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Advanced Algorithms (COMPSCI 224), Lecture 3
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- Advanced Algorithms (COMPSCI 224), Lecture 3
- Runtime
- 1:28:46
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Hashing: load balancing, k-wise independence, chaining, linear probing.
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- Advanced Algorithms (COMPSCI 224), Lecture 2
- Runtime
- 1:25:40
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Fusion trees, word-level parallelism, most significant set bit in constant time.
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- Advanced Algorithms (COMPSCI 224), Lecture 1
- Runtime
- 1:28:19
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Logistics, course topics, word RAM, predecessor, van Emde Boas, y-fast tries.
Please see Problem 1 of Assignment 1
at http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~minilek/cs224/fall14/hmwk.html for
a corrected analysis of the space complexity of van Emde Boas trees
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- ABOUT BOSTON: Reading & Conversation with Eileen Myles | Woodberry Poetry Room
- Runtime
- 1:40:41
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Eileen Myles presents excerpts from “About Boston,” a work-in-progress that she focused on during her month-long WPR Creative Fellowship at the Woodberry Poetry Room in April 2016. After the reading, she is joined by Harvard-based poet/performer and cultural theorist Jackie Wang in a dynamic conversation about Myles’ formative years in Boston, the many incarnations of her life in her adoptive city New York, and much more. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Art Museums and the WPR Creative Fellowships (established with funds provided in honor of Teresa and Dr. Michael Anagnostopoulos). Introduction by Christina Davis, curator of the Woodberry Poetry Room.
For additional information, visit hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom.
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- Super Resolution Discrete Molecular Imaging Animation
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- See in this animation, how Discrete Molecular Imaging (DMI) uses DNA nanotechnology to reveal densely packed molecular features in structures as similar in size as single protein molecules. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University.
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- Giving Voice: A Conversation with Plácido Domingo
- Runtime
- 1:19:36
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- On Thursday, April 14th, 2016, the legendary opera singer and humanitarian, Plácido Domingo, appeared before a packed house at Sanders Theater. The event was co-sponsored by Harvard’s Division of Arts and Humanities, the Office for the Arts and the Instituto Cervantes at Harvard. In a far-ranging conversation moderated by Anne Shreffler, James Edward Ditson Professor of Music, and Tamar Herzog, Monroe Guttman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Professor of History, Maestro Domingo discussed both his musical career and his dedication to and activism in relation to humanitarian causes. He was surprised by a performance of Zarzuela music, a personal favorite, by pianist Alex Beyer ’17 and mezzo-soprano Sofia Selowsky ’12. Finally, the avid sports fan was presented with a Harvard letter jacket embroidered with a Latin inscription which, translated, means: “He came. He saw. He gave voice.”
More information on both the event and Maestro Domingo can be fo...
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- Discrete Molecular Imaging
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Peng Yin and his co-worker Mingjie Dai explain in this video, how Discrete Molecular Imaging (DMI) can be used to enhance their DNA-PAINT super-resolution imaging platform to visualize features on a single-molecule scale. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
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- Harvard student athletes aim for Olympics in Rio
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Three Harvard runners will compete July 1-10 in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., for a chance to join Team USA at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer.
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- The State of the Nation’s Housing 2016
- Runtime
- 59:45
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The State of the Nation's Housing 2016 report release event by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, recorded at The National Press Club, Washington D.C., on June 22, 2016. You can view the report, see the interactive map, read the key facts, & download the media kit at http://jchs.harvard.edu/research/state_nations_housing.
This event featured Diana Olick of CNBC moderating a panel with Chris Herbert, Managing Director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, Stuart Miller, CEO of Lennar Corporation; Mayor Setti Warren, Chair of the Community Development and Housing Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Mayor of the City of Newton, Massachusetts; and Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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- Experts Explain the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI)
- Runtime
- 1:27:15
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A discussion of NISO's role in the library world, the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI), and how Harvard is implementing NISO's ODI guidelines. The NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) guidelines promote transparency in library discovery services. The publication offers best practices for content providers on the minimum set of metadata elements provided for indexing, linking practices, technical formats, and disclosure of level of compliance with the standard. Recommendations for discovery service providers address content listings, linking practices, file formats and methods of transfer to be supported, and usage statistics.
