Tag: Harvard Extension School

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    Getting down to cases

    Business neophytes at Harvard and MIT wrap up the annual case competition, stepping out of their everyday fields to learn about being business consultants.

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    One writer’s gospel

    A student in novelist Paul Harding’s last Harvard class recounts the lessons learned.

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    The little book that could

    Novelist Paul Harding rose from obscurity and rejection to win a Pulitzer Prize for his debut book “Tinkers,” which is derived from his family history.

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    Computer imaging that aids science

    Miriah Myer, a postdoctoral fellow, is a computer scientist using technology to better model and clarify medical data.

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    Yes, it’s free

    At a Harvard “lawn swap,” everything was free, including a lesson on the environmental advantages of reusing office supplies and other goods.

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    Harvard Extension School to host general info session on June 15

    The Harvard Extension School will host a general information session on Tuesday, June 15, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in Memorial Hall and the Science Center. The session is designed for anyone interested in learning more about the School and its offerings, including more than 600 courses and liberal arts and professional degree programs.

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    Extension School recognizes outstanding grads

    Each Commencement, the Harvard Extension School recognizes the notable accomplishments of its top graduates and outstanding faculty with numerous awards and prizes

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    Rebels to some, achievers to others

    For two lecturers, the achievements of American radicals have been too long ignored. They argue that a reappraisal is due.

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    Lifetime achievement award presented to Spengler and Buckley

    The New England Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Harvard Extension School’s John Spengler, and George Buckley an Environmental Merit Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their exceptional work and commitment to the environment.

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    Ecosystems under siege

    Environmental panel discusses the problems facing the Earth, and what it would take to reverse the damaging trends.

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    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.

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    Harvard launches on iTunes U

    Harvard University today launched its own content on iTunes U, a dedicated area within iTunes that allows students, faculty, alumni, and visitors to tap into the University’s wealth of public lectures and educational materials on video and audio.

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    A bridge to somewhere

    Bady Balde, a learned émigré from Guinea, uses Harvard’s Bridge Program to go from Dining Services worker to bank teller to Harvard Kennedy School graduate student.

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    Over there, over here

    On the Harvard campus, as many as 150 students have an untraditional academic past, as present or former members of the U.S. military, many of whom have had multiple combat tours.

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    ‘Shakespeare Exploded’

    A.R.T. leads effort to keep Shakespeare’s plays relevant for modern times, with its primary mission what his likely was: to lure audiences into the theater.

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    Extension School awards

    The Harvard Extension School has announced the following student prize and faculty award winners for 2007.

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    Using arts to better the art of teaching

    On a recent Saturday morning, music fluttered up and out of the basement of the otherwise quiet Science Center. Inside a windowless classroom, two dozen students sat and listened to one of their peers sing a song she had written as part of her homework.

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