2021 Apr 01
AI and the Future of Health
1:00pm
Location: 
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard—Online
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance scientists’ ability to make discoveries. Across the life sciences, AI algorithms are being developed and deployed to speed our path to better health. This special Radcliffe science event will focus on how AI can accelerate research and development in general and drug discovery in particular. The health AI experts Regina Barzilay and Casandra Mangroo will each speak about their innovative work and then join Radcliffe’s Alyssa Goodman in a conversation on AI’s promise—and potential pitfalls—as we look toward the future of human health.
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2021 Mar 31
Food in Art
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Art Museums—Online
Join the Harvard Art Museums on Zoom for a bite-size look at the role of food in art, presented in partnership with the Food Literacy Project at Harvard University Dining Services.
From vegetable-based dyes to dairy fixatives, food and art share a long and interesting history. In this talk, curatorial and conservation fellows Ruby Awburn, Lauren Hanson, Leonie Mueller, and Julie Wertz will take us on a culinary tour of the Harvard Art Museums and discuss the varied roles that food has played in art.
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2021 Mar 31
MUTINY: poems
12:00pm
Location: 
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard—Online
Phillip B. Williams is the author of the poetry collection “Thief in the Interior.” His artistic interests manifest through lyrical and narrative investigations of the aesthetic possibilities and historical implications of the grotesque and through (re)creation of Afro-diasporic mythologies within contemporary timeframes.
Join Williams as he discusses researching, writing, and revising poems (title: “Mutiny”) and prose (title: “Threshold”) during his Radcliffe fellowship year. Within both genres, he hopes to research and explore Black folklore, African-diasporic mythologies...
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2021 Mar 30
Members: Family Fun - Animal Problem Solvers
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Animals develop special characteristics that help them survive in their environments. From keeping warm to staying hidden, animals solve problems every day. Have you ever thought about how we humans do the same?
Get ready for a lively night of fun, games, and surprises when Javier Marin transports you back inside the Harvard Museum of Natural History. He will broadcast from the galleries pointing out some of the ways animals adapt to challenges they face in the wild. Then, you will look through your own homes in a problem-solving scavenger hunt. Your family will work together...
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2021 Mar 30
Hire Me!: Interview Preparation for 11th & 12th Graders
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
*For 11th & 12th graders who live or attend school in Allston-Brighton or Cambridge!*
Do you want to ace your job interviews? Join the Harvard Ed Portal for this workshop that will help you prepare for an interview in advance, including determining your most valuable skills, researching the company, and preparing for questions. You will learn how to make a positive first impression at an interview with your appearance and greeting, have confidence when responding to and asking questions, and leave a lasting impression by following up after the...
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2021 Mar 29
Marc Angélil and Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, "Migrant Marseille: Architectures of Social Segregation and Urban Inclusivity"
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Graduate School of Design—Online
On November 5, 2018, a pair of dilapidated buildings in central Marseille collapsed, taking the lives of eight people, many of them from immigrant origin. This toll of urban decay reflects both the diversity of the district and the hardship of living in Marseille, a city marked for centuries by migration, poverty, and social inequality. Divided along ethnic and class lines, with wealthy conservatives dominating the south and an energetic but pauperized community of immigrant origins in the north, Marseille highlights the tensions stemming from discriminatory governance, lack of housing-...
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2021 Mar 26
Rural Education in America: What Works for Our Students, Teachers, and Communities
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Graduate School of Education—Online
Rural Education in America provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the diversity and complexity of rural communities in the United States and for helping rural educators implement and evaluate successful place-based programs tailored for students and their families. Written by Geoff and Sky Marietta, educators who grew up in rural America and returned there to raise their children, the book illustrates how efficacy is determined by the degrees to which instruction, interventions, and programs address the needs and strengths of each unique rural community.
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2021 Mar 25
Black Is Queen: The Divine Feminine in Kush
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East—Online
The prominence of powerful goddesses and queens in the Nubian Kingdom of Kush (now Northern Sudan) highlights the unusually high status of women in this ancient African society and serves as a fitting focus for the study of female power in the ancient world. Using temple inscriptions found in Egypt and Nubia, the rich funerary goods found in royal burials, and temple and tomb imagery, Solange Ashby will discuss how ancient Africans of the Nile Valley understood female power and presence. Songs from Beyoncé’s recent production "Black Is King" will be woven into this presentation on...
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2021 Mar 25
Ana María León and Torsten Lange, "Bodies of Work: Activism, Gender, Architecture"
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Graduate School of Design—Online
In this conversation, architectural historians Ana María León and Torsten Lange consider the labor of organizing around issues of gender in architecture. Based on three precedents, they will reflect on their work and practice and highlight how the present has allowed scholars and practitioners to revise architectural historiography. Building on intersectional feminist theory, the discussion considers architecture and urban space as well as architectural discourse as forums where white heteronormative systems of planning can become subverted by empowered labor and living practices....
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2021 Mar 23
Harvard Design Magazine reveals "Harvard Design Magazine #48: America"
7:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Graduate School of Design—Online
"A terrible mechanism [is] on the march, its gears multiplying." So begins the first essay of the 48th issue of Harvard Design Magazine, guest edited by Mark Lee, chair of the department of architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and Florencia Rodriguez, editorial director of -Ness Magazine. The issue takes as its theme the slippery and ambiguous figure of "America," seen through the lens of the built and unbuilt environment. Americanization—once the "terrible mechanism" bent on pressing capitalist values on emerging economies everywhere—is now in...
