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How Military Occupation Sparked the American Revolution

Are the elements that made Boston the cauldron of the American Revolution in the 1770s playing out again in the United States today? Historian, author, and former presidential adviser Ted Widmer, PhD ’93, discusses the parallels—and perils—of looking to the past to understand the present.

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Harvard’s First Black PhD: Part 2—W.E.B. Du Bois, From Social Scientist to Global Leader

Despite conducting groundbreaking social science research, W.E.B. Du Bois chose to leave the academy and become an activist, co-founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. What inspired him to make the change? And what can we learn today from his research, writing, and leadership?

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A Window into Heating and Cooling

PhD student Raphael Kay is leading the team developing Liquafilm, a liquid-based screen that can adhere to windows. He thinks biological organisms could offer a cost-effective solution for heating and cooling.

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Harvard’s First Black PhD: Part 1—W.E.B. Du Bois the Student

How did the Harvard PhD experience influence W.E.B. Du Bois, the man who would become one of the leading Black activists and intellectuals of the 20th century? And what connections did he make in the vibrant Black community outside of campus? Join us as we explore these questions in the first of a two-part conversation with New York University professor and National Humanities Medal recipient David Levering Lewis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his two-volume biography of W.E.B. Du Bois.

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How Sea Creatures Can Inspire Sustainable Building Design

Raphael Kay is turning to nature to tackle one of the world’s most urgent sustainability challenges: the colossal amount of energy required to light, heat, and cool modern buildings.

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From DNA to Disagreement

With support from the President's Building Bridges Fund, two PhD students in the life sciences have embarked on a project to map the range of opinion on genes and genetics among experts at Harvard and to host a civil dialogue on the topic between those with widely divergent views.

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What if Labor Becomes Unnecessary?

Economists David Autor, PhD '99, and Natasha Sabin, PhD '19, discuss the effects that artificial intelligence is — or isn’t — already having on employment and about how big a transition society is facing.

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