Events

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Nobel laureate in physics and a leader in the pursuit of alternative and renewable sources of energy, will be Harvard’s principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 358th Commencement on June 4.

http://www.commencement.harvard.edu/

Speaker: Linda Chin, SM

President of the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Ms. Chin is known nationally for her work in healthcare, most recently as Senior Vice President for Planning, Marketing, and Public Relations at Cambridge Health Alliance. She has devoted her career to improving access to healthcare services to vulnerable populations and building stronger families and communities. She earned her Master of Science in Health Policy and Management at HSPH and Bachelor's degree from Yale University. Food will be provided.

*Co-sponsored by the South Asian Students’ Organization, and the Office of Diversity.

Water tells the profoundly moving story of Chuyia, an Indian girl married and widowed at eight years old, who is sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia’s feisty presence deeply affects the other residents, forcing each to confront their faith and society’s prejudices. Food will be provided.

*Co-sponsored by HSPH Student Government, the South Asian Students’ Organization, and the Office of Diversity.

Sponsored by the Office of Career Services, the Harvard Integrated Life Sciences, the Division of Medical Sciences, the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs, and the Office for Faculty Development & Diversity.

For more information see www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu

Sponsored by the Office of Career Services, the Harvard Integrated Life Sciences, the Division of Medical Sciences, the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs, and the Office for Faculty Development & Diversity.

For more information see www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu

This event is free and open to all Harvard Faculty.

Please join President Drew Faust as she welcomes Diane Paulus to the Harvard community after Ms. Paulus’ triumphant debut of HAIR on Broadway (http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/theater/reviews/01hair.html).  This special evening for Harvard Faculty at the American Repertory Theater will include:

• Introductory remarks by President Faust
• Diane Paulus presents her inaugural 2009/2010 Season
• Sneak Previews & behind-the-scenes tours
• Conversations with actors, directors & faculty
• Cocktails & hors d’oeuvres.

Please RSVP to svp_singer@harvard.edu or 617.384.5242.

On-site childcare will be available upon request.

Sponsored by the Office of Faculty Development & Diversity, The Office of the Provost and the A.R.T.

A Conversation with the authors of Getting to 50/50, Sharon Meers (Harvard College ’86) and Joanna Strober, followed by a discussion with Harvard working couples. Reception immediately following the discussion.

Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober are professionals, wives, and mothers with five young children between them. They understand the challenges and rewards of two-career households. They also know that families thrive not in spite of working mothers but because of them. After interviewing hundreds of parents and employers, surveying more than a thousand working mothers, and combing through the latest government and social science research, the authors conclude that the entire family all reap huge benefits when couples commit to share equally as breadwinners and caregivers. The starting point? An attitude shift that puts you on the road to truly shared responsibilities - and the positive step-by-step advice in this book to help get you there. Here are real-world solutions for parents who want to get ahead in their careers and still meet their family obligations.

Sharon Meers was a Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co. until April 2005. She serves on the advisory council of the Clayman Institute. Sharon and her husband, Steve, founded the Partnership for Parity at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Dual-Career Research Initiative at Harvard.

Joanna Strober is currently a Managing Director of a fund investing in private equity partnerships at Sterling Stamos Capital Management.

Event Sponsored by the Harvard Dual Career Research Initiative, Provost’s Office of Faculty Development and Diversity and the Harvard Human Resources’ Office of Work/Life

________________________________________
Getting to 50/50 Review Quotes:
“Getting to 50/50 is the first book I’ve read that gets it 100% right. As a frantically juggling father and spouse, I learned something valuable and new from every page. The advice is brilliant, the examples cogent and compelling, and the tone wise and humorous. For anyone who wants to enjoy a full career, be a complete parent, and remain a supportive spouse, this is the book that will help you chart the way.”—Roderick Kramer, William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

" Once in a rare while, a book comes along and changes the entire nature of the discussion. If Getting to 50/50 doesn't spark a revolution in work/life balance, I don't know what will."—Deborah Copaken Kogan, author of Between Here and April and Hell is Other Parents

“Getting to 50/50 solves one of the most important pieces of the work/life puzzle: the relationship between husbands and wives.” —Sylvia Ann Hewlett, President of the Center for Work-Life Policy and author of Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success

“A creative take on how to balance the demands of work and home. (Fathers may be surprised to find out how much they can benefit from these new arrangements.) Parents with children from 1 to 21 should rush right out and buy this book.”—Carolyn Pape Cowan and Philip A. Cowan, authors of When Parents Become Partners: The Big Life Change for Couples

