We Are Harvard

Composer: Mary Montgomery Koppel
Performed by the Harvard University Choir; Edward E. Jones, Director


Stabat Mater Speciosa

Composer: French Carol, arr. Mack Wilberg
Performed by the Harvard University Choir; Edward E. Jones, Director


Ding Dong! Merrily On High

The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes's sermon on Sunday, November 21, 2010 in the Memorial Church.

Peter J. Gomes — Living Thankfully in the Reign of Christ | Memorial Church

The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes's sermon on Sunday, April 4, 2010 in the Memorial Church.

Peter J. Gomes — The Courage of Easter Christians | Memorial Church

The Listening Booth is a digital audio archive featuring highlights from the Woodberry Poetry Room, one of the largest repositories for literary recordings in the country. We welcome you to sample this selection or explore the Listening Booth itself, with readings by W. H. Auden, Amiri Baraka, Elizabeth Bishop, Jorge Luis Borges, E. E. Cummings, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Claudia Rankine, Adrienne Rich, Dylan Thomas, Wallace Stevens, and more.

“Making Room” Claudia Rankine

"The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost

“American Arithmetic” Natalie Diaz

1976 Modern Language Convention: Special Session on Elizabeth Bishop (December 28, 1976)

"In the Waiting Room" Elizabeth Bishop

“Why’s/Wise 1” Amiri Baraka

As the country’s first library of voices, the Woodberry Poetry Room helped create some of the earliest recordings of such writers as Ralph Ellison, Robert Frost, Audre Lorde, Vladimir Nabokov, Sylvia Plath, and T. S. Eliot. We invite you to listen to one of the most rare recordings in the archive: T. S. Eliot’s first known poetry recording—produced at Harvard in 1933 and re-released as a Harvard Vocarium LP in 1951. With thanks to the Eliot Foundation for their generous permission.

Harvard Vocarium Recording (1951)

"Gerontion" T. S. Eliot

"A Song for Simeon" T. S. Eliot

"Triumphal March" T. S. Eliot

"Difficulties of a Statesman" T. S. Eliot

"Journey of the Magi" T. S. Eliot

"The Hollow Men" T. S. Eliot

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" T. S. Eliot

On the 100th Anniversary of explorer Ernest Shakleton’s colossal failure to traverse Antarctica, professor and historian Nancy Koehn explains how Shackleton’s extraordinary crisis leadership ensured the survival of his crew. Listen for story of the Endurance expedition and lessons from the HBS case study. 

Ernest Shackleton: The Entrepreneur of Survival | Harvard Business School

Composer: Richard Runciman Terry — Performed by the Harvard University Choir; Edward E. Jones, Director

Myn Lyking

Composer: Franz Biebl — Performed by the Harvard University Choir; Edward E. Jones, Director

Ave Maria

In episode nineteen we chat with Hugo Larochelle, Ryan introduces us to autoencoders, plus we tackle the question of what is standing in the way of strong AI.

Strong AI and Autoencoders

Radcliffe Fellow and poet Ross Gay reads his poem “Feet.”

Feet

Composer: Edward Elwyn Jones — Performed by the Harvard University Choir; Edward E. Jones, Director

Suo Gân

Composer: John Rutter — Performed by the Harvard University Choir; Edward E. Jones, Director

All Bells in Paradise

John F. Kennedy recording for public speaking class at Harvard, 1937. Courtesy of the Harvard University Archives.
 
John F. Kennedy’s short speech was recorded on an aluminum phonograph disc during the 1937-38 fall term session of English F, a course on public speaking taught by Frederick Clifton Packard, Jr. Kennedy, then a sophomore at Harvard College, briefly discusses the appointment to the Supreme Court of Hugo Black and the subsequent scandal after it was revealed that Black had been—and possibly still was—a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Courtesy of the Harvard University Archives (HUM 258, Box 1).

Audio recording of John F. Kennedy student speech in Harvard College English F, 1937,  'Hugo Black.'

John F. Kennedy recording for public speaking class at Harvard, 1937

Will the next great medical insight come from a clinical trial, a laboratory study — or a database search? Today, health systems and insurers have access to a mountain of data about millions of Americans: what medications they take, their health history, even, in some cases, their genetics—plus an emerging body of mobile health data. Using “big data” techniques, doctors and researchers are already mining this data to deliver better care and to gain insights into the kind of hyper-specific questions that clinical trials and observational studies struggle to answer. The approach promises major, rapid-fire, highly-personalized discoveries. At the same time, with the specter of cyberattacks and hacks looming, the need for rugged privacy protection has never been greater. In this Forum, experts in healthcare data and privacy will discuss the potential for future discovery, practical steps to enable progress, and how information can be kept secure.

Part of the The Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forums, this event was presented jointly with HuffPost on Tuesday, December 5, 2017.

Watch the entire series at ForumHSPH.org.

The Health Data Revolution: Improving Outcomes, Protecting Privacy

Enel, Italy’s state-owned power company, was one of Europe’s largest coal users and polluters. Now it is recognized as a leader in renewable energy services. How did it engineer that monumental change? Mark Kramer discusses how CEO Francesco Starace’s vision of sustainability drove innovation and fostered a completely new enterprise around developing and promoting renewable energy.

How a Coal Polluter Became a Renewable Energy Leader

Globally, people are living longer. What are the most compelling ways to ensure a sustainably healthy life? In this exciting live-streamed event, world-renowned author and speaker, Deepak Chopra, discussed the important connections between mind, immunity, genes and body. Dr. Chopra explored how chronic stress and inflammation can undermine immunity and health, ultimately seeking to empower people who wish to nurture their wellbeing over their lifetimes. He also discussed how these insights play out within public health, particularly as individuals and societies cope with epidemics, environmental threats, superbugs, aging and other challenges. He included takeaways from his new book, The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Supercharge Your Immunity and Stay Well for Life, co-authored with esteemed Harvard neurology professor Rudolph Tanzi.

This special Forum presentation featured Dr. Chopra in conversation with The World’s Carol Hills, following some brief remarks. Dr. Michelle Williams, Dean of the Harvard Chan School, welcomed the audience and introduced the speaker.

This Forum event was presented jointly with PRI's The World & WGBH on September 12, 2018. 

Watch the entire Forum series: https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/

The Future of Wellbeing: A Conversation with Deepak Chopra

Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced The Marshall Plan on Commencement Day 1947 in Harvard Yard.

George C. Marshall, 1947 - Harvard Voices

Sound excerpts from “The Great Animal Orchestra: A Performance & Dialogue in Soundscape and Poetry” at Boylston Hall Sept. 27.

Read more: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/10/the-sounds-of-nature-as-music/

Sounds of a live coral reef

Oprah Winfrey addresses the Harvard Alumni Association in Tercentenary Theater during the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard University's 362nd Commencement.

Oprah Winfrey Harvard Commencement Speech | Harvard Commencement 2013

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