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Tag: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
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Nation & World
Smith gives voice to broken promise
Anna Deavere Smith is back at the American Repertory Theater with a one-woman show aimed at failures in the U.S. education system.
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Nation & World
‘I have always been temperamentally wired to carry on’
Interview with Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot as part of the Experience series.
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Nation & World
A capstone to learning
Forty-one students from the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Doctor of Education and Doctor of Education Leadership programs have been presenting their dissertations and capstone projects in front of public audiences since April 11, continuing through April 22.
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Nation & World
American Academy announces 233rd class
Harvard scholars are among 164 influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge on Oct. 12.
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Nation & World
11 elected to American Academy
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected 11 from Harvard as its newest members.
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Nation & World
Probing the golden years
In an aging society, Harvard researchers are plumbing the depths of what it means to have a larger proportion of the population elderly — and figuring out how to keep them healthy.
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Nation & World
The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50
Sociologist Lawrence-Lightfoot’s inspiring book says that ages 50-75 are prime time for adventure. Forty interviews with people living in their “third chapter” show how fulfilling life can be then.
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Nation & World
Educational merits of TV
A lecture series at the Harvard Graduate School of Education explores the benefits of learning through entertainment. This most recent lecture featured Neal Baer, Ed.M.’79, A.M. ’82, M.D. ’96, executive producer of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” a network television crime drama.
