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Working Healthy Snacks Into After-School Programs Nutritious snacks don’t have to bust budgets, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers conclude in a new study that analyzed the cost of foods served in YMCA after-school programs in four U.S. cities. While the prices of individual healthy snacks are typically higher than those of their processed-food […]
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Eight from Harvard headed Down Under Researchers awarded fellowships from Harvard Club of Australia The Harvard Club of Australia Foundation has announced fellowship awards to eight accomplished Harvard researchers intending collaborative scientific research in Australia during 2012, and to two Australian researchers headed to Harvard. The foundation’s grants assist with travel and living expenses, and take the […]
Bring Lessons From the “AIDS Decade” to the Fight Against the Global Epidemic of Noncommunicable Diseases There is a myth that chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes are only a problem for wealthier countries. But in fact, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 28 million people annually in low- and middle-income countries. Eight million of these […]
One in Ten Children Face Elevated Risk of Abuse, Future PTSD, Due to Gender Nonconformity Boston, MA — Children in the U.S. whose activity choices, interests, and pretend play before age 11 fall outside those typically expressed by their biological sex face increased risk of being physically, psychologically, and sexually abused, and of suffering from […]
Right choice, but not the intuitive one Psychologist explores common barriers to good decision-making When faced with a tough choice, we already have the cognitive tools we need to make the right decision, Daniel Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard, told his Law School audience. To take a gratifying, low-paying job or a well-paid […]
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Harvard Thinks Big – How Social Networks are like Carbon – Nicholas Christakis … … Nicholas Christakis Professor of Sociology (FAS) and Professor of Medical Sociology (Harvard Medical School) and Professor of Medicine (Harvard Medical School), February 16, 2012 ### About Harvard University. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in […]
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Harvard Thinks Big – Making the World Smaller – Daniel Lieberman … … Daniel Lieberman Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, February 16, 2012 ### About Harvard University. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of […]
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Harvard Thinks Big – Confusion, Play and Postponing Certainty – Eleanor Duckworth … … Eleanor Duckworth Professor of Education Harvard Graduate School of Education, February 16, 2012 ### About Harvard University. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, […]
Harvard Thinks Big – Doug Melton – Harvard Thinks Big … … Doug Melton Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University and co-Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute Thursday, February 16, 2012 ### About Harvard University. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. […]
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Harvard Thinks Big – Act Big: Dare to See – Kaia Stern … … Kaia Stern Director of the Prison Studies Project/ February 16, 2012 Visiting Faculty at Harvard Divinity School Visiting Faculty in Sociology at Harvard University Visiting Faculty in African and African American Studies at Harvard University ### About Harvard University. Established in 1636, […]
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