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This event has passed. April 15 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Please Join Harvard Business School Professor Tsedal Neeley and Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana for a fireside chat about Remote Work. Neeley has been studying virtual and global work for nearly two decades. She will share insights from her new book, Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere. In the last year, people have had a glimpse into the opportunities that remote work can afford them, such as nonexistent commute times, flex time, and increased productivity. Many organizations are planning to permanently incorporate remote days into their long-term routines, or give their employees the option to work from home full-time. On the other, remote work has brought to light many challenges that are inherent with virtual arrangements: work like boundaries can blur and people can feel isolated, out of sync and out of touch. Professor Neeley and Dean Khurana will discuss the future of work as well as how p ....
Harvard Magazine President Lawrence S. Bacow informed the community this morning that degree-conferring exercises for the class of 2021 will again be virtual, building upon the experience of the 369 Among the important points announced today: • As in 2020, • The president and deans have promised to hold an in-person ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021 at some future time, when public-health conditions permit (and, presumably, when the considerable infrastructure for a Harvard Commencement is in place, at the end of spring semesters, able to do double- or triple-duty). As Bacow put it, “[P]lease know that one day we will welcome the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021 back to campus for an unforgettable and unforgettably joyous Commencement.” ....
D. Anthony Alvarez ’21, a member of the Harvard Latter-day Saints Student Association, has attended religious services at the same congregation off campus since he arrived at Harvard as a freshman. This semester, Alvarez said he still attends services at that same congregation. Amid Covid-19, though, he must sign up to attend ahead of time, don a mask, and eschew singing, which can spread infectious particles. As the College approaches the first anniversary of sending students home due to the pandemic, students said they have adopted new ways to practice their faith in the Covid-19 era, including attending reduced-capacity services, convening for religious conversations over Zoom, and seeking support from Harvard chaplains. ....
Korean independence fighter s grandson ends archive donation talks with Harvard over professor s comfort women claim Posted : 2021-02-18 10:53 A comfort woman statue in Seoul / Korea Times file A grandson of a renowned Korean independence fighter said Thursday that he had sent a letter to Harvard University s president to end any discussions about donating his historical archives due to a professor s article depicting Japan s wartime sexual slavery as voluntary prostitution. In an email and phone interview with Yonhap News Agency, Philip Ahn Cuddy, the grandson of Ahn Chang-ho who fiercely fought against Japan s 1910-45 colonization, revealed that he wrote the letter to President Lawrence S. Bacow to terminate the talks in direct consequence of J. Mark Ramseyer s inappropriate academic writing. ....