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Welcome to the June issue of HSPH
Update, an e-letter for friends of the
Harvard School of Public Health.
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Harvard School of Public Health Commencement
Congratulations Class
of 2010!  More than 500 HSPH students received degrees to the applause of an overflowing audience of faculty, alumni, friends, and families at this year's Commencement in the Kresge courtyard on May 27. Read more. Watch
a video of the ceremony. Your gift to the HSPH Annual Fund will help us recruit more promising future leaders to attend HSPH regardless of their financial circumstances. Make a gift to the HSPH Annual Fund before June 30. |
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Dean Frenk joins
UN group to combat poverty
 Dean Julio Frenk has joined a United
Nations advocacy group to
eradicate poverty. The group includes two Nobel laureates, businessmen
and philanthropists Bill Gates and Ted
Turner, and others. They have been tasked with galvanizing support for
achieving the Millennium Development Goals by
the target date of
2015. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
made the announcement on June 23, 2010. Read more. |
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Research News
 Raising price may be best motivator to swap sugary
drinks for healthier ones
Raising the price on regular sodas may be the most effective way to
encourage Americans to reach for less sugary drinks, suggests a new
study. Read more
Read
about latest news in diabetes prevention
An HSPH study has
found that replacing white rice with brown rice or other whole grains may reduce diabetes risk.
Also watch videos and download presentations from a recent diabetes prevention forum.
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 Family
Abuse in India and South Asia -- Changing the
Cycle
Child brides, child mothers, child victims: What can be
done? Read moreFrom Patient to Public Health LeaderAs director of the Indian Health Service, HSPH alumna Yvette
Roubideaux is on a quest to improve health care for American Indian and Alaska
Native people. Read more |
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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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Saturday Is for Funerals
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 Botswana
-- a country so ravaged by AIDS that Saturdays are unofficially reserved for
mourning -- is the setting for this book by novelist Unity Dow and HSPH Professor Max Essex. Read more
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Report
available: Rape in War
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Alumna Jocelyn Kelly of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative has conducted interviews with militia members in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
to provide insight into soldiers'
attitudes toward sexual violence. The resulting report is
available for download. Also see Kelly's blog. |
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Sen. Tom Harkin honored for efforts to make Americans healthier
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 Senator
Tom Harkin (center in photo with Dean Julio Frenk, left, and Prof. Walter
Willett) received the Healthy Cup Award from HSPH's Nutrition Round Table on
Monday, May 17. Harkin is a long-time health and wellness policy advocate. Read more
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