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#EducationReform #SouthernSurge #StudentAchievement
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Want better schools? It's all up to states. -- Harvard Gazette
Education scholar Thomas Kane says that's the lesson of recent 'Southern surge' in test scores
Southern states have historically underperformed in educational achievement.
#EducationReform #SouthernSurge #StudentAchievement
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Want better schools? It's all up to states. -- Harvard Gazette
Education scholar Thomas Kane says that's the lesson of recent 'Southern surge' in test scores
Southern states have historically underperformed in educational achievement.
#HealthcareReform #PrescriptionMedications #MedicareSavings
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Federal drug price reforms are working, finds study -- Harvard Gazette
More than one in four American adults struggle to afford their prescription medications. Those who can't are left with grim choices -- skipping doses, cutting pills in half, or abandoning prescriptions entirely.
#Bioethics #HealthDisparities #RacialEquity
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Why we need Black bioethics -- Harvard Gazette
Panel points to historical examples, including Tuskegee experiment, pandemic, and life expectancy inequities
There is a need for a Black bioethics, argued a recent panel sponsored by Harvard Medical School and Tuskegee University.
#BenjaminFranklin #ScienceAndPolitics #AmericanHistory
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How Ben Franklin put a charge into American independence -- Harvard Gazette
Reputation in science was key to his political power, historian says. On the other hand, 'Frankenstein. '
Benjamin Franklin is known as a leading figure in the American Revolution, a diplomat, a printer and publisher, and an inventor.
#CancerResearch #DrugDevelopment #ProteinBiology
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Unlocking hidden pocket on a billion‑dollar drug target -- Harvard Gazette
Scientists identify path toward making cancer drugs safer and more selective
For years, a protein inside our cells has quietly powered billions of dollars' worth of cancer drugs.
#Alzheimers #Dementia #HealthResearch
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'A moment of real possibility' in Alzheimer's care -- Harvard Gazette
Experts explain how recent findings are demystifying disease that afflicts tens of millions worldwide
Alzheimer's disease is widely believed to be caused by accumulating amyloid plaques in the brain, which trigger cascading effects that cause damage.
#SocialMedia #MentalHealth #TechLiability
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Is social media responsible for what happens to users? -- Harvard Gazette
Landmark suit to examine 1996 law, questions about mental health, other harms, role of website design
A Los Angeles jury will decide whether Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube are addictive and causing harm to teenagers and children -- and whether they can be held responsible for it.
#OpioidAddiction #YogaTherapy #AddictionRecovery
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Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds -- Harvard Gazette
Researchers say results could dramatically increase chances of recovery
Just 10 sessions of yoga can cut the length of the initial, most severe period of opioid withdrawal nearly in half, dramatically increasing the odds of successful recovery, new research shows.
#CancerResearch #YoungAdults #PublicHealth
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Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones -- Harvard Gazette
Large new global study fuels growing concern over trend of increases in several types
Six cancer types are rising faster in younger adults than in those who are older in at least five countries, a new study of global cancer incidence shows, and two types -- colorectal and uterine -- are becoming both more common and more deadly among the young.
#CivicEducation #Democracy #HistoricalAwareness
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Excerpt from 'The Cradle of Citizenship' by James Traub -- Harvard Gazette
Journalist blends history, on-the-ground reporting, finds answer may be civic education that goes far beyond 3 branches of government
Excerpted from "The Cradle of Citizenship: How Schools Can Help Save Our Democracy" by James Traub '76.
#AIinEducation #CriticalThinking #Metacognition
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Preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts -- Harvard Gazette
Tina Grotzer: Once you start to know what your mind can do that's so much better than AI, it kind of makes sense that some tasks are well-relegated to AI and other tasks are not.
#HealthInsurance #GLP1 #ObesityTreatment
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Pricey blockbuster GLP-1s are costing users -- and most of the rest of us, too -- Harvard Gazette
Health insurers are passing along cost for coverage in form of higher rates across the board, policy researcher says
The popularity of pricey GLP-1 drugs has hit the budgets of users -- and just about everyone else.
#StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine #Neuroscience
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A 'cocktail' recipe for brain cells -- Harvard Gazette
Stem cell biologists discover how to regenerate type damaged in ALS, spinal cord injuries
Harvard stem cell biologists have discovered a way to grow the type of brain cells that degenerate in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and suffer damage in spinal cord injuries.
#StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine #Neuroscience
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A 'cocktail' recipe for brain cells -- Harvard Gazette
Stem cell biologists discover how to regenerate type damaged in ALS, spinal cord injuries
Harvard stem cell biologists have discovered a way to grow the type of brain cells that degenerate in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and suffer damage in spinal cord injuries.
#ArtificialIntelligence #TechRegulation #CyberSecurity
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Worried about how AI may affect foreign policy? You should be. -- Harvard Gazette
Experts discuss vulnerabilities, need for oversight of tech development, regulation
Forget AI hallucinations. Computer security expert Bruce Schneier warns of bigger problems as policymakers worldwide enlist the tools of artificial intelligence.
