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2020 Oct 13

James I. Cash, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus in conversation with Nitin Nohria, Dean of the Harvard Business School

4:30pm

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In this event, Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria will interview James Cash, the first black faculty member to receive tenure at Harvard Business School, a scholar and business leader whose accomplishments range from serving as a board member of companies such as General Electric, Microsoft, and Walmart to being part owner of the Boston Celtics.

As part of: Managing Diversity
An HBS speaker series on the role of race in business and society.

The “Managing Diversity” speaker series brings together leading scholars and business leaders in a series of conversations...

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2020 Oct 09

HGSE's Future of Education: Global Voices — to Create Welcoming Communities

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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In a context of disruption and uncertainty, how can we fulfill our collective responsibility to ensure that all young people receive a high-quality and inclusive education? How can schools — and the communities around them — create welcoming spaces of belonging, even amid isolationism, both politically and pandemically?

Join us for “Future of Education: Global Voices — to Create Welcoming Communities,” a discussion about the interconnected challenges of listening, belonging, and collective responsibility when it comes to educating and nurturing young people today. Big ideas...

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2020 Oct 08

Reimagining the Restaurant Industry: COVID-19 Crisis & Opportunity in the Service Sector

1:30pm to 2:30pm

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Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice.

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2020 Oct 07

24 Hours Of Harvard

9:00am to 11:45pm

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Streaming on our 24 hours of Harvard YouTube channel

The Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs (OVPIA) at Harvard University is pleased to announce a unique and unprecedented event, “24 Hours of Harvard,” during the 2020 Worldwide Week at Harvard.

Broadcast on Wednesday 7 October and Thursday 8 October, “24hH” will feature 24 consecutive hours of Harvard programming-–an around-the-clock, around-the-world lineup of events and activities that underscores a striking point: that at any hour of the day or night, Harvard teaching, research, learning, and...

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2020 Oct 06

International Comedy Night (In The Afternoon) With Noam Shuster

4:00pm to 5:30pm

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To kick off Harvard’s Worldwide Week this year, the Weatherhead Center presents our fourth annual International Comedy Night (in the afternoon) with stand-up comedian Noam Shuster. Adapting to our online existence, Noam will change up her normal stand-up routine and entertain “questions” from members of the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society to Harvard-affiliated audiences around the world.

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2020 Oct 05

Gutman Library Book Talk - Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Drawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM. Based on this extensive research, McGee advocates for structural and institutional changes to address racial discrimination, stereotyping, and hostile environments in an effort to make the field more inclusive.

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2020 Oct 07

From the Hands of the Makers

6:00pm to 7:00pm

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Free Virtual Lecture and Book Presentation

Jennifer Brown, Collection Manager, Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

Natalja Kent, Photographer, Glass Flowers: Marvels of Art and Science at Harvard

Scott E. Fulton, Head Conservator, Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

Donald H. Pfister, Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany and Curator of the Farlow Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany

From 1886 to 1936, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka...

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2020 Oct 03

Amazing Virtual Archaeology Fair at Harvard

1:00pm to 3:00pm

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Celebrate the glamour, labor, humor, and discoveries of archaeology at Harvard. Join student archaeologists as they share their experience with an Irish castle, a shaft tomb in western Mexico, monuments on the Giza plateau in Egypt and drones used to study El-Kurru in ancient Nubia, among other locations. Place a friendly wager on an atlatl (spear throwing) demonstration, observe chew marks on bones from the Zooarchaeology Lab and experience a virtual-reality view of the Great Sphinx.

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2020 Nov 12

TIAA-CREF Webinar - Retiring in the 'New Normal'

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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We all know how important it is to save for retirement. This presentation brings many of the risks to light so you have a better understanding of what you may be facing and what you can do about it, especially in this new environment. Namely, shifting your strategy from just growing your money to protecting what you’ve saved as it grows. And for those still working, we’ll talk about protecting your income in retirement, by creating a guaranteed income stream1 to help cover essential expenses and next steps you can take to help protect your retirement future.

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2020 Nov 11

TIAA-CREF Webinar - The Power of Saving

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Whether you’re the kind of person that lives and spends in the now or plans for what’s ahead, there are always ways to save smarter. In this seminar, you’lllearn a number of strategies for better managing your money, so you have the knowledge and confidence to pay your bills, save for a rainy day, and achieve any larger financial goals you’ve set for yourself.

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