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Samuelson to appear at Harvard Diggins Library

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT

Source: nwherald.com --- Saturday, May 25, 2013
harvard – Orion Samuelson, the American farmer’s best friend for more than 60 years and the voice the farming community heard every morning, will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at harvard Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley St. ...

CISE Seminar: Elias Manolakos, University of Athens, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:33:11 GMT

Source: www.bu.edu --- Saturday, May 25, 2013
CISE Seminar: Elias Manolakos, University of Athens, Visiting Scholar, harvard University "Computational Tools to Accelerate Systems Biology Investigations" 11:00am on Monday, June 3rd 2013 15 St. Mary's Street, Room 105 http://www.bu.edu/systems/june-3-2013-elias-manolakosvisiting-scholar-wyss-institute-for-biologically-inspired-engineering-at-harvard-university/ ...

$125 Million Goes to Harvard University’s Wyss Institute!

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:25 GMT

Source: globalgoodgroup.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
harvard University has announced that their former student and Swiss entrepreneur, Hansjörg Wyss has given a second gift of $125 million to enhance the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston, MA. Hansjörg Wyss received his MBA back in 1965 and funded the creation of the Wyss Institute back in 2009 with his first charitable contribution of another $125 million. The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at harvard University has announced a $125 million gift from alumnus Hansjörg Wyss (pictured above). This second gift of $125 million will allow the department to significantly increase their efforts in their mission to creating products that will help humanity and to solve complex bioengineering matters. “We wanted to create a place where the innovation and imagination of the world’s best minds could work beyond disciplinary boundaries to deliver life-changing medicines and technologies that are inspired by nature,” Wyss said. “I could not have dreamt of the institute’s remarkable discoveries thus far, and am proud and excited to help them continue to build, explore, and improve lives.” This month they were involved in a study using clay to grow bone along with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Communications which is another harvard University affiliate. Synthetic silicate (layered clay) is shown to cause stem cells to become bone cells in this study. The research that was done was recently pu ...

Harvard Professors Call for Greater Oversight of MOOCs

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:56:48 GMT

Source: chronicle.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Several dozen professors in harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences have signed a letter to their dean asking for formal oversight of the massive open online courses offered by harvard through edX, a MOOC provider co-founded by the university. While “some faculty are tremendously excited about HarvardX,” the professors wrote, referring to the university’s brand within the edX platform, “other are deeply concerned about the program’s cost and consequences.” The letter, published on Thursday in The harvard Crimson, the student newspaper, was signed by 58 professors in the university division, which is known as the FAS. The authors go on to ask Michael D. Smith, dean of the FAS, to appoint a committee of arts and sciences faculty members “to draft a set of ethical and educational principles” that would govern their colleagues’ involvement in harvard-branded MOOCs. The letter comes several weeks after the philosophy department at San Jose State University wrote an open letter to Michael Sandel, a government professor at harvard, expressing concerns about how edX’s plans to license its MOOCs to cash-strapped colleges like San Jose State might have devastating consequences for professors at those colleges. That letter was on the minds of harvard’s FAS professors when they convened to discuss MOOCs at a meeting this month, said Peter J. Burgard, a professor of German at harvard. In their letter to Dean Smith, the harvard profe ...

Upcoming Talk at Harvard on "The Global and Local in Investment and Arbitration" on 3 June

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:35:44 GMT

Source: en.wordpress.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
The Conference: New Directions in Global Thought–IGLP (Institute of Global Law and Policy) at ...

Exposure to Pesticides in Produce with Dr. Alex Lu, Harvard

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:11:27 GMT

Source: www.ewg.org --- Friday, May 24, 2013
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Does Harvard have any books bound in human skin?

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:43:45 GMT

Source: asklib.hcl.harvard.edu --- Friday, May 24, 2013
I have heard that harvard Libraries have books bound in human skin (Anthropodermic binding). Is that true? Where can I find them? ...

Harvard Place armed robbery under investigation

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:17:44 GMT

Source: centralny.ynn.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Syracuse police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Friday morning. ...

Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta names 2013 Social Enterprise Scholarship winners

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:55:50 GMT

Source: www.bizjournals.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
The harvard Business School Club of Atlanta (HBSCA) named its 2013 Social Enterprise Scholarship winners, which gives scholarships annually to metro Atlanta nonprofit leaders to attend executive education programs at harvard. Criteria for selecting the winners includes the organization’s impact in the community, the challenges and opportunities facing the organization, and the ability of the applicant to positively impact the organization as a result of attending the program. Winners receive a… ...

Harvard Awards $250K to Students Boosting the Arts, Life Sciences & Society

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:47:41 GMT

Source: bostinno.streetwise.co --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Within two weeks, harvard has awarded roughly $250,000 to student entrepreneurs looking to make a significant impact on the world through three different competitions: the Deans’ Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge, the Deans’ Health and... ...

Sharing words of inspiration: Zakaria’s Commencement address to Harvard Alumni Association

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:52:18 GMT

Source: 2bempowered.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Here is the text from his commencement: Fareed Zakaria addressed the harvard Alumni Association during the Afternoon Exercises at harvard’s 361st Commencement. “We live in an age of progress” Commencement address by Fareed Zakaria [as prepared] May 24, 2012 Thank you so much, President Faust, Fellows of the Corporation, Overseers, Ladies and Gentlemen, and graduates. To the graduates in particular, I have to tell you, you’re way ahead of me already. I never made it to my commencement, either from college or graduate school. I went to college south of here, in a small town called New Haven, Connecticut. And, well, I celebrated a bit the night before the ceremony. The honest truth is, I slept through much of my commencement. Then, after I had finally made it to harvard for graduate school, I took a job before I had finished my Ph.D., and wrote the final chapters while working in New York. I couldn’t get away from work for Commencement, and I got my degree in the mail. So, 19 years later, it is a great honor to receive, in person, a harvard degree. harvard was, for me, a revelation. Contrary to the conventional wisdom on this campus, it is possible to receive a fine education at Yale, and I did. But harvard’s great graduate programs have an ambition, energy, and range that, for me, made it a dazzling, electric experience. Getting a Ph.D. involves many hours of grueling work, but, if you do it right, also many hours of goofing off wi ...

