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Commencement 2013: Larry Brilliant's address
May 30, 2013 Dean Frenk—Julio—and your family; graduating students of the class of 2013, and your families and partners and friends; Miss Liang, for that amazing speech; distinguished members of the faculty; all members of the entire School…
By tutoring at local school, HSPH students enrich others, themselves
May 28, 2013 — Shemar Popplewell said it’s been a “pretty big struggle” to keep up his grades in math and other subjects at Roxbury Prep Charter School in Boston where he is an eighth grader. Sometimes it’s…
Dean Frenk discusses use of technology in education
When it comes to using new technology in education, “the trick is not to adopt, but to adapt,” Harvard School of Public Health Dean [[Julio Frenk]] told the audience at the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT)…
High schoolers get an introduction to field of public health
May 10, 2013 — Yaendy Matos, a student at Fenway High School in Boston, says she is interested in a medical career but the field of public health has not been on her radar. “We don’t know what…
Marc Roberts, a ‘human face of HSPH,’ recognized for 46 years of service to Harvard
March 29, 2013 -- When Arnold Epstein meets Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) alumni on his frequent travels in the U.S. and abroad, he’s often asked about [[Marc Roberts]], professor of political economy emeritus. “They always want…
HSPH welcomes health care journalists to Boston
March 22, 2013 — Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) helped welcome more than 750 reporters, editors, and news producers to Boston for the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual conference, held March 14-17, 2013. HSPH co-sponsored the…
HSPH considers adapting courses for target audiences on edX
With the rapid growth of edX—the virtual learning initiative launched by Harvard and MIT in May 2012—Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) professors are now discussing the possibility of modifying an edX course to target families in Boston,…
HSPH program fills training gap for nutrition researchers in India
March 11, 2013 -- India is poised to join the list of countries suffering from a dual burden of both infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases, many of which have their roots in diet and nutritional status. While poor…
HSPH team documents public health concerns at world’s largest gathering
Whenever large groups of people gather, sanitation — and the potential health problems caused by poor sanitation — are an issue. So when Harvard School of Public Health’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights organized a team…
Crash course in healthy cooking aims to help docs better help their patients
March 1, 2013 -- David Eisenberg envisions a time when doctors learn not just biology and chemistry—but cooking in an effort to help more patients live healthier lives. Given recent alarming increases in diabetes and other obesity-related ailments, Eisenberg,…
