October 3, 2008
For alumni and friends who missed the Harvard Economic Forum webcast on recent developments in the U.S. and world markets, an archive version is now available below.
With a bailout plan recently approved by the Senate and House of Representatives, join the conversation and tell us your reaction to the current economic crisis and the current plan to stabilize the financial markets.
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April 18, 2008
For 100 years the specter of a “fake 3-sphere” has haunted low-dimensional topology. Have the internet postings of a Russian mathematician vanquished the ghost? Professor McMullen’s talk gives a glimpse of the mathematics behind the news. (more…)
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April 18, 2008
Hundreds of students pack Harvard’s Sanders Theater for Michael Sandel’s “Justice” course—an introduction to moral and political philosophy. In a project to extend the reach of this legendary course, Harvard has created a film that takes you inside the classroom. Come join the lively exchange of ideas as Sandel and his students grapple with hard questions of ethics and civic life. (more…)
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April 18, 2008
For over one thousand years, Sardis was an ancient metropolis, and a cultural bridge between Asia and Europe. The Harvard University Art Museum’s exhibit, “The City of Sardis: Approaches in Graphic Recording” shows how changing representations of Sardis’s architecture and landscape - from intricate 18th century paintings to state-of-the-art digital reconstructions - have transformed understanding of the city. This video and photo galleries feature a tour of the exhibit, interviews with the curators and archaeologists, and images from the archeological dig at Sardis. (more…)
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April 18, 2008
World-renowned scientist and author Dr. Jane Goodall received the 2007 Roger Tory Peterson Medal presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) and delivered the Peterson Memorial Lecture entitled “A Reason for Hope in a Complex World.”
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April 18, 2008
The Radcliffe Institute’s fifth annual gender conference explored the relationship between food and gender, from production, to preparation, to consumption. Panels considered the variety of ways in which men and women shape food, and how, in turn, food and foodways shape men and women. (more…)
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