Colloquy

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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Colloquy

Conversations with visionary scholars and thinkers from the Harvard PhD community

  1. A Step Closer to Personalized Medicine

    APR 4

    A Step Closer to Personalized Medicine

    To realize a future of personalized medicine, we need to understand and investigate how genetic variations contribute to illness and respond to doctors' attempts to address it. But how can scientists do so efficiently with a human genome that spans about three billion base pairs of DNA? That's where PhD student Dawn Chen’s work comes in.

    20 min
  2. A Cheaper Way to Make Drugs?

    MAR 7

    A Cheaper Way to Make Drugs?

    A breakthrough in chemistry could make the production of many pharmaceuticals less expensive through a new method of fluorination.

    17 min
  3. How Elite Universities Grapple with the Legacy of Slavery—and Why It Matters

    FEB 7

    How Elite Universities Grapple with the Legacy of Slavery—and Why It Matters

    The history of slavery in the United States, including at the country's colleges and universities, is deeply disturbing and painful. So why is it so important for higher education institutions to engage with it?

    32 min
  4. Is AI Coming for Your Job?

    JAN 3

    Is AI Coming for Your Job?

    The Harvard political economist David Deming, PhD ’10, says artificial intelligence is here to make us more productive, not take our jobs—at least not yet.

    51 min
  5. Bob Dylan: From "A Complete Unknown" to "A Prophet Without God"

    12/06/2024

    Bob Dylan: From "A Complete Unknown" to "A Prophet Without God"

    What can the work of the legendary singer and songwriter Bob Dylan tell us about living in a time of cynicism and disjointedness?

    29 min
  6. Beyond 2024—Feminism and the Future of US Politics

    11/01/2024

    Beyond 2024—Feminism and the Future of US Politics

    Will the story of the 2024 election be the way women voters reclaimed their lost rights and the promise of decades past?

    26 min
  7. How Reliable Are Election Forecasts?

    10/04/2024

    How Reliable Are Election Forecasts?

    News organizations—and voters—rely more heavily than ever on probabilistic election forecasts from “data journalists” like Nate Silver. But are they really more reliable than other models—or a random guess?

    26 min
  8. How to Succeed in Business by Failing—Intelligently

    09/06/2024

    How to Succeed in Business by Failing—Intelligently

    Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson says businesses that want to innovate successfully need to create a culture where risk-taking—and failure—is not only tolerated, it's encouraged.

    27 min
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    Conversations with visionary scholars and thinkers from the Harvard PhD community

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      Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
    • Years Active
      2021 - 2025
    • Episodes
      53
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