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Harvard Thinking: Changing how we deal with change

Title: Harvard Thinking: Changing how we deal with change
Runtime: 29:06
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Is it true that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Absolutely not; Research shows that people can and do make dramatic shifts at nearly every life stage. Sometimes that change is intentional and other times it happens without our awareness. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas speaks with psychiatrist Bob Waldinger, educator Rick Weissbourd, and experimental psychologist Mahzarin Banaji about how embracing change can lead to a better life.

Title: Ayodele Casel: Diary of a Tap Dancer
Runtime: 2:04
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Trailblazing tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel brings Diary of a Tap Dancer, a vibrant celebration of the joyful, resilient, and liberating spirit of tap, to the American Repertory Theater from December 12, 2024 through January 4, 2025. Through movement and storytelling, she reveals the power of reclaiming language, culture, and identity in an electric new play that brings tap dance to life in ways you've never seen before.

President Alan Garber's Installation Speech

Title: President Alan Garber's Installation Speech
Runtime: 17:14
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Alan Garber was installed as Harvard’s 31st president in a celebration attended by colleagues, University leaders, and family and friends Dec. 7, 2024 at the Harvard Art Museums.

140th Playing of The Game: Harvard vs. Yale

Title: 140th Playing of The Game: Harvard vs. Yale
Runtime: 0:50
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Take in the sights from the 140th playing of The Game at Harvard Stadium as Harvard and Yale faced off in one of college football's oldest rivalries.

Harvard Thinking: New frontiers in cancer care

Title: Harvard Thinking: New frontiers in cancer care
Runtime: 27:24
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: It’s a new era in the fight against cancer. The disease still kills nearly 10 million people worldwide every year, but advances in genomic sequencing and artificial intelligence have ushered in a new era of research. Treatments can now be personalized to patients and someday we might even have vaccines that can prevent the disease altogether. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas, cancer researcher Levi Garraway, radiologist Connie Lehman, and cell therapy expert Cathy Wu talk about how close we are to turning a corner on cancer.

Title: Harvard Thinking: The case for optimism
Runtime: 30:14
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Things aren’t what they used to be: they’re actually better. Yet even though many measures show how much progress we’ve made, many people feel like things are worse than ever. How do we change this perspective? In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas speaks with positive psychologist Tal Ben-Shahar, global governance expert Jane Nelson, and evidence-based optimist Steven Pinker about choosing optimism.

Harvard Thinking: Plastic in our blood? That’s a problem.

Title: Harvard Thinking: Plastic in our blood? That’s a problem.
Runtime: 28:46
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Our planet is filled with plastic. On average, we produce 430 million tons every year, most of which is used only for a short period of time and then discarded. But plastic isn’t just in the environment: it’s now in our bodies. Microplastics have been found in our bloodstreams, lungs, and other organs, and we’re only recently beginning to understand how this affects our health. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas, cell biologist Don Ingber, environmental health scientist Mary Johnson, and nanomaterial researcher Philip Demokritou discuss our destructive relationship with plastic.

Harvard Thinking: The case for a liberal arts education

Title: Harvard Thinking: The case for a liberal arts education
Runtime: 27:03
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: College is expensive. Even with ramped-up financial aid efforts from universities, people are still trying to decide if tuition will lead to a smart return on their investment. Is a liberal arts education worth the price tag? In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas talks with economist David Deming, educator Nancy Hill, and philosophy Professor Susanna Siegel about how to make a liberal arts education attractive again.

Harvard’s Gary Ruvkun awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Title: Harvard’s Gary Ruvkun awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Runtime: 1:59
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, is a recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of microRNA, a class of tiny RNA molecules that regulate the activities of thousands of genes in plants and animals, including humans.

Music courtesy of Extreme Music.

Inside Harvard’s Amazon Rainforest Immersion: A Journey to Understand the Biome's Future

Title: Inside Harvard’s Amazon Rainforest Immersion: A Journey to Understand the Biome's Future
Runtime: 7:26
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: In August 2024, Harvard University launched the Harvard Amazon Rainforest Immersion, an interdisciplinary program that brought together faculty, students, and young academics to explore one of the planet's most vital ecosystems. Follow their journey, from engaging with local communities to conducting field research at the heart of the rainforest. Witness how participants gain firsthand insights into the Amazon's biodiversity, challenges, and the urgent need for conservation. This program offers a unique perspective on the Amazon and highlights the importance of collaboration in protecting its future.

Title: Five surprising banned books
Runtime: 0:29
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Each year, hundreds of books are banned or challenged across the United States.

