{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Harvard Gazette","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette","author_name":"harvardgazette","author_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/author\/harvardgazette\/","title":"Newsmakers &#8212; Harvard Gazette","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aPIqMIlfj5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2007\/10\/newsmakers-24\/\">Newsmakers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2007\/10\/newsmakers-24\/embed\/#?secret=aPIqMIlfj5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Newsmakers&#8221; &#8212; Harvard Gazette\" data-secret=\"aPIqMIlfj5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Visiting scientist Frederick \u201cSkip\u201d Burkle, a senior fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd will deliver the Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics Thursday (Oct. 25) at 6 p.m. in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School of Government. Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine Edward Benz Jr. has been appointed to the governance committee of the University Cancer Research Fund at the University of North Carolina (UNC)."}