Tag: ” Colleen Walsh

  • Nation & World

    Affirmative action policies remain

    The U.S. Supreme Court returned the question of affirmative action in college admissions to the lower courts for reconsideration.

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    Sandel in Central Park

    During an evening in Central Park, germane readings from Shakespeare’s plays were followed by a forum led by Professor Michael Sandel, whose book “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limit of Markets” examined the social repercussions of letting so many life choices come with a price tag.

    7 minutes
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    Q&A with new HGSE dean

    James Ryan, one of the nation’s leading scholars in education law and policy, has been named dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In a question-and-answer session, he explains his motivations, his work, and his goals.

    13 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The creative crusader

    Radcliffe Day featured a celebration of the arts and the award of the Radcliffe Medal to actress and arts activist Jane Alexander, as well as a panel discussion that explored the challenges artists face.

    6 minutes
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    Shining a light on an era

    A new work at the American Repertory Theater, developed by members of the A.R.T. Institute and part of the four-year National Civil War Project, explores the story of escaped slave Anthony Burns and the work of the Boston abolitionists.

    3 minutes
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    Joy by the Yard

    Snapshots of Harvard’s 2013 Commencement, a day marked by sunshine and warmth as well as rituals, honors, and good wishes.

    17 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The path to fighting injustice

    Lillian Langford, graduating with degrees from Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School, plans to use her experience working in international law and human rights and her experience at Harvard to continue fighting injustice.

    3 minutes
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    Ready to serve

    Four men and one woman from Harvard’s Class of 2013 received their military commissions during a ceremony Wednesday attended by Harvard President Drew Faust.

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    Boldly going to Houghton

    A newly acquired writer’s guide for the science fiction fantasy TV show “Star Trek” at Harvard’s Houghton Library offers aspiring scriptwriters everything they would need to know before crafting a script for the ’60s cult classic.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Education without limits

    Salman Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, explained his vision for online learning during a GSE Askwith Forum.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Sense where none seems possible

    Five panelists at Harvard Divinity School — including Dean David N. Hempton — grappled with the ways religion is sometimes used to justify acts of terror, covering as well the role of faith traditions in encouraging healing.

    5 minutes
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    Making poetry sing

    Radcliffe fellow and classically trained pianist Tsitsi Jaji uses her musical expertise and knowledge of comparative literature to explore how composers of African descent set poetry to music for solo voice and piano.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Matt Damon, on his craft

    Actors Matt Damon and John Lithgow met at Sanders Theatre on Thursday for a spirited conversation that kicked off Harvard’s annual Arts First celebration.

    9 minutes
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    ‘Beowulf,’ as it was told

    Steven Rozensk and Matthew Sergi have collaborated with the American Repertory Theater for a public reading of the epic poem “Beowulf” in its original Old English. There is a free reading from noon to 5 p.m. at the A.R.T. on April 25.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    With Visitas canceled, Harvard improvises

    As a region-wide lockdown closed Harvard, University officials struggled with the difficult decision to cancel Visitas, Harvard College’s program for newly admitted students. Members of the Harvard community used social media to reach out to those who had planned to attend the event.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    How the attack affects our lives

    Harvard analysts in a range of fields discuss the many ways that the Boston Marathon bombings are likely to affect daily life in this area and beyond.

    12 minutes
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    Science under the stage lights

    Harvard Medical School’s Jonathan Beckwith has used his course “Social Issues in Biology” to teach students about the societal implications of science, and now he is collaborating with a Harvard alum Calla Videt to bring his message to the stage.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Jobs, Einstein, and Franklin

    Biographer Walter Isaacson shared his insights into the minds and makeup of three of America’s greatest thinkers, who helped to change the world.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Lessons from the long-lived

    A gerontologist researcher says his work allows him to connect with “vibrant, engaged, healthy, exciting, and active older people.” He says they live more in the now than other people might believe, and value that.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Something in a name

    Author James Carroll and Harvard Divinity School professor Francis Clooney explored the significance of the Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio’s selection as pope, the potential challenges he faces as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, and the direction for the church in the years and decades to come.

    5 minutes
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    A tuned-in savior

    Harvard music professor Anne Shreffler and a trio of graduate students have developed an exhibit based on the extensive material related to contemporary music patron Paul Fromm. “Composing the Future: The Fromm Foundation and the Music of Our Time” is on view at the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library through May 2.

    5 minutes
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    A new face at the Vatican

    After Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope on Wednesday, Harvard analysts weighed in on what his selection, as the Vatican’s first Jesuit and first South American leader, could mean for the future of the Roman Catholic Church.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Following the story

    Melissa Block ’83, the host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” returned to campus to discuss her career and the changing landscape of digital media.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Letting religion in

    Two political philosophers explored the role of religion in public life during a discussion sponsored by the nonprofit organization The Veritas Forum.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Schoolyard scourge

    Scholars convened at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to explore the topic of bullying and potential ways forward.

    5 minutes
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    Finding ‘a solution to closed doors’

    A Harvard Divinity School panel explored the workings of Shariah law and the rights of women under its rules, in part through the eyes of its first female judge.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Lessig remembers Swartz

    In remarks at Harvard Law School, Professor Lawrence Lessig eulogized Internet pioneer Aaron Swartz and proposed a closer examination of minor versus major cyberspace crimes and what he called “extremism in prosecuting computer laws.”

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The Hong Kong model

    Anson Chan, the former chief secretary for administration for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, outlined her hopes for a more democratic China when she delivered the Rama S. Mehta Lecture at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

    4 minutes
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    How to sidestep sequestration

    Gazette staff writer Colleen Walsh spoke with budgeting expert Linda J. Bilmes, a Harvard Kennedy School senior lecturer in public policy, about the looming government sequestration, and some possible ways to avoid it in future.

    11 minutes
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    A clarion call for science

    Harvard President Drew Faust called for the scientific community to unite in its efforts to press Congress for continued federal research support during a speech to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

    4 minutes