Music credit: "The Labrat Pack" by Stem via Extreme Music

Harvard Thinking: Why school cellphone bans are spreading

Title: Harvard Thinking: Why school cellphone bans are spreading
Runtime: 31:00
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Schools are banning cellphones. And some states and cities are passing legislation that restricts student phone use in the classroom. Both parents and students have pushed back, yet schools say the removal of phones eliminates distractions and fosters face-to-face interactions that students themselves have come to appreciate. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas talks with psychologist Laurie Santos, private school administrator Joy McGrath, and psychiatrist Susan Linn about what it would look like to take phones out of classrooms.

First class of Du Bois Scholars spend the summer at Harvard

Title: First class of Du Bois Scholars spend the summer at Harvard
Runtime: 2:44
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: The Du Bois Scholars program is a 9-week internship program that brings students from Historically Black College and Universities to Harvard University to receive mentorship and hands-on research experience. Evan Spann from Morehouse College and Oluwatomisin "Tomi" Salami from University of Maryland Eastern Shore are two of the students participating in the first year of the program. Both were paired with Harvard mentors, spent time conducting research, and had the opportunity to meet students from other HBCU's.

Music credit:
Courtesy of Extreme Music
"Cheer Goggles"
Fray, Horton, Fingers, Fingers

Harvard rowing coach Tom Siddall trains Paralympic PR3 4+ boat for Paris 2024

Title: Harvard rowing coach Tom Siddall trains Paralympic PR3 4+ boat for Paris 2024
Runtime: 3:58
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Tom Siddall, the assistant coach for Harvard University's men's heavyweight rowing, is coaching the Paralympics PR3 4+ boat as they prepare for the Paris 2024 games. The five-person boat is made up of coxswain Emelie Eldracher from MIT and four rowers: Alex Flynn from Tufts University, Ben Washburne from Williams College, Gemma Wollenschlaeger from Temple University, and Skylar Dahl from the University of Virginia. Each of the athletes committed to training in Boston for the summer.

The Paralympics PR3 designation means that the athletes have full use of their upper bodies and residual function of their legs.

Title: Harvard Reads: The Power Broker
Runtime: 1:24
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Alessandra Seiter, Community Engagement Librarian at Harvard Kennedy School, shares her book pick for your summer reading list.

Harvard Reads: Never A Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded

Title: Harvard Reads: Never A Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded
Runtime: 0:58
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Colin Lukens, Senior Repository Manager at the Harvard Library, shares his book pick for your summer reading list.

"25 Variable Stars" exhibition celebrates Henrietta Swan Leavitt

Title: "25 Variable Stars" exhibition celebrates Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Runtime: 0:54
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Harvard astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt is now the subject of a public art exhibition created by artist Ligia Bouton. Leavitt studied and catalogued the night sky using glass plate negatives, leading to important scientific discoveries. Bouton created 25 lenticular photographs that depict the luminosity of 25 unique stars that Leavitt studied. The work is now on view in the Kendall/MIT MBTA stop in Cambridge, MA.

Music credit:
Courtesy of Extreme Music
"The Planets - Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity" by Gustav Holst

Title: Harvard Reads: Shubeik Lubeik
Runtime: 1:56
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Matthew Noe, Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School Countway Library, shares his book pick for your summer reading list.

Sneha Shrestha, aka IMAGINE, shares the inspiration behind her art

Title: Sneha Shrestha, aka IMAGINE, shares the inspiration behind her art
Runtime: 3:36
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Artist Sneha Shrestha Ed.M. '17, known as IMAGINE, draws inspiration from her Nepali culture and time spent in Cambridge. She is the first contemporary Nepali artist to have a painting acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

2024 Harvard Alumni Day Address - Courtney B. Vance

Title: 2024 Harvard Alumni Day Address - Courtney B. Vance
Runtime: 22:05
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Courtney B. Vance AB ’82 delivers the 2024 Harvard Alumni Day Address on May 31, 2024.

Title: 2024 Harvard Alumni Day
Runtime: 2:42:15
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: On May 31, 2024, Harvard celebrated alumni communities across all Harvard Schools and around the globe. Harvard Alumni Day included the all-alumni parade and a program hosted by Harvard Alumni Association President Ty Moore AB ’06 featuring a keynote address by Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Courtney B. Vance AB ’82, remarks by Interim President Alan Garber AB ’77, PhD ’82, musical performances, and the celebration of the 2024 Harvard Medalists.

Title: Blooms across campus
Runtime: 0:32
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Check out our springtime campus, with flowers blooming and sun shining. #HarvardUniversity #Harvard #Boston

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Title: Celebrating the Class of 2024
Runtime: 0:50
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: The Harvard community gathered to honor the Class of 2024.

