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Harvard students help in food recovery and donation program

Title: Harvard students help in food recovery and donation program
Runtime: 2:03
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Since 2014 Harvard University has been teaming up with local non-profit, Food for Free on a food recovery and donation program that works to curb food insecurity in Cambridge and Boston by “bridging the gap between waste and want.” Since it was started in 2014, the program has donated an approximately 30,700 meals per year. This past summer Harvard took it one step further, and launched the Family Meals initiative, where students package individual meals, which Food for Free is then able to donate to hungry families that may have limited cooking facilities.

“Harvard’s students come from all over the world, with very different experiences around food and food access,” said Crista Martin, HUDS director for strategic initiatives and communications. “The Family Meals program allows them to participate in a very hands-on way with understanding the food system here on campus, and how Harvard connects to the local community.”

“As Harvard students, w...

Title: Nature and Health – Inextricably Linked
Runtime: 31:01
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Sally Jewell, former Secretary of the Interior for the United States, will discuss her career path and leadership advice on the Voices in Leadership program on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.

The Diabetes Epidemic: The Latest on Treatment and Prevention

Title: The Diabetes Epidemic: The Latest on Treatment and Prevention
Runtime: 58:09
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Despite decades of research and relentless messaging about the importance of diet and exercise, type 2 diabetes remains a major threat to the lives of millions of Americans. As new diagnoses in some populations plateau, rates in others groups, including African Americans and Latinos, are increasing. Why does this largely preventable and multifactorial condition persist? What are the latest treatments available for individuals living with diabetes? And what technological and medical breakthroughs lie on the horizon? In this Forum — held on World Diabetes Day — experts in medical innovation, food policy, diabetes and obesity research, and community outreach assessed the promise of new approaches to diabetes, as well as explored remaining challenges.

Part of The Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forums, this event was presented jointly with HuffPost on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.

Universal Healthcare – An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Title: Universal Healthcare – An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Runtime: 32:59
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Dr. Donna Shalala, Trustee Professor of Political Science and Health Policy at the University of Miami and former President of the Clinton Foundation, will discuss her career path and leadership advice on the Voices in Leadership program on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017

Does the Left Have a Future? | Michael Kazin || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Does the Left Have a Future? | Michael Kazin || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 1:18:12
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Does the Left Have a Future?
2017–2018 Dean's Lecture in the Social Sciences

Nearly everywhere in Europe and the United States, the left is mired in crisis: its intellectuals and activists strike defensive poses and debate how to revive the fortunes of a cause whose adherents once believed they could and would shape the future.

Michael Kazin, a professor of history at Georgetown University and expert in US politics and social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, discusses how this crisis occurred and reflects on how the left—both radical and liberal—might move forward again.

Introduced by Lizabeth Cohen, dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

This is a 2017–2018 Kim and Judy Davis Dean's Lecture.

For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit http...

Occupy Poetics: Filip Marinovich & Mitch Manning

Title: Occupy Poetics: Filip Marinovich & Mitch Manning
Runtime: 1:25:32
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Two poets who were involved with Occupy---in New York City and Boston---will read works of their own as well as others that emerged from that significant movement. Filip Marinovich (author of WOLFMAN LIBRARIAN/Ugly Duckling Presse) and Mitch Manning (founder of NO INFINITE: A Journal of Poetry, Art & Protest) reflect on how (or if) Occupy altered the relationship/dialogue/activity between poetry and protest, and engage with the audience to imagine ways to carry its momentum(s) forward.

Date: October 18, 2017
Location: Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University.

Website: http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom

Title: Boston Originals: Fall 2017 Reading
Runtime: 1:51:50
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Set One: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Susan Barba,
Michael Franco & Andrew K. Peterson

Set Two: Adrienne Raphel, Jennifer Tseng,
Jon Woodward & Carol Weston

The Woodberry Poetry Room's Boston Original series celebrates the diverse voices (and literary forces) in the Boston vicinity.

Location: Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University

Website: http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom

Five Scarves: Doing the Impossible | Rana Dajani || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Five Scarves: Doing the Impossible | Rana Dajani || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 47:47
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Five Scarves: Doing the Impossible—If We Can Reverse Cell Fate, Why Can’t We Redefine Success for Women?

As part of the 2017–2018 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Rana Dajani RI ’18 describes the many hats—or scarves—that she wears with pride.

Dajani is an associate professor of biology and biotechnology at the Hashemite University in Jordan. She is the 2017–2018 Rita E. Hauser Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/rana-dajani

For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.

Obscure Achievements | Katarina Burin || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Obscure Achievements | Katarina Burin || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 33:02
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Obscure Achievements: From Petra Andrejova-Molnár to Fran Hosken

As part of the 2017–2018 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Katarina Burin RI ’18 transitions from the fabricated life and work of Petra Andrejova-Molnár, a conceptual creation who does not exist, to the life and work of the nonfictional Fran Hosken (1920–2006), a furniture designer, educator, and activist who was among the first women to graduate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Burin is an artist and a lecturer on visual and environmental studies at Harvard University.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/katarina-burin

For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.