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2021 Mar 23
RISE: Pottery Chill Out (for Allston-Brighton & Cambridge High Schoolers)
Repeats every week every Tuesday until Tue Apr 13 2021 .
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
*For high school students living or attending school in Allston-Brighton or Cambridge!*
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 4-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...
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2021 Mar 23
Hire Me!: Interview Preparation for 9th & 10th Graders
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
*For 9th & 10th graders who live or attend school in Allston-Brighton or Cambridge!*
Do you want to ace your job interviews? Join the Harvard Ed Portal for this workshop that will help you prepare for an interview in advance, including determining your most valuable skills, researching the company, and preparing for questions. You will learn how to make a positive first impression at an interview with your appearance and greeting, have confidence when responding to and asking questions, and leave a lasting impression by following up after the...
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2021 Mar 22
Ceramics Program: Virtual Classes with Glazing and Firing services
Mon Mar 22 (All day) to Fri Apr 30 (All day)
Location: 
Harvard Ceramics Program—Online
The Ceramics Program offers a wide variety of visual arts classes for adults of all levels. The next six-week session includes online classes such as: Handbuilding Basics; Experimental Photography on Clay; Plant-Based Printing; Sculpting from Observation; Wheel Intensive; Animal Sculpture; and much, much more!
Classes meet weekly live on Zoom, and class meetings are recorded for participants to view later via Google Classroom. Clay pickup, glazing, and firing options are available for participants able to travel to the Ceramics Program studio in Allston.
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2021 Mar 20
Clay Etc. - A New Material Perspective
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ceramics Program—Online
Clay Etc., an upcoming digital publication by Summer Chen and Ty Billman, aims to provide a space for our global community of designers, makers and craftspeople to share the unique passions for, and experiences with, clay as a medium. As part of the publication’s launch, co-author Summer Chen will be in conversation with fellow designers Kevin Rouff of ThusThat and Lonny van Ryswyck of Atelier NL to present and discuss the points of intersection they have experienced with the ceramic medium and design. Access to the publication will be made available to all registrants.
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2021 Mar 17
"The Polynesian Problem": Western Studies of Pacific Islander Origins
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology—Online
"What is a Polynesian?" This is a question with a long and troubling history embedded in settler colonialism. From Europeans’ earliest encounters with the Pacific, White Europeans expressed a fascination and partial identification with the racial origins of Polynesians. Polynesians seemed to represent "natural man" in the purest state. In nineteenth- and early twentieth-century social-scientific studies, Polynesian origins became the subject of intense scrutiny and debate. Physical anthropologists such as Louis R. Sullivan declared Polynesians to be conditionally Caucasian....
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2021 Mar 16
Get that Bread—And Keep It, Too!: Learning How to Manage Your Money (Series 1)
Repeats every week every Tuesday until Tue Mar 30 2021 .
4:00pm to 5:00pm
4:00pm to 5:00pm
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
*For high school students living or attending school in Allston-Brighton or Cambridge!*
Money money money! How do I make it? What do I do with it? What about bills and rent—how do you even pay them? And why is saving so important, can’t I just spend my money? And how do I even save? If you have ever wondered about any of these questions or if you want to learn more about how to make and manage money, this workshop series is for you! We will answer these questions and so much more while exploring topics such as budgeting, understanding a paycheck,...
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2021 Mar 16
To Whom It May Concern: Email in the Workplace
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
*For high school students who live or attend school in Allston-Brighton or Cambridge!*
Subject line? CC? BCC? Signature? What does all this even mean? And why can’t I just send a text? If you’ve ever wondered about any of this, join us for this workshop on email skills! Writing strong emails will help you stand out in the job application process. In this workshop, you will learn how to catch and hold someone’s attention through well-written emails. And, since it’s 2021, we will also cover how (and when!) to text in the workplace!
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2021 Mar 16
COVID-19 and the Law: The Health Care System in the Age of COVID-19
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Law School—Online
This seminar series will consider the ethical, legal, regulatory, and broader social and institutional impacts that COVID-19 has had, as well as the longer-lasting effects it may have on our society. This fifth seminar in the series will focus on how the health care system has reacted and evolved during the pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost all aspects of life in the United States and around the world, disrupting the global economy as well as countless institutions. The issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic present a critical juncture for the U.S. and other...
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2021 Mar 15
Black and White Thinking: A Conversation with Cord Whitaker
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Harvard University Committee on Medieval Studies—Online
Author Cord Whitaker discusses his new book "Black Metaphors: How Modern Racism Emerged from Medieval Race-Thinking" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019) with Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research.
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2021 Mar 15
RISE: Get Up and Get Moving (for Allston-Brighton & Cambridge High Schoolers)
Repeats every week every Monday until Mon Apr 26 2021 .
4:00pm to 5:00pm
4:00pm to 5:00pm
4:00pm to 5:00pm
4:00pm to 5:00pm
4:00pm to 5:00pm
4:00pm to 5:00pm
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
*For high school students living or attending school in Allston-Brighton or Cambridge*
Zoom fatigue is REAL, and we don't know about you, but all this sitting and laying down has got us feeling down... so let's get up! Join us for six weeks of movement, stress relief, and relaxation that you can do wherever you are, whenever you want—especially when you're feeling cooped up inside or stressed about anything.
We'll do some stretches, cardio, and other fun exercises you can do at home, anytime. You can even do them while watching your...
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