Maria Ressa delivers the Commencement Address | Harvard Commencement 2024

Title: Maria Ressa delivers the Commencement Address | Harvard Commencement 2024
Runtime: 23:13
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: On May 23, 2024, Maria Ressa, a recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, addressed the graduating Class of 2024.

Title: Harvard Commencement 2024
Runtime: 3:24:21
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Tune in to Harvard Commencement for the Class of 2024 on Thursday, May 23, 2024, featuring an address by Maria Ressa.

Title: Harvard Class Day 2024
Runtime: 2:26:14
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Class Day celebrates the graduating Harvard College Class of 2024.

Harvard ROTC Commissioning Ceremony 2024

Title: Harvard ROTC Commissioning Ceremony 2024
Runtime: 1:19:50
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Watch the livestream of graduating Harvard cadets and midshipmen being commissioned into the United States Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force.

Title: Harvard Class of 2024: Ananda Birungi
Runtime: 1:31
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Senior Ananda Birungi had an unconventional introduction to Harvard College, beginning over Zoom and then transitioning to campus. The communities that she found here shaped her college experience and taught her valuable lessons.

Title: Harvard Class of 2024: Saif Kamal
Runtime: 1:52
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Saif Kamal shares his inspiring journey from adversity to triumph. After surviving open-heart surgery, a stroke, and collapsed lungs, he found strength at Harvard's Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology program. Learn more about how he now embraces life with hope and possibility.

Title: Harvard Class of 2024: Ivan Specht
Runtime: 1:17
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Passionate about both science and music, Harvard College student Ivan Specht wasn't sure what topic he wanted to focus on when he first arrived on campus. The Covid-19 pandemic changed the course of his studies and led him to the lab of Prof. Pardis Sabeti at the Broad Institute. Learn more about his research and plans for the future.

Harvard Thinking: How far has COVID set back students?

Title: Harvard Thinking: How far has COVID set back students?
Runtime: 29:58
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: American schools have not recovered from the pandemic. On average, schools have lost half a grade level in math and a little less than that in reading. Some students have rebounded, but others are in even worse shape than they were before — and that’s when you can get them in the classroom in the first place. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas talks with economist Thomas Kane, education policy and program expert Heather Hill, and New York State Master Teacher Stephanie Conklin about how to regain pandemic learning losses.

Title: Harvard Class of 2024: Julia Tellides
Runtime: 1:25
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: In 2022, Harvard College student Julia Tellides traveled to Greece with the school's study abroad program. Now a graduating senior, she reflects on how the trip changed the course of her studies.

Title: Harvard Class of 2024: David Velasquez
Runtime: 1:48
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: In 2023, David Velasquez graduated from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. This year, he will graduate from Harvard Medical School. Learn more about his journey.

Harvard Thinking: Forgiving what you can’t forget

Title: Harvard Thinking: Forgiving what you can’t forget
Runtime: 28:08
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: We’ve all held a grudge. As humans, we’ve all been hurt — and have hurt others. Forgiveness can be a way to release those negative emotions. What’s more, recent research shows forgiveness is linked to better health outcomes. So why is it so difficult? In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas speaks with Christian theologian Matt Potts, public health expert Tyler VanderWeele, and psychologist Laura Thompson to discuss forgiving when you can’t forget.

Unlocking Intelligence: The Kempner Institute

Title: Unlocking Intelligence: The Kempner Institute
Runtime: 3:09
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University aims to cultivate a diverse community of scholars who work across disciplinary boundaries and are equipped to tackle some of the most compelling mysteries of our time. Coming together to learn, collaborate, and discover, Kempner Institute scientists seek to fundamentally and radically advance our understanding of natural and artificial intelligence.

To learn more about the Kempner Institute, visit www.kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu

Harvard Thinking: The promise and peril of AI

Title: Harvard Thinking: The promise and peril of AI
Runtime: 27:16
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: The capabilities of artificial intelligence have fallen short of human imagination. They’re now catching up, advancing at an alarming rate. It raises the question: How do we develop these technologies ethically? In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas discusses AI with legal expert Sheila Jasanoff, computer scientist Martin Wattenberg, and statistician Susan Murphy.

Harvard Medical student Kelsey Biddle on living with narcolepsy

Title: Harvard Medical student Kelsey Biddle on living with narcolepsy
Runtime: 2:32
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Kelsey Biddle HMS'25 shares her journey from her diagnosis with Type 1 narcolepsy to her time at Harvard Medical School.

Harvard Thinking: What dying people actually need

Title: Harvard Thinking: What dying people actually need
Runtime: 26:12
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Nothing is certain except death and taxes. Yet the inevitability of death doesn’t prevent the discomfort and uncertainty felt by those facing the end of their lives. Many experience long deaths in hospitals, while others wrestle with whether to undergo invasive life-extending treatments. How do we confront death — as patients, counselors, and healthcare professionals — in a way that honors the fullness of life? In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas joins Buddhist chaplain Chris Berlin, bioethicist Mildred Solomon, and radiation oncologist Tracy Balboni to talk about end-of-life care.

