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News Releases

10/5/11

Professor Donald Shepard, principal author, says "The increase in food insecurity demonstrates the breadth of suffering associated with this recession." →

9/26/11

A new report by Heller's Institute on Assets and Social Policy underscores how more than half of African American and Latino seniors are struggling to make ends meet. →

9/8/11

Heller's Robert Mechanic is senior author of the study, published in the September issue of Health Affairs. →

8/24/11

Heller’s Robert Mechanic discusses how episode-based payment can encourage more efficient and integrated health care delivery. →

6/23/11

Keynote speaker Anya Rader Wallack, PhD '07, and panelists discuss how Vermont plans to achieve universal health care. →

5/4/11

The Piglet Project: A new take on student philanthropy, wins the 2011 Sillerman Prize for Innovations in Philanthropy on College Campuses. →

4/28/11

Gertner has served as a United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts since 1994. →

4/14/11

The Teaching Award winner is Professor Susan Parish; Professor Susan Holcombe wins the Mentoring Award. →

3/23/11

They are among those recognized for "elevating service in the Commonwealth." →

3/18/11

Three StartingBloc Social Justice Scholarships will be available to fellows accepted into the MBA or MPP Programs. →

1/11/11

Gathering showcases Heller's National Service Scholarship Program for AmeriCorps alums. →

Heller in the Media

12/5/11

Stuart Altman's new book is "Power, Politics and Universal Health Care." →

11/14/11

At Time magazine event, she says reactions to harassment claims have “evolved." →

11/14/11

Professor Thomas Shapiro is a panelist at Northeastern University's "Reclaiming Our Economy" event. →

11/4/11

Stuart Altman leads the Eastern Massachusetts Healthcare Initiative, which is developing an alternative to Gov. Patrick's proposal. →

11/3/11

Stuart Altman tells WBUR how the history of American health care affects today's debate. →

10/31/11

Eli J. Segal Citizen Leadership Program fellows encourage applicants. →

10/27/11

Eliminating benefits to vulnerable children and families is the wrong way to balance the budget, writes Professor Susan Parish in a USA Today opinion piece. →

10/25/11

His talk, delivered to the Power in Aging Collaborative, focused on treatment and long-term care issues for individuals with dementia. →

10/25/11

Stuart Altman describes the origins of the two plans in an opinion piece for CNN. →

10/18/11

The program received the number two ranking in the Boston area in the "Beyond Grey Pinstripes" rating. →

10/6/11

Alane Shanks, MMHS '87, was inaugurated on October 14. →

10/5/11

Antoinette Hays, Ph.D. '90, was formally installed on October 5, 2011. Professor Stuart Altman marched in the academic procession as the delegate from Brandeis, and Dean Lisa Lynch received an honorary degree and delivered a salutation address from the academic community. →

9/30/11

Heller professor Hill relates today's economic devastation to old prejudices. →

9/15/11

Thomas Shapiro discusses the racial wealth gap on NPR's Morning Edition. →

9/6/11

The New York Times publishes a letter to the editor from Heller Professor Emeritus David Gil. →

9/2/11

The award recognizes visionaries and leaders in business, government and education responsible for creating a safer, healthier and more sustainable food world. →

8/24/11

She will assume the presidency of the Labor and Employment Relations Association in 2013. →

8/15/11

In a protected area behind Farber Library, Heller senior lecturer Eric Olson works to restore a beautiful insect and a more-natural order. →

8/10/11

Adjunct associate professor Ellen Messer and Neal Bermas, PhD '81, are featured in the Summer 2011 issue. →

8/5/11

Dean Lisa Lynch comments on the July jobs report on PBS NewsHour. →

7/26/11

Heller's Thomas Shapiro talks with the Rachel Maddow Show about a new report showing a wider than ever wealth gap between whites and people of color. →

7/22/11

Boston Magazine profiles MBA/MA-SID student Ross Lohr on his nonprofit organization, Project Repat. →

7/6/11

The arrangement allows graduate students at either institution to take courses at the other school. →

6/17/11

Mary K. Grant, PhD '00, receives the Massachusetts National Network of Women’s Lifetime Achievement Award. →

6/15/11

The latest volume, released by the World Health Organization, contains seven original studies co-authored by Heller researchers. →

6/12/11

The Boston Globe profiles Heller alums Adam Rosenberg, MA-COEX/SID '11, and Marcela (Guachamin) Trask, MA-SID '11, in its feature on returned Peace Corps volunteers. →

6/3/11

Dean Lisa Lynch comments on the report on PBS NewsHour. →

5/22/11

Ms. Anderson, director of the Heller MBA Program, is also a senior lecturer at the International Business School. →

5/9/11

MA/SID student Sarah Janes will conduct her second-year practicum in Assam, a rural state in northeast India bordering Bhutan and Bangladesh. →

5/4/11

Pertula George, MA/SID '08, is Executive Director of Common Good City Farm, which received a visit from the prince on May 3. →

5/4/11

Antoinette M. Hays, Ph.D. '90, the dean of Regis's school of nursing, will become president of the Weston, MA college effective July 1. →

4/25/11

A USA Today editorial cites research by Heller's Peter Kreiner and his colleagues at the Prescription Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis. →

4/11/11

Stuart Altman offers his comments to the Boston Herald on the fifth anniversary of Massachusetts health care reform. →

3/29/11

Dean Lisa Lynch discusses economic challenges at a Boston Globe/University of Massachusetts forum. →

3/28/11

Laura Lorenz, PhD '08, provides commentary in the Spring 2011 issue of Brandeis Magazine. →

3/25/11

Michael Doonan talks to FactCheck.org about Massachusetts' health care law. →

3/25/11

The Waltham Daily News Tribune reports on the Eli J. Segal Citizen Leadership Lecture, delivered by Melody Barnes. →

3/13/11

Executive pay is not the major force driving up health care costs, Stuart Altman tells the Boston Globe. →

3/13/11

He offers an analysis of the successes and struggles of the statewide coverage program. →

3/7/11

MBA student Heather McMann, executive director of Groundwork Lawrence, talks to the Boston Globe about the difficulties facing residents of the Merrimack Valley. →

3/4/11

Dean Lisa Lynch comments on NPR's "All Things Considered." →

3/4/11

Dean Lisa Lynch analyzes job gains on PBS NewsHour. →

3/3/11

The Heller School will mark the anniversary with a March 7 event featuring faculty, students and alumni who are returned volunteers. →

3/1/11

Adam Rosenberg, MA '11, writes about his experience in the Peace Corps. →

2/28/11

The MA/SID student from the Republic of Benin is profiled on a Brandeis blog. →

2/7/11

Jenn Taylor, Heller MBA student, leads a team that finds a lack of clean, fresh water poses risks to companies in cities around the world. →

2/7/11

NPR interviews Heller MBA student Heather McMann about her work with a nonprofit which works to increase access to healthy food stores in low-income areas. →

2/7/11

Heller alum Victoria Hazou, MA '04, is now a photojournalist. →

2/4/11

Dean Lisa Lynch comments on the latest employment reports on NPR. →

2/3/11

Researcher Donald Shepard hopes the study will spur investment in control strategies. →

1/29/11

Professor Laurence Simon comments in a New York Times article. →

1/6/11

Robert Mechanic and colleagues evaluate a new healthcare payment model. →