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Harvard Thinks Big

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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.

Name Description Released Price

1 VideoRob Lue — “The Digital Evolution of the University” 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 3/20/14 Free View In iTunes

2 VideoJeff Lichtman — “Connectomics: Mapping the Brain” Jeremy R. Knowles Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Santiago Ramón y Cajal Professor of Arts and Sciences 3/20/14 Free View In iTunes

3 VideoMarcyliena Morgan — “If I Ruled the World: Imagine That” 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 3/20/14 Free View In iTunes

4 VideoJeffrey Miron — “Legalizing Drugs” 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 3/20/14 Free View In iTunes

5 VideoNicco Mele — “The End of Big” Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School 3/20/14 Free View In iTunes

6 VideoKatherine Merseth — “I Want You to Consider…” Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. 3/20/14 Free View In iTunes

7 VideoCultural Agents All - Doris Sommer Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Language and Literatures, Professor of African and African American Studies, Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish 2/28/13 Free View In iTunes

8 VideoTalking to Dead People - Emma Dench Professor of Classics and of History, Harvard College Professor, Director of Graduate Studies 2/28/13 Free View In iTunes

9 VideoWhy Mammals Suck - Katie Hinde Assistant Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology 2/28/13 Free View In iTunes

10 VideoNo one should have to do work that can be done by a machine - Roberto Mangabeira Unger Roscoe Pound Professor of Law 2/28/13 Free View In iTunes

11 VideoRitual and Humanity - Michael Puett Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History, Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion 2/28/13 Free View In iTunes

12 VideoThe Soul of Statistics - Joseph Blitzstein Professor of the Practice of Statistics, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies 2/28/13 Free View In iTunes

13 VideoThe Meaning of Life - Jill Lepore Jill Lepore David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History 3/14/12 Free View In iTunes

14 VideoHow Social Networks are like Carbon - Nicholas Christakis Nicholas Christakis Professor of Sociology (FAS) and Professor of Medical Sociology (Harvard Medical School) and and Professor of Medicine (Harvard Medical School) 2/21/12 Free View In iTunes

15 VideoAct Big: Dare to See - Kaia Stern Kaia Stern Director of the Prison Studies Project Professor at Harvard Divinity School Professor in Sociology at Harvard University 2/17/12 Free View In iTunes

16 VideoConfusion, Play, and Postponing Certainty - Eleanor Duckworth Eleanor Duckworth Professor of Education Harvard Graduate School of Education 2/17/12 Free View In iTunes

17 VideoMaking the World Smaller - Daniel Lieberman Daniel Lieberman Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology 2/17/12 Free View In iTunes

18 VideoStimulating Cells - Doug Melton Doug Melton Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University and co-Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute 2/17/12 Free View In iTunes

19 VideoBeauty as a Call to Justice - Elaine Scarry Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value; Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows 3/6/11 Free View In iTunes

20 VideoTriumph in the City - Edward Glaeser Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics; Member of the Faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government; Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government 3/4/11 Free View In iTunes

21 VideoEscaping the Ivory Tower - Caroline Elkins Caroline Elkins, Professor of History; Chair of the Standing Committee on African Studies; Chair of the Standing Committee on Ethnic Studies 3/4/11 Free View In iTunes

22 VideoCitizens - Lawrence Lessig Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law 3/3/11 Free View In iTunes

23 VideoBeyond Point-and-Shoot Morality - Joshua Greene Joshua Greene, Assistant Professor of Psychology 3/3/11 Free View In iTunes

24 Video2011: Introductory Remarks and Introduction of Professors Steven Hyman, Provost; Member of the Board of Snydics of Harvard University Press; Professor of Neurobiology; Peter Davis '12 and Zachary Richner '11, Co-Producers and Co-Hosts of Harvard Thinks Big 3/3/11 Free View In iTunes

25 VideoExperiencing Time in Music - Richard Beaudoin Richard Beaudoin, Lecturer on Music 3/3/11 Free View In iTunes

26 VideoFrom Eye to Mind: Affirming the Union of Science and Art - Robert Lue Robert Lue, Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Tutor in Biochemical Sciences; Director of Life Sciences Education 3/3/11 Free View In iTunes

27 VideoGlobal Warming and Psychology - Daniel Gilbert -- 5/4/10 Free View In iTunes

28 VideoReligion in the Age of Pluralism - Diana Eck -- 5/4/10 Free View In iTunes

Customer Reviews

Open University

by Grace Sullivan

I am glad to see that Harvard is moving toward making the depth of its resources more widely available to the public at large.

Good, quick lessons/reminders for all ages

by Ve ri tas

Great stuff; lessons for all if us here. Makes me wish I were still a young, idealistic undergrad. Good to see young minds being inspired to "go forth to better serve thy country and thy kind".

Great Content, but poor videography and sound

by Cubafornian

I was intrigued by the lectures but unpleasantly surprised by the low budget video and sound quality. TED talks can turn lecturers into celebrities with their videography, but these videos relegate the audience to the nosebleed section. Weak. What happened Harvard?

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Category: Educational Leadership
Language: English

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