Programs for health and the environment
Throughout the U.S. communities, families and individuals are faced with a complex set of challenges to their collective health and well-being – challenges that range from childhood obesity and a growing incidence of diabetes to the spread of infectious diseases to a lack of health insurance. Three of Harvard’s professional schools – Harvard Medical School, the School of Dental Medicine and the School of Public Health – offer a combination of clinical, intellectual and human resources that is particularly well suited to helping Boston-area communities address these issues.
In 2005-06, about 1,200 students in HMS, SDM, SPH and Harvard College participated in service learning and volunteer community service programs designed to meet health needs of Boston-area communities. Faculty members at Harvard also have a long history of collaboration with Boston-area communities on research aimed at finding solutions to some of their most pressing health problems.
Here are a few examples of the 70 programs that address Health and the environment
Harvard provides annual support for the Allston-Brighton Youth Hockey league.
Allston-Brighton youths love the chance to play hockey with the college kids, and thanks to this yearly clinic, they can. Started in 1989 by former Harvard Athletic Director Bill Cleary, the Allston-Brighton Youth Hockey Clinic lets local hockey players hone their skating and stick handling skills in the Bright Hockey Center. Youngsters learn new hockey drills, get tips from players, and take on Crimson athletes in scrimmages.
