Conversations@FAS
The Future of the Present:
Faculty Imagine the FAS at 400
How will the digital revolution transform the FAS in 25 years? How could the role of individual scholars change as access to and quantities of data exponentially increase? What function should the Harvard campus serve when virtual classrooms can reach across the world? How should universities allocate their resources, physically and financially, as new technologies demand and enable fresh collaborations? Join us for two panel discussions that imagine how current trends may transform the way Harvard faculty teach and carry out their research, and consider what aspects of longstanding practice will remain vital to the pursuit of Harvard's scholarly mission.
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Thursday February 16, 2012 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Location: Tsai Auditorim, CGIS
![]() | Moderated by: Maya Jasanoff Professor of History |
![]() | David Charbonneau Professor of Astronomy |
![]() | Hopi Hoekstra Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology |
![]() | Ann Pearson Professor of Biogeochemistry |
![]() | Martin Puchner Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature |
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Wednesday March 7, 2012 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Location: Tsai Auditorim, CGIS
![]() | Moderated by: Maya Jasanoff Professor of History |
![]() | Claudine Gay Professor of Government and African and African American Studies |
![]() | Matthew Nock Professor of Psychology |
![]() | Parimal Patil Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy |
![]() | Robert Wood Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering |
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Instilling a Global Perspective
Mar 25, 2011
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Active Learning, Feb 11, 2011
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