2017-06-03

Harvard University (videos of May 2017)

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46:59 Kathleen Ossip | Book of Poems || Radcliffe Institute As part of the 2016–2017 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Kathleen Ossip RI ’17 explains how poems, more than any other kind of text, invite or even deman...
1:48:48 Tiya Miles on “I’ve Known Rivers”: Slave Resistance and Environmental Consciousness Tiya Miles is Mary Henrietta Graham Distinguished University Professor (University of Michigan); author of Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era ...
3:09 Veritas banners unfurled at Memorial Church for Harvard Commencement 2017 Veritas banners unfurled at Memorial Church for Harvard Commencement 2017! Video of the annual tradition in quick-time, set to music of the Harvard University Band recorded in 1926.
2:56 Among the Harvard Graduates For most students, the journey to graduation is challenging and rewarding, made up of hundreds of experiences and lessons that will influence and inform the rest of their lives. On Commencement Day...
2:10:22 Harvard University Commencement 2017 Class Day Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony, including speaker Joe Biden, on May 24, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre.
32:36 Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Commencement Address | Harvard Commencement 2017 Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg gave his address at Harvard's 366th Commencement on May 25, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/co...
14:55 Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust Address | Harvard Commencement 2017 Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust addresses graduates at Harvard's 366th Commencement on May 26, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/to...
0:38 James Earl Jones tells Harvard grads "May the Force be with you" Legendary actor and Harvard honorary degree recipient James Earl Jones shares the famous Star Wars blessing with the 2017 graduates of Harvard University
2:17:49 Harvard University Commencement 2017 Afternoon Exercises
6:37 Latin Orator Jessica Rachael Glueck | Harvard Commencement 2017 Latin Orator Jessica Rachael Glueck addresses graduates at Harvard's 366th Commencement on May 25, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre.
8:05 Graduate Speaker Walter Smelt III | Harvard Commencement 2017 Graduate Speaker Walter Smelt III addresses graduates at Harvard's 366th Commencement on May 25, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topi...
8:11 Undergraduate Speaker Auguste Roc | Harvard Commencement 2017 Undergraduate Speaker Auguste Roc addresses graduates at Harvard's 366th Commencement on May 25, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topi...
2:48:56 Harvard University Commencement 2017 Morning Exercises The Morning Exercises at Harvard's 366th Commencement at Tercentenary Theatre on May 25, 2017. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/topic/commencement-....
5:31 Din and Tonics a cappella tribute to John Williams | Harvard University Commencement 2017 Student group "Harvard Din and Tonics" give an a cappella performance of famed composer and honorand John Williams most beloved scores, including Star Wars, Jaws, and Indiana Jones.
43:09 Edward Ball | Life of a Klansman || Radcliffe Institute As part of the 2016–2017 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Edward Ball RI ’17 investigates the life of a fighter in the Ku Klux Klan in Louisiana—a member ...
46:50 Vice President Joe Biden: Class Day Speech | Harvard Commencement 2017 Vice President Joe Biden addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 24, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto...
6:17 Harvard Female Orator Bessie Zhang | Harvard Commencement 2017 Female Orator Bessie Zhang addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 24, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/s...
7:03 Ivy Female Orator Rachel Stromberg | Harvard Commencement 2017 Ivy Female Orator Rachel Stromberg addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 24, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/g...
8:01 Ivy Male Orator Declan Garvey | Harvard Commencement 2017 Ivy Male Orator Declan Garvey addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 24, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazett...
9:33 Harvard Male Orator Jonathan Roberts | Harvard Commencement 2017 Male Orator Jonathan Roberts addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 24, 2017 at Tercentenary Theatre. For more information, visit http://news.harvard.edu/gazette...
1:38:20 Intersections | 4 of 4 | Planned and Unplanned || Radcliffe Institute PLANNED AND UNPLANNED
Official city plans are often not realized in their proposed forms, but rather adapt to realities on the ground, including unexpected practices and patterns of human behavior....
1:21:16 Intersections | 3 of 4 | Beyond the Nature/Technology Divide || Radcliffe Institute BEYOND THE NATURE/TECHNOLOGY DIVIDE
This panel looks at the intertwined workings of nature and technology in urban infrastructure, green spaces, public art, and landscape design.
Dilip da Cunha (...
1:32:08 Intersections | 2 of 4 | Ways of Knowing the City || Radcliffe Institute WAYS OF KNOWING THE CITY
This panel explores how urban environments offer a dense and intense human experience, while also being a complex object of study generating vast quantities of data for ana...
1:02:34 Intersections | 1 of 4 | Keynote || Radcliffe Institute WELCOME
Lizabeth Cohen, dean of the Radcliffe Institute and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Harvard University
KEYNOTE (9:57)
Angela Flournoy, author of The Turner House; Rona ...
55:32 Gene Editing: Promises and Challenges In labs and in clinical trials, scientists are seeking ways to rewrite DNA, a building block of life. Tools such as zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), TAL effector nucleases (TALENs) and, more recently,...