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- Harvard IT Summit 2016 Afternoon Keynote
- Runtime
- 50:33
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Bryson Koehler, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer, IBM / Chief Information and Technology Officer, The Weather Company
“Keeping Up With the Weather”
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- Harvard IT Summit 2016 Morning Keynote
- Runtime
- 43:53
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD
Inaugural Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics / Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
“How Data Analytics and Privacy Concerns Will Drive Us All to the Cloud”
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- Radcliffe Day 2016 | Building an Economy for Prosperity and Equality || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:25:24
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Building an Economy for Prosperity and Equality
(9:13) Moderated by Cecilia Rouse ’86, PhD ’92, dean, Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education, and professor of economics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Featuring:
(14:46) David Autor AM ’94, PhD ’99, professor and associate department head, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(22:31) Douglas W. Elmendorf AM '85, PhD ’89, dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
(30:10) Claudia Goldin RI ’06, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University; director, Development of the American Economy Program, National Bureau of Economic Research
(37:55) Louise Sheiner ’82, AM ’89, PhD ’93, senior fellow, economic studies, and policy director, Hutchins Cente...
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- Radcliffe Day 2016 | Janet Yellen || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 1:03:59
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Janet L. Yellen, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, is awarded the Radcliffe Medal, presented annually to an individual who has had a transformative impact on society.
Featuring personal reflections from Ben S. Bernanke ’75 (24:18), a distinguished fellow in residence in the economic studies program at the Brookings Institution and a former chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(30:57) Yellen joins Gregory Mankiw, the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University, in conversation about her groundbreaking achievements.
Introduction by Lizabeth Cohen, dean, Radcliffe Institute, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
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- Harvard University: Year in Pictures 2015-2016
- Runtime
- 3:10
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Harvard University captures some of its most memorable moments from the 2015 -16 academic year.
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- Al Gore on Confronting the Climate Crisis | Harvard Global Institute and Harvard China Project
- Runtime
- 1:23:15
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Sponsored by the Harvard Global Institute and the Harvard China Project, former VP Al Gore delivered a public lecture to a capacity crowd in Harvard University’s Sanders Theater on April 7, 2016. He expressed optimism about progress in low-carbon energy developments and the roles played by the U.S. and China. This lecture is the first in a multidisciplinary lecture series focused on the “China 2030/2050” theme featuring high-profile speakers.
The Harvard China Project is a research program focused on China’s atmospheric environment, energy system, and economy, collaborating with researchers at Chinese universities and across the schools of Harvard. It conducts interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed studies related to air pollution and greenhouse gases in China, from root causes in the demand for and supply of energy to power its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their impacts on human health and agriculture. To learn more about ...
- Title
- A Profile of Astrophysicist Avi Loeb
- Runtime
- 7:01
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Avi Loeb's life story and scientific contributions are highlighted in this video from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He serves as Chair of the Department of Astronomy, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) . He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative, serves as the Science Theory Director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, and holds the Sackler Senior Professorship by Special Appointment at Tel Aviv University. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Physical Society, the International Academy of Astronautics, and a member of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies.
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- Afternoon Exercises | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 2:04:16
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The Afternoon Exercises at Harvard's 365th Commencement at Tercentenary Theatre on May 26, 2016. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Kris Manjapra | Plantation Empire || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 42:41
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- As part of the 2015–2016 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Kris Manjapra argues that the labor relations, land relations, financial institutions, and agricultural relations so characteristic of Caribbean slavery did not die away in the 1830s with abolition, but rather went through a transformation that allowed them to expand across the global South.
Manjapra is the 2015–2016 Beatrice Shepherd Blane Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute.
