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Disability and Citizenship | Higher Education and Closing Remarks || Radcliffe Institute
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- Disability and Citizenship | Higher Education and Closing Remarks || Radcliffe Institute
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- 1:22:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The Radcliffe Institute is in the second year of a two-year exploration of the broad theme of local, national, and international citizenship through a series of public and private programs, fellowships, special collections, and exhibitions.
As part of that exploration, this conference, “Disability and Citizenship: Global and Local Perspectives,” explores the ways in which contemporary notions of disability are linked to concepts of citizenship and belonging. Leaders in advocacy, education, medicine, and politics consider how ideas of community at the local, national, and international levels affect the understanding of and policies related to disability—and how this has manifested itself, in particular, in higher education.
HIGHER EDUCATION
(9:13) Gopal Mitra, program specialist on children with disabilities, Disability Section, UNICEF
(25:26) Andrew J. Imparato, executive director, Association of University Centers on Disabilities
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- Disability and Citizenship | Global Perspectives on Citizenship || Radcliffe Institute
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- 1:08:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Radcliffe Institute is in the second year of a two-year exploration of the broad theme of local, national, and international citizenship through a series of public and private programs, fellowships, special collections, and exhibitions.
As part of that exploration, this conference, “Disability and Citizenship: Global and Local Perspectives,” explores the ways in which contemporary notions of disability are linked to concepts of citizenship and belonging. Leaders in advocacy, education, medicine, and politics consider how ideas of community at the local, national, and international levels affect the understanding of and policies related to disability—and how this has manifested itself, in particular, in higher education.
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON CITIZENSHIP
(4:02) Maria Town, director, Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, City of Houston
(17:51) Ari Ne’eman, chief executive officer, Mysupport.com; cofounder, Autistic Self...
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- Disability and Citizenship | Introductory Remarks and Keynote Conversation || Radcliffe Institute
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- 1:01:03
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Radcliffe Institute is in the second year of a two-year exploration of the broad theme of local, national, and international citizenship through a series of public and private programs, fellowships, special collections, and exhibitions.
As part of that exploration, this conference, “Disability and Citizenship: Global and Local Perspectives,” explores the ways in which contemporary notions of disability are linked to concepts of citizenship and belonging. Leaders in advocacy, education, medicine, and politics consider how ideas of community at the local, national, and international levels affect the understanding of and policies related to disability—and how this has manifested itself, in particular, in higher education.
WELCOME
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean, Radcliffe Institute; Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School; professor of history, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
(5:...
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- Structure in Motion | Ciprian S. Borcea and Ileana Streinu || Radcliffe Institute
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- 58:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As part of the 2018–2019 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Ciprian S. Borcea RI ’19 and Ileana Streinu RI ’19 share new geometrical results, techniques, and insights related to protein folding, robot kinematics, and auxetic behavior in crystalline or cellular materials, disclosing various analogies and structural characteristics.
Ciprian S. Borcea is a professor of mathematics at Rider University, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He is the 2018–2019 Elizabeth S. and Richard M. Cashin Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/ciprian-s-borcea
Ileana Streinu is the Charles N. Clark Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts. She is the 2018–2019 Frances B. Cashin Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/ileana-streinu
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many pub...
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- Havard vs. Yale in legendary Fenway Park
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- In the 135th playing of The Game, the Harvard football team bested the Yale Bulldogs in a commanding 45-27 victory at the historic Fenway Park.
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- Dragonfly Eyes: What Counts as Art Today? | Xu Bing || Radcliffe Institute
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- 1:24:56
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- A 2018–2019 Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Arts
The world-renowned artist Xu Bing joins in conversation with the Harvard faculty members Eugene Wang RI ’17, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, and Jennifer L. Roberts, Johnson-Kulukundis Family Faculty Director of the Arts at the Radcliffe Institute and Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities.
Translations by Szu-Chiao (Joie) Chen
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- Harvard University New Ladder Faculty Institute 2018
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- 48:17
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Faculty Panel: Navigating Life and Your Professional Path as a Scholar at Harvard
Jinah Kim, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Nicole Maestas, Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Matthew Weinzierl, Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Hopi Hoekstra, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Harvard College Professor; Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the
Museum of Comparative Zoology; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
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- Harvard University New Ladder Faculty Institute 2018
- Runtime
- 10:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Welcoming remarks from President Lawrence S. Bacow and Senior Vice Provost Judith D. Singer.
