Join Harvard on the Move
Harvard University announced today (Jan. 20) that it will launch a running and walking program designed to build community and fitness among students, faculty, staff, alumni, and neighbors in Cambridge, Boston, and the surrounding area. The program will include weekly runs and walks organized by the University that are open to all Harvard and local community members. Sponsored by Harvard President Drew Faust, the initiative, called “Harvard on the Move,” will kick off Wednesday (Jan. 26) at 4 p.m. with a panel discussion at Sanders Theatre featuring national experts on running, fitness, and well-being who are part of the Harvard community. The participants include Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology and department chair of Human Evolutionary Biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard; John J. Ratey, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; and Christopher McDougall, Harvard alumnus and author of the bestselling book “Born...