Contagion | 4 of 5 | Social Roots || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Contagion | 4 of 5 | Social Roots || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 1:28:44
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: CONTAGION
Exploring Modern Epidemics

A Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium

SOCIAL ROOTS
Daphne C. Watkins (8:44), associate professor of social work and director of the Joint PhD Program in Social Work and Social Science, School of Social Work, University of Michigan; assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School

Andrew Kolodny (30:05), senior scientist and codirector of opioid policy research, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University; executive director, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing

Andrew Papachristos (53:51), associate professor of sociology, Yale University

Moderator: Michelle A. Williams, dean of the faculty and professor of epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

AUDIENCE Q&A (1:15:28)

For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.h...

Contagion | 3 of 5 | Big Data || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Contagion | 3 of 5 | Big Data || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 1:29:03
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: CONTAGION
Exploring Modern Epidemics

A Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium

BIG DATA
James M. Wilson (6:10), associate research professor, School of Community Health Sciences, and director, Nevada Medical Intelligence Center, University of Nevada, Reno; director, Ascel Bio National Infectious Disease Forecast Station

C. Jessica E. Metcalf (28:53), assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

Ami S. Bhatt (47:01), assistant professor of medicine (hematology) and of genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine

Moderator: Caroline Buckee, associate professor of epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

PANEL DISCUSSION (1:07:26)

AUDIENCE Q&A (1:15:02)

For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.
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Contagion | 2 of 5 | Kevin M. Esvelt || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Contagion | 2 of 5 | Kevin M. Esvelt || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 43:48
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: CONTAGION
Exploring Modern Epidemics

A Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium

Kevin M. Esvelt, leader, Sculpting Evolution Group; assistant professor of media arts and sciences, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

AUDIENCE Q&A (35:41)

For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.

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Contagion | 1 of 5 | Infectious Disease || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Contagion | 1 of 5 | Infectious Disease || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 1:47:30
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: CONTAGION
Exploring Modern Epidemics

A Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium

INTRODUCTION
Lizabeth Cohen, dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

FRAMING REMARKS (09:57)
Janet Rich-Edwards, faculty codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School; associate professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

INFECTIOUS DISEASE (21:38)
Christian T. Happi (26:33), professor of molecular biology and genomics; director, African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases; director, Directorate of Research Innovations and Partnerships, Redeemer’s University (Nigeria)

Anne W. Rimoin (46:38), associate professor, Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Pub...

Breakthroughs in Disease Treatment: The Landscape Moving Forward

Title: Breakthroughs in Disease Treatment: The Landscape Moving Forward
Runtime: 1:04:01
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Cancer. Alzheimer’s. Precision medicine. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The opioid crisis. These are all areas that stand to benefit from boosted federal funding. On the other hand, other areas may take a hit — immunizations, preparedness for outbreaks and epidemics, and chronic disease prevention programs to name a few. And where does the support for basic research that drives innovation fit in? In this Forum, a panel of experts explored the promises for advancing cutting-edge treatments and research to prevent diseases that affect millions – while looking at the implications for areas where funding may be reduced. What lies ahead in the landscape for the future of medical research?

Presented jointly with NBC News Digital, and part of The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies, this Forum event took place
Monday, November 6, 2017.

Harvard students come face to face with refugees

Title: Harvard students come face to face with refugees
Runtime: 2:34
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: A large shipping container is on campus to serve as a “portal” equipped with immersive audio-visual technology that allows people to have live, person-to-person conversations with individuals in displaced communities in Iraq, Jordan, and Germany (refugees from Syria) who are in an identical shipping container across the globe.

The effort at HDS is being organized by the Religious Literacy Project. Diane Moore, its director, traveled to Iraq within the last year and heard from refugees that they want people to hear their stories, and that they were frustrated so many people have little understating of what’s taking place.

Students in Moore’s class participated, in addition to high school students from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

Harvard disaster experts band together for hurricane relief

Title: Harvard disaster experts band together for hurricane relief
Runtime: 2:19
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Emergency physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and disaster relief experts from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative have turned their after work rock band into a force for charity, planning a Nov. 12 gig at the Oberon Theater in Cambridge to benefit victims of the recent trio of hurricanes: Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

Title: The meaning of soul
Runtime: 6:29
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Our collective identity
Runtime: 6:37
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The centrality of love
Runtime: 4:09
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Integration as creation as procreation
Runtime: 3:39
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The imprint of the immigrant
Runtime: 7:51
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Blues fundamentals
Runtime: 2:20
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Jazz as democratic discourse
Runtime: 6:59
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The melting pot
Runtime: 8:51
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Syncopation: expect the unexpected
Runtime: 4:25
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The two-beat groove
Runtime: 8:29
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Form and flexibility
Runtime: 5:37
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

The improviser’s playing field, the chorus format

Title: The improviser’s playing field, the chorus format
Runtime: 2:17
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The meaning of swing
Runtime: 5:22
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: How the rhythm section swings
Runtime: 3:15
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Executive, judical, and legislative swing

Title: Executive, judical, and legislative swing
Runtime: 2:44
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

