Learning & Development

2023 Mar 16

Retirement Income Planning Workshop

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Hopefully, you’ve been saving as much as you can for your retirement. But what do you need to do to make sure your money will last in retirement?

For answers to that and other important retirement planning questions, including how to turn assets into income and manage risk, sign up for MetLife’s Retirement Income Planning workshop.
 
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2023 Mar 03

America Saves: Saving at Any Age

12:00pm to 1:00pm

HUECU invites you to their America Saves Week webinars on Thursday, March 2nd for Debt Repayment Webinar and Friday, March 3rd for Saving at Any Age Panel.

Register at www.​huecu.​org/America-Saves

America Saves Week is back February 27th until March 3rd. It's a national effort to set a savings goal, make a savings plan, and save automatically. Join HUECU and thousands of others who are taking time to start or grow their savings by signing the savings pledge and registering for one of our webinars at...
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2023 Mar 02

America Saves: Paying Down Debt Is Saving

12:00pm to 1:00pm

HUECU invites you to their America Saves Week webinars on Thursday, March 2nd for Debt Repayment Webinar and Friday, March 3rd for Saving at Any Age Panel.

Register at www.​huecu.​org/America-Saves

America Saves Week is back February 27th until March 3rd. It's a national effort to set a savings goal, make a savings plan, and save automatically. Join HUECU and thousands of others who are taking time to start or grow their savings by signing the savings pledge and registering for one of our webinars at...
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2023 Mar 18

Let’s Draw: HMSC Sketching Weekend

1:00pm

The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture provide inspiration for all levels of artists and curious visitors. Elevate your own creative process by trying your hand at sketching this weekend.

Meet HMSC Volunteer Sketching Facilitators in the galleries and learn what motivates them to draw in the museums. Then take time to explore, slow down, and sketch an object in the galleries of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum, and Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (Sunday only) with your own sketchbook or drawing materials from the museum. Share your favorite...

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2023 Mar 25

Conserving Harvard’s Glass Flowers, March 25!

2:00pm to 3:00pm

How were the world-renowned Blaschka Glass Flowers made over a fifty-year period? How are they maintained in 2023? Join Glass Flowers Conservator Scott Fulton for a close-up look at the science, artistry, and conservation of these botanical wonders. Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, father and son, continually experimented with materials and methods that pushed the boundaries of glassworking. Decades later, their innovations still present unique conservation challenges. Scott Fulton will highlight details of the Blaschkas’ techniques—including recent findings—and discuss the technical...

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2023 Mar 02

When Evolution Hurts

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Being able to walk upright on two feet is a physical trait that distinguishes modern humans from our early ancestors. While the evolution of bipedalism has contributed to our success as a species, it has also limited the evolution of other features and increased our risk for certain diseases. Capellini will discuss the genetic research that is helping scientists better understand the relationship between bipedalism and our risk of developing knee osteoarthritis—a degenerative disease that afflicts at least 250 million people worldwide. By understanding the evolutionary history and...

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Forum: Reckoning & Transformation

February 14, 2023

The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Forum, Reckoning & Transformation, will bring together Harvard community members from across campuses from all levels of the organization to envision, discuss, and develop new directions and ideas about how we can individually and collectively advance the University's EDIB goals.... Read more about Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Forum: Reckoning & Transformation

2023 Feb 11

I ♥ Science at HMSC

1:00pm to 4:00pm

Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street

Break out of the winter doldrums and let your inner scientist loose. Meet amateur and professional scientists who study and collect mushrooms, shells, insects, and minerals. Talk with experts who create chocolate and grow carnivorous plants. Try your hand at finding bugs or exploring sand. Be creative designing an imaginary insect or crafting a button to display your passion for exploration. Watch a live ice sculpture demonstration in front of the museum. Enjoy hot cocoa and chocolate bars available for purchase from...

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2023 Feb 06

No Table for My Seat

4:00pm to 6:00pm

The African Studies Workshop at Harvard continues this year with a new and exciting schedule of presenters.

See the Harvard University Center for African Studies for registration and full details.

Presenting: There Is No Table for My Seat, Khanyisile Mbongwa is Curator for the 25th Liverpool Biennial. She was previously Chief Curator of the Stellenbosch Triennale 2020. She is a Cape Town-based independent curator, award-winning artist, and sociologist. She works with public space,...

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2023 Mar 01

From Ally to Accomplice

1:00pm to 3:00pm

In a world seeking allyship, what does it mean to be an "accomplice"? In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn the roles of allies and accomplices to dismantle systems of oppression. Participants will learn about the different types of allies that contribute to uplifting those around you that have been marginalized. Participants will explore how their privilege can be relative in situations at work and they will assess how their privilege is best leveraged when taking action. 

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