Calendar

Sunday, June 7

"AIDS Walk Boston"

Sponsors: AIDS Action Committee, Harvard AIDS Institute

Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m., the walk commences at 10:00.

(The HSPH team will have a designated gathering place. Volunteers at sign-in will be able to direct walkers to the HSPH team's site.)

Calendar

Monday, June 8

"Quantitative Sciences for Community-Based Research"

Speakers: Moderator: Louise Ryan, professor, Department of Biostatistics. Panelists: Traci Clemons, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biostatistics; James Hoyte, assistant to the president and associate vice president, HU; Camara Jones, assistant professor, Departments of Epidemiology and Health and Social Behavior; Bruce Kennedy, instructor, Department of Health Policy and Management; Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, and director and professor, Division of Public Health Practice; Charles Willie, professor, HGSE

Sponsors: Departments of Biostatistics and Health and Social Behavior

Kresge 502, 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

(Preregistration is required. To do so, contact Sharmon Davis by telephone at 617-432-3055 or via Email at sdavis@sph.harvard.edu.

"Past and Present Socioeconomic Position and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Adulthood"

Speaker: Eric Brunner, Department of Epidemiology, University College, London

Sponsor: Department of Health and Social Behavior

FXB G-10, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 16

"How to Set Limits"

Speaker: Elizabeth Vinton, pediatrician, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

Sponsor: Harvard Medical Center Office of Work and Family

Tosteson MEC, Room 250, HMS, 12:00-1:15 p.m.

• Orientation sessions for recently hired staff will be held in June from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. in MEC-L008, 260 Longwood Avenue, HMS. A program for exempt staff will be held on June 16, and non-exempt staff may attend a session on June 30. The programs include an overview of Harvard's organizational structure and mission, benefits, retirement plans, facilities, programs, and services. Benefits Office consultants will be on hand to answer questions.
  
  
• Advisors to foreign students and scholars from the Harvard International Office will hold office hours at HSPH on June 11, 18, and 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Kresge G-10. Drop by or call 432-0488 to schedule an appointment. Please remember to bring your passport and other visa documents.
  
  
• Around the School will not be published during the remainder of June. The next issue will be available on July 10 .
  
  
• Submit calendar listings for events occurring July 13-July 20 to Ethan Cohen, Kresge 1005, by noon on July 6. Listings may be transmitted via Email ecohen@sph. harvard.edu.

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