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Really, an "obesity bug"? In 2007, Harvard researcher Nicholas Christakis and his colleagues analyzed 32 years' worth of data from an interconnected social network of 12,000 adults and found that a person's chances of becoming obese increased 37% if a spouse had become obese, 40% if a sibling...
Incoming Pforzheimer House Master Nicholas A. Christakis says he was “unhappy” with potentially terminating 1:30 a.m. shuttle service to the Quad next year from Sunday to Wednesday; this year, shuttle service ended at 3:45 a.m.
“This type of cut specifically disadvantages the Quad,” says Christakis, who along with his wife will inherit a budget finalized by his predecessors, James J. and Sue McCarthy. He adds that he was concerned that Quad residents will also have to contend with the...
After last month’s announcement that late night shuttle service might be eliminated as part of a round of sweeping budget cuts, students erupted in protest, citing safety concerns that would arise if the decision were to go through. But a week later, Dean of the College Evelynn...
Nicholas A. Christakis MD, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The incoming master of Pforzheimer House, he is also the author of the forthcoming book...