Harvard University
June 11-15, 2006

:: Meet the Galbraith Scholars

:: View the photos

Arrival and check-in

3:00-4:30 PM

Welcome reception and introductions
Location: Taubman A (5 th floor), Kennedy School of Government

4:45 PM

Social event: depart for Boston Duck Tour
Followed by dinner at Cactus Club, Boston

MONDAY

8:30-9:30 AM

Breakfast
Location: Fainsod Room (Littauer 324), Kennedy School of Government

9:30-10:45 AM

Workshop with Professor Kim Williams (Kennedy School of Government)
“Blacks, Latinos, and the New Politics of Displacement: From Succession to Transformation?”

10:45-11:00 AM

Break

11:00-Noon

Workshop with Professor Michèle Lamont (Harvard Department of Sociology)
"Bridging Boundaries: Inclusion as a Condition for Successful Societies"

Noon-1:00 PM

Lunch
Location: Fainsod Room (Littauer 324), Kennedy School of Government

1:00-2:00 PM

What You’ve Always Wanted to Know about Graduate School (Part I): The Degree in Public Policy
With Helaine Daniels, Director of the Masters in Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School of Government

2:15 PM

Departure for Harvard Law School from Fainsod Room

2:30-4:00 PM

Tour of Harvard Law School
With Phil Lee, Assistant Director of Admissions, Harvard Law School

6:50 PM

Dinner with graduate students at Fire + Ice in Harvard Square
(Meet in front of the Charles Hotel at 6:50 PM)

8:30-9:30 AM

Breakfast

9:30-10:45 AM

What You’ve Always Wanted to Know about Applying to Graduate School: Part II

With Stephanie Parsons, Minority Recruitment and Student Programming Officer for Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

and Pamela Metz, Director, Ph.D. Programs in Social Policy

10:45-11:00 AM

Break

11:00-Noon

Workshop with Professor Jeffrey Liebman (Kennedy School of Government)
“The Value of Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Research Approaches"

Noon-1:00 PM

Lunch
Location: Fainsod Room (Littauer 324), Kennedy School of Government

1:00-2:30 PM

The Insider’s Guide to Graduate School

Graduate student panel discussion with

● Naomi Calvo, Public Policy
● Hanley Chiang, Economics
● Therese Leung, Sociology
● Sabrina Pendergrass, Sociology
● Melanie Penny, Sociology & Social Policy
● Jennifer Sykes, Sociology & Social Policy

6:30 PM

Dinner with graduate students at Tamarind Bay, Harvard Square

Dinner at “the city’s most inventive Indian restaurant.” (Meet in front of the Charles Hotel at 6:25.)

8:30-9:30 AM

Breakfast

9:30-10:30 AM

Workshop with Christopher Wimer, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy

“New Vision: an Institute for Policy and Progress”

10:30-11:00 AM

Break

11:00-Noon

Workshop with Professor William Julius Wilson (Kennedy School of Government)

Noon-1:00 PM

Lunch

Location: Fainsod Room (Littauer 324), Kennedy School of Government

1:00-3:00 PM

Workshop with Karla Ballard (President and CEO, Co-founder, LYNX Worldwide, Inc.)

"The Next Generation Urban Catalysts: Making the Connections between Research and Social Change Practices"

3:00-3:15 PM

Break

3:15-4:15 PM

Workshop with Professor Ronald Ferguson (Kennedy School of Government)

4:30 PM

Meet in front of the Fainsod Room to depart for MYTOWN tour

5:30 PM

MYTOWN: Multicultural Youth Tour of What’s Now

Evening

Dinner and evening on your own

We will provide a list of restaurant options around Harvard Square

8:30-9:30 AM

Breakfast

Location: Fainsod Room (Littauer 324) Kennedy School of Government

Francis Shen, joint Ph.D. in Government and Social Policy & J.D. degree, will join us to answer questions on both degrees.

9:30-10:45 AM

Workshop with Professor Xavier de Souza Briggs (Department of Urban Studies & Planning, MIT)

"Rebuilding Places and Lives: The Moving to Opportunity Experiment and Ghetto Poverty After Katrina"

11:00-11:45 AM

Program Evaluation

11:45 AM

Farewell Lunch