The Center for Workplace Development (CWD) invites current Harvard administrative/professional staff (exempt status) to participate in the 2018-19 Administrative Fellowship Program.  The AFP seminar series is designed to enhance talent management, increase individual administrative skills, and familiarize participants with the specifics of working in higher education. The program aids individuals in their abilities for self-assessment and development. Individuals participate in on-going seminars, lectures, formal discussions, and learn through case studies. In addition to the...

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Harvard recruiters will be at the 7th Annual Urban League Jobs Rebuild Boston Community Conference & Career Fair! Network with and meet recruiters to learn more about career opportunities at the university. 

Focus Group Opportunity

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Opportunity to Participate in a Focus Group Regarding the Prevention and Treatment of Influenza in High-Risk Persons.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the assistance of Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, is seeking participants for a focus group discussion in Boston.

Participants will be asked to share their opinions and practices regarding some health-related issues. Your answers can help efforts to...

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In this seminar, artist and printer Gary Schneider will join Jennifer Quick, the John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Associate Research Curator in Photography, to discuss photographs he printed for such artists as Robert Gober, John Schabel, and Peter Hujar. Schneider worked with these artists as co-owner of the lab Schneider/Erdman, Inc., founded with his partner John Erdman in 1981 and located in Manhattan’s East Village. Schneider and Quick will explore the stories behind these photographs, looking closely at the many technical and conceptual decisions involved in the making of each...

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David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992) was an American AIDS activist and artist who worked in photography, painting, writing, music, and film. A selection of his works are included in the exhibition Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001, on view from May 19 to August 12, 2018. In conjunction with the exhibition, we are offering a chance to see the artist’s rarely screened...

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A. Cassandra Albinson, the Margaret S. Winthrop Curator of European 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...

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During his stay in the asylum of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (1889–90), Vincent van Gogh completed a total of 20 paintings after black-and-white prints of Jean-François Millet, an artist he greatly admired. One of these paintings— Snow-Covered Field with a Harrow (after Millet) —is currently on loan to the Harvard Art Museums from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Nienke Bakker, curator of Van Gogh paintings at the Van Gogh Museum, will describe the artist’s lifelong admiration for Millet and his reasons for painting copies after his work. She will also present findings...

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Jennifer Quick, the John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Associate Research Curator in Photography, will give today’s gallery talk. The related exhibition, Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001, is on view May 19–August 12, 2018.

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

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A. Cassandra Albinson, the Margaret S. Winthrop Curator of European 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...

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The Harvard Art Museums Archives is participating in Cambridge Open Archives, an annual event that offers the rare chance to visit a number of unique archives and collecting agencies in Cambridge. Staff from the Harvard Art Museums Archives will present archival materials, with a focus on the history of the Calderwood Courtyard. Talks will be held at 4pm and 5pm, in the museums’ Materials Lab, on the Lower Level.

This program is one of the many 2018 events commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Church of San Biagio in Montepulciano, Italy, which provided inspiration for...

Read more about Cambridge Open Archives

The Harvard Art Museums Archives is participating in Cambridge Open Archives, an annual event that offers the rare chance to visit a number of unique archives and collecting agencies in Cambridge. Staff from the Harvard Art Museums Archives will present archival materials, with a focus on the history of the Calderwood Courtyard. Talks will be held at 4pm and 5pm, in the museums’ Materials Lab, on the Lower Level.

This program is one of the many 2018 events commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Church of San Biagio in Montepulciano, Italy, which provided inspiration for...

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Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, the Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins, and Amy Brauer, the Diane Heath Beever Curator of the Collection, both in the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, will give this 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...

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Join our docent for a tour of the other end of the Arnold Arboretum, the southern end. Peters Hill became part of the Arboretum in 1894 and continues to charm with its special character, collections, and history. In June, the amazing view from the summit brings the landscape of plants below you into view. Learn about the history of the land along with information on the woody plants located here, like the collection of cottonwoods and crabapples that enhance the walkways through the seasons.

For cancellations due to weather, call 617 384-5209

Free, registration is...

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Copper Etchings by Bobbi Angell and Watercolor Paintings by Beverly Duncan

How do we distinguish one leaf from another? Is the pattern of the veins and shape of a leaf a puzzle from our very first observation? In this workshop, you will learn some terminology and some distinguishing characteristics of leaves, which will help you identify species and understand growth habits.
First up is a short walk in the Arboretum landscape to observe the way leaves hang on a tree and how they are attached to a branch. Then you will come inside and work with a collection...

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