2018 Feb 03

Winter Tree Identification

12:30pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

Without their leaves, trees can be challenging to identify in the winter. However, if you consider a tree’s branching structure and buds, you can often... Read more about Winter Tree Identification

2018 Feb 03

Arboretum for Educators

9:00am to 11:30am

Location: 

Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

Arboretum for Educators monthly explorations are a professional development opportunity for elementary and middle school teachers to introduce the... Read more about Arboretum for Educators

2017 Dec 07

Garden Party: From Genesis to The Descent of Man

6:00pm

Location: 

Emerson Hall, 25 Quincy St, Cambridge

A discussion of origin stories with Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard University), Meredith Reiches (University of Massachusetts Boston), and Richard... Read more about Garden Party: From Genesis to The Descent of Man

2017 Dec 06

Social Justice Action: How We Change the World

4:00pm

Location: 

First Parish in Cambridge, 1446 Massachusetts Ave

The Mahindra Humanities Center and the Office of the President at Harvard present the Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Bryan... Read more about Social Justice Action: How We Change the World

2017 Dec 04

Of Monarchs and Milkweed: A Story of Coevolution, Cultural History, and Conservation

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

125 Arborway, Boston

What if your host truly didn’t want you to visit? Found you intolerable, in fact, and didn’t want you to stay? You’d think that you’d be kicked out, but... Read more about Of Monarchs and Milkweed: A Story of Coevolution, Cultural History, and Conservation

2017 Dec 02

Growing Woody Plants from Hardwood Cuttings

9:00am to 12:30pm

Location: 

Dana Greenhouse Classroom, 1050 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain

Join Manager of Plant Production Tiffany Enzenbacher to learn how to propagate woody plants from fall cuttings. Students will collect and stick... Read more about Growing Woody Plants from Hardwood Cuttings

2017 Oct 27

Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics

9:00am to 5:00pm

Location: 

Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge

Epidemic disease spreads quickly in our interconnected, globalized world. This symposium looks at new ways of tracking epidemics using big data and social networks to predict and stem the rise of emergent diseases.... Read more about Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics

2017 Oct 19
Space Junk: A Traffic Crisis in Outer Space?
7:30pm
Location: 
Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St, Cambridge
It's been 60 years since the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, and space is getting busier and busier.... Read more about Space Junk: A Traffic Crisis in Outer Space?

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