“As an organizer for social and economic justice, a true believer in equality, a working mom, and a woman leader in a male-dominated sector–the labor movement–I found Getting to 50/50 right on. It is full of great advice about how to negotiate for women and their families.”—Anna Burger, Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

“Anyone who wants to combine children and careers should read this book.” —Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook

“Getting to 50/50 builds on what the latest research tells us: that children can thrive with two working parents and that fathers and mothers play equally important roles. I wish this book had existed when I was raising young daughters.” —Kathleen McCartney, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education

"Yesterday's books were about the war between the sexes. Getting to 50/50 is a peace-treaty—a solution where both sexes win."—Penelope Trunk, author of Brazen Careerist

“A tremendously refreshing and insightful read for parents who want to meet their career aspirations and raise balanced, happy children.”—Alexandria Albers, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

“Too many women think they have to give up the career they love to have a happy family. Getting to 50/50 shows them how to negotiate with bosses and husbands so that everybody wins–including the kids. Highly recommended.”—Linda Babcock, coauthor of Women Don’t Ask and Ask for It

Join the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity and the Associate Provost for Arts & Culture for a unique behind-the-scenes look of the museum's collections.

• Hands-on activities and discussion in Digging Veritas.
• Overview of archives and discussion of the daguerreotype conservation project.
• Discussion regarding NAGPRA and the Warren Anatomical Collections.
• Guided tours through the annex, 6th floor storage or 4th floor storage with Peabody Museum staff and faculty experts.
• A special performance by Harvard’s Ballet Folklórico de Aztlán.
• Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
  

On-site childcare is available.  Please contact Elton James, elton_james@harvard.edu for more information.

Sponsored by the Office of Career Services, the Harvard Integrated Life Sciences, the Division of Medical Sciences, the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs, and the Office for Faculty Development & Diversity.

For more information see www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu

Join prominent women leaders in a moderated panel discussion on women's critical place in university leadership at Harvard and beyond. The panel will be followed by small group discussions, facilitated by leaders throughout the university. Dinner will be served! Please RSVP to hcwc@fas.harvard.edu by Monday March 2nd.

Moderator
Barbara Kellerman -
James McGregor Burns Lecturer in Leadership, Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership
Harvard Kennedy School

Panelists
Jacqueline Bhabha-
Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the University Committee on Human Rights Studies and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Judith Glaven-
Associate Dean for Basic and Interdisciplinary Research
Harvard Medical School

Ann Braude-
Director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program and Senior Lecturer on American Religious History
Harvard Divinity School

This event is cosponsored by the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, the Harvard College Women's Center, the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs, and the Office of Career Services.

Sponsored by the Office of Career Services, the Harvard Integrated Life Sciences, the Division of Medical Sciences, the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs, and the Office for Faculty Development & Diversity.

For more information see www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu

This program will provide information about navigating offices and services at Harvard that serve postdoctoral fellows, with brief presentations given by specialists on topics such as professional development, benefits, work/life issues, international issues, ombuds services, sponsored research, and research-related resources. New postdocs from all Harvard Schools and research units are encouraged to attend the first section and lunch (11:00am-12:45pm), which highlight institutional services; the after-lunch session is designed for international postdocs, but is open to all postdocs who may value this presentation as well.

Longwood postdocs (HMS quad and HSPH) certainly may attend, but also should contact their postdoctoral services units for school-specific information and sessions. In addition, the orientation will be most valuable to postdocs who have arrived in December or later; however, all interested postdocs are invited.

New postdocs interested in attending should contact Taryn Sullivan (taryn_sullivan@harvard.edu) in the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs to RSVP. Seating is limited, on a first-RSVP, first-served basis. Please RSVP by Wenesday, February 4, 2009.

We are pleased to again offer this comprehensive orientation program for Harvard postdocs. I would appreciate very much if you would share this information with your postdocs and encourage them to RSVP and attend. A confirmation notice with the location will be sent directly to those postdoctoral fellows who RSVP.

More information about offices and services for postdocs may be found on the Harvard Postdoctoral Affairs website, http://postdoc.harvard.edu.

Postdocs across the Harvard community are invited to the winter "Postdoc Defroster!!" happy hour, Tuesday, February 3, from 5-7:30pm, in the Cambridge Queen's Head Pub (in the basement of Memorial Hall, corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets across from the Science Center), hosted by the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs. Munchies, music, beer and wine (as well as soft drinks), and a great opportunity once again to meet and network with other postdocs await. (At each of our last two events, approximately 200 postdocs showed up!!) We hope you can make it! (Capacity is limited on a first-come, first-served basis.)