From the African 6:8 rhythm to the American shuffle

Title: From the African 6:8 rhythm to the American shuffle
Runtime: 2:10
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The evolution of the trap drum set
Runtime: 6:01
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The power of sharing power
Runtime: 1:54
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The pursuit of mutual hapiness
Runtime: 6:04
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Approaches to improvisation
Runtime: 5:50
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Sound as identity
Runtime: 1:49
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

The journey to individuality under pressure of time

Title: The journey to individuality under pressure of time
Runtime: 5:25
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: The power of intention
Runtime: 2:50
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Understanding the American identity through sonic metaphors

Title: Understanding the American identity through sonic metaphors
Runtime: 6:48
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Music and meaning
Runtime: 5:56
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Discrimination in America: African American Experiences

Title: Discrimination in America: African American Experiences
Runtime: 1:02:06
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: How do African Americans experience discrimination in daily life? A new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health illuminates reports from African Americans who share their personal experiences with discrimination. With unprecedented documentation, the poll covers a range of areas — from police interaction, to job applications, to health care, to racial slurs. This Forum explored the poll results and their implications for a healthier, more equitable, and just society.

This poll is the first among a series of reports that surveyed additional groups, including Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, men, women, and LGBTQ adults, on their experiences with discrimination.

This Forum event was presented October 24, 2017, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR.

Sandro Galea | Epidemiology Counts || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Sandro Galea | Epidemiology Counts || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 49:12
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Epidemiology Counts: On Causes, Consequences, and Healthy Populations

As part of the 2017–2018 Epidemics Science Lecture Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Sandro Galea, the dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health, makes the argument that how we think about the causes of health epidemics has clear consequences for whether we succeed in promoting healthy populations.

For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.

Evolution, Speciation, and Adaptation of Cichlid Fish | Axel Meyer || Radcliffe Institute

Title: Evolution, Speciation, and Adaptation of Cichlid Fish | Axel Meyer || Radcliffe Institute
Runtime: 54:48
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: As part of the 2017–2018 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Axel Meyer RI ’18 shows us why fish are much more interesting than humans.

Meyer is a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Konstanz, in Germany.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/axel-meyer

For information about the Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.

A conversation with Wynton Marsalis and Drew Faust

Title: A conversation with Wynton Marsalis and Drew Faust
Runtime: 1:28:40
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Music and meaning
Runtime: 0:56
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University. The six lecture series began with “Music as Metaphor,” an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and their illumination of the democratic process, and featured performances by Marsalis alongside Ali Jackson (drums), Dan Nimmer (piano), Walter Blanding (tenor sax), Carlos Henriquez (bass), James Chirillo (guitar and banjo), and Mark O’Connor (violin).

Title: Harvard's FeeJee mermaid
Runtime: 2:10
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: As Halloween costumes go, Ariel and the two-tailed Starbucks’ logo are standard mermaid fare. But those wanting to explore a spookier alternative have to consider the FeeJee mermaid. Origins unknown, the skeletal mythic creature made from monkey and fish parts has haunted the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology for more than 100 years. The story goes that P.T. Barnum purchased the original from a Japanese fisherman to feature in his circus sideshow. The Peabody’s creepy FeeJee, one of several versions believed to have been created around the same time, features reptile claws, teeth, and clay and papier mâché filler. All tricks, but no treats for this bare bones beauty.

Eradicating Polio: Reaching the Last Child

Title: Eradicating Polio: Reaching the Last Child
Runtime: 1:00:59
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Once a global scourge, polio is tantalizingly close to eradication with only 11 wild poliovirus cases reported worldwide in 2017. In this Forum event — held in advance of World Polio Day — experts from the Government of Pakistan, UNICEF, Rotary International, and the Harvard Opinion Research Program explained what factors contributed to this remarkable progress. Where were we five years ago in the effort to end transmission? What challenges emerged and how were they overcome? And where do we go from here? Looking specifically at the latest findings from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria, speakers described the key roles of polling and data collection, community and family engagement, new communication efforts and more in building trust to enable widespread vaccinations. They explored what brought us to this “last mile” of polio eradication, and what needs to be done to fully eradicate this ancient, debilitating and entirely preventable disease.

Presented jointly wi...

Jeffrey Hamburger on "Mindmapping: Diagrams in the Middle Ages – and Beyond"

Title: Jeffrey Hamburger on "Mindmapping: Diagrams in the Middle Ages – and Beyond"
Runtime: 1:44:57
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/mindmapping-diagrams-middle-ages-%E2%80%93-and-beyond

Title: Aerial-Aquatic Microrobot
Runtime: 1:22
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Inspired by insects, researchers at the Wyss Institute and Harvard SEAS have developed a robot capable of flying...and swimming.

Once the robot swims to the surface of the water, surrounding water is collected in a buoyancy chamber. Within the chamber, an electrolytic plate produced oxyhydrogen. This gives the robot extra buoyancy, which enables it to push its wings out of the water. The water surface tension keeps the robot upright as the wings start to flap. A sparker then ignites the combustible oxyhydrogen, giving the robot a boost, allowing it to jump off the water surface. Hybrid aerial-aquatic robots could be used for environmental explorations and search and rescue missions.

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