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...Social Change,” which has an enrollment of over 100 students, invites leaders in a diverse range of child advocacy roles to speak and connect with Harvard students...
...films were praised at the time of their releases, wowing audiences with human characters who both looked and moved like live-action actors. And yet “Beowulf” and “The Polar Express” have ultimately proven forgettable because they never managed to connect emotionally with their audiences. “A Christmas Carol” manages to preserve the human heart at the core of Dickens’ tale without sacrificing the awesome powers of the digital technology on display—one early Christmas miracle that shouldn’t be taken...
...other times when we can't - and that's when Bartercard comes into its own." Whenever Hill has unfilled rooms, he places an appeal for barter business on Bartercard's online site or through the firm's brokerages - there are currently 100 offices around the world to help connect members. If the hotel is 70% full, the cost of filling an otherwise empty room is virtually nothing. Plus, it brings in customers who may return to the hotel in the future - and spend cash. Hill, who trades roughly $100,000 a year through the service, uses his credit...
...artists and scholars, the Project seeks to teach communities worldwide about the human commonalities and peculiarities that cultural exchange brings to light.The project was born out of a series of conversations between cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and Harvard humanities professors in 1998 about exploring cultural connections through music. Ma sought virtuoso musicians from a variety of traditions to form the Silk Road Ensemble, a group committed to exploring and sharing these traditions and creating new cultural forms—much like travelers did on the famous Silk Road trade route 1,000 years ago.The project then...
...anticipation of this inspiration, an open microphone will be set up for those who wish to wax poetic about their observations or thoughts. “We need to find a way to show how our new discoveries are connecting to that sense of wonder, because if they can’t connect, they aren’t important to humanity,” Weiss says. “If we can’t connect to the world at large, what we do is only important...