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- Sreenivasan Jain on "Democracy in Distress in South Asia"
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- 2:11:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/democracy-distress-south-asia
Panelists
Sugata Bose
Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University
Rohit De
Assistant Professor of History, Yale University
Sreenivasan Jain
Anchor and Managing Editor, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV)
Ayesha Jalal
Mary Richardson Professor of History, Tufts University
Moderator
Homi Bhabha
Director, Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard
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- The Media, The White House, and Health Care
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- 34:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Joanne Kenen, Executive Editor, Health Care at POLITICO, and Margaret Talev, senior White House correspondent for Bloomberg News, will be talking with Dr. Robert Blendon on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Watch the webcast to learn more about how these expert journalists are covering important issues like health care, the results of the midterm elections, and what future issues will be facing America ahead of the 2020 elections.
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- Finding Fairness | Cynthia Dwork || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 48:19
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- As part of the 2018–2019 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cynthia Dwork RI ’19 addresses an increasing concern that, as computers and computer algorithms reach ever more deeply into our lives, they should incorporate societal values such as privacy, fairness, and statistical validity.
Dwork is a Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, a Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Law School. As a Radcliffe Alumnae Professor, she is also a member of the 2018–2019 and 2017–2018 fellowship classes. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/cynthia-dwork-fellow
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- Political Geometry: The Mathematics of Redistricting | Moon Duchin || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 49:41
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As part of the 2018–2019 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Moon Duchin RI ’19 asks what the inroads are in understanding redistricting and how math models can help us do to it better.
Duchin is a mathematician at Tufts University, where she is also a senior fellow in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and directs the interdisciplinary program in Science, Technology, and Society. She is the 2018–2019 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/moon-duchin
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- The Health and Economic Concerns of Rural Americans
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- 1:02:52
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- What do rural Americans say are the biggest problems in their local communities? A new poll finds that drug/opioid abuse and economic concerns are the top challenges. When it comes to drug addiction and abuse, a majority of rural Americans say opioid addiction is a serious problem in their community. On economic issues, rural Americans largely hold negative views of their local economy, but nearly one-third have seen economic progress in recent years. What may help? A majority of rural Americans believe outside help will be necessary to solve major community problems in the future, and many believe government will play an important role.
Convened shortly before National Rural Health Day and after the nation’s midterm elections, a panel of experts explored the public health and policy implications of these findings within the broader context of life in rural America.
This Forum event was presented jointly with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR on No...
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- Light-driven fine chemical production in yeast biohybrids
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- 4:26
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Neel Joshi explains the concept of yeast biohybrids and how they can be used to harvest energy from light to drive the production of fine chemicals. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
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- Why Would "We" Help "Them"? | Hernan del Valle || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 50:51
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As part of the 2018–2019 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Hernan del Valle RI ’19 tells the story of how a bunch of doctors ended up rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean Sea, how it’s coming to an end, and what's happening in the background politically in Europe and elsewhere.
As head of humanitarian affairs and advocacy for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), del Valle bared witness to the difficult political challenges that emerged for MSF throughout this operation, not only in its relation with European governments but also engaging with a civil society bitterly divided by debates on migration.
Del Valle has led humanitarian aid operations for the past 15 years. His work has taken him across five continents assisting people affected by armed conflict and forced displacement. He is the 2018–2019 Rita E. Hauser Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. https://www.radcl...
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- A Conversation with John Wilson About Inclusive Excellence at and Beyond Harvard
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- 28:12
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., Senior Advisor and Strategist to the President of Harvard University, will be talking with Prof. Sara Bleich on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Watch the webcast to learn more about what steps Harvard University is taking to building a more inclusive environment, and what lessons can be learned from fellow universities like Morehouse College and other HBCU’s.
