2016

Right in their backyard

Heller News Release
December 22, 2016

How three prominent Heller researchers and an alumna lend their strong voices to the cause of affordable housing in their hometown of Newton, Mass.

Hacking bias in the tech industry

Heller News Release
December 21, 2016

Freada Kapor Klein, PhD'84, co-founder of Project Include, brings research to bear on diversity and inclusion efforts in Silicon Valley.

A Herculean tradition

Heller News Release
December 21, 2016

The Team Consulting Project comes full circle for one Heller MBA alumna.

Perspectives: My journey to belong and empower others to find their space in the world

Heller News Release
December 21, 2016

Tam Emerson, director of the Eli J. Segal Citizen Leadership Program, reflects on her recent visit to Columbia--her first time back since being adopted from Bogotá almost 30 years ago at the age of six months.

Heller team advances to regional semi-final following inaugural Hult Prize@ Brandeis University

Heller News Release
December 16, 2016

Nearly 50 Brandeis students competed in a day-long business pitch competition, creating innovative social enterprises to restore rights and dignity to refugees.

Inside Man

Heller News Release
December 09, 2016

Originally appearing in the winter 2016 Heller Magazine, this profile focuses on sustainable international development student Edwin Pool's desire to be an agent of change for a sustainable future.

Heller to offer new course on immigrant integration in the U.S.

Heller News Release
December 08, 2016

In this Q&A, Susan Eaton describes the new class she and Jessica Santos designed and will co-teach this spring.

Heller Social Policy Debate: Inequality of Income and Wealth

Heller News Release
December 05, 2016

Watch footage of the first in the Heller Social Policy Debate series, in which participants consider current critical social policy issues.

A Q&A with the winning social entrepreneurs from this year’s Heller Startup Challenge

Heller News Release
November 29, 2016

An interview with two winning teams: Team WorkAround (first place) and Team REST (runner-up) to learn more about their startup ideas and their experience at the Heller Startup Challenge.

VA officials promise action in response to PhD student’s findings of shameful quality of inpatient psychiatric care

Heller News Release
November 28, 2016

Morgan Shields, first-year PhD student at the Heller School, is conducting research to learn more about the quality of care provided at inpatient psychiatric facilities.

Kenyan youth leader comes to Heller

Heller News Release
November 22, 2016

The MA Program in Sustainable International Development will host Raphael Obonyo, recently named as one of five runners-up for the 2016 U.N. Person of the Year Award in Kenya, as a Visiting Scholar in February 2017.

Now that recreational marijuana will be legal in Massachusetts, what will the impact be?

Heller News Release
November 21, 2016

The new law goes into effect on Dec. 15, but questions remain about both the health implications and the introduction of commercial marijuana dispensaries in local communities. Julie Johnson, PhD’15, offers her take.

Alumna spotlight: Enka Tsendjav, MA SID’11, brings a sustainable development framework to the Mongolian media

Heller News Release
November 02, 2016

When Enka decided to enroll in Heller’s sustainable international development program, she never imagined it would lead to a career in the media.

Heller on the Hill

Heller News Release
October 25, 2016

An interview with Erin Robinson, MPP’16, legislative fellow for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated in U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s office

Taking a closer look at the impact of combat exposure among Army women

Heller News Release
October 20, 2016

In a new paper published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress, Heller School researchers Rachel Sayko Adams and Mary Jo Larson reveal their findings on the consequences of combat exposure on U.S. Army women who have returned home from deployment.

Anita Hill responds to Donald Trump tape

Heller News Release
October 13, 2016

Anita Hill's recent op-ed in the Boston Globe and commentary on CBS and PBS NewsHour reminds viewers that Donald Trump's boasting about sexual assault should inspire concern and support for victims.

How to give wisely for disaster relief after Hurricane Matthew

Heller News Release
October 10, 2016

Laurence Simon, director of the Center for Global Development and Sustainability, offers five lessons and five questions.

New $2.5 million research center to support parents with disabilities

Heller News Release
September 21, 2016

The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy will be home to Parents Empowering Parents.

Coordinating care and corrections

Heller News Release
September 21, 2016

Diana Bowser joins national project to bring together the juvenile justice and behavioral health systems.

Increasing inclusive care

Heller News Release
September 21, 2016

Monika Mitra researches disparities in prenatal and maternal health care for women with physical disabilities.

Elevating the conversation on caste

Heller News Release
September 21, 2016

The Center for Global Development and Sustainability organizes the first academic program in the U.S. focused on social exclusion in India and South Asia.

Did the ACA impact behavioral health treatment disparities?

Heller News Release
September 21, 2016

PhD candidate Tim Creedon studies the effect of insurance expansion on access to mental health and substance abuse treatment.

The case for culture change

Heller News Release
September 21, 2016

Jody Hoffer Gittell’s new book investigates how organizations use relational coordination to achieve change.

Can global warming impact happiness?

Heller News Release
August 10, 2016

Clemens Noelke’s recent study shows that higher temperatures reduce emotional well-being.

Indigenizing development and enhancing traditional knowledge

Heller News Release
July 06, 2016

A Q&A with Gabriela Corbera, MA SID'17, on her participation in Columbia University's Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy Fellowship.

Heller team places second in Tibetan Innovation Challenge

Heller News Release
June 28, 2016

Three students propose an entrepreneurial business plan to improve the agricultural capacity of Tibetan refugee communities in India with an organic achar pickling cooperative.