Harvard Faculty Request Faculty Oversight of HarvardX (Their Usage of edX)

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:48 GMT

Source: mfeldstein.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Yesterday, 58 faculty members from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at harvard wrote an open letter to the dean requesting faculty oversight of HarvardX. When schools sign up for edX, their implementations tend to be called SchoolX, thus HarvardX specifically refers to their usage of the MOOC platform, not to the overall edX organization. This distinction is important, given harvard’s founding role in creating the edX organization and $30m pledge of support. The letter is short, so I’ll quote it in full (the signatures are much longer than the letter itself). As the university marks the first anniversary of edX and HarvardX, some faculty are tremendously excited about the potential of HarvardX; others are deeply concerned about the program’s costs and consequences. We appreciate the meetings, town halls, and other arenas in which faculty have been able to discuss HarvardX. But we believe that many critical questions about the relationship of the FAS to HarvardX, and to edX, have not yet been addressed. These questions (which fall outside the remit of the two existing HarvardX faculty committees, most of whose members are not from FAS) range from faculty oversight of HarvardX to the impact online courses will have on the higher education system as a whole. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is directly responsible for the teaching of harvard undergraduates and Ph.D. students. It is our responsibility to ensure that HarvardX is consi ...

Just-released FELON ENVIRO to attend Harvard Divinity School while on probation

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:41:20 GMT

Source: junkscience.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Who knew jail time looked good on a grad school application? Watch the video at America Blog. ...

VIDEO: Watch Dr. Okonjo Iweala Speak on Redefining Africa at Harvard’s ABC Conference

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:31 GMT

Source: www.ladybrillemag.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Watch Dr. Okonjo Iweala’s Speech at harvard’s ABC Conference. What are your thoughts? ...

How to Influence People with Your Ideas - John Butman - Harvard Business Review

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Source: tomficklin.blogspot.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
How to Influence People with Your Ideas - John Butman - harvard Business Review ...

Member Event: Harvard Treasures Tour of the Schwartz Art Collection at the Harvard Business School

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:42:04 GMT

Source: news.harvard.edu --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Schwartz Art Collection at the harvard Business School, 117 Western Avenue (between Heﬀeran and Hague streets), Boston, MA 02134 Fri., May 24, 2013, 12 – 1:30 p.m. We’re delighted to oﬀer an exclusive tour of the Schwartz Art Collection at the harvard Business School with Sharon Black. Art collector Gerry Schwartz (harvard MBA ’70) stated in 1998 that “artistic presence was the only thing missing at the harvard Business School [HBS] when I went there. I wanted to change that.” A ﬁrm believer that art promotes creative thinking, Schwartz made it his priority to liven up the halls of HBS, which led to the creation of an impressive collection of modern and contemporary art. Join us and discover this hidden gem. Participation is free, but space is limited and registration is required. harvard Treasures is a members-only series that explores the university’s architectural riches and art holdings beyond the harvard Art Museums. To learn more about membership and to register for the tour, email am_membership@harvard.edu or call 617-495-4544. Gazette Classification : Art/Design Organization/Sponsor : harvard Art Museums Speaker(s) : Sharon Black, director of planning operations, harvard Business School, harvard University Cost : For members only. Participation is free, but space is limited and registration is required. Contact Info : To learn more about membership and to register for the tour, email am_membership@harvard.edu or call 617. ...

Sophia Bush enjoys a night out at Harvard & Stone

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:28:19 GMT

Source: leathergirlsblog.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Actress Sophia Bush enjoys a night out at harvard & Stone in Hollywood, California on May 22, 2013. ...

66% of foods containing trans-fats have been reformulated, but progress is slowing: Harvard study

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:14 GMT

Source: www.foodanddrinkeurope.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Industry efforts to reduce and/or remove trans fats from food products have led to progress, but this progress is slowing, and the industry must continue its effort to reformulate, says a new report from harvard School of Public Health. ...

A recent study from the Harvard School of Public Health says although 66% of foo...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:44:01 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
A recent study from the harvard School of Public Health says although 66% of food manufacturers have reduced the amount of trans fats they use in foods, half of those foods still contain health-harming partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. Read the study out today in CDC’s Preventing Chronic Disease: http://go.usa.gov/bcBx ...

"Three Harvard grad students experimented with whether there was ethnic prejudic...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:28 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
"Three harvard grad students experimented with whether there was ethnic prejudice in local election administration by emailing every local or county election official, commission and supervisor in 48 states with Latino-sounding and non-Latino-sounding names and examined the responses. What they found were that local election officials were three-and-a-half to four-times more likely to respond to the emails that came from the non-Latino name, Greg Walsh, than the Latino name, Luis Rodriguez. "The gap in those responses grew three points wider when their emails contained questions about voter ID." Local Election Officials Show Bias Against Latino Voters, Especially on Voter ID - COLORLINES colorlines.com Local election officials were three-and-a-half to four-times more likely to respond to the emails that came from the non-Latino name, Greg Walsh, than the Latino name, Luis Rodriguez. ...