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- Liquid Gated Membrane
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The first part of this animation compares the transmembrane pressure (TMP) between a standard filter and a liquid gated membrane filter (depicted by pressure gauge in bottom right corner). The second part of the animation shows the tendency of each system to clog up due to fouling. The liquid gated membrane filter results in a lower TMP, which increases energy efficiency and reduces fouling, leading to lower maintenance cost and reduced energy consumption. The liquid gated membrane technology also enables multiphase separation and is compatible with standard filtration materials. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
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- Science Sounds Strange: Ether Waves, Espionage, and the Theremin’s Odyssey || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:02:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The musicologist and composer Dorit Chrysler demonstrates the eerie, strange, and endless range of the theremin, a unique musical instrument created by the physicist-turned-electronic-music-pioneer Léon Theremin as a result of his Soviet-sponsored spy research into electromagnetic waves and proximity sensors.
Featuring additional commentary by John Huth, Donner Professor of Science, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Introduction by Immaculata De Vivo, interim faculty codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute; professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School; and professor of epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Theremin Demonstrations:
1. “The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saëns (8:22)
2. “The Day the Earth Stood Still” by Bernhard Herrmann* (27:45)
3. “Rubies and Pearls” by Dorit Chrysler (32:30)
*Piano: Rob Schwimmer
This event is part of The Undiscovered Scie...
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- A Political Poetry: Reading and Conversation with Solmaz Sharif || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:14:02
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The award-winning poet and Radcliffe Institute visiting scholar Solmaz Sharif reads selected poems and participates in a discussion with Evie Shockley RI ’19.
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- The Undiscovered | 5 of 5 | Jill Tarter || Radcliffe Institute
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- 1:03:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The 2018 Radcliffe Institute science symposium, “The Undiscovered,” focuses on how scientists explore realities they cannot anticipate. Speakers from across the disciplines of modern science present personal experiences and discuss how to train scientists, educators, and funders to foster the expertise and open-mindedness needed to reveal undiscovered aspects of the world around us.
AFTERNOON KEYNOTE
(2:44) Jill Tarter, chair emeritus for SETI Research, SETI Institute
AUDIENCE Q&A (36:54)
CLOSING REMARKS
(51:40) Alyssa Goodman, faculty codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
READING: “METHOD VS. MUSE”
(59:43) Ceili Magnus, senior, Barnstable High School
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.ed...
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- The Undiscovered | 4 of 5 | SPACE || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:03:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The 2018 Radcliffe Institute science symposium, “The Undiscovered,” focuses on how scientists explore realities they cannot anticipate. Speakers from across the disciplines of modern science present personal experiences and discuss how to train scientists, educators, and funders to foster the expertise and open-mindedness needed to reveal undiscovered aspects of the world around us.
SPACE
(5:22) Laura Kreidberg, junior fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, and ITC Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
(23:30) Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor in astronomy and director of the Carl Sagan Institute, Cornell University
Discussant: David Charbonneau, professor of astronomy and Harvard College Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
DISCUSSION (47:01)
AUDIENCE Q&A (53:05)
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe....
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- The Undiscovered | 3 of 5 | EARTH || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 52:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The 2018 Radcliffe Institute science symposium, “The Undiscovered,” focuses on how scientists explore realities they cannot anticipate. Speakers from across the disciplines of modern science present personal experiences and discuss how to train scientists, educators, and funders to foster the expertise and open-mindedness needed to reveal undiscovered aspects of the world around us.
EARTH
(3:23) Nathan E. Hultman, director of the Center for Global Sustainability and associate professor in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Discussant: Conevery Bolton Valencius, professor of history, Boston College
DISCUSSION (27:38)
AUDIENCE Q&A (32:22)
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- The Undiscovered | 2 of 5 | LIFE || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:11:32
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The 2018 Radcliffe Institute science symposium, “The Undiscovered,” focuses on how scientists explore realities they cannot anticipate. Speakers from across the disciplines of modern science present personal experiences and discuss how to train scientists, educators, and funders to foster the expertise and open-mindedness needed to reveal undiscovered aspects of the world around us.
LIFE
(3:13) Robinson W. Fulweiler, associate professor in the Departments of Earth & Environment and of Biology and director of the Boston University Marine Program, Boston University
(23:14) Joel Dudley, associate professor of genetics and genomic sciences, associate professor of population health science and policy, associate professor of medicine, and director of the Next Generation Healthcare Institute, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
Discussant: Immaculata De Vivo, interim faculty codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced...
