Harvard Univeristy

Allen Counter was a Harvard University professor and neurologist who achieved much in his career on his own. He also helped bring Black explorer Matthew Henson back to the limelight and connected Henson’s Inuit descendants to their American relatives. Counter was born July 8, 1944 in Americus, Georgia. He was raised primarily in South Florida […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A former president and the Queen of Soul have received honorary degrees from Harvard University. George H.W. Bush, Aretha Franklin, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and five others were honored at Thursday’s commencement. Harvard President Drew Faust poked fun at the 89-year-old Bush’s Yale University credentials, saying his “cap was […]

Relief from pain is not only a measure of good health for you, but also your doctor. A new study finds that doctors experience the same euphoria as a patient when they help relieve their pain. “Doctors feel rewarded when they are responsible for someone’s relief,” said study author Karin Jensen, a researcher at Massachusetts […]