Request a ticket today for Human Genome Map anniversary panel
Feb. 22
4:00 PM
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
 Hosted by Harvard President Drew Faust, this panel will explore both what has been accomplished since the creation of the Human Genome Map and what the future holds. Learn more or request a ticket. Note: Tickets must be requested by 10:00 PM on Thursday, February 17.
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Commencement speaker announced
 Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, MPH '65, Special Envoy to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on climate change, former Prime Minister of Norway, and former Director-General of the World Health Organization, will be this year's Commencement speaker on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Read more about Brundtland here and here.
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Crime on campus
 Harvard University Police Department Chief Francis Riley discusses arrests made in last fall's string of robberies on the Cambridge campus and offers advice on staying safe in an urban environment. Read more
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Around the School
Faculty appointmentDavid Stuckler, assistant professor of political economy, Department of Global Health and Population. Did you know? Spring computer training courses Learn more about free courses offered in the Kresge computer labs. Harvard Museum of Natural History Upcoming lectures and special programs include the animals of the Chinese zodiac and the evolution of childhood.
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Elderly black patients were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital after a prior hospital stay for a heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia, according to a new study from HSPH researchers. They found that the higher readmission rates were due to disparities related to both race and the hospitals where patients were treated. 