Increasing inclusive care

Heller News Release
June 27, 2016

Monika Mitra researches disparities in prenatal and maternal healthcare for women with physical disabilities.

Stories of justice prevail at commencement 2016

Heller News Release
May 22, 2016

Read the graduate speakers' speeches and see pictures from commencement weekend.

MA COEX Commencement Speaker: Ghinwa Alsalman Hneide, MA COEX'16

Heller News Release
May 22, 2016

Read a transcript of her speech.

MA SID Commencement Speaker: Rodrigo Moran, MA SID'16

Heller News Release
May 22, 2016

Read a transcript of his speech.

MBA Commencement Speaker: Emilia Dunham, MBA/MPP'16

Heller News Release
May 22, 2016

Read a transcript of her speech.

MPP Commencement Speaker: Brian Kennedy, MPP'16

Heller News Release
May 22, 2016

Read a transcript of his speech.

MS Commencement Speaker: Pamela Titi, MS'16

Heller News Release
May 22, 2016

Read a transcript of her speech.

PhD Commencement Speaker: Michelle Shain, PhD'16

Heller News Release
May 22, 2016

Read a transcript of her speech.

Graduate Speaker, Brandeis University Commencement: Naveed Noormal, MA COEX'15

Heller News Release
May 22, 2016

Read a transcript of his speech.

PhD student Robyn Powell speaks at the White House

Heller News Release
May 12, 2016

Powell, a lawyer and co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project, spoke at the White House's forum on the civil rights of parents with disabilities.

Dengue fever’s economic ‘bite’ estimated in Lancet Infectious Disease article

Heller News Release
May 02, 2016

Donald Shepard and a group of Schneider Institutes for Health Policy researchers find that the mosquito-borne disease has an annual global economic cost of $8.9 billion.

Do Waltham and Greenfield, Mass. enable healthy aging?

Heller News Release
May 02, 2016

Walter Leutz leads volunteer co-researchers in study of healthy aging in two Massachusetts towns.

Cultivating resilience among Bolivian farmers

Heller News Release
April 29, 2016

Rosemarie Caward, SID’17, shares her practicum experience with Catholic Relief Services with video and photography.

International policymakers, scholars and practitioners gather for GDS conference on caste, inequality and economic growth in South Asia

Heller News Release
April 29, 2016

This year's conference focuses on issues of growth and modernization.

And opportunity for all

Heller News Release
March 25, 2016

Researchers from the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy talk about the tool they developed for the White House's Opportunity Project.

Follow the money

Heller News Release
March 24, 2016

Examining a number of intertwining factors, a new paper follows the trajectory of treatment dollars being funneled to substance use disorders

On the frontlines

Heller News Release
March 21, 2016

Cynthia Tschampl's research seeks to strengthen tuberculosis treatment systems in Massachusetts.

Heller ranked among nation’s top graduate schools for social policy and public affairs

Heller News Release
March 16, 2016

Heller is ranked in the top 10 for social policy and the top 50 for public affairs in the latest U.S. News & World graduate school rankings

A Painful Price

Heller News Release
March 16, 2016

Professor Donald Shepard's research on the economic costs of suicide suggest that previous estimates severely underestimated the frequency and severity of this phenomena.

New EMBA for physicians program off to a healthy start

Heller News Release
February 29, 2016

Jon Chilingerian and a diverse team of Heller faculty are training 36 doctors in the new science of medicine and management.

Heller Forward Welcomes Spring With Community Day

Heller News Release
February 24, 2016

On January 12, students came together to further the discussion at Heller about diversity and the concepts of power and privilege experienced both inside and outside the classroom.

Robyn Powell receives Paul G. Hearne Leadership Award

Heller News Release
February 19, 2016

PhD student Robyn Powell received the award from the American Association of People with Disabilities for her work as team leader and cofounder of the Disabled Parenting Project.

How health systems respond to Zika

Heller News Release
February 04, 2016

Diana Bowser, director of the MS in global health policy and management program, discusses the framework that countries need to have in place to stem the growth of this public health crisis.

Constitutionality and LGBTQ rights in India

Heller News Release
February 02, 2016

On Al Jazeera America, professor Raj Sampath discusses the Indian Supreme Court's recent hearing on a law that criminalizes homosexuality.

A conversation with Arlene Gormley, Heller student and children’s book author

Heller News Release
February 01, 2016

Arlene Gormley, MA-SID’16, has self-published a children’s book called “2030 Not a Fairytale” that explains the United Nations’ goals for sustainable development.

Solving complex social challenges with relational coordination

Heller News Release
January 25, 2016

Professor Jody Hoffer Gittell presents data and insights from her forthcoming book about relational coordination and culture change.

Heller is home to expertise on the opioid crisis

Heller News Release
January 21, 2016

Andrew Kolodny discusses the epidemic on the national scale, while Constance Horgan and Sharon Reif from the Institute for Behavioral Health discuss the bills currently under consideration in Massachusetts.

How student debt impacts the racial wealth gap

Heller News Release
January 19, 2016

IASP researchers team up with Demos to examine the issue in the latest Racial Wealth Audit report.

Nurse practitioner patients less costly to Medicare than physician patients

Heller News Release
January 07, 2016

First national study contradicts previous research on health care costs.