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Monday, September 20

Auditions for Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus

Paine Music Building, Room 3, 3 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, 1:00-5:00 p.m. and 7:00-10:00 p.m.


Book Discussion: "Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey"

Speaker: Jane Goodall, scientist and conservationist

Sponsors: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Askwith Education Forum, Wordsworth Books

Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, 6:00 p.m.



Tuesday, September 21

Book Discussion: "The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men"

Speaker: Michael Gurian, family therapist and educator

Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Askwith Education Forum

Gutman Conference Center, Gutman Library, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, 6:00 p.m.



Thursday, September 23

"Do Patients Pay More for Health Care Because They Have Too Little Information? Evidence from Egypt"

Speaker: Mukesh Chawla, research associate, Department of Population and International Health

Sponsor: Department of Population and International Health

SPH I-1112, 12:00-2:00 p.m.


"Getting Organized for the Back-to-School Season"

Speaker: Stacy Debroff, co-author of "MOM CENTRAL: The Ultimate Family Organizer"

Sponsor: Office of Work and Family

2 Brattle Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

(To register call 495-4100 or send email to work_family@harvard.edu.)


"Implementation of Flexible Work Schedules: A Workshop for Managers, Supervisors, and Staff"

Speakers: Carol Kolenick, training specialist, Center for Training and Development; Elaine Pridham, associate director, Office of Labor and Employee Relations

Sponsor: Office of Human Resources

Harvard Medical School, Goldenson 122, 220 Longwood Avenue, 12:15- 2:15 p.m.


Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecture: "Breast Cancer Genes: Modeling and Medical Care"

Speaker: Giovanni Parmigiani, associate professor, Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences, Duke University, and Departments of Oncology and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University

Sponsor: Department of Biostatistics

Snyder Auditorium, 4:00-5:00 p.m.


Friday, September 24

"The Case Against Competition: How All Our Kids Lose in the Race to Win"

Speaker: Alfie Kohn, author of "No Contest" and "The Schools Our Children Deserve"

Sponsor: Office of Work and Family

2 Brattle Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge 12:00-1:00 p.m.

(To register call 495-4100 or send email to work_family@harvard.edu.)


Saturday, September 25

4th Annual Mission Hill Walk for Health

Brigham and Women's parking lot, 15 Francis Street, 9:00 a.m.



  • Submit calendar listings to SPH I-1204, by noon on Monday of the week preceding the event. Listings may be transmitted via email (rcunning@hsph.harvard.edu).

  • See also the online HSPH calendar at www.hsph.harvard.edu/calendar/ for late-breaking events and a listing of events scheduled throughout the academic year.

     



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