5:36 An Introduction to the Human Genome | HMX Genetics Humans are 99.9% genetically identical - and yet we are all so different. How can this be? This video, taken from a lesson in Harvard Medical School’s HMX Genetics course, explains.
Learn more: h...
5:10 Comparing Air Pollution and Its Health Effects in Beijing and Mexico City On February 8, 2017, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Mario Molina gave a public lecture at Harvard comparing air quality issues in Mexico City and Beijing. Dr. Molina is part of a community of scholars...
36:50 Xaviera Simmons | Overlay Exhibition: Opening Discussion || Radcliffe Institute The artist Xaviera Simmons participates in a discussion pertaining to the opening of Overlay, a multimedia exhibition based in part on stories and historical narratives found in the archives of the...
36:34 Alex Gourevitch | The Political Ethics of the Strike || Radcliffe Institute As part of the 2016–2017 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Alex Gourevitch RI ’17 uses social theory, history, and political philosophy to develop a defens...
1:13:06 Rediscovering Pauli Murray || Radcliffe Institute Anna Pauline Murray (1910–1985), better known as Pauli, was a pioneering civil and human rights activist, feminist and legal theorist, preacher, and poet. The Schlesinger Library holds the Papers o...
31:19 Public Service and Global Leadership: A Conversation with Ban Ki-moon The 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations and Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the Honorable Ban Ki-moon, discusses his career path, successe...
3:13 Seminal Harvard speeches through the years | 360° video While it’s common for a modern-day speech to become instantly familiar to millions of viewers through television or the internet, few people experienced the direct impact of British Prime Minister ...
50:35 Anna Cummins | More Ocean, Less Plastic || Radcliffe Institute The problem of plastic pollution in the oceans is now a recognized threat to the health of our global marine ecosystems. More complex, however, is coming up with solutions to this ubiquitous plague...
40:41 Public Health Leadership in Challenging Times: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future The 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Margaret Hamburg, discusses her career path, successes and leadership lessons learned on the Voices in Leadership program.
54:49 Petros Koumoutsakos | Computing for the Benefit of Mankind || Radcliffe Institute As part of the 2016–2017 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Petros Koumoutsakos RI ’17 discusses computing: is it or can it be structured for the benefit of...
1:53:59 Timothy LeCain | "A Thousand Dead Snow Geese: The Matter of the Non-Human in the Age of Humans" The Environment Forum at the Mahindra Center is convened by Robin Kelsey (Dean of Arts and Humanities, Harvard University) and Ian Jared Miller (Professor of History, Harvard University). http://m...
59:04 Supplements and Health: Sorting the Facts “Lose belly fat.” “Build muscle.” “Lower your cholesterol.” “Improve your sex drive.” Browse the shelves of any supermarket or pharmacy, and you will find dietary supplements that promise to do all...
2:10 Wyss Focus: Immuno-Materials Wyss Core Faculty member, Dave Mooney, explains the Wyss Institute’s new Immuno-Materials Focus Area, which adds a new dimension to immunotherapy in that it harnesses materials to make treatments m...
1:00:37 The Opioid Crisis: A Governors Roundtable Opioid overdoses claim the lives of 91 Americans every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this Forum event, four former governors offered candid insights into how ...
58:20 Zaid Jabri | Chamber Music || Radcliffe Institute As part of the 2016–2017 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Zaid Jabri RI ’17 presents Chamber Music, a collection of compositions from 2008 to 2016. (11:2...
1:07:05 Dava Sobel | A Woman's Place at the Harvard Observatory || Radcliffe Institutev The acclaimed author of Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Walker, 1995), Dava Sobel speaks about her new book, The Glass Universe: H...
8:46 Educating Millennials – Insights from the panelists | IECO – RCC – AAI – Harvard The panelists and the organizer of the Colloquium give some insights on the importance of educating millennials for ethical leadership and trust.
17:20 Educating Millennials – Participants' short testimonial | IECO – RCC – AAI – Harvard Several participants talk about their experience attending the Colloquium, what they take home and their ideas and suggestions regarding the education of millennials for ethical leadership and trust.
6:53 Are we helping millennials to enjoy working at their best? Kevin Majeres | IECO – AAI – Harvard Kevin Majeres, MD, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, explained how the searching for meaning and purpose in work yields surprising benefits for task-related attention. Therefore, striving...
9:46 What are 'millennials' expecting from us as educators? Rita Jácome | IECO – RCC – AAI – Harvard Rita Jácome, PhD, IECO-UV Chair of Business Ethics, University of Valencia, illustrated that millennials want us to teach them something that they can’t find in Google, something more related to th...
8:02 What is missing in our education of future leaders? Donna Hicks | IECO – RCC – AAI – Harvard Donna Hicks, PhD, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, defends that education has done a good job teaching students about the outside world, but has neglected the "worl...
10:26 Has business ethics education failed? Leon Goldman | IECO – RCC – AAI – Harvard Leon Goldman, MD, CBE Executive Fellow, Bentley University, pointed out that the idea that education has failed assumes that students learn everything we teach. But role modeling, both individual a...
4:41 Introduction to the Colloquium: Educating Millennials. Danilo Petranovich | IECO – AAI – Harvard Moderator Danilo Petranovich, PhD, the Director of the Abigail Adams Institute, opened the colloquium introducing the institutions organizing the event and the panelists, and presenting a brief int...

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