Tag: ” Colleen Walsh

  • Nation & World

    Technology to the classroom

    A two-week seminar in January offered Harvard doctoral students the chance to learn from experts from across the University about using technology to support education.

    6 minutes
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    Vatican in flux

    The Gazette asked Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, a professor of Roman Catholic theological studies at the Divinity School, to weigh in on the decision by Pope Benedict XVI to step down.

    6 minutes
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    Ginsburg holds court

    Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down with Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow to reflect on her 20-year tenure on the Supreme Court.

    6 minutes
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    Direct from Broadway

    The Broadway star Christine Ebersole shared her advice and some tricks of the trade with three undergraduates during a master class sponsored by Harvard’s Office for the Arts.

    3 minutes
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    ‘Pippin’ goes to the circus

    Diane Paulus’ newest musical adaptation at the American Repertory Theater, a reworking of the 1970s hit ‘Pippin,’ weaves the element of circus performance into the production. The show continues through Jan.20 at the Loeb Drama Center.

    5 minutes
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    The rise, ruin of China trader

    An exhibit and companion website developed by Harvard Business School’s Baker Library shines light on the early days of trade between China and the United States.

    5 minutes
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    Sir Alex leads the way

    The manager of iconic Manchester United, the recent topic of a Harvard Business School case that examined his famous career and the keys to his effective brand of leadership, visited Harvard this fall to engage with HBS students in the classroom.

    7 minutes
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    The ongoing allure of Tolkien

    In a question-and-answer session, Stephen Mitchell, Harvard professor of Scandinavian and folklore, explores the lasting appeal and the inspirations behind author J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale “The Hobbit.” Director Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the book for the big screen opens in the United States mid-December.

    7 minutes
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    A class open to the world

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

    6 minutes
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    Note taking in a clickable age

    A recent Radcliffe symposium explored the history and future of note taking.

    7 minutes
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    A Q&A on economic outlook

    A discussion with Harvard Professor Kenneth Rogoff on the nation’s prospects for a stronger fiscal future.

    7 minutes
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    Truth, values, in a reviving America

    With a bitter national election fading in the rearview mirror, Harvard scholars look ahead and strike an optimistic chord, suggesting the nation can meet the many serious challenges facing it.

    7 minutes
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    Ways of seeing

    Harvard scientist Margaret Livingstone uses works of art to explore the workings of the brain.

    3 minutes
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    Tipping science on its head

    Scientist and Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman argued for a new approach to teaching science to college students, introducing it earlier in the learning process.

    4 minutes
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    Memories and beginnings

    Members of the Harvard community gathered Sunday to salute the University’s war dead for Veterans Day, an event accompanied by the official institution service for Jonathan Walton, the Memorial Church’s new Pusey Minister and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals.

    6 minutes
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    When jazz was king

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

    5 minutes
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    The art of the possible

    Artist Kerry James Marshall’s massive woodcut print, on view at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, challenges the artistic status quo.

    6 minutes
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    A wider mission for Ed Portal

    The Harvard Allston Education Portal celebrated its fifth year of programming and an expansion of its facility and its mission with a community event that featured performances by Harvard students and a lecture by faculty member Michael Sandel.

    5 minutes
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    Found in translation

    French historian Roger Chartier, whose work examines the history of books, publishing, and reading, explored the creation of literary archives and the appearance in the 1750s of authorial manuscripts during a talk at Radcliffe. “Take Note” will “consider the past and future of note taking on Nov. 1 and 2.

    3 minutes
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    America at a crossroads

    Offering both a historic and contemporary perspective on the current election, several Harvard faculty members reflected on how themes from America’s past are playing out on the national stage.

    4 minutes
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    In on the act

    More than 30 collaborators, including four Harvard undergrads, take the stage in the American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) production of “The Lily’s Revenge,” at Oberon through Oct. 28.

    5 minutes
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    The rise of medical tourism

    In his new book, I. Glenn Cohen, a Harvard Law School assistant professor and a Radcliffe Fellow, explores the lucrative and legal dimensions of the growing practice of traveling to another country for health care.

    7 minutes
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    Well, that’s debatable

    Four Harvard experts — on voice, movement, public speaking, and trial law — critique the last presidential debate and offer the candidates their tips for the next matchup.

    8 minutes
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    From concerts to context

    Cultural historian and author Joseph Horowitz offered hope for the future of classical music orchestras in the form of innovative partnerships and collaborations.

    3 minutes
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    The early days of discovery

    A recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry investigated the workings of cell receptors, the basis of his groundbreaking research involving the complex process of how the body’s cells communicate and interact, while a young medical resident at Harvard.

    2 minutes
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    Inside the Supreme Court

    Political pundit, author, and Supreme Court watcher Jeffrey Toobin offered an inside look at the nation’s top judicial body during a discussion at Sanders Theatre on Thursday.

    6 minutes
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    Q&A with Radcliffe’s new dean

    A Q-and-A with Lizabeth Cohen, new dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

    8 minutes
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    A trio of ideas for education

    Joel Klein, the former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, spoke at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on Monday, outlining his plan for a “transformative” approach to the country’s ailing primary and secondary education system.

    4 minutes
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    When Armageddon loomed

    A new website at the Harvard Kennedy School marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. In an interview, Belfer Center director Graham Allison outlines the lessons learned from the dangerous yet deft dance of diplomacy.

    8 minutes
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    Bon appétit! Julia at 100

    In honor of what would have been French chef Julia Child’s 100th birthday, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America hosted an entertaining and informative daylong symposium.

    8 minutes