never goes away, but it’s a commitment that I made.”

Warrior spirit

Student-veteran ready for another Boston Marathon

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DateApril 15, 2011May 6, 2019

"In conversations at school, there’s often an uncomfortable silence when I reveal that I’ve just returned from 'the war.' Many Kennedy School classmates and Cambridge residents have never even met a soldier, much less one involved in the war. The truth is, though, we are just like you."

Back from Afghanistan

When a sharp noise pierces the air, a ‘soldier-scholar’ still ducks

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DateDecember 16, 2010

Iraqi rowers compete with Harvard military veterans

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DateOctober 20, 2010March 29, 2019

“I thought we Vietnam vets were long forgotten,” said Paul Dunphy. “This has been a golden opportunity for me to get in touch with today’s younger veterans.” Dunphy is one of 12 Harvard employees who work with American Corporate Partners.

Helping veterans to reconnect

Mentors offer time, advice to ease transition back into workforce

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DateSeptember 17, 2010

Collecting race, ethnicity data

Harvard issues University-wide notice on new government regulations on ethnicity, veteran status

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DateSeptember 13, 2010

Harvard continues Yellow Ribbon Program

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DateMay 26, 2010June 26, 2019

Harvard to participate in career mentoring program for military vets

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DateFebruary 23, 2010

Business Schools Tap Veterans

Wall Street Journal

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DateFebruary 18, 2010

Contrasts between past and present

Harvard veterans talk about combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, and life at the University

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DateFebruary 18, 2010

Over there, over here

Students who are veterans say they bring a unique perspective to Harvard

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DateFebruary 18, 2010April 8, 2019

Harvard to participate in Yellow Ribbon Veterans Education Program

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DateJune 3, 2009

Student KSG, HBS veterans honored

Panelists say lead by example biggest wartime lesson

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DateFebruary 22, 2007