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Harvard Thinks Big
by Harvard University
Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community. Harvard Thinks Big borrows from the mold of the TED conferences— a collection of all-star Harvard professors each speak for ten minutes about something they are passionate about. The goal of the event is to expose undergraduates to a wide range of “big ideas” that they might not be exposed to otherwise.
Episodes
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The End of Big — Nicco Mele (2014) | Harvard Thinks Big
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School
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The Digital Evolution of the University — Rob Lue (2014) | Harvard Thinks Big
Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning; faculty director, HarvardX; director, Life Sciences Education
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I Want You to Consider… — Katherine Merseth (2014) | Harvard Thinks Big
Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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If I Ruled the World: Imagine That — Marcyliena Morgan (2014) | Harvard Thinks Big
Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and Founding Director of the The Hiphop Archive at Harvard University and Research Institute (HARI) at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
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Connectomics: Mapping the Brain — Jeff Lichtman (2014) | Harvard Thinks Big
Jeremy R. Knowles Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Santiago Ramón y Cajal Professor of Arts and Sciences.
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Legalizing Drugs — Jeffrey Miron (2014) | Harvard Thinks Big
Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, as well as a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
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The Soul of Statistics - Joseph Blitzstein (2013) | Harvard Thinks Big
Professor of the Practice of Statistics, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies Joe Blitzstein teaches the popular statistics class Stat 110, which provides a comprehensive introduction to probability as a medium to understand statistics, science, risk, and randomness. It has grown to over 300...
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Talking to Dead People - Emma Dench (2013) | Harvard Thinks Big
Emma Dench serves as a professor for several Classics and History classes here at Harvard, including History 1011: The World of the Roman Empire and Classical Philology 226: Memories of the Roman Republic. She specializes in Hellenistic, Roman Republic, and early Roman imperial history while her...
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Why Mammals Suck - Katie Hinde (2013) | Harvard Thinks Big
Assistant Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology Katie Hinde teaches several classes in the Human Evolutionary Biology Department including The Neurobiology of Sociality and Building Babies: Developmental Trajectories from Conception to Weaning. She investigates how variation in the composition…
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Ritual and Humanity - Michael Puett (2013) | Harvard Thinks Big
Michael Puett serves as a professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, teaching several courses, including ER18: Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory and The Historiography of Early Chinese History. He also has published several books, including To Become a…
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Cultural Agents All - Doris Sommer (2013) | Harvard Thinks Big
Doris Sommer is the Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies. She is also the Director of the Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University, which was founded to promote social development through arts and humanities.…
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No one should have to do work that can be done by a machine - Roberto Mangabeira Unger (2013)
Roberto Mangabeira Unger is the Roscoe Pound Professor of Law. He is a philosopher, and social and legal theorist. He recently served as Minister of Strategic Affairs in the government of President Lula in Brazil. His work ranges over many fields and emphasizes the search for alternatives to...
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Confusion, Play, and Postponing Certainty - Eleanor Duckworth (2012) | Harvard Thinks Big
Eleanor Duckworth Professor of Education Harvard Graduate School of Education Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community. Harvard Thinks Big borrows from the mold of the TED...
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Act Big: Dare to See - Kaia Stern (2012) | Harvard Thinks Big
Kaia Stern Director of the Prison Studies Project Professor at Harvard Divinity School Professor in Sociology at Harvard University Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community....
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Making the World Smaller - Daniel Lieberman (2012) | Harvard Thinks Big
Daniel Lieberman Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community. Harvard Thinks Big borrows from the mold of the TED conferences— a collection…
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Stimulating Cells - Doug Melton (2012) | Harvard Thinks Big
Doug Melton Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University and co-Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate…
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How Social Networks are like Carbon - Nicholas Christakis (2012) | Harvard Thinks Big
Nicholas Christakis Professor of Sociology (FAS) and Professor of Medical Sociology (Harvard Medical School) and and Professor of Medicine (Harvard Medical School) Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the…
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The Meaning of Life - Jill Lepore (2012) | Harvard Thinks Big
Jill Lepore David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community. Harvard Thinks Big borrows from the mold of the TED conferences— a...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community. Harvard Thinks Big borrows from the mold of the TED conferences— a collection of all-star Harvard professors each speak for ten minutes about something they are passionate about. The goal of the event is to expose undergraduates to a wide range of “big ideas” that they might not be exposed to otherwise.
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