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June 17, 2014 – 11:07 pm | One Comment

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Student’s aim: A harvest of good
February 16, 2012 – 11:46 pm | No Comments
Student’s aim: A harvest of good

Student’s aim: A harvest of good Importing jackfruit could create markets, help Indian farmers Annemarie Ryu ’13 (from left) a pre-med anthropology concentrator and veteran Harvard public service traveler, has started Global Village Fruits, a for-profit social enterprise she hopes will connect jackfruit farmers in southern India with American consumers. Here, she is seen with […]

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A life reborn, a story now told
February 16, 2012 – 11:10 pm | No Comments
A life reborn, a story now told

A life reborn, a story now told Escaping Cambodia, Aun Em built a new life at Harvard Medical School Aun Em, who is Harvard Medical School’s IT help desk coordinator, has lived by the code of always looking forward. This has guided both her life and her career at Harvard; Em and her family fled […]

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Fears of bioterrorism or an accidental release
February 16, 2012 – 9:10 pm | No Comments
Fears of bioterrorism or an accidental release

Fears of bioterrorism or an accidental release Have efforts to combat bird flu actually increased the risk to public health? A group of experts on infectious disease gathered at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) to debate whether efforts to combat a deadly form of flu have actually increased the risk to public health. […]

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Sending DNA robot to do the job
February 16, 2012 – 9:01 pm | No Comments
Sending DNA robot to do the job

Sending DNA robot to do the job Technology has potential to seek out cancer cells, cause them to self-destruct The nanosized robot was created in the form of an open barrel whose two halves are connected by a hinge. The DNA barrel, which acts as a container, is held shut by special DNA latches that […]

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Willing a way to clean water
February 16, 2012 – 8:41 pm | No Comments
Willing a way to clean water

Willing a way to clean water Fellow expands on professor’s efforts to ensure clean sources in rural areas With her redesign of a plastic water dispenser, Daniele Lantagne, a two-year Georgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Harvard Kennedy School’s Sustainability Science Program, has helped to bring clean water to thousands of people. Ayear and a half […]

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Pain relief for patients in Uganda
February 16, 2012 – 8:33 pm | No Comments
Pain relief for patients in Uganda

Pain relief for patients in Uganda MGH provides training in technique to soothe surgical recoveries Vicki Modest (far left) demonstrates the use of ultrasound in the operating room to Sadic Kagwa, an anesthesia resident at Mbarara. “Pain control is one of the major issues before and after an operation,” said Paul First, assistant professor of […]

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The magic of beanbags
February 16, 2012 – 8:23 pm | No Comments
The magic of beanbags

The magic of beanbags High school friends bring their game to Harvard David Mazza ’14 (left) and Juan Favela ’14 toss around some beanbags at a Monday practice of Harvard’s cornhole club. The summer before they started at Harvard, high school friends Joe McCormick and Jamie Dickerson drove to Home Depot to buy plywood. “We […]

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Immersed in the body politic
February 16, 2012 – 7:55 pm | No Comments
Immersed in the body politic

Immersed in the body politic Anthropologist documents the stories behind population and health policies When Susan Greenhalgh studied for her doctorate in anthropology at Columbia University, China was undergoing an economic and political opening. After finishing her Ph.D. in 1982, Greenhalgh took a job at the New York–based Population Council as “an anthropologist, policy analyst, […]

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Remembering the co-ed experiment
February 15, 2012 – 10:51 pm | No Comments
Remembering the co-ed experiment

Remembering the co-ed experiment Pfoho residents uncover, celebrate history 40 years after House integration Pforzheimer House residents Suzanna Bobadilla (right) and Matt Chuchul are the primary student organizers of a one-night exhibit on Harvard’s “great co-educational experiment” called “The Residential Revolution: The History of Gender and Pfoho Student Life,” an exhibit and celebration of House […]

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New subtype of ovarian cancer identified
February 15, 2012 – 10:06 pm | No Comments
New subtype of ovarian cancer identified

New subtype of ovarian cancer identified Harvard researchers believe it may be vulnerable to anti-angiogenic drugs The investigators estimate that the subtype may account for a third of all serous ovarian cancers, a common cancer of the surface of the ovaries. “With this study, we’ve shown that serous ovarian cancer exists in at least one […]

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