Around the School

Save the Date

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
HSPH Community Forum: A Public Health Approach to Preventing Suicide

Speaker: Matthew Miller, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management,  HSPH
Kresge G-3, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
RSVP to deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu. Lunch will be provided. This event is open to the HSPH community only. The lecture coordinates with the Harvard Injury Control Research Center Seminar Series.  

April 16, 2008
Around the World Celebration
This gathering invites the HSPH community to contribute their favorite recipes, which will be collected and posted on a School web site. Attendees will enjoy a sampling of food from Sebastian's Café.
Kresge Cafeteria/Atrium, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

National Public Health Week

National Public Health Week is April 7 to 11. The theme is "Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance." The Office for Student Affairs is seeking students, staff, and faculty to organize event programming to highlight awareness during that week.

Some ideas:

• Lectures
• Brown Bag lunches
• Panels
• Films
• Breakout discussion groups
• Presentations

E-mail Brittany Marshall at bmarshal@hsph.harvard.edu if you have plans for that week. 

Free Computer Classes for Staff and Faculty

The Office of Human Resources is offering computer classes free of charge to benefits-eligible staff and faculty. There is still space available in all classes.

The following is a list of some upcoming classes:

• Word 2007, Level 2 (March 18 & 20, 9 a.m. - 12 noon)

• Excel 2007, Level 2 (March 18 & 20, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.)

• Groupwise 7.0, Email (April 16, 9 a.m. - 12 noon)

• Groupwise 7.0, Calendar (April 16, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.)

• Powerpoint 2007, Level 2 (April 30, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)