5 stories tagged ‘WGBH’

A class open to the world

By Colleen Walsh/Harvard Staff Writer, Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer / December 3, 2012

Michael Sandel’s discussion of ‘Justice’ connects Harvard students with those in four other nations

Tags: Colleen Walsh/Ethical reasoning/Global/Global Classroom/Harvard on iTunes U/Holocaust/Interactive class/International/iPad/Justice/Michael Sandel/Net Power & Light/New Delhi/São Paulo/Shanghai/spin/Students/Tokyo/Virtual classroom/WGBH/YouTube channels
Categories: Campus & Community, On Campus

When jazz was king

By Colleen Walsh, Harvard Staff Writer / November 5, 2012

Three local jazz figures came to Harvard to explore their passion for the music and its future as a singular American art form.

Tags: Arts/Bob Blumenthal/Colleen Walsh/Don Braden/Eric Jackson/Harvard Jazz Bands/jazz/Jazz Workshop/John Coltrane/Learning From Performers/Music/New York Times/Office for the Arts/Radio/Steve Schwartz/WBCN/WGBH/WHRB-FM
Categories: Arts & Culture, Music

A school telescope, through the Internet

By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer / May 26, 2011

Astronomy Professor Alyssa Goodman is helping to bring astronomy to area schools, founding an "ambassador" program that combines with new software to provide an interface on the universe for students and researchers alike.

Tags: Alvin Powell/Alyssa Goodman/Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston/Astronomy/Clarke Middle School/Dick Post/Engineering & Technology/Microsoft/Patricia Udomprasert/Prospect Hill Academy/Research/Schools/Science/Teaching science/Viz-e-Lab/WGBH/Worldwide Telescope/Worldwide Telescope Ambassadors
Categories: Engineering & Technology, HarvardScience

Business School announces Tata gift; two initiatives

By Colleen Walsh, Harvard Staff Writer / October 14, 2010

A pair of building projects supported by the Harvard Business School takes aim at fostering leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Tags: Advanced Management Program/Allston/Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino/Cherry Murray/Drew Faust/Entrepreneurship/Global/Harvard Business School/Harvard Innovation Lab/Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences/HBS Executive Education/Historic Gift/Nitin Nohria/Peter Tufano/Ratan Tata/Rock Center for Entrepreneurship/Sir Dorabji Tata Trust/Tata Education and Development Trust/Tata Group/The Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard/Western Avenue/WGBH
Categories: Campus & Community, On Campus

Earthwatch comes to Allston

By Corydon Ireland, Harvard Staff Writer / March 24, 2010

Earthwatch Institute, a leading international nonprofit environmental group, announces plans to move its headquarters and staff to a Harvard-owned building in Allston. The group hopes to build partnerships with the community and the University.

Tags: 114 Western Ave./Al Gore/Allston/Allston-Brighton/Boston Public Schools/Brian A. Rosborough/Cambridge/Earthwatch Institute/Ecosystems/Ed Wilson/Endangered Species/Environmental Education/Fellowship/Geologists/Global Warming/Greenland/Harvard Business School/Harvard Graduate School of Education/Nonprofit Environmental Group/Oceans/Peace Corps/Smithsonian Institution/U.N. Global Compact/WGBH
Categories: Campus & Community, In the Community