Halite is an open source artificial intelligence programming challenge, created by Two Sigma, where players build bots using the coding language of their choice to battle on a two-dimensional virtual board. The last bot standing or the bot with all the territory wins. Victory will require micromanaging of the movement of pieces, optimizing a bot’s combat ability, and braving a branching factor billions of times higher than that of Go.

The grand prize winner wins an all expenses paid trip to NYC to compete in the next level of the game!

Attention: non-techies are...

Want to extend your bike commuting season? Anyone can be a winter bike commuter with the right gear, preparation and mindset. Learn the basics from a knowledgeable year-round cyclist. If you already bike year-round, join in the discussion and share your tips.

Bring your lunch, questions and advice! Click here to learn more and register. 

Want to extend your bike commuting season? Anyone can be a winter bike commuter with the right gear, preparation and mindset. Learn the basics from a knowledgeable year-round cyclist. If you already bike year-round, join in the discussion and share your tips.

Bring your lunch, questions and advice! Click here to learn more and register. 

Henry David Thoreau was a boatman, more than he was a woodsman: a lifelong river rat whose sense of place emerged from boating, walking, and skating the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord Rivers. As a backyard naturalist and river enthusiast, Henry David Thoreau was keenly aware of the way humans had altered the waterways and meadows of his beloved Concord River Valley. And he recognized that he himself—a land surveyor by trade—was as complicit in these transformations as the bankers, lawyers, builders, landowners, and elected officials who were his clients. Robert Thorson shares a compelling...

Arboretum for Educators monthly explorations are a professional development opportunity for elementary and middle school teachers to introduce the Arboretum landscape as an outdoor classroom. Participants learn about specific hands-on life science topics that may be used or adapted by teachers for their own classrooms and outdoor spaces. Meet and network with other like-minded educators, and engage in life science learning. 

View 2017-2018 schedule. 

Free...

Science and conservation are serious endeavors. But sometimes you just need a laugh. Rosemary Mosco, a nature cartoonist and science communicator with a keen wit, will share some of her science-based comics, sure to make you guffaw. She’ll talk about how you can use art and writing to support conservation and speak about her process of developing a cartoon, from concept through research, wordsmithing, to sketch-up and final design. See her work at Bird and Moon Science and Nature Cartoons. 

Rosemary has created acclaimed...

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University invites artists of all ages to submit their designs for Lilac Sunday 2018. Lilac-themed t-shirts have been a tradition at Lilac Sunday for many years, and continue to be a highly anticipated and popular memento of this event.

Submission Guidelines:

• Designs must be original artwork for the front of a t-shirt, suitable for men and women. Color of t-shirt to be determined by the Arboretum staff, but suggestions on color are welcome. Lighter colored shirts are cooler to wear than darker colors.
• ...

Vanguard will show you how to use your retirement savings to create a sustainable income stream that will last as long as your retirement does. 3 different times and locations - sessions last one hour!

9:30AM FAS -Lamont Library Forum Room – Cambridge

12:00PM – HBS – Cumnock Hall- Room 102 - Boston

3:00PM - 114 Mt. Auburn Street – Room 406 - Cambridge

No sign up required.  

Visit www.tiaa-cref.org/VE to reserve your place for this webinar on Dec 5th from 3-4 p.m.

Timeline to retirement - This webinar is intended for participants 3 to 10 years from retirement and will review the key benefits and decision points from ages 62 to 70. The webinar focuses on two federal entitlement programs, Social Security and Medicare, as well as major milestones associated with employer-sponsored retirement plans that can help participants avoid significant tax penalties on withdrawals. 

Sponsored by Vanguard, one of Harvard's retirement plan companies, and open to all Harvard faculty and staff.

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