Join Egyptian-American scientist, entrepreneur, investor, and AI thought leader Rana el Kaliouby for a candid conversation about her growth as a leader and the harsh realities many women face when building a venture. She’ll also share her call for founders to be intentional in designing diverse teams to develop and deploy AI for their companies.
Allyship: Active support for the rights of a minority or marginalized group without being a member of it.
WIT+ is hosting a conversation on the topic of allyship. The goal of the allyship event is to start the conversation about what it means to be an ally to women in technology at Harvard. After laying the groundwork for what it means to be an ally, a group of people who consider themselves to be allies will talk through their experiences and share...
The Harvard Community is invited to join this panel discussion celebrating the lives, contributions, courage, and resilience of transgender and non-binary people across the word. This panel will aim to raise awareness and share insights around the transgender community.
Did you know that nearly 75% of employers rate teamwork and collaboration as one of their most important activities? Let's face it, if you do not know how to collaborate effectively, you’re missing out on one of the most important ingredients to success. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to build and maintain healthy collaboration in your organization.
"The Recipe" Workshop Series: Learning the Ingredients to Achieving Success, is a 6-part workshop series with guest facilitator Kurt Faustin.
Mindset is everything. Whether you're focused on career success, starting your own business, or getting through a tough workout, having the right growth mindset will have a major impact on your success. A growth mentality sees failure not as a detriment, but as a springboard to success. Come learn the building blocks of developing a growth mindset in this workshop!
"The Recipe" Workshop Series: Learning the Ingredients to Achieving Success, is a 6-part workshop series with guest facilitator Kurt Faustin
Now more than ever the majority of our waking hours are spent in front of a screen – work, shopping, school, mail, news, and entertainment. And this list doesn’t account for texting, scrolling through social media, or Zooming with friends and family. Did you know the average person checks their phone 150 times a day? That 69% of people check their device first thing in the morning? And that people spend an average of 6+ years on social media in a lifetime?
Women Presidents of the Harvard Alumni Association: reflections on their leadership journeys
Since John Quincy Adams was elected to serve as the Harvard Alumni Association President in 1840 to the current Harvard Alumni Association President, Allyson Mendenhall AB ’90, MLA ’99, 15 women have led the Harvard Alumni Association as President. Join the Women Presidents of the HAA as they share their stories about their respective pathways to leadership, their most memorable Harvard moments as the HAA’s President, and what it’s...
Led by Iris Bohnet, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government and WAPPP co-director, in conjunction with Bohnet's course MLD-310, our Spring 2023 Seminar Series will argue that behavioral design (“nudges”) offer a middle ground to establish healthy behaviors and is often more powerful than awareness-raising and less costly than shoves.
Featuring practitioners across sectors—entrepreneurs who have built evidence-based DEI tools; Human Resources (HR) and DEI leaders; as well as policymakers and -shapers—the seminar will explore how organizations can promote desired behaviors...
Join Martha Whitehead, Vice President for Harvard Library, University Librarian, and Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Jerome Offord Jr., Associate University Librarian for Antiracism, as Harvard Library re-introduces the West Stacks Reading Room of Widener Library, a space now devoted to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Antiracism values and scholarship. Drawn from our extensive collections, featured materials and artwork in the room center marginalized voices.