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Highlights of 2020 at the CHS Greece

December 23, 2020

Programs being implemented online

CHS Greece, in the context of the instructions and regulations regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, adapted its operation and activities to the new situation. In this context, and with the contribution of digital technology, it proceeded to changes to its structures and the implementation of its programs, with the help of Harvard's online platforms and tools. These programs include the High School Summer Program and the Teaching Internships, the Museum of Cycladic Art Internship, the International Scholars' Symposium, the CHS Fellowships in...

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We Need Your Help! A Canadian Bat Box Project

December 22, 2020

by Karen Vanderwolf (ComSciCon-GTA 2020)

If you have a bat box I want to know about it!

Bats in Canada face multiple threats from habitat loss and disease. As towns and cities expand, the large old trees that bats call home are being cleared, and bats are losing their roosts. Bats need a warm and secure place to roost during the day in the summer. A bat box is a simple and effective way to provide additional roosting habitat for...

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New Commission to Bring Universal Health Care to India

December 21, 2020
India’s health care system is riddled with inequities, which the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated. The new Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System is an ambitious endeavor to chart a path toward universal health coverage for the people of India. The new commission is cochaired by two Faculty Associates: Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, and Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and... Read more about New Commission to Bring Universal Health Care to India

Gregory Nagy joining the Academy of Athens Seminar 2020–2021

December 21, 2020

CHS Director and Harvard Professor, Gregory Nagy, also an elected foreign member of the Academy of Athens since 2010, is the invited speaker at the virtual seminar that will take place on January 20, 2021, 5–7pm, where he will deliver a presentation entitled "When self-praise connects the speaker to the universe: A diachronic view of the word εὔχομαι in its Homeric contexts".

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