2020 Sep 07
2020 Science and Cooking Lecture Series
Repeats every week every Monday until Mon Nov 09 2020 except Mon Oct 05 2020.
3:00pm
3:00pm
3:00pm
3:00pm
3:00pm
3:00pm
3:00pm
3:00pm
3:00pm
Location: 
Online—Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
This year’s Science and Cooking Public Lecture Series is a celebration of border-blurring, culinary crossovers, from Caribbean-influenced French and Italian cuisine to a Thai take on traditional Indian recipes. And with a remote format via Zoom, this 11th iteration of the lecture series gives viewers a front-row seat to watch some of the world’s best chefs showcase unexpected flavors and unique techniques.
The lectures pair Harvard professors with celebrated food experts...
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2020 Sep 04
Harvard Science Book Talk: Rita Colwell, "A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science"
7:00pm
Location: 
Online—Harvard Division of Science, Cabot Science Library, and Harvard Book Store
Rita Colwell, a pioneering microbiologist and the first woman to lead the National Science Foundation, will talk about her new book, A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science. The book is a memoir-manifesto about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system.
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2020 Aug 28
Sharks: Streamlined Swimmers
Fri Aug 28 (All day) to Fri Oct 30 (All day)
Location: 
Online—Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Ongoing Online Exhibit
Sharks are some of the oldest and, from an evolutionary perspective, some of the most successful marine vertebrates ever to have lived. They have spent their entire evolutionary history in the aquatic environment, and the body design in many species has been honed over hundreds of millions of years to increase swimming performance. Learn how body form, fins and even the skin, work in concert, enabling sharks to slice through water and execute complex maneuvers with startling speed and precision.
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2020 Aug 19
Using the Pandemic Recovery to Spur the Clean Transition
9:00am to 10:00am
Location: 
Online—Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center
In this webinar, Rachel Kyte (Dean, Fletcher School, Tufts University) will discuss a potential green recovery from the pandemic—how recovery efforts might be leveraged to accelerate the transition to a clean and sustainable energy system—in the United States and globally.
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2020 Aug 17
Virtual Summer Science Week: Ins & Outs of Skeletons (Session 2)
Repeats every day until Fri Aug 21 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Investigate the ins and outs of skeletons through a virtual museum experience. Using observations of skulls, bones, and live animals, we will explore how animals use their skeletons for support, protection, and movement, and see how bones and fossils can help us solve ancient mysteries. Extend the fun at home with daily activities. A small packet of materials will be sent to your home upon registration.
Additional supplies needed: Thin cardboard-like poster board about 11" x 11" or two cardboard paper towel rolls, kitchen string, strong tape 3/4" wide or narrower (electrical...
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2020 Aug 10
Virtual Summer Science Week: Space! (Session 2)
Repeats every day until Fri Aug 14 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Look up! How do we explore beyond planet Earth? With live Zoom sessions, we’ll compare moon rocks to ones on Earth, explore how light helps us understand what stars are made of, discuss what signs of life we might see on Mars or Europa, and meet a scientist from Harvard who is studying space. At home, you’ll search out “secret” light, create your best Mars lander, safely observe the sun, map out astronomical distances, and chart constellations. A small packet of special materials will be sent to your home to help with your explorations.
Additional supplies needed: Scissors,...
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2020 Aug 04
Animal Snack Time: Marine-Tank Edition
2:00pm to 2:30pm
Location: 
Online Event
Interested in what a spider crab eats? Want to see a sea star up close? Curious about what a horseshoe crab does with that long tail? Grab a snack and join human museum staff members Javier and Ryan as they spend thirty minutes feeding, interacting with, and discussing these amazing animals. This event is free and will be hosted on the Zoom webinar platform.
Register by 1:00 pm on August 4. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to participate using Zoom.
This even is free and open to the public, but registration...
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2020 Aug 03
Virtual Summer Science Week: Spineless Wonders (Session 2)
Repeats every day until Fri Aug 07 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Come explore the amazing world of insects, spiders, and other invertebrates, virtually, at the museum! During the live Zoom sessions, see a tarantula up close, help find millipedes, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Complete your own investigations at home as you learn how to collect and study creepy crawlies. A small packet of special collecting materials will be sent to your home to help with your discoveries.
Additional supplies needed: An empty clear plastic jar with a lid and holes for insect collecting (for example, a cleaned peanut butter or mayonnaise jar);...
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2020 Jul 27
Virtual Summer Science Week: Ins & Outs of Skeletons (Session 1)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 31 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Investigate the ins and outs of skeletons through a virtual museum experience. Using observations of skulls, bones, and live animals, we will explore how animals use their skeletons for support, protection, and movement, and see how bones and fossils can help us solve ancient mysteries. Extend the fun at home with daily activities. A small packet of materials will be sent to your home upon registration.
Additional supplies needed: Thin cardboard-like poster board about 11" x 11" or two cardboard paper towel rolls, kitchen string, strong tape 3/4" wide or narrower (electrical...
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2020 Jul 24
Urban Ponds: Essential Ecosystems for the Enjoyment and Discovery of Nature
Fri Jul 24 (All day) to Sun Oct 11 (All day)
Location: 
Online Event
Ponds are one of many beautiful features of the Arnold Arboretum’s ecosystem and landscape. The Bradley Rosaceous Collection garden is the setting for three eco-rich ponds—Dawson, Faxon, and Rehder—named for former Arboretum staff. Photographer Bruce Wilson brings his now practiced eye to the discovery of shadows, reflections, visitor interaction, and flora in those ponds, as well as in an urban pond in Newton. His pond images complement the trees, emphasize the subtle or saturated colors of water, and capture interactions between visitors and the scenes of rich pondlife.
