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Terry Tempest Williams reads Weather or Not, a poem that was included in Weathering Change, an art anthology in response to climate change that has been released by Harvard’s Office for Sustainability (OFS). The compilation of poetry and art was sourced from a diverse range of twenty-one students, faculty, staff, and alumni. It includes original work from renowned writers including Harvard Divinit...

Casey Gerald’s new book is an intervention in the shape of a memoir

Joel Waldfogel from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota shares highlights from his book "Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture." To learn more about the Digital Initiative, check out digital.hbs.edu.

Erica Groshen a Visiting Senior Scholar at the ILR School of Cornell University and Susan Helper from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University share their insights on how the introduction and diffusion of autonomous vehicles (AVs) affect U.S. workers and employers. To learn more about the Digital Initiative, check out digital.hbs.edu..

Ben Trachtenberg, an associate professor of law at the University of Missouri, gives an insider look at what happened during the 2015 Mizzou protests that led to resignations, decreased enrollment rates, and budget cuts.

Mermaids: They’re cute, innocent, and great singers, right? Think again! PhD candidate in Celtic Languages and Literatures Greg Darwin explains why you wouldn’t want to meet a mermaid in a dark aquatic alley. He also talks about selkie tales – and legendary creatures that live at the edge of humanity. Full Transcript: http://gsas.harvard.edu/veritalk The Veritalk Team: Host/Producer: Anna Fisher-P...

The deep ocean is the least explored environment on Earth, and scientists estimate that many thousands of species are yet to be encountered. Marine researchers depend on tools primarily developed for the military or the oil and gas industry to study and capture undersea organisms. Many of them are extremely fragile, some thousands of years old, and too often they are damaged or destroyed by equipm...

Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane brought a data driven and unconventional approach to winning baseball games. By setting strategy and articulating the metric to evaluate and acquire the players who would ultimately implement his strategy on the field, Beane’s sabermetrics approach brought about a cultural shift in baseball from the players and managers to coaches and scouts. Professor...

David Shulkin, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, will be talking with Dr. Ashish Jha, Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, on Monday, October 15, 2018. Watch the webcast to learn more about the leadership lessons and challenges facing Dr. Shulkin as he represented 21 million American veterans and was responsible for the nation’s largest integrated health care system with over...

Center for Workplace Development-Making Connections by Harvard University

As the role of “strongman” leaders on the world stage appears to be on the rise, this panel examines “strongman politics” in a comparative context. In May 2018, Time Magazine proclaimed in an article that “The ‘Strongmen Era’ Is Here” (Time, May 3, 2018). Highlighting Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping’s tightening authoritarianism in Russia and China, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Rodrigo Duterte, and Vik...

Calder Walton (@calder_walton), the author of Empire of Secrets: British intelligence, the Cold War, and the Twilight of Empire, sits down with with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about the history of intelligence, Russian espionage, and his favorite secret. _______________ Subscribe to the Belfer Center’s YouTube channel for a new episode of Office Hours each month! Subscribe to the podc...

Gene Richardson, MD, PhD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses how his background in anthropology, philosophy, Buddhism, and medicine led him to a deeper understanding of public health challenges – including inequality -- throughout the world.

Speaker: Adrian Zenz, Lecturer in social research methods, European School of Culture & Theology, Germany. Dr. Zenz is author of the recently published paper, '"Thoroughly Reforming Them Towards a Healthy Heart Attitude" - China's Political Re-Education Campaign in Xinjiang,' (Central Asian Survey 2018). Moderator: Mark Elliott, Vice Provost, International Affairs, Harvard University Co-Sponsored...

A Shout Through Time by Harvard University

Stanford Professor Sean Reardon talks about the downward trend in private school enrollments, what this tells us about the middle class in America, and why it’s important for everyone to pay attention to who goes to private school.

Bob Inglis, former U.S. Representative for South Carolina and Executive Director of republicEn.,org, will be talking with Gina McCarthy, Director of Harvard C-CHANGE, on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Watch the webcast to learn about bipartisan, effective policies that can enacted to confront a pressing challenge facing the world – climate change.

Dr. Keri L. Day, Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion, Princeton Theological Seminary., Sunday sermon Sept. 23, 2018 in the Memorial Church of Harvard University.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government September 28, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Timothy P. McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature, Public Policy, and Education; Core Faculty/Program Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, September 27, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Jane Pickering, Executive Director, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, September 25, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Andrew Martinez, Administrative Coordinator to Harvard Chaplains, September 25, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Katherine O’Dair, Dean of Students, Harvard College, September 24, 2018.

Professor Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Sunday sermon Sept. 16, 2018 in the Memorial Church of Harvard University.

Morning Prayers service with speaker John Edgerton, Associate Minister, Old South Church, September 21, 2018.