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In case involving Kenyan abuse, scholarship must fit legal rubric. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer/Caroline Elkins, a Harvard history professor who studies colonial rule in East Africa, has spent the past few years as an “expert witness” testifying on the Mau Mau, a nationalist movement that liberated Kenya from British rule. What can historians learn by […]
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HealthCare.gov helps same-sex couples find coverage by adding new details Website also expands information on plan benefits Americans are now able to use HealthCare.gov to search specifically for insurance plans that include coverage for domestic partners, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. The Health Plan Finder tool on HealthCare.gov allows consumers to compare the cost […]
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Students show off science projects at the White House Today, President Obama welcomed more than 100 students from across the country for the second annual White House Science Fair, an opportunity that gave the students a chance to show off their research projects. Angela Zhang, a local high school senior who took the top prize at the Siemens […]
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In the end, Somali famine preventable. Panel cites man-made factors in making natural disaster wors. Photos by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer/Ken Menkhaus, professor of political science at Davidson College, said it was profoundly disappointing to be discussing another Somali famine, after he worked in the country during the 1991-92 one. Each famine, he said, has […]
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Duncan urges experiments in education. Education secretary offers proposals to aid nation’s students. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer/ “It’s a stain on our nation that today one in four American students fails to finish high school on time or drops out … that is absolutely morally unacceptable and economically unsustainable,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan […]
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We can’t wait: Administration announces new steps to fight Alzheimer’s disease The Obama Administration today announced new efforts to fight Alzheimer’s disease, including immediately making an additional $50 million available for cutting-edge Alzheimer’s research. In addition, the administration announced that its Fiscal Year 2013 budget will boost funding for Alzheimer’s research by $80 million. Today’s […]
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UCSF’s Wellness Expo Focuses on Healthy Eating, Fostering Happiness UCSF’s Robert Lustig, MD, talks with Valerie Taormina, community relations manager at the American Heart Association, after his keynote address during the 2012 UCSF Wellness Expo on Jan. 18. It’s not easy to give a 90-minute talk that includes mitochondrial adaptation, glucose metabolism, the seasonal fruit […]
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Fending Off Cardiovascular Disease A study of data from over a quarter of a million people confirmed that traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), such as high blood pressure, substantially raise the chance of major CVD events like heart attack or stroke over the course of a lifetime. The finding reinforces the importance of […]
Whole-Genome Sequencing of 2011 E. Coli Outbreaks in Europe Provides New Insight Into Origins, Spread of Disease Boston, MA — Using whole-genome sequencing, a team led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Broad Institute has traced the path of the E. coli outbreak that sickened thousands and killed over 50 people in […]
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New initiative for better teaching. Scholars, experts explore creative approaches to instructing, learning. Harvard’s ambitious new initiative to spark innovative teaching and learning kicked off with a daylong conference on Friday that drew together authorities and scholars from the University and beyond to debate, discuss, and share ideas in the field. The inaugural conference was […]