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- The Undiscovered | 1 of 5 | Stuart Firestein || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:05:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The 2018 Radcliffe Institute science symposium, “The Undiscovered,” focuses on how scientists explore realities they cannot anticipate. Speakers from across the disciplines of modern science present personal experiences and discuss how to train scientists, educators, and funders to foster the expertise and open-mindedness needed to reveal undiscovered aspects of the world around us.
WELCOME
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School; and professor of history, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
OPENING REMARKS
(4:49) Alyssa Goodman, faculty codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
READING: “METHOD VS. MUSE”
(13:54) Ceili Magnus, senior, Barnstable High School
MORNING KEYNOTE ...
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- (Why) Reporting the Voices of African Women and Girls Matters || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:18:11
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The 2018–2019 Rama S. Mehta Lecture at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
A lecture by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
An all-purpose Africa reporter, National Public Radio’s Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is often to be found—in open-air markets, on the front line, in the boardroom, in educational institutions, in urban and village settings, in creative spaces and sacred places—listening to women and girls talk about the continent, the world, and what matters to them. And to us all.
FEATURING
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, Africa correspondent, NPR
Marco Werman, host, The World, Public Radio International
Introduced by Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute, the Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, and a professor of history in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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- Conflicts Over Science And Policy At The EPA: Where Are We Headed?
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- 59:45
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- What is the status of evidence-based environmental policy in the U.S? Sweeping policy shifts, regulatory rollbacks, and decisions such as the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement prompt questions. This Forum provided an opportunity to discuss the challenges facing environmental science today. Panelists explored areas potentially or already impacted by change, such as the Clean Power Plan, methane rules, and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) implementation — and their public health implications. Experts described how the EPA and other agencies are responding and shared ideas for steps forward to nurture and protect the principles of peer-reviewed environment science.
This Forum event was presented jointly with PRI’s The World & WGBH on October 19, 2018.
Watch the entire series: https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/
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- Tara Oceans: Cells, Embryos, and the Origins of Complexity in Life || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:03:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Drawing upon a vast database of plankton collected from the world's seas by the research vessel Tara, Eric Karsenti shows how these newly discovered life forms are offering clues about the emergence of complex marine organisms over the past 4 billion years.
This talk coincides with the visit of the research vessel Tara to Boston Harbor and is cosponsored by the Consulate General of France in Boston.
This event is part of The Undiscovered Science Lecture Series.
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- Audiofuturism | andré m. carrington || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 41:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As part of the 2018–2019 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, andré m. carrington RI ’19 investigates the nexus of race and genre and the tradition of science fiction radio drama, showing how speculative fiction and literary adaptation are transatlantic world-making practices that both influence and respond to the modern sensorium.
carrington is the 2018–2019 Beatrice Shepherd Blane Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/andre-m-carrington
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- Moving the VA in the Right Direction: Lessons from Washington
- Runtime
- 30:53
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- David Shulkin, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, will be talking with Dr. Ashish Jha, Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, on Monday, October 15, 2018. Watch the webcast to learn more about the leadership lessons and challenges facing Dr. Shulkin as he represented 21 million American veterans and was responsible for the nation’s largest integrated health care system with over 1,200 sites of care, serving over 9 million Veterans.
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- Harvard student with progressive illness strives in life
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Since she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 12, Elsie Tellier ’19 has lived with a reality that has forced her to make the most of every moment. That perspective is an active part of her coursework, her extracurriculars (Star Wars!), and her plans for the future.
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- A Conversation with Scott McCloud || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 27:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- This conversation followed the lecture “Visual Storytelling, Visual Communication” by Scott McCloud, a 2018–2019 Dean’s Lecture in the Humanities at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
SPEAKERS:
Scott McCloud, cartoonist and comics theorist
Discussant: Shigehisa (Hisa) Kuriyama, faculty director of the humanities program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- Dawnland Panel Discussion || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 40:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- This panel discussion followed a screening of the feature-length documentary Dawnland.
