In Print

Photo by Graham Ramsay

From Focus:
T. Rex Protein Sequenced in Mass Spec Tour de Force
In a venture thought to lie outside the reach of science, investigators including John Asara (front) and Lewis Cantley have captured and sequenced tiny pieces of collagen protein from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex. The protein fragments—seven in all—appear to most closely match amino acid sequences in collagen of the present day chicken, lending support to a recent and still controversial proposal that birds and dinosaurs are evolutionarily related.

Upcoming

The 2007 Minority Health Policy Annual Meeting

Thursday, May 3
7:30 a.m–1:30 p.m.

Speakers:

•Allison Bryant
•Thomas Delbanco
•Joxel Garcia
•Deborah Prothrow-Stith
•Joan Reede

StudenTalk

Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.

Spotlight

Photo by Jeff Thiebauth

Community Health Program Launches Award for Social Justice
This year’s fourth annual community health celebration, Reflection in Action: Building Healthy Communities, on April 10, marked the launch of an annual award for social action, the Ruth M. Batson Social Justice Award. The first recipient is Susan Batson (above).

Student Scene

Toward Evidence-based Pedagogy
The Center for Evaluation at HMS supports course content, teaching, and student learning through assessment and consultation. It has already begun plumbing the effectiveness of portions of the new integrated curriculum and guiding their refinement.

Science Progress

A new HMS site tracing paths to progress in health care through funding, science, and discovery.

Lab Works

A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.