Heller News Release
February 20, 2020
The 2020 Academy Awards honored “Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone (If You’re a Girl)” with the Oscar for Best Short Documentary, which features the work of Soroush Kazemi, MA COEX’21, who led the nonprofit Skateistan-Kabul as general manager for nearly four years.
Heller in the News
February 20, 2020
Time Magazine website dedicates an article to the Child Opportunity Index 2.0, a report complied by the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy. According to Time, the report "has helped local policymakers and institutions understand where to target programs to improve outcomes for their cities’ children."
Heller in the News
February 20, 2020
Daily Nexus covers Anita Hill's speech at Campbell Hall. “We can relate to the individual stories, but it is just as important for us to see what is happening on a larger scale, on the social scale, if we are going to address it,” Hill said to a sold-out crowd.
Heller in the News
February 20, 2020
Constance Horgan discussed health services research to improve the delivery of alcohol services during a presentation at a NIAAA meeting. "Early in my career, I became intrigued as to why so little was being done with the tools of health services research to improve the delivery and quality of alcohol, drug and mental health services. This has become my professional passion."
Heller in the News
February 19, 2020
In CT Post, Andrew Kolodny criticizes doctors who have received large amounts of money from conglomerate Purdue Pharma which has come under fire for its alleged role in the opioid crisis.
Heller in the News
February 17, 2020
KRJH-TV shares news and footage of Anita Hill receiving the Sankofa Freedom Award for decades of advocating for gender and racial equality. "I kept hearing about so many people who had no awareness of what their rights were, I realized I had an opportunity and calling," said Hill upon receiving the award.
Heller News Release
February 12, 2020
In early February, Heller teams took four of the top spots and won $16,000 in prize money at Brandeis Innovation’s 6th Annual SPARKTank startup pitch competition.
Heller in the News
February 11, 2020
Deadline.Com reports on Anita Hill's interview at the 2020 Makers Conference. She said, during the event, that the Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality “is a manifestation of the collective action” that must be taken “if we are going to have solutions.”
Heller News Release
February 10, 2020
This Valentine’s Day, alumni share stories about how Heller brought them together. "The Heller community is the perfect place to fall in love because it is a place full of love," says Marwa Farag, MS'05, PhD'10, who met her husband at Heller.
Heller in the News
February 07, 2020
ScienceDirect publishes paper co-authored by May Futrell, PhD'76, Diane Feeney Mahoney, PhD'89 and Karen Devereaux Melillo, PhD'90. The paper highlights the exemplary gerontological nurses that contributed and are contributing to the field.
Heller in the News
February 06, 2020
In the New York Times, Robert Kuttner says Republicans' vote to acquit Trump might hurt them in the long run. "Their vote to excuse Trump’s dictatorial behavior by refusing to convict will force them to answer extremely damaging questions during the campaign," he says.
Heller in the News
February 06, 2020
Speaking to WBUR, Eric Olson comments on the Trinity Episcopal Church's decision to cut down a small forest to install a carbon-saving solar energy farm. "The solar array would pay back the loss of the forest in about two-and-a-half years. The forest can't defend itself, I'm afraid, on the basis of carbon. But on the other hand, it's a habitat for birds and butterflies. And it's really pretty."
