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Can robots ever learn to feel? Our ability to perform delicate tasks, like giving a gentle hug or picking a piece of fruit, is something that robots can't yet mimic. Ryan Truby, an alum of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has created bio-inspired soft robots that can squish, stretch, and feel their way around the wo...

Professor Stephanie Paulsell, Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church of Harvard University, and Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies, Harvard Divinity School, Sunday sermon Dec. 1, 2019, in the Memorial Church of Harvard University. Transcript: bit.ly/2OWvHLz Program:bit.ly/2PhhjMF

Speaker: Deborah Forger, Postdoctoral Scholar, Jewish Studies Program, Dartmouth College, Dec. 5, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/2Yip6ht Program: bit.ly/2DHf2Vu

Speaker: Sienna Lies ’00, Director, College Reunions, Harvard Alumni Affairs & Development, Dec. 4, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/362tT9p Program: bit.ly/2DHf2Vu

Speaker: Daniel Smith MDiv '99, Senior Minister, First Church in Cambridge, Congregational(UCC); Lecturer at Harvard Divinity School, Dec. 3, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/364HHAl Program: bit.ly/2DHf2Vu

Speaker: Gina McCarthy, Professor of the Practice of Public Health; Director, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) Dec. 2, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/388l8MW Program: bit.ly/2DHf2Vu

In South Africa, about 40% of the population living with HIV are not in care," says Ingrid Katz, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Katz discusses her research on HIV/AIDS treatment in South Africa, the importance of feedback from target populations, and the future of HIV research. Read the transcript: http://bit.ly/2Rn6tr6

Monica Dodi on diversity as a competitive advantage for VCs. Transcript available at: https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=7201

CEO Kim Lopdrup on what it takes to turn around an iconic brand—and why sustainability is mission critical for the seafood giant. Transcript available at: https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=7167

From the moment you open your eyes in the morning, your sense of sight helps you navigate and interact with the world. But how do our brains understand what our eyes are telling us? And how do we know what's surrounding us, where we can move, and what objects are within reach? Emilie Josephs, a PhD student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is discovering that the way our brain processes...

On Thursday, November 21st, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, and the Harvard Kennedy School Black Student Union hosted a discussion about the results from the 6th annual "Power of the Sister Vote” survey and how the priorities of Black women voters may shape key dimensions of the 2020 presidential race. Panelists...

From 'I Like Ike' to MAGA hats, branding and politics have gone hand in hand, selling ideas, ideals and candidates. Political Brands, the new book from Ciara (Chara) Torres-Spelliscy, is a unique exploration of the legal framework for the use of commercial branding and advertising techniques in presidential political campaigns, as well as the impact of politics on commercial brands. On October 30,...

Six years ago, the Transparency for Development (T4D) project sought to uncover new and unique evidence on the role of community-led transparency and accountability in improving health outcomes – and how and why we see mixed evidence when these interventions are implemented in the real world. Based on large-scale mixed methods research utilizing quantitative and qualitative approaches in two count...

Speaker: Grace Killian MDiv III, Harvard Divinity School; Seminarian, The Memorial Church of Harvard University Nov. 21, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/3zIdFRK Program: bit.ly/2Xu55nx

While public management has become widely spoken of, its identity and character are not well-defined. Such disparity is an underlying problem in developing public management within academia and in the eyes of practitioners. In his new book, "Public Management as a Design-Oriented, Professional, Discipline,” Michael Barzelay tackles the challenge of making public management into a true professional...

Speaker: Euan Tait, Librettist, Retreat Leader, Nov. 15, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/2rQRZVD Program: bit.ly/2Qd0xk4

When China started promoting its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, Europe was always going to be a key destination for both the "Belt" and the "Maritime Road" with an open goal of targeting the European consumer market. While Beijing has tried to promote its initiative across Europe, the BRI concept remains unclear to a lot of Europeans. In addition, it has been hard to differentiate between...

In "The Smart Enough City," Ben Green warns against seeing the city only through the lens of technology; taking an exclusively technical view of urban life will lead to cities that appear smart but under the surface are rife with injustice and inequality. He proposes instead that cities strive to be “smart enough”: to embrace technology as a powerful tool when used in conjunction with other forms...

Speaker: Rita Powell, Episcopal Chaplain at Harvard University, Nov. 20, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/37qoxpJ Program: bit.ly/2Xu55nx

Speaker: Alexander Rehding, Fanny Peabody Professor of Music; Graduate Advisor in Theory/Asst. DUS Theory, Harvard University, Nov. 19, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/2r5vZ9e Program: bit.ly/2Xu55nx

Speaker: Kathleen Coleman, James Loeb Professor of the Classics and Departmental Chair, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Nov. 18, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/2pxU0Wa Program: bit.ly/2Xu55nx

The Rev. Cornell William Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice and Director of William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice, Harvard Kennedy School; Visiting Scholar, Harvard Divinity School, Sunday sermon Nov. 17, 2019, in the Memorial Church of Harvard University. Transcript: bit.ly/2rfNVOn Program: bit.ly/2qv88zS

Speaker: LaTosha Brown, CoFounder of Black Voters Matter Fund, IOP Resident Fellow, Nov. 14, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/2KBusyP Program: bit.ly/2Qd0xk4

Speaker: Jarred Batchelor-Hamilton MDiv II, Harvard Divinity School, Nov. 13, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/33Kypsv Program: bit.ly/2Qd0xk4

Speaker: Getzel Davis, Harvard Chaplain; Student Conservative Minyan Advisor and Director of Graduate Programming, Harvard Hillel, Nov. 12, 2019. Transcript: bit.ly/2NIQRvT Program: bit.ly/2Qd0xk