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June 10-14, 2001
| Noon-3:00 PM |
Afternoon arrival and check-in |
| 3:15-4:30 PM |
Welcome reception and introductions
Taubman A (5th Fl), Kennedy School of Government |
| 4:30 PM |
Depart for Boston Duck Tour
Followed by dinner at Marche |
MONDAY (June 11)
All events in the Fainsod Rm (L-324), unless otherwise noted.
| 8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
| 9:00-11:00 AM |
Katherine Newman (Kennedy School)
Workshop on No Shame in My Game |
| 11:15-12:30 PM |
Xavier de Souza Briggs (Kennedy School)
"People, Palanca, and Politics: Researchers in the Middle?" |
| 12:30-2:00 PM |
Working lunch with award-winning filmmaker John Jackson (Harvard Society of Fellows)
Presentation and discussion of his ethnographic films. |
| 2:00 PM |
MYTOWN neighborhood tour of the South End, Boston
Depart together from Fainsod Room |
| 6:30 PM |
Dinner at Yenching in Harvard Square
With graduate students
(Meet in front of the Charles Hotel) |
TUESDAY (June 12)
| 8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Robert Reich (University Professor, Brandeis University; Former U.S. Secretary of Labor)
"The Power of Ideas in Politics and Research" |
| 10:00-11:00 |
William Julius Wilson (University Professor, Harvard University)
Discussion |
| 11:00-11:30 |
All You Ever Wanted to Know about Graduate School : Part I
The official perspective, with Stephanie Parsons (Coordinator of Minority Recruitment, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) |
| 11:30-12:30 |
David Ellwood (Kennedy School of Government)
Workshop on work and welfare |
| 1:00-3:00 |
3rd Annual Galbraith Lecture and Luncheon
With lecturer Claudia Goldin (Department of Economics)
"The Human Capital Century and American Leadership" (Bell Hall, Belfer Center, 5th Floor) |
| 3:00-4:00 |
All You Ever Wanted to Know about Graduate School : Part II
The view from the trenches, with current Ph.D. students:
- Christopher Adolph (Government, 3rd year)
- Ben Deufel (Government, 3rd year)
- Tomás Jiménez (Sociology, 3rd year)
- Bikila Ochoa (Sociology & Social Policy, 1st year)
- Gavin Samms (Public Policy, 3rd year)
- Celeste Watkins (Sociology, 5th year)
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| 4:30 PM |
Meeting with Professor John Kenneth Galbraith (Professor Emeritus of Economics, Harvard University) |
| 5:30 PM on |
Dinner and evening on your own
We wil provide a list of options around Harvard Square. |
WEDNESDAY (June 13)
| 8:30-5:15 |
See Summer Institute schedule for sessions and events
We will also provide a listing of some alternative events and tours taking place at Harvard that may be of interest. |
| 5:15 PM |
Summer Institute Reception and Barbecue
Kennedy School courtyard |
THURSDAY (June 14)
| 8:30-10:00 |
Karla Ballard (National Urban League Young Professionals)
"Next Generation Urban Catalysts for Change: Making the Connection between Research and Grassroots Implementation" |
| 10:00-4:30 PM |
See Summer Institute schedule for sessions and events
We will also provide a listing of some alternative events and tours taking place at Harvard that may be of interest. |
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