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2017 May 16

Caregiving and Sibling Warfare

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Cumnock Hall 102, 33 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163

Siblings can be our best friends, toughest critics or partners in crime growing up. But once we’re adults, siblings can make caring for an aging parent challenging. One of the greatest sources of stress around caregiving is sibling discord. You think Mom needs in-home care, your brother’s focused on assisted living and Mom doesn’t want any help at all! Sound familiar? How can you and your siblings get on the same page, help Mom find the right care and not get entangled in simmering resentments from the past? Learn how to focus on the present, address sibling conflict, achieve consensus as...

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2017 Feb 16

Dad Wants to Do it Alone: When a Parent Won’t Accept Help

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Cumnock Hall 220, 33 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163

You’ve noticed concerns with Dad living at home and you’ve come up with the perfect plan to support him. There’s only one problem. Your Dad is refusing to acknowledge anything is wrong and he won’t accept help from anyone. Often loved ones are reluctant to accept help because it can feel like a loss of independence. This seminar will focus on supporting your loved one’s autonomy and offering beneficial care options in a non-threatening manner. Presented by Care.com Senior Care specialist Jennifer Gibbons. 

Audience: All HBS Staff
 Pre-Requisites: None
 Cost:...

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2017 Feb 01

O&I at Longwood Medical Area

Repeats every month on the 15 of February until Wed Feb 15 2017 .
11:00am to 1:30pm

11:00am to 1:30pm

Location: 

Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 190 Longwood Avenue (REB entrance

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) anyday tickets for movies, museums and seasonal attraction. O&I also...

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2017 Mar 15

Deadline for spending 2016 FSA funds

(All day)

If you have a Health Care and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account for 2016, all funds must be spent by March 15, 2017. Any unused funds will be forfeited. The deadline to submit 2016 FSA claims to Benefits Strategies is March 31, 2017.

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2017 Jan 31

The Future of News: Journalism in a Post-Truth Era

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge

The future of news—and the erosion of trust in facts—has been much debated here at Harvard and beyond. Please join President Faust in Sanders Theatre on Tuesday, January 31, at 4:00 p.m., to hear from experts who are approaching the issues from a range of perspectives. Distinguished guests include:

  •  Gerard Baker, editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal
  •  Lolly Bowean, reporter for the Chicago Tribune
  •  Kathleen Kingsbury, managing editor for digital at the Boston Globe
  •  William Kristol, founder and editor at...
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2017 Feb 08

Drawing: Medium, Discourse, Object

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium (January 21–May 7, 2017), this lecture will consider the key aspects of the process of drawing’s emergence into modernity and will explore the output of the most important artists, from Fragonard to Seurat, who contributed to that process. Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, the William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts at Harvard University, will describe the unorthodox format of the...

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2017 Jan 28

Women's Hockey vs Cornell - WHITE OUT BRIGHT-LANDRY THIS SATURDAY!

3:00pm

Location: 

Bright-Landry Hockey Center, 65 North Harvard Street., Boston, MA 02163

Wear WHITE to the game and cheer on the Crimson.
Help break the Women's attendance record!

Harvard Faculty & Staff Each Receive up to 4 FREE Tickets!

The first 300 fans will receive a FREE Harvard Hockey T-Shirt! 

All fans wearing white will get a FREE spin of the Harvard prize wheel!

All kids are invited to get autographs from select Harvard players after the game! FREE team photos...

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2017 Jan 25

O&I at Longwood Medical Area

11:00am to 1:30pm

Location: 

Kresge Cafeteria @ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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) anyday tickets for movies, museums and seasonal attraction. O&I also...

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2017 Mar 24

Retirewise - Pre-retirement Planning (2-day seminar)

8:30am to 1:00pm

Location: 

114 Mt. Auburn Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge

Planning ahead for retirement can make all the difference in meeting your goals, and it's never too early or too late to start!  

Retirewise is a workshop held over two half-days, March 24 and March 31, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.  

Content focuses on financial needs and planning, with a range of important topics delivered by experts from MetLife, Harvard Benefits and Social Security Administration.

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2017 Feb 07

It Costs How Much? What to Expect When Paying for Senior Care - Webinar

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Online

Many experience “sticker shock” at the cost of long term care. For instance, the average annual cost of a nursing home is about $80,000, significantly more than a year of college tuition! In the U.S., 80 percent of long term care is provided by unpaid family caregivers who often struggle to sort out the different resources and options. This seminar will help clear up common misunderstandings about paying for long term care and addresses:

  • The different options for care
  • The different payers of long term care
  • Variables that impact the cost of care
  • How to...
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2017 Feb 23

Vanguard Webinar - Financial Freedom

2:00pm

Location: 

Online

This webinar covers basic rules of thumb to help you improve your financial live. It is designed for anyone who wants to get on track with finances. 

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

 

2017 Feb 23

Vanguard Webinar - Create Your Plan

12:00pm

Location: 

Online

Create Your Plan – This webinar is intended to show people that there are two keys to a comfortable retirement: saving enough and investing wisely. The goal is to get participants to increase their contribution rates or check their allocations, and then make changes if necessary.

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

 

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