Stay connected to nature and enjoy the health benefits of a winter walk at the Arnold Arboretum. Docents will cover seasonal interest, Arboretum history, and our plant collections.
Please dress for the weather, including footwear. Roads are plowed but not salted and walks may venture onto woodland paths. After your tour, warm up with a hot drink and further conversation with your docent and Arboretum Visitor Staff.
Spruces and hemlocks and pines, oh my! Take a walk and use a hand lens to see the intricacies of evergreen needles and cones. You will be surprised at something you’ve never noticed before.
The walking portion of this program will be a mile on moderately sloped woodchips, gravel, and paved paths. In the event of inclement weather, registrants will be notified. For more information, please call (617) 384-5209.
Stay connected to nature and enjoy the health benefits of a winter walk at the Arnold Arboretum. Docents will cover seasonal interest, Arboretum history, and our plant collections.
Please dress for the weather, including footwear. Roads are plowed but not salted and walks may venture onto woodland paths. After your tour, warm up with a hot drink and further conversation with your docent and Arboretum Visitor Staff.
Join us for a tour of the proposed Roslindale Gateway Path: an accessible shared-use pedestrian and cycling path through the Arnold Arboretum. When complete, this path will provide a missing pedestrian link between Forest Hills Subway Station and Roslindale Village Commuter Rail Station, offering carbon-free commuting options and connecting Boston residents with the natural spaces in their own neighborhoods. Come learn about this collaborative project with the Arboretum's Head of Operations and Project Management, Danny Schissler.
Join us for a family hike as we explore the winter landscape to find something beautiful to each of us. We will go through varied parts of the landscape, including a forested area and an exploration of the ponds, looking at things large and small. Our route includes a short uphill hike, but we can amend the pathway to be flatter and more even as participants require.
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Visitor Center, 125 Arborway, Boston
Stay connected to nature and enjoy the health benefits of a winter walk at the Arnold Arboretum. Docents will cover seasonal interest, Arboretum history, and our plant collections.
Please dress for the weather, including footwear. Roads are plowed but not salted and walks may venture onto woodland paths. After your tour, warm up with a hot drink and further conversation with your docent and Visitor staff.
Nourish your body and spirit under the afterglow of the full moon! As the days get shorter, join yoga teacher and artist, Deborah Johnson, with herbalist and poet, Julissa Emile, to reflect and release during the final week of Bhākti: A Practice Of The Heart.
Learn to tap into inner wisdom and regulate your nervous system with a restorative yoga flow led by Deborah. Then reflect on this past year while you craft a custom tea blend with Julissa. Head home feeling more grounded,...
The Studio, Kresge Building, 10th floor, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston
Humans have been creating art for millennia. Now, researchers are beginning to document how making and engaging with art can improve well-being. Our panelists will explain the latest research, share their personal experiences, and offer tips for incorporating the arts in wellness programs.
Repeats every week on Thursday, Friday until Fri Dec 09 2022 .
4:00pm to 8:00pm
4:00pm to 8:00pm
4:00pm to 8:00pm
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Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge
The fire pits at the Science Center Plaza are making a return, just as the cold New England weather does the same! Join us select nights to warmup by the fireside, enjoy outdoor games, and indulge in free hot apple cider & donuts. Just because the weather starts to get dreary, doesn't mean we have to!
Come enjoy a free Mens' Soccer game and cheer on the Harvard Crimson team!
Harvard invites members of the Cambridge and Allston Brighton communities to Harvard athletic events throughout the year. Events include all women and men's sports. We are inviting neighbors to come to free sporting events and receive a free promotional items. You must show proof of registration (your Eventbrite ticket) to receive a promotional item. Good while supplies last.
Hunnewell Visitor Center, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Join the Arnold Arboretum’s Director William (Ned) Friedman for a guided tour of the Arboretum, designed for those with dementia and their caregivers. Connect with nature, view seasonal plant highlights, and enjoy the changing colors of a landscape in the peak of autumn. The tour will be primarily on paved paths but may involve some uneven terrain.
A presentation from 2022–2023 Sally Starling Seaver Fellow Lisa I. Iezzoni.
Iezzoni conducts health services research focusing on risk adjustment methods for predicting cost and clinical outcomes of care and on health care experiences and outcomes of persons with disabilities. At Radcliffe, she will use findings from interviews conducted with clinicians and patients in the early 1990s Massachusetts Medicaid program Community Medical Alliance to make recommendations for future efforts to support people with disabilities or complex health needs in their homes, with fidelity to...
Come enjoy a free Mens' Water Polo match and cheer on the Harvard Crimson team!
Harvard invites members of the Cambridge and Allston Brighton communities to Harvard athletic events throughout the year. Events include all women and men's sports. We are inviting neighbors to come to free sporting events and receive a free promotional items. You must show proof of registration (your Eventbrite ticket) to receive a promotional item. Good while supplies last.
At this point you’ve likely heard about the different forgiveness and other programs the current administration have announced to help federal student loan borrowers. We know there’s a lot of confusion around these programs especially around eligibility and application.
We’ve brought in Betsy Mayotte, nationally recognized student loan expert and President of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors (TISLA) to walk us through the President’s broad debt relief announcement and other recent initiatives that might benefit you.
Harvard Center for Education Policy Research—Online
Lead poisoning has well-known impacts for the developing brain of young children, with a large literature documenting the negative effects of elevated blood lead levels on academic and behavioral outcomes. In April of 2014, the municipal water source in Flint, Michigan was changed, causing lead from aging pipes to leach into the city’s drinking water. In this study, we examine the effect of the Flint Water Crisis on educational outcomes of Flint public school children. Our results highlight a less well-appreciated consequence of the Flint Water Crisis – namely, the psychosocial effects...
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health—Online or at 9 Bow St., Cambridge
Join the editors for a conversation about a challenge that many Americans are facing—and will be confronting—in the years ahead: is a delayed retirement a realistic, practical and tenable option for all of us as we attempt to become better financially prepared for retirement? Policymakers are assuming that working longer is the solution to not being financially ready to retire, but the nearly thirty experts across the fields of economics, sociology, psychology, political science, and epidemiology who collaborated to produce this volume explain why delayed retirement is not an adequate...
Come on a bicycle ride with Arboretum Horticulturist Brendan Keegan to learn how much of the Arboretum you can see by bike as we head into fall. You will make many stops along the way to admire the fall foliage and learn about plants in the collection. This ride involves several climbs (and descents) of our two large hills, Bussey and Peters. All types of bikes are welcome. Helmets are required.
This tour is limited to 15 participants. The tour is all on paved roads but involves ascending and descending hills. The group rides together and takes frequent stops, breaks, and...
Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies—Online
The myriad effects of Russia’s war on Ukrainian women and the women’s movement. Participation has ranged from military service to humanitarian and volunteering initiatives, including extraordinary actions by many women and girls. How have Ukrainian feminists and the transnational women’s movement responded? What was the effect of feminist anti-war manifestoes? As the war continues, how has its impact on women evolved?
Meghan O’Rourke RI ’15 is an award-winning writer, poet, and editor. In this book talk, O’Rourke will be discussing The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness (Riverhead Books, 2022).
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University—Online
The webinar is a joint Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System event with the Population Foundation of India (PFI) and is being held to mark World Population Day. The webinar will focus on the investment and efforts needed to advance women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services, especially in the post-pandemic context. The webinar provides a unique opportunity to learn from and interact directly with leaders...