2022 Feb 11
Should Alexa Diagnose Alzheimer’s?: A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Graduate School of Education—Online
Technology is now part of our lives in ways that were not possible only 10-20 years ago. Smart devices, like watches, phones, and speakers, can gather vast amounts of information about their users, often without the user’s knowledge or consent. As technology continues to improve, many of these devices may also be leveraged to serve diagnostic functions. Technologies such as Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant can ambiently and continually monitor a variety of information about an individual’s location, voice, and movement. As this technology merges with wearables, such as the Apple...
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2022 Feb 09
Educated in a White Space: African American Graduates of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850-1925
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School—Online
During the first seventy-five years, the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania graduated eighteen African American women – more than any other predominantly white medical school. This talk will examine the lives and careers of these “sisters of a darker race” who encountered racial and sexual discrimination as they demonstrated that medicine was Black women’s work.
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2022 Feb 08
Black Medical Illustrations and Their Importance in Medicine
1:00pm to 2:15pm
Location: 
Harvard Countway Library of Medicine—Online
Join Harvard Countway Library to hear from Forbes-featured medical illustrator Chidiebere Ibe as he discusses his work, how he taught himself to draw Black medical illustrations, and why diversity and representation in medical texts is so important.
Learn more and register for this virtual event.
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2022 Feb 07
Memento: Virtual Panel Discussion
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Mind Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative at Harvard—Online
Christopher Nolan's film Memento depicts a character (Leonard Shelby) who seeks to find the man he believes murdered his wife in a violent attack that also left Leonard with an inability to remember recent events - he cannot recall who he has met just a few minutes earlier, or what has just been said in a conversation with them. Yet Leonard can recall what happened before the attack and remembers how to perform learned skills such as driving a car or using a camera.
Memento raises several important questions about memory: What different kinds of memory are...
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2021 Nov 29
The Climate of Community
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Divinity School—Online
This conversation is part of the series "Weather Reports: The Climate of Now." The featured speaker for this community tea ceremony is Brian Kirbis of Theasophie.
Tea Master Brian Kirbis, who will open each of our sessions with a tea pouring to set a tone of well-being and attention, will take us through a formal tea ceremony. As a global community online, we will be able to sit and sip in collective silence to contemplate all we have heard and taken into our minds during these sessions....
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2021 Nov 13
Harvard Dance Center Showing: Initiation – In Love Solidarity
4:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Dance Center—Online or in-person
Initiation – In Love Solidarity is a choreographic narrative exploring the embodiment of the Middle Passage, and the resilience and evolving identities of women in the African diaspora. A film component of the work was created at historic sites in New England related to the transatlantic slave trade and emancipation. The imagery of the cowrie shell is present throughout, chosen as an emblem of the transformative identity of the Black female body.
Saturday, November 13, 4pm & 7pm: ...
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2021 Nov 08
The Climate of Resistance
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Divinity School—Online
This conversation is part of the series "Weather Reports: The Climate of Now." The featured speakers are Chloe Aridjis, award-winning novelist, Sea Monsters (2020) and organizer for Writers Rebel, and Wanjira Mathai, Regional Director for Africa at the World Resources Institute.
Activists Aridjis and Mathai are powerful, fierce, compassionate leaders in the global environmental movement. A writer and an organizer, they are also the daughters of iconic conservation heroes: Homero Aridjis,...
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2021 Oct 22
Decoding AI: The Science, Policies, Applications, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
10:00am to 4:20pm
Location: 
Harvard Radcliffe Institute—Online
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly permeating many facets of our lives, raising both hope and concern about possibilities for our future. AI is transforming domains as disparate as science, medicine, commerce, government, law, the military, and the arts, and in doing so, it is forcing us to grapple with practical, political, and philosophical questions about humans and the nature of human interaction. The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium, featuring speakers from disparate disciplines and industries, will examine AI, its impact, and its ethics by exploring current and...
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2021 Oct 20
The Healing Power of Friendships and Relationships
7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Graduate School of Education—Online
The pandemic has caused many of us to recognize the power of relationships—for ourselves, and for our children. Have your children's friendships changed—or suffered? Are your students finding it hard to re-ignite their stalled connections? How can schools help to foster friendship—and prioritize strong relationships and a sense of belonging for every student? And what are the lessons we can take with us into our own adult lives?
Join us as we explore the sustaining power of friendships and relationships. Let's identify the ways in which relationships give us strength, help us...
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2021 Oct 18
The Climate of Compassion for All Beings
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Divinity School—Online
This conversation is part of the series "Weather Reports: The Climate of Now." The featured speaker is Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs at Harvard Divinity School.
We are not the only species that lives and loves and grieves on this planet. Janet Gyatso will focus on the phenomenology of being not just among humans but with all other sentient beings. How we can cultivate the capacity to have such experiences, in ways...
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2021 Oct 07
Waymaking Women in Times of Crisis: Showing Up for Community Care
12:00pm
Location: 
Committee on the Concerns of Women at Harvard—Online
Please join the Committee on the Concerns of Women (CCW) in a conversation about how to manage the burnout and grief from the multiple crises we find ourselves living through. What can we do from a distance to care for ourselves and each other? How we can foster a space for community care in moments that are fraught and exhausting?

We will convene a panel of Harvard experts in international humanitarian crises to share their care strategies with us. Moderated by Dr. Natascha Saunders of the Harvard Kennedy School, the panel will include Dr. Jocelyn Kelly of the Harvard...
