Valerie I. Ogboi
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Looking at the World Through a Different Lens
This notoriously rigorous two-semester, 16-credit course sends Harvard students across the globe, with a camera and the mission to capture life as it’s experienced — filming through the immersive lens of sensory ethnography.
30 Reasons for the Class of 2030: Why Visitas is Worth It
Oh Visitas! Welcome to your first introduction to Harvard, where you’ll… and you’ll… and let’s not forget you’ll… Okay, okay—let the record show that some people don’t attend their Visitas (myself included). However, many do go, and for good reason. If you find yourself teetering between “Should I go or should I not?,” here are thirty reasons why you should—from someone who didn’t go, and someone who did.
Alternative Ways to Summer Storage
Who says your only options are a storage unit or shipping all your stuff home for the summer? Oh no, not here. To make the thought of packing your whole semester away a little easier, here are a few alternatives for summer storage.
Framing the Past: Allison Jackson Talks Frame Conservation
While a visitor might spend minutes analyzing a painting, the frame rarely commands the same attention. Jackson’s life work as a conservator, however, suggests we take a different approach to perceiving frames.
Inside Harvard’s Student-Built Sexual Violence Archive
After collecting and processing records of gendered oppression, violence, and resistance to create Take Back Harvard, for Jessica Wang and Stella Lei, no place on the University’s campus is left without a connection to a moment long past, and, to most, long forgotten.
Mather House
Welcome! Come one, come all! Anyone and everyone is welcome at the best house on campus…Mather! Where the singles keep everyone merry and bright, as does the natural light. You’ll find plants to your heart’s desires, artistic creations that make even Picasso jealous, and a fun, loving community that is filled with Mather Pride. Why drag on the exterior when we all know that it’s what’s on the inside that counts!
13 Hours of a 24 Hour Show
Would I be able to withstand 24 hours of pure unbridled comedy? Was I really up for that endeavor?
Turning the Page: Berkshire Librarian Rebuilds Collection With Harvard’s Support
In the process of rebuilding the collection, BCC received donations from a network of libraries and academic institutions across New England — including over 100 books from Harvard.
Bringing back 2016 this Semester
Have the first few weeks back stolen your motivation for an academic rebrand? Are you slowly migrating from the front of the classroom to the back? Are you finally regretting that 6 p.m. lab? Wishing for easier times, like back when your biggest worry was which color fidget spinner you had? Well, look no further!
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