Health & Society
Engaging Youth to Sustain the Longevity of the Olympics: Q&A With Professor Jeeyoon Kim
The 2024 Paris Olympics is almost underway. The glory for the world-class athletes and the excitement for the spectators make for a riveting Games—crucial for the success of these Olympics and, more importantly, for the longevity of the Games. That…
Ying Shi Named William T. Grant Scholar for Research on School Victimization
Ying Shi, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a William T. Grant Scholar and received a $350,000 award to explore Asian American students’ exposure to victimization…
Warehouse Display Honors Design Alumnus for Innovative Headwear, Protective Sports Equipment
Witnessing a helmet-to-helmet collision sparked an idea for School of Design alumnus Bert Straus ’59, setting off a series of evolutions in headwear and protective sports equipment. Straus remembers watching the collision during a televised sports game. An image of…
$1.25M Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Humanities-Oriented Project Focused on Pandemic Backlash and Public Health
A project that uses humanities methods to document and explore pandemic backlash and the experiences of public health officials has received $1.25 million in funding from the Mellon Foundation. The multi-university effort involves historians and public health scholars based at…
Saraswati Dhakal G’24 Embraces Role as Mental Health Counselor and Advocate
Before pursuing a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from the School of Education, Saraswati Dhakal G’24 served as a transplant coordinator and operation theatre nurse at the Human Organ Transplant Centre in Bhaktapur, Nepal. In that role, Dhakal…
Study: Pandemic Policies Linked to Overdose Spike
Drug overdose rates skyrocketed in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 92,000 people died due to overdose in 2020. Public health experts worried early in the…
The Impact of China’s Rapidly Aging Society
Due to its economic growth and large population, the People’s Republic of China is widely viewed as a rising economic and military superpower. But declining fertility rates and increased life expectancies over the last few decades have conspired to make…
Racial Wealth Gap Research Presented at MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Event
The U.S. racial wealth gap was the focus of a symposium hosted by the Lender Center for Social Justice last week. “Interrogating the Racial Wealth Gap: Thinking Locally,” featured presentations by five faculty teams whose research is supported by 2023…
Falk College Welcomes Sports Dietetics Expert Laura Moretti Reece for Ann Litt Lecture March 26
The Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is pleased to welcome Laura Moretti Reece as the featured speaker of the Eighth Annual Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series. Her lecture, “Nourishing an Athlete with an Eating Disorder: A Sport…
Joshua McIntosh G’12: Navigating Complexities, Transforming Higher Education
A new chapter unfolds for School of Education graduate Joshua G. McIntosh G’12 as he starts 2024 as executive dean of John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, bringing with him a wealth of experience and a trail…