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2021 Oct 04
The Climate of Relationships and Intersectionality
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Divinity School—Online
This conversation is part of the series "Weather Reports: The Climate of Now." The featured speakers are climate activist Morgan Curtis, MDiv '24, and brontë velez, Black-latinx transdisciplinary artist.
Morgan Curtis and brontë velez will discuss the intersectionality of race, class, gender, and climate collapse, and how seeing the world whole through the lens of relationships creates communities of care rather than conflict. They will consider what reparations might look like on behalf...
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2021 Sep 30
The Healing Power of Patient Stories
12:00pm to 12:45pm
Location: 
Harvard Medical School—Online
In this webinar, Annie Brewster, MD will discuss the transformational power of sharing patient voices and stories. A new diagnosis is just the starting point. The patient will then begin their journey of integrating this diagnosis into their life, into their relationships and their identity. Brewster will discuss the power of patient stories and how they can improve health care and spur innovations that meet patient needs.
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2021 Sep 21
Anti-Racism in Public Health Policies, Practice, and Research
10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: 
FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University—Online
On Tuesday, September 21, the FXB Center will host "Anti-Racism in Public Health Policies, Practice, and Research," a virtual symposium. One of the FXB Center’s latest core initiatives focuses on unpacking and addressing structural racism and health in the U.S. and other parts of the globe. The goal of the FXB Center is to deepen the knowledge base and fill gaps in content and methodology, while ensuring that research and evidence is responsive to community needs and informs policymaking.
The symposium aims to launch this initiative and start a series of conversations and...
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2021 Sep 01
The Arboretum Experience
Wed Sep 1 (All day) to Thu Sep 30 (All day)
Location: 
Arnold Arboretum (125 Arborway, Boston) & American Repertory Theater
Visitors are invited to experience the natural beauty of the Arnold Arboretum on an outdoor, self-guided journey that centers resilience, healing, wellness, and joy. This collaboration between the American Repertory Theater and the Arboretum features multi-genre audio plays for various ages, interactive movement maps, and pop-up performances, all set against the 281-acre backdrop of one of the jewels of Boston’s Emerald Necklace.
The Arboretum is open daily, sunrise to sunset. Visitors entering via the Arborway, Bussey Street, Forest Hills, Centre Street, Walter Street, Peters...
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2021 May 27
Pottery Chill Out
Repeats every week every Thursday until Thu Jun 24 2021 .
4:30pm to 6:30pm
4:30pm to 6:30pm
4:30pm to 6:30pm
4:30pm to 6:30pm
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
Remember Play Doh when you were a kid? What if we told you you're never too old to play with clay? Sign up for our 5-session Zoom clay class, where we will make and decorate mugs, phone holders, sculptures—whatever you want, really!—using our hands and objects you can find at home. No experience necessary!
We'll teach you everything you need to know, PLUS we'll mail you all the stuff you'll need! You'll get to keep your final product and, as an added bonus, we'll chat about how working with clay can help you relax and knead-out some of the stress you may be feeling.
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2021 May 26
Koru Mindfulness
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Jun 16 2021 .
5:30pm to 7:00pm
5:30pm to 7:00pm
5:30pm to 7:00pm
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed out, or anxious? Come relax with us!
Mindfulness is simple and can be done by anyone, anytime, anywhere—this Koru Mindfulness series can help you learn how! These 4 mindfulness classes can help you identify stress whenever you feel it and reduce its effects. We will do a range of guided activities so that you can pick what works best for you.
Practices include mindful walking, guided imagery, breathing exercises, and mindfulness of thoughts and feelings. There will also be space in each session for group reflection and...
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2021 May 22
Forest Bathing with Toadstool Walks
Repeats every week every Sunday until Sun May 30 2021 except Sun May 23 2021.
9:00am to 11:00am
9:00am to 11:00am
Location: 
Bussey Street Gate, Arnold Arboretum, Boston
Join Tam Willey of Toadstool Walks as you slow down and awaken your senses on a guided therapeutic experience in the Arnold Arboretum. Forest bathing is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, a restorative sensory exploration that supports health and healing for all beings. Each walk is limited to 8 participants. Meet at the Bussey Street Gate. Participants must follow COVID guidelines including wearing a mask and practicing social distancing, as well as sign a liability and release form.
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2021 May 18
¡A Bailar! Zumba con Abe—Let's Dance! Zumba with Abe
Repeats every week every Tuesday until Tue Jun 29 2021 except Tue Jun 01 2021.
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
Si te intimida el gimnasio porque no sabes por donde empezar, pero la música Latina te pone a bailar, entonces prepárate para una fiesta inolvidable desde tu propia casa! Ven a reír y moverte al ritmo de Zumba con Abe, una clase energética, donde lo más importante es estar presente y olvidarse de lo demás!
Con más de 6 años de experiencia enseñando Zumba a personas de todas edades, Abe modifica cada clase para que todos puedan participar! No hay que ser bailarín profesional. Solo únete a la clase, sube el volumen, y deja que la música te mueva! Te esperamos!! La clase se da en...
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2021 May 13
A Perpetual Crisis: Reflections on Renewed Public Health Failures at the U.S./Mexico Border
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
The Harvard Global Health Institute & FXB Center for Health and Human Rights—Online
In March 2021, a record number of children arrived at the U.S./Mexico border, challenging capacity at US Customs and Border Protection facilities and placing newfound pressure on the Biden Administration to act promptly. However, this humanitarian crisis is not new, nor is it a direct result of a new U.S. government administration. For decades, the U.S. has failed to improve a system ill-equipped to handle the needs of vulnerable refugees and migrants. As children wait in overcrowded jail-like structures and COVID-19 remains a threat, concerns about who will continue to suffer at the...
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