Tag: Clea Simon
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Straight to the heart of the story
NPR reporter Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, who gave the Rama S. Mehta Lecture at the Radcliffe Institute, talked about seeking the untold narratives of African women.
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A celebration of diversity
Harvard Yard performances highlight, embrace the complexity of diversity.
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Goodbye, blue blazers and rep ties
One of the last bastions of Ivy League style will be closing its Harvard Square men’s store.
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Poetry with personages
For her new TV show, the Harvard professor sits down with the likes of Bono, Bill Clinton, and Shaquille O’Neal for in-depth discussions of one poem in each 24-minute episode.
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Dancer moves from stage to the study of religion
Dancer, actor, photographer Benjamin Grimm ’18 widened his focus to the comparative study of religion with a secondary degree in German and Scandinavian studies.
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Black Lives Matter: A next chapter
Four years after Michael Brown was shot to death in Ferguson, Mo., young people of color are still dying. Still, as a panel discussion at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum noted, a movement has grown at the same time.
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Guideposts toward gender equality
Harvard conference on gender inequality probes possible ways to encourage maternal and parental leave.
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Making ‘a case for the small’
Making “a case for the small,” Harvard’s Danielle Allen tells symposium that progress in Civil Rights isn’t just about breakthroughs.
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Studying art by making it
Harvard class encourages students to create artworks to better understand how they’re made.
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In Yard digs, there’s an app for that
Come next fall, a new app will allow viewers to probe archaeological finds from Harvard’s earliest days.
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One win against weapons could fuel another
The successful effort to ban landmines could be a blueprint for a campaign against nuclear arms, Harvard Law School panel says.
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Feminism and fairy tales
Radcliffe film series spotlights the feminine power in many traditional fables and folk tales.
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For Faludi, a rare internal gaze
“Suspicious of the privileging of the personal,” author and journalist Susan Faludi, who’ll speak at the Schlesinger Library soon, has written an unexpected look at her own life.
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Calls for hope and action
With words of hope and rousing calls to action, the fifth annual W.E.B. Du Bois Medals ceremony brought the stars out at Sanders Theatre.
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On DACA, questions top answers
When it comes to DACA, panelists say, the road ahead still promises more questions than answers.
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For IT Summit, a focus on innovation
The annual Harvard IT Summit at Sanders Theatre brought together professionals, key partners, and faculty for a day of programming and sessions to explore technology innovations and best practices in higher education.
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Images of Harlem, then and now
Dawoud Bey’s photographs of the keystone, changing neighborhood of Harlem are part of a new Cooper Gallery exhibit.
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Fake news is giving reality a run for its money
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow moderated a Berkman Klein forum titled “Fake News, Concrete Responses: At the Nexus of Law, Technology, and Social Narratives.”
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Queries, and support, on travel concerns
Town hall session outlines Harvard’s programmatic safety net for community members during this period of tightened immigration.
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Shadows of Cuba’s past
An exhibit by Cuban mixed-media artist Juan Roberto Diago at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery folds history into imagery.
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Larry Wilmore on the election
In the end, comedian Larry Wilmore said in delivering the Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics, Americans elected the president they wanted.
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Black lives, in focus
The Hutchins Center honors eight medalists who have made a difference for African-Americans and for cultural understanding.
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Sharing the small stuff
The fifth annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference will be a showcase for “bite-sized innovations.”
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MOOCs ahead
MOOCs (massive open online courses) have sparked explosive growth in both education and opportunity. Consider edX. Since this joint Harvard and MIT online platform launched in 2012, it has attracted…
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New life for Memorial Church
Immediately following Commencement, Memorial Church will close as, for the remainder of the calendar year, it undergoes renovations.
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The ace of bass
Noted jazzman Rufus Reid is teaching Harvard students, and will share his wisdom and musicianship with the public. There will be two events open to the public — on April 6 and 9.
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For French scholar, hope survives terror
The French scholar Patrick Weil visited the Law School to give a talk titled “After the Paris Attacks: What Is the Future for French Society?”
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A grain of creativity
At the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Futurefarmers combines art with agriculture, work with whimsy.
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Life behind the pose
“Black Chronicles II,” at the Cooper Gallery, explores issues of race and identity through archival photographs from Victorian England.