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...success of that approach led her to develop a similar guide for doctors who want to discuss religious questions with cancer patients. The approach has not yet been tested in any large-scale studies, but in the smaller surveys Kristeller has conducted, it has been a roaring success: up to 90% of the patients whose doctors approached them in this way were not offended by the overture, and 75% said it was very helpful. Within as little as three weeks, the people in that group reported reduced feelings of depression, an improved quality of life and a greater sense that...
Three experts--the Rev. George Handzo, a chaplain with the HealthCare Chaplaincy of New York City; Dr. Andrew Newberg, a radiologist and psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Richard Sloan, a psychiatrist at Columbia University--discuss the role that belief should play in science...
JUNE 2006 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger convenes a special legislative session to discuss overcrowding and recidivism. He proposes a $6 billion plan to build more prison space...
...five different locations throughout campus for a full reading of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” Browne and Andrew Berry are teaching an “Understanding Darwinism” class open to the public, and Harvard scholars will discuss the scientist’s impact on their work in a “Darwin and Me” afternoon symposium. The Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub is hosting a birthday party from 8-10 p.m., featuring free drinks, live student music, and a Darwin trivia contest. Lo invites...
...Harvard initiatives in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force on the Arts. Introduced by Faust as “the beautiful Yo-Yo Ma,” Ma performed an awe-inspiring rendition of the Sarabande from Bach’s first cello suite and animatedly discussed his life in the arts. Although he admitted that he can’t carry a tune without an instrument, he explained the value of sharing and communicating an emotional connection with music instead of teaching and learning notes in a strict one-way fashion.After closing with a call for global...