Tag: Centennial

  • Nation & World

    Defining a centennial

    A panel discussed the political experiences of Black women in the years between the ratification of the 19th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

    4 minutes
    Anna Murray-Douglass (from left), Marcus Garvey with Amy Jacques Garvey, and Elizabeth Freeman.
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    A century of making society better

    A panel on the power of education kicked off the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s centennial festivities.

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    Panel.
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    ‘Dream Songs’ and demons

    This month John Berryman’s longtime publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, is marking his 100th birthday by reissuing some of his best-known work.

    4 minutes
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    Online, on site, in the field

    Harvard School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk outlined a new vision for public health education Friday (Nov. 1), outlining courses that blend online, in-person, and in-the-field experiences and that take different forms throughout a professional’s life.

    4 minutes
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    Collaboration key in health gains, Clinton says

    Former President Bill Clinton, at the Harvard School of Public Health to accept a Centennial Medal, hailed the networks active through the global health community as critical to gains made in recent decades.

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    Turkle talks technology, intimacy

    “Technology proposes itself an architect of our intimacies,” explained Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Sherry Turkle to an engrossed audience May 14 at the Harvard University Extension School.

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    Sherry Turkle to give centennial year Lowell Lecture May 14

    Sherry Turkle, founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Initiative on Technology and Self, will give this centennial year’s Lowell Lecture, titled “The Tethered Life: Technology Reshapes Intimacy and Solitude,” on May 14 (8 p.m., Lowell Lecture Hall), hosted by the Harvard University Extension School.

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  • Nation & World

    Forge ahead, and build your brand

    In a panel discussion celebrating the Harvard Extension School’s centennial, three speakers discuss the moribund economy, offering advice that job seekers plunge ahead and reinvent themselves to prosper in the changed marketplace.

    4 minutes
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    Archives and electrons

    In a discussion titled “Writing History Now,” sponsored by the Harvard University Extension School, a panel of historians examines the shifting landscape of recording history, as the Internet changes the ways that data is saved and valued.

    6 minutes
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    Two landmark events

    In recognition of his exceptional commitment to fostering broad appreciation for classical music, Boston Landmarks Orchestra conductor Charles Ansbacher was presented with the centennial medallion by Harvard Extension School Dean Michael Shinagel.

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    Turning a chipper 100

    Harvard University Extension School, turning 100 next year, launched its multi-event centennial celebration with a Sept. 25 convocation.

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