It was a very good year
JUNE 2010 An international clinical trial led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) finds that AIDS-fighting antiretroviral drug combinations given to pregnant and breastfeeding women in Botswana, Africa, prevented 99% of the mothers from transmitting HIV to their infants. JULY 2010 President Barack Obama appoints Donald M. Berwick, a professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and HSPH, as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The elusive titan arum blooms after eight years at Harvard’s herbaria, releasing a putrid fragrance — like that of rotting meat — meant to attract flies, which then pollinate the plant. SEPTEMBER 2010 A lecture by world–famous chef Ferran Adrià kicks off the wildly popular new General Education course “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter.” Master chefs Ferran Adriá and Jose Andres delivered a lecture at Loeb Theater about food and the role of science in shaping the many...