Tag: Training

  • Work & Economy

    Helping trapped low-wage workers, employers struggling to fill spots

    New HBS report finds high-turnover industries such as retail and food service can fix hiring challenges by helping their workers add skills and advance.

    9–14 minutes
    Worker washing dishes.
  • Health

    Innovating to train medical pros on using mechanical ventilators

    Harvard and EdX, the virtual learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT, announced the launch of a free online course designed to train frontline medical professionals to operate the mechanical ventilators needed to treat COVID-19 patients.

    7–10 minutes
    Mechanical ventilator
  • Health

    A taste of danger

    Students in humanitarian relief got a taste of crisis during a three-day simulation at Harold Parker State Forest.

    4–5 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Style and substance

    The culmination of the Harvard Horizons initiative was a symposium in which eight Ph.D. students each offered five-minute presentations, styled on the popular TED talks, about a specific aspect of their current research.

    4–6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Building endurance, step by step

    Harvard Stadium is an iconic structure, and not just for the sports that happen on the field. To a community dedicated to running “the stadium steps,” the real athletes are in the stands.

    6–9 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Lights, cameras, reaction

    Harvard Kennedy School students train to be leaders in the public sector — with the emphasis on public. A popular program makes the spotlight, whether in front of a camera, an audience, or a keyboard, less intimidating.

    4–6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard School of Public Health predoctoral grant available

    Predoctoral training slots are available for the spring 2010 term on the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) training grant “Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Biodefense.” HSPH students from all departments are encouraged to apply.

    1–2 minutes