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Schultz to Lead Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Massachusetts’s number two health insurance carrier Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has tapped Eric H. Schultz, head of a rival health insurer, as chief executive starting March 1.
Breast Cancer Indicators Found
Researchers at Harvard-affiliate Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a group of genes that may predict whether certain breast tumors will recur after being treated by the most common chemotherapy drugs.
OSAPR Head Goes Abroad
Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Director Sarah A. Rankin recently traveled to Spain to discuss Harvard’s efforts to combat gender and sexual violence.
AIDS Epidemic Given Visual Form
As part of campus commemoration of World AIDS Day yesterday, the co-founder of an art education initiative spoke about artistic responses to the AIDS epidemic at the Sackler Museum.
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AIDS is a disease that crosses cultural boundaries, comments Philip Yenawine, co-founding director of Visual Understanding in Education, regarding an image of an African American male holding a poster. In commemoration of World AIDS Day, Philip Yenawine presented images and reflected on the impact of AIDS on artists in "World AIDS Day Lecture: Seeing AIDS," an event held in the lecture hall of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
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As part of World AIDS Day, Philip Yenawine presented images and reflected on the impact of AIDS on artists in “Seeing AIDS,” held in the Sackler Museum.
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Carole Hooven, lecturer in Human Evolutionary Biology (left) and Mary Ruggie, adjunct professor of public policy at the Kennedy School (right), along with Mary Ellen Galante (not pictured), a Cambridge-area midwife, discuss the medical and cultural perception of the female body at "Deviant Bodies," an event sponsored by the Harvard Women's Center.
Students Protest Stupak Amendment
Dozens of students rallied yesterday in front of the Harvard T station to protest the Stupak amendment, which would prohibit coverage of abortions by publicly funded health-insurance plans.
Harvard Slides Down Sex Rankings
Harvard students may be surprised to hear that their school, one of the best universities in the world, is averaging a cumulative GPA of 2.68.
Jenni Schaefer eating disorders
Author Jenni Schaefer sings an original song, “It’s OK to be Happy,” during a talk about recovering from eating disorders at Harvard Hall.
UHS Faces Flu Vaccine Shortage
Harvard University Health Services has stopped giving seasonal flu vaccines at its Holyoke Center headquarters and most other sites around ...
Breast Cancer Awareness Week
The Harvard Cancer Society promoted Breast Cancer Awareness Week by placing a colorful clothesline hung with women's underwear on the Science Center lawn.