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- Making the Nation Habitable: An Argument with Illustrations from South Asia
- Runtime
- 1:27:25
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Introducer
Sunil Amrith
Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies Professor of History, Harvard University
Speaker
Shahid Amin
D.D. Kosambi Visiting Research Professor, Goa University
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- Felipe Lara | Metafagote (2015) || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 17:33
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Metafagote (2015) – for solo amplified bassoon with six prerecorded bassoons
Rebekah Heller (bassoons) and Levy Lorenzo (sound engineer)
Performed at the Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as part of the full-length concert “Meditations, Translations, and Calligraphy,” by Felipe Lara RI ’16
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- Felipe Lara | Corde Vocale (2005–2007), String Quartet no. 1 || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 9:15
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Corde Vocale (2005–2007) – String Quartet no. 1
JACK String Quartet
Performed at the Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as part of the full-length concert “Meditations, Translations, and Calligraphy,” by Felipe Lara RI ’16
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- Felipe Lara | Modified Attack (2012) MODBSSN (2016) on Metafagote || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 7:15
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Modified Attack (2012), MODBSSN (2016) on Metafagote
Levy Lorenzo (improvised amplified joystick)
Performed at the Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as part of the full-length concert “Meditations, Translations, and Calligraphy,” by Felipe Lara RI ’16
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- Felipe Lara | Parabolas na Caverna (2013–2014) || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 10:16
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Parabolas na Caverna (2013–2014) – for solo amplified flute
Claire Chase (flute)
Performed at the Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as part of the full-length concert “Meditations, Translations, and Calligraphy,” by Felipe Lara RI ’16
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- Felipe Lara | Tran(slate) (2008), String Quartet no. 2 || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 8:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Tran(slate) (2008) – String Quartet no. 2
JACK String Quartet
Performed at the Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as part of the full-length concert “Meditations, Translations, and Calligraphy,” by Felipe Lara RI ’16
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- Felipe Lara | Meditation and Calligraphy (2014) || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Meditation and Calligraphy (2014) – for solo amplified bass flute
Claire Chase (bass flute)
Performed at the Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as part of the full-length concert “Meditations, Translations, and Calligraphy,” by Felipe Lara RI ’16
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- Felipe Lara | Archi elastici (2014), viola quintet || Radcliffe Institute
- Runtime
- 18:17
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Archi elastici (2014) – for viola quintet
JACK String Quartet and Elizabeth Weisser (viola)
Performed at the Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as part of the full-length concert “Meditations, Translations, and Calligraphy,” by Felipe Lara RI ’16
- Title
- Bionic Leaf Turns Sunlight Into Liquid Fuel
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A cross-disciplinary team at Harvard University has created a system that uses solar energy to split water molecules and hydrogen-eating bacteria to produce liquid fuels. The system can convert solar energy to biomass with 10 percent efficiency, far above the one percent seen in the fastest-growing plants.
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- Putting ideas into practice: making meaningful work – Participants' short testimonial
- Runtime
- 6:12
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The panelists and the organizer of the Colloquium, they answer to the question of how important it is for work to be meaningful and to what can organizations do to encourage meaningful work.
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- The key to build trust through meaningful work – Answers from the panelists
- Runtime
- 13:04
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Several participants talk about their experience, and of the implications of considering meaningfulness at work. In particular, three PhD researchers, a member of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University; a visiting professor from Harvard University and the Dean of the School of Business and Economics CUA, in Washington DC.
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- Loving through work: a way of dignifying professional work. Santiago Martínez | IECO - RCC
- Runtime
- 15:41
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Santiago Martínez, (IECO Researcher [Finland] – University of Valencia), explained how loving through work is the key to dignify professional work , and emphasized the need of a trustworthy environment as a condition for work to be dignified and as a requirement to find the intrinsic value that every particular task has.
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- The role of dignity in building trust through meaningful work. Donna Hicks | IECO - RCC
- Runtime
- 14:19
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Donna Hicks, PhD (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs – Harvard University), illustrated how people who feel their dignity injured are the ones who lose the sense of meaningfulness at work most easily.
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- Fostering meaningfulness and trust at work: promises and pitfalls. Michael G. Pratt | IECO - RCC
- Runtime
- 9:36
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Michael G. Pratt, PhD (Carroll School of Management – Boston College), clarified the difference between meaning and meaningfulness of work, explained the common barriers to meaningful work in organizations, and discussed how organizations can foster work meaningfulness for different types of employees and the benefits they derive from it (e.g., greater trust).