#CognitiveHealth #DementiaPrevention #Caffeine
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Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk -- Harvard Gazette
Caffeinated tea also found to slow cognitive decline in study
A new study found that drinking two to three cups of coffee a day, or one to two cups of tea, reduced dementia risk, slowed cognitive decline, and preserved brain function.
#CognitiveHealth #DementiaPrevention #Caffeine
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Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk -- Harvard Gazette
Caffeinated tea also found to slow cognitive decline in study
A new study found that drinking two to three cups of coffee a day, or one to two cups of tea, reduced dementia risk, slowed cognitive decline, and preserved brain function.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Mathematics #ResearchInnovation
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When you do the math, humans still rule -- Harvard Gazette
Harvard's Lauren Williams, a MacArthur 'genius,' joins international effort to challenge notions of AI supremacy
Have reports of AI replacing mathematicians been greatly exaggerated.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Mathematics #ResearchInnovation
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When you do the math, humans still rule -- Harvard Gazette
Harvard's Lauren Williams, a MacArthur 'genius,' joins international effort to challenge notions of AI supremacy
Have reports of AI replacing mathematicians been greatly exaggerated.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Mathematics #ResearchInnovation
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When you do the math, humans still rule -- Harvard Gazette
Harvard's Lauren Williams, a MacArthur 'genius,' joins international effort to challenge notions of AI supremacy
Have reports of AI replacing mathematicians been greatly exaggerated.
#ImmigrationPolicy #BorderSecurity #DHS
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Border security isn't really the problem -- Harvard Gazette
There is no question that having secure borders must be a national priority, former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said during a discussion on the topic on Tuesday evening at Harvard Kennedy School.
#BrainImaging #ArtificialIntelligence #Neurology
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New AI tool predicts brain age, dementia risk, cancer survival -- Harvard Gazette
Unlike other AI models, BrainIAC needs limited data to ID key neurological health indicators
A new AI foundation model has been developed that can accurately extract multiple disease risk signals from routine brain MRIs, including: estimating a person's "brain age"; predicting dementia risk; detecting brain tumor mutations; and predicting survival from brain cancer, according to investigators from Harvard-affiliated Mass General Brigham.
#BrainImaging #ArtificialIntelligence #Neurology
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New AI tool predicts brain age, dementia risk, cancer survival -- Harvard Gazette
Unlike other AI models, BrainIAC needs limited data to ID key neurological health indicators
A new AI foundation model has been developed that can accurately extract multiple disease risk signals from routine brain MRIs, including: estimating a person's "brain age"; predicting dementia risk; detecting brain tumor mutations; and predicting survival from brain cancer, according to investigators from Harvard-affiliated Mass General Brigham.
#Genetics #InheritedDiseases #Ophthalmology
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Turns out inherited eye diseases aren't a sure thing -- Harvard Gazette
Inherited eye diseases long believed to be inevitable for those with a certain mutated gene actually occur in just a minority of those cases, according to a recent study.
#CancerSurvival #MedicalProgress #EarlyDetection
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Americans living longer after cancer diagnosis -- Harvard Gazette
Oncologist explains why rising survival rates only tell part of the story
New findings on cancer survival rates offer hope for the more than 2 million Americans diagnosed each year.
#CancerSurvival #MedicalProgress #EarlyDetection
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Americans living longer after cancer diagnosis -- Harvard Gazette
Oncologist explains why rising survival rates only tell part of the story
New findings on cancer survival rates offer hope for the more than 2 million Americans diagnosed each year.
#EconomicMobility #PublicHousing #SocialImpact
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How design of public housing can lift future prospects of children -- Harvard Gazette
New research builds upon previous work that focused on moving families from high-poverty areas, broadening social milieu of young
Public housing high-rises, common in the late 20th century, often siloed residents from surrounding communities.
#ClimateChange #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability
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Michael McElroy, pioneering atmospheric scientist, dies at 86 -- Harvard Gazette
Helped build foundation of climate and environmental studies at Harvard
Michael B. McElroy, the Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies in the Harvard John A.
#Alzheimers #Neuroscience #Lithium
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An Alzheimer's breakthrough 10 years in the making -- Harvard Gazette
Bruce Yankner has had a busy couple of months.
In August, his team published groundbreaking research showing that lithium is a natural, biologically important element in the brain that has the potential to prevent or even reverse Alzheimer's disease.
#matheducation #teacherpay #classroomcreativity
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How to stop slumping American math scores -- Harvard Gazette
Scholars see solutions in classroom creativity, higher teacher pay -- and attendance
Scholars are frustrated. After decades of effort to bring more challenge and joy to math class, American students have made little net progress.
#CubanHistory #Education #CulturalExchange
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When Cambridge was a 'tiny Cuba' -- Harvard Gazette
125 years ago, a Harvard exhibition drew 1,200 Cuban educators to class
In the summer of 1900, the rhythms of campus were transformed as more than 1,200 Cuban educators arrived for a six-week summer school.
#CubanHistory #Education #CulturalExchange
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When Cambridge was a 'tiny Cuba' -- Harvard Gazette
125 years ago, a Harvard exhibition drew 1,200 Cuban educators to class
In the summer of 1900, the rhythms of campus were transformed as more than 1,200 Cuban educators arrived for a six-week summer school.