For much of the 20th century, child welfare authorities removed Native American children from their tribal homes, devastating parents and denying children their traditions, culture, and identity. Dawnland chronicles the first official truth and reconciliation commission in the United States for Native Americans and explores the possibilities of healing and reconciliation.
This event was cosponsored by the Harvard University Native American Program and the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School.
SPEAKERS:
Esther Anne, codirector, Maine-Wabanaki REACH
Adam Mazo, codirector, Dawnland, and director, Upstander Project
Ronald Niezen, 2018–2019 William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Canada Program, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Katharine A. Pearson Chair in C...
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- Address | Lawrence S. Bacow JD '76, MPP '76, PhD '78, President, Harvard University
- Runtime
- 35:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Address by Lawrence S. Bacow JD '76, MPP '76, PhD '78, President, Harvard University on October 5, 2018 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit: http://hvd.gs/254572/
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- Margaret M. Wang AB '09 | Harvard University Presidential Inauguration of Lawrence S. Bacow
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Margaret M. Wang AB '09, President, Harvard Alumni Association 2018-2019 at the Inauguration of Lawrence S. Bacow, 29th President of Harvard University on October 5, 2018 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit: http://hvd.gs/254572/
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- Making Mountains As We Run | Amanda Gorman '20 | Harvard Inauguration of Lawrence S. Bacow
- Runtime
- 5:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Amanda S. C. Gorman '20, Inaugural United States Youth Poet Laureate, presents an original poem at the Inauguration of Lawrence S. Bacow, 29th President of Harvard University on October 5, 2018 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit: http://hvd.gs/254572/
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- Harvard University Presidential Inauguration of Lawrence S. Bacow | October 5, 2018
- Runtime
- 2:42:45
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Inauguration events for Harvard’s 29th president, Lawrence S. Bacow JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78, Friday, October 5, 2018, in Tercentenary Theatre at Harvard Yard.
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- Grand Old Women and Modern Girls | Corinne T. Field || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 40:03
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As part of the 2018–2019 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Corinne T. Field RI ’19 explores the history of generational and racial conflict in the US women’s rights movement from 1870 to 1920.
Field is an associate professor of women, gender, and sexuality at the University of Virginia. Her research explores the intersections of age, gender, and race in US history, focusing in particular on the political dimensions of adulthood in debates over women’s rights and racial justice. She is the 2018–2019 Mellon-Schlesinger Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/corinne-t-field
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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- Harvard’s new president Larry Bacow returns to his roots
- Runtime
- 5:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In one of his first official trips as president, Larry Bacow headed back to his hometown of Pontiac, Michigan, where he revisited childhood memories; met with students, educators, Harvard alumni, state and local leaders; and made the national case for college.
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- The Search for Primitive and Intelligent Life on Other Planets
- Runtime
- 1:22:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Professor Abraham (Avi) Loeb, chair of the Astronomy department, Harvard University.
Are we alone? Probably not, out of modesty - keeping in mind that about a quarter of all stars host a habitable Earth-size planet. Upcoming searches for primitive life will aim to detect oxygen or methane in the atmospheres of transiting planets. Searches for intelligent life will aim to detect artificial signals in the radio or optical bands, as well as artifacts such as megastructures, solar cells that are used to re-distribute light and heat on tidally-locked planets, industrial pollution or artificial light beams. Our own civilization is starting to study the feasibility of interstellar travel using a powerful laser beam pushing on a lightweight sail, the so-called Starshot Initiative. If successful, we might receive a signal from outer space stating: "welcome to the interstellar club!".
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- How to Increase Bipartisan Leadership on Climate Change
- Runtime
- 30:44
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Bob Inglis, former U.S. Representative for South Carolina and Executive Director of republicEn.,org, will be talking with Gina McCarthy, Director of Harvard C-CHANGE, on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Watch the webcast to learn about bipartisan, effective policies that can enacted to confront a pressing challenge facing the world – climate change.
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- Soft Robotic Arms: Giving Biologists a Delicate, Deep-sea Reach
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- What good is a soft robotic hand without a soft robotic arm to move it? Wyss researchers have now created a soft, modular underwater arm that can help marine biologists study hard-to-reach organisms in the deep sea.
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- U.S. Drug Prices: Why Are They So High?
