Hosted by Rhoda Kubrick, Arboretum Docent

This tour of the Arboretum’s large maple collection and adjacent Bradley Rosaceous Collection (rose garden) combines a discussion of plant families and origins with the enjoyment of springtime -- new leaves and flowers.  If time permits, you will climb Beech Path to Explorers Garden and see another wonderful paperbark maple.

In case of inclement weather, contact 617.384.5209. Fee Free, but registration requested. To register, click ...

Join Lisa Pearson, Head of the Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library, as she discusses her new book Images of America - Arnold Arboretum. She will speak about the extensive photograph collections of the Arboretum and how she used them to tell the institution’s story. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.

Fee Free, but registration requested. To register, click here or call 617-384-5277.

Hosted by Elizabeth Wolkovich, PhD, Assistant Professor, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University and Jehane Samaha, Lab Technician, Wolkovich Lab, Arnold Arboretum

Take a moment to look closer at the transient springtime growth stages of trees in the Arboretum. Lizzie Wolkovich and Jehane Samaha will highlight the phenology and anatomy of bursting buds, emerging...

Webcast: Gender matters when it comes to savings – Why women need to save more than men

Join Kathy Murphy, President of Fidelity Personal Investing, and Jean Chatzky, award-winning personal finance journalist, to learn why it’s so important for women to prepare for the unexpected—and what you can do now to stay on top of your savings.  In this free webcast, Fidelity will discuss:

• The importance of having a financial plan
• Dealing with life’s changes
• Prioritizing short- and long-term goals

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Join Kathy Murphy, President of Fidelity Personal Investing, and Jean Chatzky, award-winning personal finance journalist, to learn why it’s so important for women to prepare for the unexpected—and what you can do now to stay on top of your savings.  In this free webcast, Fidelity will discuss:

• The importance of having a financial plan
• Dealing with life’s changes
• Prioritizing short- and long-term goals

Register Now—and spread the word!

P.S. Even though this...

Webcast: Gender matters when it comes to savings – Why women need to save more than men

Join Kathy Murphy, President of Fidelity Personal Investing, and Jean Chatzky, award-winning personal finance journalist, to learn why it’s so important for women to prepare for the unexpected—and what you can do now to stay on top of your savings.  In this free webcast, Fidelity will discuss:

• The importance of having a financial plan
• Dealing with life’s changes
• Prioritizing short- and long-term goals

...

ARTS FIRST is Harvard's annual showcase of student and faculty creativity. Produced by the Office for the Arts at Harvard and held this year April 30-May 3, the festival is a public event with many free performances and activities. Harvard employees and others are invited!

Please note that volunteers are needed and welcome in all aspects of keeping ARTS FIRST running smoothly. 

We are a group of Harvard University staff, graduate students, and faculty members who meet to practice public speaking.  Meet every first and third Tuesday of each month from 1-2 p.m.  Learn more.

We invite anyone from the Harvard community to visit our upcoming meetings. Read the FAQs and How It Works.

We are a group of Harvard University staff, graduate students, and faculty members who meet to practice public speaking.  Meet every first and third Tuesday of each month from 1-2 p.m.  Learn more.

We invite anyone from the Harvard community to visit our upcoming meetings. Read the FAQs and How It Works.

Ethan Lasser, the Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. Curator of American Art and head of the Division of European and American Art, will give today’s gallery talk.

Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. Museums staff will be on hand to collect tickets.

Gallery talks are offered by curators, conservators, fellows, and other museums...

Many regions of ancient Asia Minor were what we would now think of as “wine country.” In Greek and Roman times, several cities prospered from viticulture, as evidenced by their coins depicting grapes, amphorae, and the wine god Dionysos himself. More than 50 cities in Asia Minor claimed to be his birthplace, and would organize wine festivals and Carnivalesque parades to honor him. Johannes Nollé, professor of ancient history and epigraphy at Ludwig-Maximilians University, in Munich, will present some of the best examples of coins from the region and convey some of the joie de vivre so...

Mary Schneider Enriquez, the Houghton Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, will give today’s gallery talk.

Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. Museums staff will be on hand to collect tickets.

Gallery talks are offered by curators, conservators, fellows, and other museums staff; they focus on aspects of the...

Casey Monahan, the Cunningham Curatorial Assistant for the Collection, in the Division of European and American Art, will give today’s gallery talk, which relates to the exhibition Beyond Bosch: The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print, on view through May 8, 2016.

Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk....

What do a contemporary Indigenous painting from Australia, a bozzetto by Bernini, an attic vase, and an ancient Chinese bronze have in common? They were all made using earth-based pigments or clays. How and why have such materials been used across time and cultures, and what can be learned from their scientific analysis?

Francesca Bewer, research curator for conservation and technical studies, along with guest experts, will lead this exploration of earthen materials in art. The workshop will combine close looking at select objects in the collections with hands-on experimentation in...