June 2022

Retirewise Workshop

Two-day workshop offered on Friday, August 19 and 26, 9:30am-1pm, provides a comprehensive overview for retirement and financial planning. You will learn about building a foundation with goals, creating and managing retirement savings, asset allocation, how to shift from saving to creating an retirement income stream, and much more! This is one of Harvard Benefits' most popular programs.... Read more about Retirewise Workshop

Reimagining Campus Community Safety Initiative

All members of the Harvard community – students, faculty, staff, researchers, and visitors alike – must feel safe and supported in the campus environment to do their best work and contribute to the teaching, research, and learning mission of the University. The Reimagining Campus Community Safety initiative is both an opportunity and a shared responsibility for the community to engage in a process of defining and reimagining campus safety at Harvard –... Read more about Reimagining Campus Community Safety Initiative

Rice: A Story of Africa and the Americas

New Mini-Exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology opens June 16. 

Rice: A Story of Africa and the Americas examines the legacy of rice cultivation in the Americas. Set within the Resetting the Table exhibition, this new mini-exhibit explores the essential African knowledge systems required to establish what became a thriving industry, the horrific human toll the Atlantic Slave Trade took to maintain it, and the vibrant, enduring culture of the Gullah Geechee, descendants of enslaved Africans whose basket making and coastal subsistence traditions continue today.  Learn more about this exhibit.... Read more about Rice: A Story of Africa and the Americas