This...
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2020 Jul 22
Digital Health Apps: Evidence, Reimbursement and Outcomes
12:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Medical School—Online event
Apps for health, wellness and disease management are increasingly common across the healthcare ecosystem. Health systems, biotech and pharma, payers and pharmacy benefits managers are just a few of the industry sectors actively using digital tools to try to improve care delivery and outcomes.
This webinar will discuss emerging lessons and concepts from this space. What is the practical significance of the designation “digital therapeutic?” What are the current regulatory pathways? How does reimbursement actually work? Megan Jones Bell, MD, Chief Science Officer for Headspace,...
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2020 Jul 20
Virtual Summer Science Week: Earth Explorers (Session 2)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 24 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Dig into Earth Science with this virtual museum experience. Explore volcanoes, crystals, and fossils! During the live Zoom sessions, experiment with “lava,” solve a sandy mystery, and see real museum specimens. Continue your investigations at home as you grow crystals, collect rocks, and make your own fossils! A small packet of special materials will be sent to your home to help with your discoveries.
Additional supplies needed: An empty clear plastic jar with a lid (for example, a cleaned peanut butter or mayonnaise jar), a handful of small rocks (will be used for an activity...
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2020 Jul 14
Harvard Science Book Talk: Sarah Stewart Johnson, "The Sirens of Mars"
7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard FAS Division of Science—Online
Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty. And yet multiple spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium, and Mare Sirenum—on the brink, perhaps, of a staggering find, one that would inspire humankind as much as any discovery in the history of modern science.
In her beautifully observed, deeply personal book, The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World, Georgetown scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson tells the story of...
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2020 Jul 13
Virtual Summer Science Week: Earth Explorers (Session 1)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 17 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Dig into Earth Science with this virtual museum experience. Explore volcanoes, crystals, and fossils! During the live Zoom sessions, experiment with “lava,” solve a sandy mystery, and see real museum specimens. Continue your investigations at home as you grow crystals, collect rocks, and make your own fossils! A small packet of special materials will be sent to your home to help with your discoveries.
Additional supplies needed: An empty clear plastic jar with a lid (for example, a cleaned peanut butter or mayonnaise jar), a handful of small rocks (will be used for an activity...
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2020 Jul 09
Europe's Green Recovery
9:00am to 10:00am
Location: 
Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center—Online
Mauro Petriccione (Director-General for Climate Action, European Commission) will discuss approaches to ensuring that Europe’s economic-recovery packages advance a green agenda—reduced greenhouse-gas emissions, reduced air and water pollution, and long-term sustainable development on the basis of a circular economy.
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2020 Jun 29
Virtual Summer Science Week: Space! (Session 1)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 03 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Look up! How do we explore beyond planet Earth? With live Zoom sessions, we’ll compare moon rocks to ones on Earth, explore how light helps us understand what stars are made of, discuss what signs of life we might see on Mars or Europa, and meet a scientist from Harvard who is studying space. At home, you’ll search out “secret” light, create your best Mars lander, safely observe the sun, map out astronomical distances, and chart constellations. A small packet of special materials will be sent to your home to help with your explorations.
Additional supplies needed: Scissors,...
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2020 Jun 22
Virtual Summer Science Week: Spineless Wonders (Session 1)
Repeats every weekday until Fri Jun 26 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Come explore the amazing world of insects, spiders, and other invertebrates, virtually, at the museum! During the live Zoom sessions, see a tarantula up close, help find millipedes, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Complete your own investigations at home as you learn how to collect and study creepy crawlies. A small packet of special collecting materials will be sent to your home to help with your discoveries.
Additional supplies needed: An empty clear plastic jar with a lid and holes for insect collecting (for example, a cleaned peanut butter or mayonnaise jar);...
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2020 Jun 17
The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Location: 
Online Event
Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet empire, the West faces a new era of East-West tensions. Any vision of a modern Russia integrated into the world economy and aligned in peaceful partnership with a reunited Europe has abruptly vanished. Two opposing narratives vie to explain the strategic future of Europe, one geopolitical and one economic, and both center on the same resource: natural gas. In The Bridge, Thane Gustafson, an expert on Russian oil and gas, argues that the political rivalries that capture the lions share of media attention...
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2020 May 21
The President’s Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Do you want to discover the next generation of companies working to make the world better? We invite you and your community to join us for the 2020 President’s Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony on May 21, which will be completely virtual for the first time in its history.
Student and alumni teams from various Harvard schools have been working on their ventures all semester and are currently fine-tuning their pitches. At the Awards Ceremony, we’ll announce the $75,000 grand prize and $25,000 runner-up winner for each of the five tracks. Our new Executive Director Matt...
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2020 May 13
Webinar: China's Air Quality and Climate Change: The Known and the Unknown
12:30pm to 1:45pm
Location: 
Online Event
Chris Nielsen is the executive director of the Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment. Working with faculty at collaborating Chinese universities and across the schools of Harvard, he has managed and developed the interdisciplinary China Project from its inception.
Learn more about and register for Webinar: China's Air Quality and Climate Change: The...
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