Next week: Harvard School of Public Health
CommencementThursday, May 27, 2010, Kresge Courtyard, 2:30-5 p.m.  For updates on the day's
events visit HSPH's Commencement Corner. Watch a live webcast on the School's home page. Procession begins at 2:30 p.m. |
HSPH Prof. Sue Goldie named director of Harvard Institute for Global Health
 Harvard President Drew Faust has announced the appointment of HSPH's Sue J. Goldie as director of the Harvard Institute
for Global Health (HIGH). President Faust has said that global health is one of her main priorities. Read the Harvard Gazette story.
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What your computer does when you're not looking
Did you know that your computer continues to use energy even when it's in "standby mode"? So do other electronic devices. This Memorial Day Weekend, think about taking steps to avoid these energy "vampires" and to practice other sustainability efforts before leaving your office:
· Shut off computers, printers, fax machines,
and other non-essential electronics (or just turn off the power strip if
you use one already).
· Close curtains/lower blinds for extra
protection from the sun.
· Tightly turn off faucets, and report
any leaks.
· And of course...turn off the lights.
To learn more, join the HSPH Green Team, Eco-Opportunity on Facebook.
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Research news
New twist on potential malaria drug target
acts by trapping parasites in cells
Manoj Duraisingh, postdoctoral fellow Jeffrey Dvorin, and colleagues sought to block
invasion of healthy red blood cells by malaria
parasites, but instead succeeded in locking the parasites within
infected blood cells, potentially containing the disease. Read more
Majority
of Young Victims of Unintentional Shootings
Shot by Another Youth
David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury
Control Research Center at
HSPH, and colleagues have published online the first multi-state, in-depth study
of who fires the shot in
unintentional firearm fatalities. Read more
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