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The Honorable Deval L. Patrick, Managing Director, Bain Capital Double Impact; Former Governor of Massachusetts, Sunday sermon Nov. 11, 2018 in the Memorial Church of Harvard University.

The Rev. Eugene Cho, Founder, One Day's Wages and Quest Church, Seattle, Washington Sunday sermon, Nov. 18, 2018 in the Memorial Church of Harvard University.

On Thursday, November 8, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and digital HKS hosted a discussion on European and American approaches to tech policy. The conversation featured Henri Piffaut, a senior advisor with the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission. Harvard Kennedy School’s Muriel Rouyer and David Eaves served as respondents.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Amanda Sharick, Graduate Commons Program Manager, Harvard University, November 5, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker, Bridget Terry Long AM ’97, PhD ’00, Saris Professor of Education and Economics and Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education, November 6, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker, Mihir Desai MBA ’93 PhD ’98, Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School; Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, November 7, 2018.

This seminar was given on November 8, 2018 by Quinn Slobodian, Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College. It was given as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

What if you could avoid the hospital and receive care in your own home? David Levine, MD, MPH, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital discusses this innovative new model, including the social and economic benefits.

In this week's episode we bring you an in-depth conversation with a public health pioneer. During her five-decade career, Marie McCormick, Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor, emerita, at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has worked on a range of issues: from the health of pre-term babies to vaccines to cannabis. McCormick began her career as a pediatrician and conducted groundbreaking r...

Jeffrey Furman from the Department of Strategy & Policy at Boston University shares insights from his paper (co-authored with Florenta Teodoridis) exploring how an increase in the availability of IT-based research technology influences the production of research ideas and the mobility of research in the ideas space. To learn more about the Digital Initiative, check out digital.hbs.edu.

If tech pioneer and Numenta CEO Donna Dubinsky doesn’t fear the Terminator, neither should we

What do rural Americans say are the biggest problems in their local communities? A new poll finds that drug/opioid abuse and economic concerns are the top challenges. When it comes to drug addiction and abuse, a majority of rural Americans say opioid addiction is a serious problem in their community. On economic issues, rural Americans largely hold negative views of their local economy, but nearly...

Is it time to throw out the creative director and rely on big data to predict what consumers want to wear next? Assistant Professor Ayelet Israeli discusses how Gap CEO Art Peck considers this bold idea to boost sales.

Feeding America is the third largest nonprofit in the United States, managing a network of more than 200 food banks nationwide. Harvard Business School professor Scott Duke Kominers and Chicago Booth School of Business professor Canice Prendergast discuss how the organization designed a marketplace that was efficient and fair for all participants.

Craig Paxton, Ed. M.'09, executive director of Axium Education, on the importance of supporting education efforts in South Africa's most rural communities.

What do rural Americans say are the biggest problems in their local communities? A new poll finds that drug/opioid abuse and economic concerns are the top challenges. When it comes to drug addiction and abuse, a majority of rural Americans say opioid addiction is a serious problem in their community. On economic issues, rural Americans largely hold negative views of their local economy, but nearly...

Joanne Kenen, Executive Editor, Health Care at POLITICO, and Margaret Talev, senior White House correspondent for Bloomberg News, will be talking with Dr. Robert Blendon on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Watch the webcast to learn more about how these expert journalists are covering important issues like health care, the results of the midterm elections, and what future issues will be facing America...

What is the status of evidence-based environmental policy in the U.S? Sweeping policy shifts, regulatory rollbacks, and decisions such as the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement prompt questions. This Forum provided an opportunity to discuss the challenges facing environmental science today. Panelists explored areas potentially or already impacted by change, such as the Clean Power Plan, m...

Morning Prayers service with speaker Cindy Rowe, Executive Director, The Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, October 1, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Karen King, Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School, October 2, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Kirstin Boswell-Ford, Director of Religious Life, Massachusetts Institute of Technology., October 3, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Shelly Lowe, Executive Director of the Harvard University Native American Program, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker, Jonah Steinberg, Executive Director and Harvard Chaplain, Harvard Hillel, October 5, 2018.

The Rev. Westley P. Conn, Ministry Fellow, the Memorial Church of Harvard University, Sunday sermon September 30, 2018 in the Memorial Church of Harvard University.

Morning Prayers service with speaker, Howard Koh, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, October 9, 2018.