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...specializes in the study of self-injurious behavior and edited a book on the subject, Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (due March 2009), many do it for two broad reasons: to regulate their emotions and to communicate with others. "Self-injurers experience greater physiological arousal in response to stress, show poor ability to tolerate distress, and have greater deficits in social problem-solving skills," Nock explains, meaning that people self-injure to distract themselves from other emotional pain, to counter feelings of numbness or to let people know that they're suffering...
...going to submit its final master plan to the city in a few months. Graduate School of Design professor Alex Krieger, who has been involved in Allston planning in the past, said it was natural that the expansion project bear some of the brunt of the current financial stress on Harvard. “I’m not surprised that this is emerging as an idea,” Krieger said. “I don’t see it as a crisis at the moment for Allston.” —Staff Writer Vidya...
...Even in these moments of financial stress, we do have funds specifically designated for arts activities,” Faust said...
...done during winter break. Though as a current senior she won’t be affected by the changes, Dana A. Stern ’09 also said that she liked Harvard’s current calendar. “I’d be under a lot more stress if I had to take finals right now,” she said. She also mentioned that in years when she had less work for finals she was able to stay home and “have a really long break anyway.” The calendar reform, which...
...Falls:Everywhere in the world, this one is a killer - and everywhere, boys are at the greatest risk. Hazardous environments, low maternal education, caregiver stress and unemployment are highly associated with fatal falls, which claim 47,000 kids and teens annually, or 129 each day. And for every fall that proves lethal, there are an astounding 690 other kids who are hurt seriously enough to miss school or work. Those nonfatal falls are the most common reasons for visits to hospitals and for long-term disability. Childhood and public-information programs, redesigns of nursery furniture and playground equipment, and laws...