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2021 Nov 17

2021 Harvard Humanist of the Year Event

7:30pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Online

Please join the Humanist Chaplaincy for our Harvard Humanist of the Year event honoring Dr. Uché Blackstock. A graduate of Harvard College and Medical School, Dr. Blackstock has been one of America’s most prominent and passionate voices for social and racial justice during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. We are very proud to be hosting her for a virtual event co-sponsored by the Harvard University Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging.

The event will be held over Zoom on Wednesday November 17, 2021 (7:30pm - 8:30pm ET / 4:30pm – 5:30pm PT). Please RSVP by...

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2021 Nov 17

Useful Objects: Nineteenth-Century Museums and American Culture

4:30pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Online

Free Virtual Public Lecture

Reed Gochberg, Assistant Director of Studies; Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University,

In conversation with:

Brenda Tindal, Executive Director, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

Advance Registration Required.

What can the history of museums tell us about their role in American culture today? What kinds of objects were considered worth collecting, and who decided their value? Join Reed...

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2021 Nov 10

Biogeography across Broken Continents and Sunken Islands

6:00pm to 7:15pm

Location: 

Online

Advance Registration Required.

The major continents of the Southern Hemisphere—Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica—as well as India and islands in the Pacific, were once part of Gondwana, an ancient supercontinent that began to break up about 180 million years ago. How did this breakup influence the evolution of ecosystems and organisms found on modern continents and islands? This is one of the questions that biogeography, the study of how organisms are...

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2021 Nov 15

EdNavigator Webinar: Making the Most of School Conferences

12:00pm

Location: 

Online

After over a year of pandemic disruptions, make sure you know how to support your child’s success in class and beyond. What information matters most for your child to stay on track? How do you know if your child mastered grade-level skills from a year of remote learning? You may have already received beginning of year benchmark data, or you may not have any clear and concrete data from school about your child’s progress thus far – we can help with both!

Join EdNavigator’s team of expert education advisors to learn about effectively deciphering information coming home from school...

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2021 Dec 13

Adult/Senior Care Resources Review

12:00pm

Location: 

Online

Harvard University offers multiple resources to help benefits-eligible faculty and staff plan for and support an elder or other dependent adult. Harvard’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides advice and recommendations on any elder- or adult-care issue as well as referrals to resources nationwide. The Senior Care Planning program, provided by Care@Work, helps faculty and staff navigate the ever-changing demands of caring for an aging family member or other dependent adults by connecting them with a professional senior care advisor, a licensed geriatric social worker who is an...

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2021 Nov 01

Conmemoración del Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Commemoration

4:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Online

Commemoration and Free Outdoor Candle Lighting

4:00–5:00 pm ET Harvard ID holders only | Sólo para los titulares de identificación de Harvard

5:15–7:00 pm ET General Public | miembros y público en general

Leer en español.

Advance Registration Required. Deadline to register is October 31.

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2021 Nov 17

Education Now | Early Education Challenges — and Innovations

3:00pm

Location: 

Online

The early learning landscape continues to shift under the weight of pandemic impacts. We’ll take a look at where things stand, where we’re headed, and how we can help our little ones adjust to constant change.

Host: Junlei Li, Saul Zaentz Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Co-Chair, Human Development and Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Stay tuned for more details.

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Education Now: is an HGSE webinar series that responds to the dramatic changes in the field of education in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Each episode is...

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2021 Nov 03

Education Now | Mental Health and Wellness at College Today

3:00pm

Location: 

Online

This episode will focus on higher education and the mental health and wellness challenges that colleges are facing — and what student support should look like now, as pandemic impacts continue.

Colleges and universities are facing a crisis in mental health today — with nearly 40 percent of college students experiencing depression, according to a 2020 study, 34 percent reporting anxiety, and 13 percent saying they had thought seriously about suicide in the last year. The pandemic exacerbated the crisis, but there are other factors driving the surge.

Join us as we talk with...

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2021 Dec 10

Retirewise - Pre-retirement Planning

11:30am to 1:00pm

Location: 

Online

From budgeting and building an emergency fund to determining your investment options and creating a will, there’s something for everyone to learn.

Each Retirewise session has different topics that build on each other.

  • Building the Foundation
  • Creating & Managing Wealth
  • Establishing Your Retirement Income Stream
  • Making the Most of What You Have

With Retirewise, you’ll be on your way to making smarter financial decisions and creating an action plan that works for you. Join your colleagues...

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2021 Dec 10

Retirewise - Pre-retirement Planning

9:30am to 11:00am

Location: 

Online

From budgeting and building an emergency fund to determining your investment options and creating a will, there’s something for everyone to learn.

Each Retirewise session has different topics that build on each other.

  • Building the Foundation
  • Creating & Managing Wealth
  • Establishing Your Retirement Income Stream
  • Making the Most of What You Have

With Retirewise, you’ll be on your way to making smarter financial decisions and creating an action plan that works for you. Join your colleagues...

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2021 Dec 03

Retirewise - Pre-retirement Planning

11:30am to 1:00pm

Location: 

Online

From budgeting and building an emergency fund to determining your investment options and creating a will, there’s something for everyone to learn.

Each Retirewise session has different topics that build on each other.

  • Building the Foundation
  • Creating & Managing Wealth
  • Establishing Your Retirement Income Stream
  • Making the Most of What You Have

With Retirewise, you’ll be on your way to making smarter financial decisions and creating an action plan that works for you. Join your colleagues...

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2021 Dec 03

Retirewise - Pre-retirement Planning

9:30am to 11:00am

Location: 

Online

From budgeting and building an emergency fund to determining your investment options and creating a will, there’s something for everyone to learn.

Each Retirewise session has different topics that build on each other.

  • Building the Foundation
  • Creating & Managing Wealth
  • Establishing Your Retirement Income Stream
  • Making the Most of What You Have

With Retirewise, you’ll be on your way to making smarter financial decisions and creating an action plan that works for you. Join your colleagues...

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2021 Dec 09

TIAA-CREF Webinar - The Power of Saving

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Online

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 webinar you’ll learn 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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