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...have the brain power not only in the five-college area,” Chang said. Gore’s campaign outlines the reduction of carbon in the atmosphere from its current level of 387 parts per million to below 350 parts per million. Activists at the town hall event said that in the short term, they would focus on encouraging their state representatives to support Gore’s initiative. “Our larger campaign of demonstrating support for bold and ambitious action on climate change here in Massachusetts will have an effect on the climate negotiations through...
Nations should take further steps to guard against the spread of disease in the event of a future biological weapons attack or contagious outbreak, Institute of Politics Fellow Howard A. Zucker said yesterday. The remarks by the former assistant director-general of the World Health Organization came in the midst of a talk about the often neglected relationship between the health of a nation and its security at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs yesterday. Zucker struck a frank note about the impending possibility of international health threats. “The data...
...want to hear about the plight of refugees and the legal system, but it’s also useful to hear personalized accounts of what we can do to be advocates,” said Cosette D. Creamer, a second-year law school student who helped organize the event on behalf of the Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights. Kim said he will continue to work on raising awareness about the refugees. “It is seen as a largely Korean issue,” he said. “So we are trying to get people outside...
...amazingly moving,” she said. “It’s the quintessential Boston event.” Running a marathon has always been one of Siegel’s personal goals, leading her to decide to try the Boston Marathon—the world’s oldest annual marathon—which takes place on Patriots’ Day and draws about 20,000 competitors from around the world each year...
...This is an utterly terrifying event," says Allen Keller, the director of the Bellevue/New York University School of Medicine Program for Survivors of Torture. "Psychologically this can result in significant long-term post traumatic stress, and produce anxiety and depression...