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Last week, we released a amazing program that features nearly two
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the program, Dr. Michael Parker and other Harvard Medical School
professors explain how they designed the Human Systems Explorer, a
groundbreaking, interactive teaching tool for pathophysiology, and
how it is used in clinical situations, medical classrooms and beyond.
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As you requested, this e-mail serves to notify you that the
Harvard@Home program "Innovations and Reflections: Harvard's Class of
1954" has been released.
Wrote John Updike in the reunion memoir of Harvard’s storied Class of
1954, "For many of us, it's been a lovely half-century. And to the
world of our college years can be traced, I think, much that is good
and worth preserving in the world now."
Called by The Boston Globe "Harvard's greatest class," the Class of
1954 invites you to join in lively panel discussions featuring leaders
in politics, finance, literature, and science. “Innovations &
Reflections: Harvard's Class of 1954” offers memorable discussions,
lively debate, and prescient insight by leaders such as Senator Edward
Kennedy, author John Updike, Fidelity CEO Edward Johnson, III, and a
panel of distinguished Harvard scientists including Carla Shatz, Lene
Hau, Judah Folkman, Douglas Melton, and E.O. Wilson.
Offering approximately nine hours of video, this program features panel
presentations, audience question and answer sessions, slides from the
panelists, and a compilation video featuring interviews with panelists,
highlights of reunion activities, and memorable moments from the panel
sessions.
To view "Innovations and Reflections: Harvard's Class of 1954," visit
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As you requested, this e-mail serves to notify you that the
Harvard@Home program "The Business of Baseball" has been released.
"The Business of Baseball," a Harvard Alumni College presentation,
features a compilation video of the 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series
victory parade, as well as interviews with Boston Red Sox players,
management, and fans as they celebrate their first World Series win
since 1918.
Also featured is a pre-World Series panel discussion of America's most
popular sport from the perspectives of a team owner, sports attorney,
and sports analyst; and a presentation by Janet Marie Smith, Vice
President of Development and Planning for the Red Sox, analyzing the
history of America's baseball stadiums, and offering insights into the
future of Fenway Park, the smallest and oldest ballpark in Major League
Baseball.
This program offers over two hours of video content, slides, and
questions from the audience.
To view the program, visit: http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/bob.html
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As you requested, this e-mail serves to notify you that the
Harvard@Home program "Changing Habitats...Vanishing Species" has been
released.
"Changing Habitats...Vanishing Species," a presentation of the Harvard
Museum of Natural History, is a scientific discussion of how
environments are changing and why species are being lost.
Presentations discuss the root causes, including climate and land use
change, and their impact on species' habitats. What are the
ramifications for human society? Why should people care? If it is
inevitable that species must be sacrificed to development, how does
humanity prioritize which ones are saved? This symposium occurred on
Friday, November 12, 2004, at the Harvard University Science Center.
This program offers close to an hour and a half of video content,
slides, and questions from the audience.
To view the program, visit: http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/chvs.html
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As you requested, this e-mail serves to notify you that the
Harvard@Home program "Living Longer, Living Healthier: Part III" has
been released.
"Living Healthier, Living Longer: Part III," the third and final
release featuring a collaboration between the Harvard Alumni
Association and Harvard Medical School, offers a leading-edge look at
critical questions of lifestyle, health, and medicine.
Dr. Daniel Federman, the Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of
Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, moderates
panels featuring Dr. Daniel Schacter discussing the seven categories of
memory "sins"; Dr. Robert Stickgold discussing sleep, dreams, and
memory; and Drs. Julie Buring and Andrew Nierenberg analyzing the risks
and benefits of alternative medicine.
This program offers close to two and a half hours of video content,
slides, and questions from the audience.
To view the program, visit: http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/lhlc.html
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Harvard@Home program "Socks Before Shoes: Unraveling Cell Division" has
been released.
"Socks Before Shoes: Unraveling Cell Division"
Just as you make sure your socks are on before your shoes, cells make
sure that their chromosomes are properly aligned before they divide.
However, every time a cell divides, it runs the risk of generating
cells with too few or too many chromosomes. These mistakes can cause
Down Syndrome and play a role in the growth of cancers. In his Science
Center Lecture Series presentation, professor Andrew Murray looks at a
mysterious cellular process that may provide clues to understanding
chromosomal abnormalities such as the higher incidence of children with
Down Syndrome born to older women.
