Tag: Spanish

  • Nation & World

    Arriving self-sufficient, leaving prepared

    Adele Woodmansee arrived self-sufficient and leaves prepared to share her talents — from bow to biology — and grow even more.

    4 minutes
    Adele Woodmansee in front of a tree
  • Nation & World

    More than language lessons

    María Luisa Parra teaches a course that caters to students of Latino heritage who spoke Spanish at home but never had formal instruction in the language.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Se habla Español

    Scholars gathered at Harvard’s Observatory of the Spanish Language to ponder how Spanish can continue thriving as the second-most-common language in the United States.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Found in translation

    An associate curator at the Woodberry Poetry Room is also a translator who has brought a Chinese poet’s work to life for a widening audience.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Poets, meet translators

    Noted Spanish-language poets are visiting Harvard this week in a first-of-its-kind event that pairs the poets and their works with top translators in the field.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Watching Spanish grow

    The Instituto Cervantes Observatory of the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures in the United States at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University will be a center for tracking Spanish language growth.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Melding Spanish and spirituality

    A new language course offers students at Harvard Divinity School a chance to develop a nuanced cultural approach to their ministry work.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Renaissance man

    A veteran Italian-American chef, Rosario Del Nero rediscovers the joys of learning at the Extension School, and wins an academic prize.

    3 minutes
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    Language of learning

    With a culturally diverse student body and more than 80 languages and several hundred courses available for study, Harvard’s commitment is unmatched nationally.

    9 minutes
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    Lectores y Amiguitos: Reading and sharing

    Katie Ferrari (right) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) reads with second-grader Alicia Morency from the Amigos School on Putnam Avenue. Ferrari participates in the Lectores y Amiguitos program managed by the Office of School Partnerships and Cambridge School Volunteers.

    1 minute