Unabridged: Handle with Care workshop for Harvard Graduate students Wintersession 2020

People gathered around a table looking at library materials.

Over Wintersession 2020,...

Dataverse 4.19

This release brings new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to Dataverse. Thank you to all of the community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

Release Highlights

Open ID Connect Support

Dataverse now provides basic support for any OpenID Connect (OIDC) compliant authentication provider.

Prior to supporting this standard, new authentication methods needed to be added by pull request. OIDC support provides a standardized way for authentication, sharing user information, and more...

Japanese Bookbinding Workshop, ハーバード大学冬学期和綴じ本ワークショップ, Wintersession 2020

Four Japanese books.

Preservation Services is an enthusiastic contributor to Harvard’s J-Term, offering a variety of workshops to students, staff...

Photo Technology Workshop Wintersession 2020

Students gathered around a table looking at salted paper prints.

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Listen: January 19, 2020 service

Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Preacher

The Rev. Aric B. Flemming, Jr. MDiv ’19.

Sermon

The Religion of Martin Luther King, Jr., Sermon audio (mp3) | Sermon transcript

Full service

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The Religion of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Rev. Aric Flemming, Easter 2018 Sermon by The Rev. Aric Flemming, The Memorial Church of Harvard University, for the Memorial Church's Sunday Worship Service. File photo (2018) by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

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Spotlight: Student Engagement in Large Courses

Spotlight lightbulb

The Challenge: Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology (BIOS E-1A), co-taught by Professors Casey Roehrig and Zofia Gajdos, focuses on principles of cellular biology. The course is part of an introductory series of courses that fulfill medical school requirements for one year of introductory biology.

The course typically has high enrollment given that it’s a core requirement for medical school and is part of several Extension School degrees and certificates. A challenge of teaching this course is balancing the demanding nature of the course content with the number of students. Providing ways for students to feel motivated, bring the course content beyond the classroom, and monitor their own learning were important aspects Professor Roehrig wanted to create for her course.

Bookbinding Workshop at the GSD Wintersession 2020

Students holding the books that they made in the workshop.

Every November the Dept. of Student Services, Harvard Graduate School of Design call for instructors to teach short seminars during the first three weeks...

The Implications of the Assassination of Qasem Soleimani - Expert Opinions

The Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs asked its afliated experts to share their thoughts on the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. Below are the short written submissions of the experts who responded.

Soleimani funeral

AAC&U 2020 Annual Meeting: Four Faculty-Focused Tracks Through the Agenda

group convened for panel presentation COACHE research on the professoriate is shaping the future of higher education leadership, so we are eager to attend next week’s annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities, “Shaping the Future of Higher Education: An Invitation to Lead.” While the program is characteristically overflowing with opportunities to learn and to network, we have identified four tracks through the January 22-25 schedule where we expect to find most of our partners:... Read more about AAC&U 2020 Annual Meeting: Four Faculty-Focused Tracks Through the Agenda

January 2020