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  • 2018 Feb 06

    HEAR WORD! Naija Woman Talk True @ the ART

    6:00pm

    Location: 

    Loeb Drama Center
    Directed by Ifeoma Fafunwa Featuring a cast of leading Nigerian actresses, HEAR WORD! Naija Woman Talk True is inspired by multi-generational stories of inequality and transformation. Staged by director and writer Ifeoma Fafunwa, the show grapples with the issues affecting the lives of women across Nigeria, and the factors that limit their potential for independence, leadership, and meaningful contribution in society. Combining song and dance with intimate portraits of resilience and resistance, the show celebrates the women who have broken the culture of silence, challenged the status quo,... Read more about HEAR WORD! Naija Woman Talk True @ the ART
  • 2017 Dec 05

    Tenure Track Faculty Lunch

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Plimpton Room, Mahindra Humanities Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    The Office of Faculty Development and Diversity hosts informal lunches for tenure track faculty throughout the academic year. These lunches are designed to provide an opportunity for tenure track faculty to have an informal discussion with Senior Vice Provost Judith D. Singer and connect with other faculty from across the University.
  • 2017 Nov 15

    Tenure Track Faculty Lunch

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Perkins Room, Massachusetts Hall, Harvard Yard (Note location change)
    The Office of Faculty Development and Diversity hosts informal lunches for tenure track faculty throughout the academic year. These lunches are designed to provide an opportunity for tenure track faculty to have an informal discussion with Senior Vice Provost Judith D. Singer and connect with other faculty from across the University.
  • 2017 Nov 06

    Working with the Media: Tips and Resources for Getting Your Scholarly Message Out

    3:00pm

    Location: 

    Lamont Library, Forum Room, 11 Quincy Street, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
    Publishing something big? Or just want to feel more at ease when reporters reach out? Join us for a media training, featuring: Paul Andrew, Vice President for Harvard Public Affairs and Communications Melodie Jackson, Assistant Vice President for Communications Anupam (Bapu) Jena, Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Moderated by: Ann Marie Lipinski, Curator, The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard We'll talk about tools available to help faculty spread awareness of their work, discuss how to make stories compelling, and provide tips to... Read more about Working with the Media: Tips and Resources for Getting Your Scholarly Message Out
  • 2017 Oct 30

    A Conversation with Wynton Marsalis and Drew Faust

    7:00pm

    Location: 

    Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge

    Wynton Marsalis returns to campus for an evening celebrating the video release of “Music as Metaphor,” the lecture and performance that launched his Harvard lecture series in 2011. Faust and Marsalis will be joined at Sanders by Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan University Professor of the Humanities; Jorie Graham, Boylston Professor of Oratory and Rhetoric; Yosvany Terry, Senior Lecturer on Music and Director of Jazz Ensembles, and members of the Harvard jazz community.

    Tickets for the event are free. They will become available for the Harvard community on October 17. For information...

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  • 2017 Sep 20

    Fall 2017 HILT Conference

    (All day)

    Location: 

    Wasserstein Hall

    Save the Date!

    Evaluating Teaching

    The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching annual conference is an event designed to engage Harvard faculty (and some students and academic professionals) in a university-level dialogue about teaching and learning innovation. 

     

    The annual goals of the HILT Annual Conference are to: 

    1. promote dialogue across Harvard’s campuses about educational innovation, including constructive discussion of provocative, thoughtful, and contrasting perspectives;
    2. ...
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  • 2017 Sep 18

    Harvard University New Ladder Faculty Institute

    3:00pm to 6:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Faculty Clib
    Harvard new ladder faculty are warmly invited to join Provost Alan Garber and Senior Vice Provost Judith D. Singer at the University-wide New Ladder Faculty Institute to be held on Monday, September 18, 2017. This half-day event is designed to give you an opportunity to meet the other new faculty from all across Harvard and to introduce you to the numerous resources available to you throughout the University. We will have a panel of distinguished faculty who will share their perspectives on how to approach scholarly work and effectively contribute to your department, the University, and your... Read more about Harvard University New Ladder Faculty Institute
  • 2017 May 12

    When Active Learning Fails: How Faculty Beliefs and Intentions Inform Their Teaching and Influence Student Outcomes (GSES)

    4:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Medical School, Modell 100A - Rosen Lecture Hall
    CFP Graduate Science Education Seminar In the past few decades, commissions and reports have called for the transformation of undergraduate science education. While many active-learning approaches have been shown to be effective across contexts, discrepant results raise challenging questions about specific implementations and their related efficacies. This study examines how different faculty implement the same active-learning approaches and what factors correlate with positive student outcomes.Specifically, we analyze student outcomes in both cognitive and affective learning using concept... Read more about When Active Learning Fails: How Faculty Beliefs and Intentions Inform Their Teaching and Influence Student Outcomes (GSES)
  • 2017 May 12

    Diversity of Student Identities: Implications for Learning and Teaching

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Medical School, Modell 100A - Rosen Lecture Hall
    This workshop will explore the diversity of identities of students in our classrooms and learning environments. Through interactive discussions on research data from existing literature, we will examine the implications of these diverse identities and their intersectionality on how students learn, how instructors teach, and how we interact with students in and out of the classroom. Together, we will consider complex issues such as cultural capital, implicit associations, microaggression, mindsets, social comparison, and stereotype threat, as we draw on literature examples from different... Read more about Diversity of Student Identities: Implications for Learning and Teaching
  • 2017 May 03

    Mix and Mingle! End-of-Year Cocktail Reception for Tenure Track Faculty

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Faculty Club, Reading Room, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Join Senior Vice Provost Judith Singer and other tenure track faculty colleagues from across the University during Reading Period to celebrate the end of the academic year and the start of summer. Take a moment to share your accomplishments and common experiences with colleagues over drinks and appetizers at the Harvard Faculty Club. Guests are welcome too! Parking and child care will be provided.

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