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The Growing Up Today Study (GUTS) is an ongoing collaborative research project between researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1996 in the United States, the study collects data annually from over 26,000 participants in order to evaluate the factors ...
The Grant Study is an 86-year continuing longitudinal study from the Study of Adult Development at Harvard Medical School, started in 1938. [2] It has followed 268 Harvard-educated men, the majority of whom were members of the undergraduate classes of 1942, 1943 and 1944.
Nadarajan "Raj" Chetty (born August 4, 1979) is an Indian-American economist who is the William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics at Harvard University. [2] Some of Chetty's recent papers have studied equality of opportunity in the United States [3] and the long-term impact of teachers on students' performance. [4]
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is a post-graduate research center promoting the study of modern and contemporary China from a social science perspective. The center hosts and organizes academic activities, provides research funds for faculty and students, and helps policy-makers and news media to understand modern ...
The Harvard "Six Cities" study was a major epidemiological study of over 8,000 adults in six American cities that helped to establish the connection between fine-particulate air pollution (such as diesel engine soot) and reduced life expectancy ("excess mortality"). [1]
The march to Harvard Yard was described by The New York Times as largely peaceful, [11] with rocks being thrown sporadically. A sound truck encouraged participants to “go all the way to Harvard Square – where the enemies are”. [12] The number of protesters was estimated to be around 1,500 by the time they entered Harvard Square at 7pm. [11]
Rachna or Rachana means a literary or other work in Sanskrit. Rachna may also refer to: Rachana (film), a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language film by Mohan; Rachana, a village in the district of Batroun, North Lebanon; Rachana, a genus of butterflies; Rachana (typeface), a Malayalam typeface; Rachana Banerjee (born 1974), Indian Film actress
The Joint Center for Housing Studies is a research center on housing-related issues at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Through its research, education, and public outreach programs, the center helps leaders in government, business, and the civic sectors make decisions that effectively address the needs of cities and communities.