Maria Ressa named 2024 Harvard Commencement speaker

Title: Maria Ressa named 2024 Harvard Commencement speaker
Runtime: 0:48
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Maria Ressa, a leading journalist in the fight for freedom of the press and champion for democracy will be the principal speaker at Harvard’s 373rd Commencement on May 23rd.

Harvard Thinking: Climate alignment is no easy task

Title: Harvard Thinking: Climate alignment is no easy task
Runtime: 23:42
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: The planet is only getting hotter. Significant resources need to be devoted to both climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, requiring cooperation at all levels of governance. But what do we do when the need for long-term cooperation is overshadowed by short-term interests? Host Samantha Laine Perfas is joined by environmental economist Robert Stavins, historian Emmanuel Akyeampong, and global health expert Caroline Buckee to talk about the challenges in addressing climate change.

Musicologist examines Taylor Swift's lyrics

Title: Musicologist examines Taylor Swift's lyrics
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Sharri Hall, a Historical Musicology PhD candidate at Harvard and tried-and-true Swiftie, analyzes Taylor Swift's song "The Man."

Title: Harvard Thinking: Our democracy problem
Runtime: 32:37
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: In recent years, American democracy has withstood the damage of bitter polarization and a growing distrust of institutions, but there are some who worry the worst is yet to come. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas speaks with political theorist Danielle Allen, best-selling author Steven Levitsky, and constitutional law Professor Stephen Sachs about what it will take to re-energize and protect our system of government.

Title: A look inside the Harvard Herbaria
Runtime: 2:34
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Founded in 1842, the Harvard Herbaria is dedicated to enriching and expanding knowledge about plants and fungi. Through the preservation of specimens, cutting edge genomic research, and the digitization of the collection, scholars can track changes in biodiversity across locations and centuries. Charles Davis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Vascular Plants at the Herbaria, explains the value of this unique collection.

Read more in the Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/02/herbarias-use-and-importance-grows-with-climate-change/

An inside look at Harvard's "Taylor Swift and Her World" class

Title: An inside look at Harvard's "Taylor Swift and Her World" class
Runtime: 2:31
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: "English 183ts: Taylor Swift and Her World" examines the music star as a lyricist and songwriter while also taking a look at her influences and precursors. The course also explores related works about song and performance by poets and novelists. Prof. Stephanie Burt, teaching fellow Sharri K. Hall, and student Cormac Savage discuss the class and what makes Taylor Swift such a compelling artist.

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Harvard Thinking: Lonely? You’re not alone.

Title: Harvard Thinking: Lonely? You’re not alone.
Runtime: 26:24
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Occasional loneliness is normal, but what’s happening in the U.S. right now is not. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas welcomes public health expert Jeremy Nobel and education researcher Milena Batanova for a conversation exploring how loneliness became a crisis and how we might reconnect.

Erin Hecht on dog behavior and evolution

Title: Erin Hecht on dog behavior and evolution
Runtime: 2:03
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: How have dogs have been affected by their close relationship with humans, and how that has shaped their personalities? Dr. Erin Hecht, who leads The Canine Brains Project at Harvard, discusses how the evolution of canine brains has affected their personalities.

Learn more about the research in the Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/11/what-shapes-your-dogs-personality/

Harvard's Kimmie Ng discusses the rise in colorectal rates among younger people

Title: Harvard's Kimmie Ng discusses the rise in colorectal rates among younger people
Runtime: 1:34
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Kimmie Ng, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the founding director of Dana-Farber’s Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center, discusses a new report that detects higher rates of colorectal cancer among younger people.

Music credit:
"Mr Ice Guy" by Martin Tillman & Tom Vedvik
Courtesy of Extreme Music

Title: Welcome to Harvard's Science Center
Runtime: 0:26
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Did you know that most Harvard undergraduate students will take at least one class at the Science Center? Harvard tour guide Perrin offers an introduction to the building and plaza.

Harvard Thinking: How much drinking is too much?

Title: Harvard Thinking: How much drinking is too much?
Runtime: 23:06
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Is drinking any amount of alcohol bad for you? Studies are mixed, leaving people confused about the type of relationship they should have with alcohol. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas talks drinking with economist and physician Bapu Jena, bestselling author Emily Oster, and neuroscientist Marisa Silveri.

Title: Introducing “Harvard Thinking”
Runtime: 1:29
Date posted: 3 years ago
Description: Join us in welcoming “Harvard Thinking,” a new podcast where the life of the mind meets everyday life.

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