Featured News Archives
2012
Dedicated crew kept HSPH running during Hurricane Sandy
October 30, 2012 -- Most Harvard School of Public Health employees got an unexpected day off when Hurricane Sandy barreled…
Researchers to examine the impact of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals
October 17, 2012 -- In the year 2000, the United Nations developed an ambitious plan to meet the needs of some…
Diets of low-income adults in federal food program SNAP need improvement
October 9, 2012 -- Researchers offer policy recommendations to better address dual challenges of food insecurity and obesity in low-income Americans…
Alumni weekend 2012
October 4, 2012 -- View a slideshow of more photos from the weekend. Cold, rainy weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of…
New HSPH online edX course will reach worldwide audience
October 3, 2012 -- Quantitative Methods Course Teaches Building Blocks of Public Health Research It’s time for biostatistics and epidemiology class.…
Closing the cancer divide
October 2, 2012 -- A young Rwandan girl named Claudine is one of the lucky ones. In 2005, after months…
HSPH's Office of Diversity hosts open house
September 27, 2012 -- With jazz in the background and pizza and empanadas set out on the table, it was…
Postdocs take center stage at annual appreciation day
September 27, 2012 -- Raffles, kudos, and awards were on the agenda at the Harvard School of Public Health's Postdoc…
Speaker says epidemiology got its start centuries ago
September 24, 2012 -- Can an academic discipline have an exact birthday? Alfredo Morabia thinks so, and he believes that epidemiology’s…
Replacing juice with water, fruits, and vegetables in afterschool programs cuts calories
September 17, 2012 -- One in three U.S. children are overweight or obese, and growing evidence points to the empty…