http://www.harvard.edu/ Current news stories from Harvard University en-us john_lenger@harvard.edu webmaster@harvard.edu Copyright 2008 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 09 May 2008 14:07:01 EDT Fri, 09 May 2008 14:07:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/09-tb.html Tuberculosis specialists came from universities around the country to discuss the state of the disease at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and to honor Harvard School of Public Health Dean Barry R. Bloom, who has announced that he will be stepping down. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:07:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.01/16-kelsey.html Chance smiled on Joe Rosenthal in late February 1945. The young Associated Press photographer was atop Mount Suribachi to cover the Allied troops' capture of Iwo Jima when he heard that soldiers were preparing to raise an American flag. It was the second attempt of the day, for authorities had decided the first flag - placed a few hours earlier - was too small. As five Marines and a Navy corpsman struggled to erect the Stars and Stripes, Rosenthal hastily found a good vantage and clicked his camera's shutter. In one four-hundredth of a second, he captured what is arguably the most recognized image of World War II. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:19:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.01/05-rich.html Adrienne Rich, one of America's most lauded poets and a major literary voice of the 20th century, returned to the place where it all began on a recent dreary Monday afternoon (April 28). Wed, 07 May 2008 14:19:01 EDT http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/passage-time-reduces-smoking-mortality-risk-women-who-quit Women who quit smoking significantly reduce their risk of death from coronary heart disease within 5 years and have about a 20 percent lower risk of death from smoking-related cancers within that time period, according to a study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). They warn, however, that the rate of mortality risk reduction after quitting compared with continuing to smoke is uncertain. Tue, 06 May 2008 15:59:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.01/11-hks.html Everybody's got an opinion. But some are more thoughtful than others, as Boston city officials learned in a recent meeting with Harvard graduate students. On Tuesday (April 29), students from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS) met with the mayor of Boston to discuss several projects they hope might help make the city a better place. Tue, 06 May 2008 15:59:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.01/13-cambrian.html The cause of what is known as the 'Cambrian Explosion' - which occurred during the Cambrian Period 542 million to 490 million years ago - has puzzled scientists for years. Theories about the event's cause include an increase in the amount of atmospheric oxygen, a recovery from a global glaciation, and key genetic changes in precursor animals that allowed the development of bilateral symmetry, hard shells and bones, and rapid locomotion. Mon, 05 May 2008 10:30:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.01/07-teaching.html When Allan M. Brandt, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, took his son on a college visit two years ago, a well-meaning representative told him that unlike at other institutions, his son would 'never be taught by a graduate student.' Fri, 02 May 2008 09:50:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.01/10-artmuseum.html The Harvard University Art Museums - a leading center for research and teaching in the visual arts comprising three museums and four research centers - has changed its name to the Harvard Art Museum. The new name, selected because it better expresses the institution's mission, grows out of an initiative to further unify and integrate the museum's collections and programs. Fri, 02 May 2008 09:50:01 EDT