Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
Robert McCracken Peck, Curator of Art and Artifacts, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Edward Lear (1812–1888), best known for The Owl and the Pussycat and other nonsense poetry, was also an accomplished painter of birds, mammals, reptiles, and landscapes, and an adventurous world traveler. His paintings of parrots, macaws, toucans, owls, and other birds are among the finest ever published. Robert McCracken Peck will discuss the remarkable life and natural history paintings of this beloved children’s writer, who...
Current Harvard and administrative staff (you must have Harvard Staff ID to participate) are invited to participate in these meetings.
What can you learn by attending a Career Conversation meeting? These sessions give you the opportunity to meet one-on-one with local HR officers so you can learn more about Harvard’s schools and departments, including key initiatives and work environments, and explore your career interests, expand your professional network and strengthen future applications. You can learn more in this ...
114 Mt. Auburn St. Conference Room 406, Cambridge, MA
Come learn about Harvard's University-wide flexwork guidelines and what the essential ingredients are of a flexwork proposal. Other aspects including, how to assess your manager’s attitude about workplace flexibility; the timing of conversations with your manager; when and how to avoid getting into the personal considerations behind the proposal; and how to identify ways to evaluate the success of an arrangement after a trial period will also be reviewed. Issues of trust, brave conversations, transparency, and fairness will be discussed. Bring your lunch if you’d like, to these...
114 Mt. Auburn St. Conference Room 406, Cambridge, MA
Come learn about Harvard's University-wide flexwork guidelines and what the essential ingredients are of a flexwork proposal. Managers will learn about proposing, discussing, evaluating and managing flexwork; the business advantages of flexwork; the wisdom of trial periods; how to renew, tweak and end existing arrangements; how to ensure an "equitable process of fair consideration for all proposals"; flex and the HUCTW agreement; and special considerations for managing telework.
Audience: Benefit eligible managers grade 56 and above
Repeats every month on the 12 of December until Thu Dec 12 2019 .
11:00am to 1:30pm
Location:
Spangler Hall, HBS
M/C and Visa credit card payment onsite!
For large orders and orders for trolley passes and Body Mechanics vouchers, please order online in advance by 3pm on Tuesday and request LMA pick up.
Outings & Innings is an internal Harvard University service for staff, faculty, retirees, students and some other Harvard affiliates that offers a dynamic menu of (1) date-specific event tickets for a wide variety of performing arts (music, dance, theater) and professional sports, (2)...
Repeats every month on the 27 of March until Wed Mar 27 2019 . Also includes Thu Nov 21 2019, Thu Apr 02 2020.
9:00am to 11:30am
Location:
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
In this workshop, you will develop an awareness of motivators: highlighting personal strengths and needs necessary for becoming more engaged in your role. This session also combines classroom discussion and practice, with online- tools, assessments, videos, and coursework.
Cost: $25
Learn more and register on the Harvard Training Portal. Find class information here.
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The international transhumanist movement believes that humans can harness science and technology to transcend their physical and mental limitations. Some of its practitioners support cryonics and the creation of robotic bodies for future “consciousness transfer.” Drawing from her ethnographic work among Russian transhumanists and her recent book—The Future of Immortality (Princeton University Press, 2019)—Anya Bernstein will discuss the religious and philosophical roots of transhumanism in Russia dating back to the nineteenth century. She will also explore the current...
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Nov 20 2019 .
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Smith Campus Center
Enjoy lunch or a study break in the Smith Campus Center! Stop by Harvard Commons every Wednesday to hear live music from Club Passim, a local folk music organization based in Harvard Square. Click here to see the entire Harvard Common Spaces fall calendar. Read more about Tunes at Noon: Club Passim Edition
Repeats every month on the 25 of September until Wed Sep 25 2019 . Also includes Wed Oct 23 2019, Wed Nov 13 2019, Wed Nov 20 2019, Wed Dec 04 2019, Wed Jan 15 2020, Wed Jan 22 2020, Wed Feb 12 2020, Wed Mar 11 2020, Wed Mar 25 2020, Wed Apr 29 2020, Wed May 06 2020, Wed May 20 2020, Wed Jun 24 2020.
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location:
Online
Harvard and affiliated hospital faculty, staff, and retirees are invited to attend a free onliine webinar.
Buying a primary residence - Topics include:
How much can I really afford to pay and what type of mortgage makes the most sense?
What is a Purchase and Sale Agreement?
How does the process, from offer to acceptance to closing, work?
Repeats every week every Monday until Mon Jan 27 2020 except Mon Jan 21 2019, Mon Feb 18 2019, Mon Mar 11 2019, Mon Apr 01 2019, Mon May 27 2019, Mon Jun 10 2019, Sun Jun 30 2019, Mon Jul 22 2019, Mon Aug 12 2019, Mon Sep 02 2019, Mon Sep 16 2019, Mon Oct 14 2019, Mon Nov 11 2019, Mon Dec 23 2019, Mon Dec 30 2019, Mon Jan 20 2020.
