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...idea that environmental conditions in the womb may have lifelong effects on the fetus is certainly not new. British epidemiologist D.J. Barker first proposed his theory of fetal origins in 1992, arguing that when the fetus doesn't get enough nutrition in utero, for example, an increased risk of future heart disease and diabetes somehow gets "programmed" into his or her development. There wasn't very much data to back Barker's theory at the time, but over the decades, a wealth of animal and human data has suggested it's true. Maternal conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes...
...game versus Princeton after Clark threw some costly interceptions early in the game. Lum will have to face the Crimson’s veteran defense in his first collegiate-level start, going head-to-head against Harvard’s pre-season All-American cornerbacks senior Derrick Barker and sophomore Matthew Hanson, as well as All-Ivy junior defensive back Collin Zych, who recorded eight tackles and a sack against Brown last week...
...panel of scholars of American history and literature sat in front of a stone fireplace and under the painted gaze of their deceased predecessors to debate how best to represent the American literary tradition in a single volume at an event on Friday in the Barker Center’s Thompson Room...
Farnham and Sewell will have to contend with the Crimson’s strong secondary of Derrick Barker, Ryan Barnes, Matthew Hanson, and Collin Zych. Cornerbacks Barker and Hanson have both been named preseason All-Americans, and Hanson was the 2008 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Barnes recorded 50 tackles last season, and Zych was named to the this year’s preseason All-Ivy team...
Holding a public reading in the Barker Center, D’Agata read excerpts from “The Lost Origins of the Essay,” his new anthology. After beginning with a reading from the introduction of the work, a succession of Harvard professors read selected essays from the anthology. The evening concluded with a question-and-answer session with the author himself...