Events
Cambridge Mayor Siddiqui Talks COVID-19 Response at Fast Forum
Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui spoke about the challenges of leading through a crisis — as well as the “supportive” response of the City of Cambridge — in a virtual forum at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics Thursday.
Ticket Service Outings and Innings Cancels Sales, Shifts to Publicizing Virtual Events Amid Coronavirus
In response to health concerns about the spread of COVID-19, Outings and Innings — a service that offers discounted event tickets to Harvard affiliates — will halt ticket sales until further notice.
Archaeologist Discusses Discoveries of the Early Pacific
Archaeologist Matthew Spriggs spoke about the often-overlooked contributions of indigenous people and women in archaeology in the Pacific during a talk at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Tuesday evening.
Give a girl a sword - group
Esfinges is the first female international HEMA network, created to unite and support female martial artists and encourage and assist more women in taking up the practice of Historical European Martial Arts.
García Peña Symposium
Harvard University's Warren Center for Studies in American History hosted a symposium on the work of Lorgia García Peña, discussing Peña's work and scholarly legacy.
Radcliffe Fellow Talks Technological Advancement, Privacy, and Ethics
Computer scientist Francine Berman discussed the need for data policy that promotes the public good and protects consumer security at the Radcliffe Institute’s Knafel Center Wednesday evening.
Former Australian Prime Minister Rudd Talks U.S.-China Relations at IOP
Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd discussed the current state of U.S.-China relations and the possibility of future conflict at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Thursday night.
In Annual Spirit Week, Students Anticipate ‘Road to Victory’ Before Harvard-Yale
Munching on donuts and facing off on arcade machines, students partook in daily Harvard-Yale Spirit Week events this week in anticipation of the 136th Harvard-Yale Football Game Friday.
Inaugural Social Justice Hackathon Highlights Local Activists
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Cornell W. Brooks and Boston activist and organizer Monica Cannon-Grant spoke about how to fight for social justice in the United States at the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice’s inaugural Social Justice Hackathon Friday.
Divest Harvard Stages Mock Oil Spill at Demonstration
Organizers of Divest Harvard — a student group calling on the University to divest its endowment from fossil fuels — poured liquid meant to represent oil over their members' heads during a demonstration at the Smith Campus Center Friday.
Group Protests The Crimson’s Coverage of ‘Abolish ICE’ Rally
Roughly 50 students demonstrated outside of The Harvard Crimson’s building Friday to protest the publication’s coverage of a Sept. 12 rally calling for the abolition of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Ambassador of France Discusses Foreign Policy at the Center for European Studies
Former French Ambassador to the United States Pierre N. Vimont discussed the future of European foreign policy with diplomats and Harvard affiliates in a conversation hosted by Harvard’s Center for European Studies Friday.
Project Information Literacy Scholars Discuss Information in an Age of Big Data
Fewer than 40 percent of college students trust news sources, according to Project Information Literacy researchers who presented on the relationship between students and digital media at an event held Thursday at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
HLS Panel Discusses DACA Report Results
The event, called “What’s Next for DACA?,” highlighted the findings of the National UnDACAmented Research Project — a report exploring the impact of DACA on undocumented immigrant families.
Students Engage in Discussion on Reproductive Rights and Advocacy
Harvard College ReproJustice Action and Dialogue Collective hosted the event as part of programming for Harvard Sex Week. The discussion focused on how reproductive health issues have affected people of color throughout U.S. history.
Students and Faculty Flock to Discussion on the Relationship Between Humans and Whales
Graduate students, professors, and whale enthusiasts gathered to hear Brown University Professor Bathsheba Demuth discuss the history and ethics of humanity’s relationship with whales Wednesday at the Center for Government and International Studies.
Judith Heumann at the IOP
International disability rights activist Judith Heumann speaks with Professor Hannah Riley Bowles at the JFK Forum Tuesday night.
JFK Rules Forum
Heath P. Tarbert, chairman and chief executive of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, gives a lecture on financial regulation at the Institute of Politics Thursday.
Free Them Week
Law School alum Derecka Purnell and organizers for the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign discuss prison abolition at an event Thursday evening.
Head of the Charles Brings Crowds to Harvard Square Businesses
The event is the world’s largest two-day regatta and the third-most attended event in New England annually, and often is one of the Square’s most lucrative weekends of the year, according to local business owners.
Queen Latifah, Rita Dove, and Robert Smith Receive Annual W. E. B. Du Bois Medal
In addition to Latifah, Dove, and Smith this year’s recipients include co-founder of Black Entertainment Television Sheila C. Johnson; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation president Elizabeth Alexander; artist Kerry James Marshall; and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III.
Evolutionary Journey
Washington University in St. Louis professor Barbara A. Schaal speaks about plant domestication at a lecture Thursday.
Naomi Klein
Author Naomi Klein (left) discusses her new book "On Fire" with Boston College professor Juliet B. Schor at an event at the First Parish Church Thursday evening.
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U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.) speaks at the JFK, Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics Thursday night.