Harvard University

Morning Prayers service with speaker Haley Curtin '18, Harvard College, Adams House, April 27, 2018.

Karenna Gore '95 Director of the Center for Earth Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, Sunday sermon April 22, 2018 in the Memorial Church of Harvard University.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Lisa Chille '18, Harvard College, Currier House, April 27, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Jorrion Wilson '18, Harvard College, Lowell House, April 25, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Arianna Kahn '18, Harvard College, Mather House, April 24, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Oskar Kocol '18, Harvard College, Quincy House, April 23, 2018.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Jake Levene '18, Harvard College, Dunster House, April 26, 2018.

In this week’s podcast we’ll explore how America’s streets can be redesigned to benefit bicyclists and pedestrians—and we’ll explain why doing so may even help mitigate the effects of climate change. A new study from Anne Lusk, research scientist in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, analyzed how bicyclists and pedestrians responded to various placements of t...

American President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change just over a year ago. What does that mean for the role of United States companies and business leaders in confronting climate change challenges? Assistant Professor Vincent Pons looks at the historical debate and what the road ahead looks like for the role of business in improving the environment.

James K. Sebenius, the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author (with R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin) of Kissinger the Negotiator, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about why Kissinger was an effective negotiator, the lessons we can all learn about negotiation, and Trump’s private sector negotiations. _______________ Subscribe to...

Aaron Ellison reads Contested landscape, 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 former writer-in-re...

Amanda Gorman reads In the eye of, 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 former writer-in-residenc...

Arielle Ruth reads Plunge, 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 former writer-in-residence Terry...

Christian Schatz reads When I think, 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 former writer-in-reside...

Kathleen Ong reads Vatnajökull, 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 former writer-in-residence T...

Morning Prayers service with speaker Lawrence S. Bacow, JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78, President of Harvard University, Sept. 4, 2018.

Alumni share stories of some of their greatest challenges—and what they learned in the process

Due to a deep societal stigma around HIV, many individuals in Southern India do not seek care. Brian Chan of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, explains how mixed methods approach to combating these obstacles.

Coming out of the financial crisis, Wells Fargo was one of the world’s most successful banks. But then its sales culture went wild, opening more than 2 million fake accounts. Suraj Srinivasan discusses what went wrong.

In early 2015, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood and the rest of senior leadership faced a fundamental choice. Was the company ready to invest in long-term growth at the expense of some short-term profit? Professor Fritz Foley discusses how executives thought through the tradeoffs.

A continual challenge for preparedness and response leaders is communicating their story. Dr. Murray Nossel, author of Powered by Storytelling: Excavate, Craft, and Present Stories to Transform Business Communication, shares insights and examples from his 30 years of helping individuals and organizations become better story tellers. Hint: It starts with listening and emerges from “the inside out.”...

A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that students who lived in dormitories without air conditioning during a heat wave performed worse on a series of simple tests compared with students who lived in air-conditioned dorms. The findings show that the effects of extreme heat are not just felt by those typically thought of as vulnerable—such as the elderly. And with global...

Jim Langford, executive director of the Georgia Prevention Project, on his group’s anti-opioid advertising strategy

This week on ThinkResearch, Raj Gupta of MGH, explains how his team, along with his engineering background, is working to advance the future of clinical imaging to improve efficiency and accessibility.

Jim Langford, executive director of the Georgia Prevention Project, on his group’s anti-opioid advertising strategy