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- The value of trustworthy and meaningful work. Francis J. Daly | IECO – RCC
- Runtime
- 16:22
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Francis J. Daly, (Kallman Executive Fellow CBE – Bentley University) pointed out that the meaning of work is not just its result, but more importantly how the worker relates to the work.
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- A brief introduction to the idea of meaningful work. William English | IECO - RCC
- Runtime
- 7:43
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Moderator William English, PhD (Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University), opened the colloquium describing the historical evolution of the meaning of work from having a negative connotation – according to which work belonged to servants and slaves – to the importance it has today, when work is considered as part of personal development.
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- Building Trust in Organizations through Meaningful work | IECO - RCC
- Runtime
- 2:35:31
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In April 4th, 2016, the Fourth IECO-RCC International Colloquium at Harvard addressed the topic “Building Trust in Organizations through Meaningful work”. This series of colloquia is an initiative of Manuel Guillén, IECO’s founder and director, and Valencia University representative at the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard. The event has been supported by the Abigail Adams Institute (Harvard). This year, the question of trust and loving through work inspired a lively discussion among the speakers and the audience on the dignity and meaningfulness of professional work.
The guest speakers were:
• William English, PhD, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University (Moderator).
• Francis J. Daly, Kallman Executive Fellow CBE – Bentley University.
• Michael G. Pratt, PhD, Carroll School of Management – Boston College.
• Donna Hicks, PhD, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs – Harvard University.
• Santiago ...
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- Step inside Harvard's 365th Commencement | Harvard 360° video experience
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Take a seat. Look around. Picture yourself graduating from Harvard.
To read more about this year's Commencement, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Harvard donates food surplus to local families in need
- Runtime
- 0:20
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Food for Free, a nonprofit based in Cambridge, has been working to bridge the gap between waste and want. In an effort to address chronic hunger among its neighbors in Cambridge and Boston, Harvard partnered with the organization in 2015. In a typical week the University donates nearly 2,500 lbs. of food – or 2,000 nutritious meals – to families in need.
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- Spider superheroes at the Harvard Ed Portal
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Local students visit the Harvard Ed Portal in Allston for a workshop named Spider Superheroes. The class teaches students all about spiders, and some of the remarkable things they can do, such as jumping really long distances, dancing, living underwater, ballooning through the air, changing colors, and sometimes even being mistaken for jewels. The program was created by Sarah J. Kariko, Research Director of Gossamer Labs LLC, and an Associate in Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; and was adapted in collaboration with the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH).
Read more at http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/05/spiders-to-the-rescue/.
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- Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust Speech | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 15:28
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust addresses graduates at Harvard's 365th Commencement on May 26, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Filmmaker Steven Spielberg Speech | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 20:10
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Director, producer, and screenwriter Steven Spielberg, gave his speech at Harvard's 365th Commencement on May 26, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Morning Exercises | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 2:37:07
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The Morning Exercises at Harvard's 365th Commencement at Tercentenary Theatre on May 26, 2016. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Graduate Speaker Jiang He | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 7:33
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Graduate Speaker Jiang He addresses graduates at Harvard's 365th Commencement on May 26, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Undergraduate Speaker Joshuah Campbell | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 9:22
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Undergraduate Speaker Joshuah Campbell addresses graduates at Harvard's 365th Commencement on May 26, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Latin Orator Anne Power | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 7:46
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Latin Speaker Anne Power addresses graduates at Harvard's 365th Commencement on May 26, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Rashida Jones: Class Day Speech | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 27:14
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Actress and advocate Rashida Jones '97 addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 25, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Ivy Female Orator Christina Teodorescu | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 7:24
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Ivy Female Orator Christina Teodorescu addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 25, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Ivy Male Orator Aaron Henricks | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 10:29
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Ivy Male Orator Aaron Henricks addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 25, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Class Day | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 2:23:00
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony, including speaker Rashida Jones '97, on May 25, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.
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- Male Orator Min-Woo Park | Harvard Commencement 2016
- Runtime
- 10:01
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Male Orator Min-Woo Park addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 25, 2016 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-2016/.