- Runtime
- 1:04:18
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Americans pay more money – sometimes much more money – for prescriptions than consumers in many other wealthy countries. Why? The drivers are many and complicated. Pharmaceutical companies, employers, health care providers, patients, lawmakers, and pharmacy benefit managers all play a role. Calls to make prescriptions more affordable have prompted new efforts, including at the federal level. Last May, for example, President Trump introduced a plan intended to help reduce drug prices. This Forum event aimed to demystify the prescription drug pricing process. Experts weighed issues such as regulation, price negotiation and competitive market pressures, ultimately asking why prescription costs matter for public health.
Part of The Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forums, this event was presented jointly with Reuters on September 26, 2018.
Watch the entire series: https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/
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- Feminisms Now! | A Schlesinger Library 75th Anniversary Event || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:48:26
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- This panel, presented in partnership with VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts, in celebration of Schlesinger Library’s 75th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of the VIDA count, invited rising artists, thinkers, and organizers to share their visions of gender equality for the 21st century. Panelists reflect on their art and activism in the service of intersecting and sometimes competing feminisms.
INTRODUCED BY
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School; and professor of history, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Jane Kamensky, Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute; and Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
FEATURING
Fatimah Asghar (15:43), poet and screenwriter
Dana Bolger (2...
- Title
- Making music out of thin air with the Theremin
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Composer, musicologist, singer and accomplished Theremin player Dorit Chrysler gives a demonstration of the quirky instrument during a talk sponsored by Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
- Title
- Bloomberg Harvard City Initiative: Mapping Poverty in Laredo
- Runtime
- 5:50
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Harvard students embedded themselves in mayors’ offices around the country in a new fellows program targeting local problems. In Laredo, Texas – a border city through which more than $214 billion worth of trade moves each year – Santiago Mota helped officials understand why a third of households remain in poverty for generations.
- Title
- Feeling the Way to Truth | Christia Mercer || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 50:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As part of the 2017–2018 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Christia Mercer RI ’19 argues that we need to rethink core assumptions about the development of modern philosophy and that the writings of women played a much more significant role in its development than has been recognized.
Mercer is the Gustave M. Berne Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, general editor of the Oxford Philosophical Concepts series, and coeditor of Oxford New Histories of Philosophy, a book series devoted to making philosophy more inclusive. She is the 2018–2019
Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/christia-mercer
For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
- Title
- Turkeys with young grazing
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Turkey with young grazing along path, July 2018
Part of a series of wildlife cameras around Harvard
Forest Properties in Petersham Massachusetts.
Footage by Nathan Ranc, graduate student in Harvard University's Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology.
- Title
- The Future of Wellbeing: A Conversation with Deepak Chopra
- Runtime
- 59:51
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Globally, people are living longer. What are the most compelling ways to ensure a sustainably healthy life? In this exciting live-streamed event, world-renowned author and speaker, Deepak Chopra, discussed the important connections between mind, immunity, genes and body. Dr. Chopra explored how chronic stress and inflammation can undermine immunity and health, ultimately seeking to empower people who wish to nurture their wellbeing over their lifetimes. He also discussed how these insights play out within public health, particularly as individuals and societies cope with epidemics, environmental threats, superbugs, aging and other challenges. He included takeaways from his new book, The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Supercharge Your Immunity and Stay Well for Life, co-authored with esteemed Harvard neurology professor Rudolph Tanzi.
This special Forum presentation featured Dr. Chopra in conversation with The World’s Carol Hills, following some brief remarks. ...
- Title
- Translating Research for Better Policy
- Runtime
- 32:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Dr. Patricia García, current Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow and former Minister of Health of Peru, will be talking with Dr. Rifat Atun about her strategies for effective public health policy implementation and her personal leadership challenges on the Voices in Leadership program on Thursday, September 6, 2018.
- Title
- Multi-joint Personalized Exosuit Breaks New Ground
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A multidisciplinary team at Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Harvard SEAS has developed a mobile multi-joint soft exosuit using an automatic tuning strategy that could reduce fatigue in soldiers, firefighters or other rescue workers.
For more information please visit: https://wyss.harvard.edu/multi-joint-personalized-soft-exosuit-breaks-new-ground
Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