The Science Center Research Lecture Series, designed for interested
laypersons, is free and open to the public. Initiated in 1973, the
Public Research Lecture Series offers six lectures a year and features
Harvard science professors discussing their latest research and
innovations.
This program offers over one hour of video, slides and animation, and
questions from the audience.
To view the program, visit: http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/sbs.html
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Harvard@Home program "Reproductive Health in the Twenty-First Century"
has been released.
"Reproductive Health in the Twenty-First Century"
On October 14 and 15, 2004, The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
held its third annual conference on women, gender, and society,
entitled "Reproductive Health in the Twenty-First Century."
This conference examines a broad array of issues surrounding
reproductive health and features panels of distinguished physicians,
scholars, and health policy advocates discussing the scientific,
ethical, and social dimensions of medical and technological advances in
the field and their global implications.
This program features over seven hours of video, including audience
question-and-answer sessions with the panelists, as well as slides and
a glossary of terms.
To view the program, visit: http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/rrh.html
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Harvard@Home program "Genetically Modified Foods: Harvard Medical
School Graduate Student Presentations" has been released.
"Genetically Modified Foods: Harvard Medical School Graduate Student
Presentations"
In this student-run Science in the News seminar, Harvard Medical School
graduate students discuss the potential and problems of genetically
modified foods. Featuring three presenters, as well as audience
question-and-answer sessions, this program offers analysis of the
history, the future, ethical questions, and health concerns surrounding
this controversial, multi-billion-dollar science of genetically
engineering food.
This program features 1 hour and 30 minutes of video, including an
audience question-and-answer session with the panelists, as well as
slides and a glossary of terms.
To view the program, visit: http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/gmf.html
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Harvard@Home program "Brown v. Board of Education: Looking Back,
Looking Forward" has been released.
"Brown v. Board: Looking Back, Looking Forward"
Harvard University celebrates the 50th anniversary of the landmark
United States Supreme Court civil rights case, Brown v. Board of
Education, with panel discussions sponsored by Harvard Law School and
the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This celebration presents
opportunities to hear discussions with several of the 1954 attorneys
who argued the case before the Supreme Court, and to hear their
reflections on the impact of the decision 50 years later. Also featured
are distinguished educators and lawyers, concerned with equal justice,
discussing the impact of desegregation.
To view the program, visit http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/bvb.html
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As you requested, this e-mail serves to notify you that the
Harvard@Home programs "Living Healthier, Living Longer: Part II" and "A
COMPLETE Search for New Suns" have been released.
"Living Healthier, Living Longer: Part II," the second release of a
collaboration between the Harvard Alumni Association and Harvard
Medical School, offers a cutting-edge look at critical lifestyle,
health, and medical questions.
Dr. Daniel Federman, Senior Dean for Alumni Relations and Clinical
Teaching and the Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine and
Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, moderates panels on:
* Cancer: featuring Dr. Judah Folkman discussing the potential of
anti-angiogenesis drugs for treating cancer and Dr. David Rosenthal
addressing the national decline in cancer mortality rates and advances
in pre-cancer screening.
* Lifestyle Management: featuring Dr. Frank Sacks discussing nutrition
and dieting and Dr. Harvey Simon discussing the role of exercise,
health, and longevity.
This program is the second release of a two-part series and offers over
two and a half hours of video content, slides from the presentations,
and audience participation.
"Living Healthier, Living Longer: Part II" is available at:
http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/lhlb.html
Also new on Harvard@Home is "A COMPLETE Search for New Suns"
Alyssa A. Goodman, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and a
Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution, describes her
path-breaking research as Principal Investigator of the COMPLETE
project. COMPLETE, or the COrdinated Molecular Probe Line Extinction
Thermal Emission survey, is a collaboration among twelve researchers in
five countries aimed at fully mapping nearly 1,000 square lights years
of star-forming material in the Milky Way galaxy. Initiated in 2001,
the survey uses ground- and space- based radio, infrared, and optical
telescopes to study the motions and distribution of material destined
to form new stars and planetary systems.
This program features 45 minutes of video, 43 slides, a glossary, as
well as an audience question and answer session with Professor Goodman.
"A COMPLETE Search for New Suns" is available at:
http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/css.html
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