Events

    The State of Housing Design 2023

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium (48 Quincy St., Cambridge)

    What is the state of housing design in the US? In particular, how are architects of new single- and multi-family housing responding to issues such as the warming climate, the affordability crisis, increasing regulations and construction costs, and the demand for new unit types that better reflect today's demographic realities?

    These questions will be the focus of a half-day event marking the release of The State of Housing Design 2023, a new book that examines themes in housing design, explored through over 100 recent buildings in the US. The event will feature panels...

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    Our Artificial Nature: Perspectives on Design for an Era of Environmental Change

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium (48 Quincy St., Cambridge)

    On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Our Artificial Nature, featuring Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities core and affiliated research faculty, the GSD hosts a candid dialogue on the trajectory of design research and practice in response to environmental change.

    Carson Chan, curator of the concurrent MoMA exhibition Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism, will engage GSD faculty in a conversation about past design speculations, current research, and practice futures.

    The conversation will address the cultural...

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    Film Screening: Wild Life

    Location: 

    Harvard Divinity School, James Room (Swartz Hall), 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge

    Join us for a public screening of Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhely and Jimmy Chin's extraordinary film Wild Life—a story of love, wildness, and restoration in Patagonia, Chile. The film follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting.

    A discussion on the film will follow the screening. Special guests include Kris Tompkins and Chai Valarhelyi in conversation with guest curator Geralyn Dreyfous and HDS writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams.

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    Future of Cities: Extreme Heat

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Education, Askwith Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

    2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record. What do we do next?

    Rising air temperatures are now a fact of life in the world's cities, with major implications for public health and urban design. Join a panel of global experts, innovators, and practitioners to learn more about the impacts of extreme heat on our bodies, our buildings, and our cities–and what individuals and institutions can do to prepare.

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    Will Industrial Policies Lead to a Manufacturing Renaissance?

    Location: 

    Online or at Wexner 434AB, Harvard Kennedy School

    This hybrid panel discussion will include Robert Z. Lawrence, Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment at HKS; and Anna Stansbury, Class of 1948 Career Development Assistant Professor and an Assistant Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. The panel will be moderated by Edoardo Campanella, M-RCBG research fellow and senior global economist at UniCredit Bank.

    This event will take place in Wexner 434AB for those who wish to attend in person. Other may join us remotely via Zoom.

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    Food Politics 2023: What Matters and Why

    Location: 

    Online or at Harvard Kennedy School, Rubenstein 414AB, 1 Eliot St., Cambridge

    This hybrid seminar will be given by Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University. It will be moderated by Bill Clark, Harvey Brooks Research Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development at HKS.

    Lunch will be served for those joining in person in Rubenstein 414AB. Others should register to join remotely via Zoom.

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    Climate, Health & Equity: Toward a Sustainable Future

    Location: 

    Spangler Center, Harvard Business School Campus

    Climate change is actively harming human health — not in some distant future, but now, in communities around the globe. The more we understand these harms, the better we can confront and overcome them. That’s the goal of this symposium.

    We’re bringing together leading scientists, policy makers, and activists to examine our most urgent challenges and explore the most promising solutions. The audience will include professionals from a wide array of disciplines engaged in issues of climate, health, and environmental justice. We expect the afternoon to inform and inspire, to spark...

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    The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy with Gina McCarthy

    Location: 

    Online or at Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

    Join us for "The Future of Climate Action: A Conversation with Gina McCarthy".

    Speakers:

    • Gina McCarthy, the first-ever White House National Climate Advisor and former US EPA administrator.
    • James Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University; the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.

    Chair:

    • Melani Cammett, Center Director; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar (on leave 2022–2023). Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of...
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    Housing Symposium, “Reframing Housing Development: How Changes in Design, Construction, and Regulation Could Reduce the Cost of Housing”

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

    What can be done to reduce the cost of housing, particularly in the United States? To help answer this question, we will bring together a diverse mix of people... Read more about Housing Symposium, “Reframing Housing Development: How Changes in Design, Construction, and Regulation Could Reduce the Cost of Housing”