Check out these events!
Thu. 9/11
Harvard Biotech Career Fair
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, United States (New Research Building, HMS)
11:30am to 5:00pm
This Fair will feature keynote speaker Dr. Vicki L. Sato, who is the Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. Company recruitment tables will be set up from 1:00pm to 5:00pm, and company presentations will be held in Pechet Room from 2:30pm to 4:15pm. Biotech Hiring Round Tables are from 12pm to 1pm.
Reception for Visiting Faculty 2014-15 Exhibition
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Featuring Paul Bush (a filmmaker known for experimental stop-frame animation), David Hilliard (a recipient of the Fulbright and Guggenheim), Virginia Overton (who has exhibited work at MOCA, North Miami, Florida; Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York; Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany; Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland; The Kitchen, New York; The Power Station, Dallas, Texas; Freymond-Guth, Zürich, Switzerland; and Dispatch, New York), Halsey Rodman (who has exhibited at Guild & Greyshkul, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art; and at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), and Athina Rachel Tsangari (a filmmaker, producer and projections designer).
Mon. 9/15
Public Service Venture Fund Information Session/Kickoff
12:00pm-1:00pm
Visit this information session if you are an aspiring social entrepreneur looking to start an organization or if you are planning to work for a nonprofit or government agency on a fellowship. This info session will feature OPIA’s Assistant Dean for Public Service Alexa Shabecoff.
Charismatic Megaflora: What do Old Trees Look Like?
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Join Neil Pederson, who will share the story of his search for the oldest trees to obtain the longest possible tree-ring based records of environmental history. His research interests are focused on trees, ecology, conservation biology, and forest management.
Tues. 9/16
Iran Policy: A Conversation with Thomas Donilon and Yaakov Amidror
6:00pm
JFK Jr. Forum
This event will feature Major General (Ret.) Yaakov Amidror? (the Israeli National Security Advisor from 2011 to 2013), Thomas Donilon? (American lawyer and U.S. National Security Advisor from 2010-2013), and will be moderated by Graham T. Allison, who is the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School.
Peace Corps: An Insider’s Look at the New Application and Stories from the Field
7:00pm
IOP L166
If you are interested in learning more about the Peace Corps, this is the event for you. Information on the new application will be provided. Dinner will also be provided.
Wed. 9/17
Critical Issues Confronting China: Jerome Cohen
A Public Address by President Benigno Aquino
CGIS Building, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), 1730 Cambridge Street, Harvard University
12:30pm-2:00pm
Featuring Jerome A. Cohen, who is a professor at New York University School of Law since 1990 and the co-director of the US-Asia Law Institute. He began studying Chinese criminal law in the early 1960s and introduced the teaching of Asian law into the curriculum of Harvard Law School. He served as the Jeremiah Smith Professor and Associate Dean at HLS. He is a leading American expert on Asian law.
Mon. 9/22
A public address by His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, The President of the Philippines
JFK Jr. Forum
His Exellency Benigno S. Aquino III is a fourth generation politician and has been the 15th President of the Philippines since June 2010. To attend this event, you need to enter the lottery at forum.iop.harvard.edu before September 16 at 6 PM. The winners of the lottery will be notified via email on Wednesday, September 17th and will need to pick up their tickets at the Institute of Politics on Thursday, September 18th and Friday, September 19th between 9:00-5:00PM.
Tues. 9/23
State Department Job Talk
Taubman Building, Nye A
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
If you are interested in US foreign policy and careers in the state department, then this is the job talk for you. RSVP via email beforehand to
IOP_ICS@hks.harvard.edu and dinner will be provided.
Thu. 9/25
Consulting at the Intersection of Business and Government
IOP L166
7:00pm
If you are interested in both business and government and want to work at the intersection of both, then come to this talk where you’ll hear from a representative from Booz Allen Hamilton. RSVP via email to
IOP_ICS@hks.harvard.edu and dinner will be provided.