Hiring in the Age of the Algorithm: What Employers Want Grads to Know About AI
Join this panel conversation to hear from Harvard Chan alumni and employers about expectations for AI knowledge and the role of AI in the recruiting and hiring process, featuring both public and private sector companies and organizations.
Hosted by the Office of Career and Professional Development.
This panel will be held virtually on Zoom. Please RSVP to receive the event link.
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Search, Explore, Connect: AI Tools for Scholarly Literature Research
The Office of Educational Programs, Office for Student Services, and Countway Library are partnering to present a four-part series on using AI tools.
The second workshop in this series, Search, Explore, Connect: AI Tools for Scholarly Literature Research, led by Countway Library, will focus on using AI tools to power up your research and citation management.
Please bring a laptop or personal device to the workshop. Food and light refreshments will be provided. Students, staff, and faculty are all invited to join.
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A Conversation about Generative AI: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters
The Office of Educational Programs, Office for Student Services, and Countway Library are partnering to present a four-part series on using AI tools.
A Conversation about Generative AI: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters, led by Countway Library, will discuss applications and ethics of LLMs and the resources available to you at Harvard Chan.
Please bring a laptop or personal device to the workshop. Food and light refreshments will be provided. Students, staff, and faculty are all invited to join.
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EcoOpportunity Green Team Meeting
Rock Painting in Countway Community Garden: An Opportunity to Connect and Build Community. Wednesday, September 30, 2-3 pm behind Countway Library. (Rain location Kresge 204.)
Brought to you by the EcoOpportunity Green Team. Email susan_bottino@harvard.edu to RSVP.
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Prompt, Run, Verify: Using LLMs for Data Analysis in Public Health
The Office of Educational Programs and Office for Student Services are partnering to present a four-part series on using AI tools.
The third workshop in this series, Prompt, Run, Verify: Using LLMs for Data Analysis in Public Health will be led by Dr. Heather Mattie, Faculty in the Department of Biostatistics.
Please bring a laptop or personal device to the workshop. Food and light refreshments will be provided. Students, staff, and faculty are all invited to join.
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What do we owe participants? Ethics and practice of environmental health data report-back
This second workshop of a two-part series offered by the NIEHS Center Science Communications Hub will expand on concepts from the first workshop and discuss the ethics and best practices of communicating results to study participants and affected communities. The first workshop provides an introduction to environmental health literacy and developing communications approaches to reach a wide variety of audiences.
Please register separately for both workshops: Workshop 1 (30 September) and Workshop 2 (28 October).
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Coming soon!
About the Speaker
Katie Tomsho is an Instructor in the Department of Environmental Health and Director of the Environmental Justice and Health Program. Her prior experiences as a community organizer focused on environmental science led to her interest in effective communication of environmental health data. Building on this work, she has focused on improving rigorous, transparent methods for communicating environmental health data to diverse audiences. Her research interests include environmental exposure data report-back, environmental health literacy, and the development of communication strategies that support community decision-making.
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Making our science easier to understand: Environmental health literacy basics for researchers
This first workshop of a two-part series offered by the NIEHS Center Science Communications Hub will provide an introduction to environmental health literacy and developing communications approaches to reach a wide variety of audiences. The second workshop will expand on these concepts and discuss the ethics and best practices of communicating results to study participants and affected communities.
Please register separately for both workshops: Workshop 1 (30 September) and Workshop 2 (28 October).
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Describe the basic concepts of literacy, numeracy, and environmental health literacy
- Identify factors of communications that pose challenges for audiences with low literacy skills
- Apply basic tools to enhance accessibility of written materials
About the Speaker
Katie Tomsho is an Instructor in the Department of Environmental Health and Director of the Environmental Justice and Health Program. Her prior experiences as a community organizer focused on environmental science led to her interest in effective communication of environmental health data. Building on this work, she has focused on improving rigorous, transparent methods for communicating environmental health data to diverse audiences. Her research interests include environmental exposure data report-back, environmental health literacy, and the development of communication strategies that support community decision-making.
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Fostering Collective Well-being through Art-making in Community
On Wednesday, October 21st, from 1-1:50 PM in Kresge 202A, the Center Student Engagement Committee will hold its first well-being workshop of the year. This workshop invites participants to explore the connections between art-making and collective well-being. Through a hands-on activity and conversation, participants are invited to reflect on what health and happiness mean to them through words and images. By creating art together, the workshop aims to cultivate a shared space that fosters creativity, belonging, and community.
Center Student Engagement Committee member and Harvard Medical School student Dami Seung, EdM, MS ‘27 will lead this workshop.
This event is open to all Harvard ID-holders. Lunch provided.
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2026 HILT Conference, “The Weight of the Degree: Rigor, Responsibility, and the Modern Campus”
This year’s conference marks a significant milestone: for the first time, our program is drawn directly from a University-wide Call for Proposals. The exceptional response from across Harvard reflects the profound dedication of our faculty, academic leaders, and instructional staff. As higher education navigates an era of rapid technological advancement and shifting paradigms, this event highlights the rigorous, resourceful work actively shaping our evolving classrooms.
We will showcase these community-sourced innovations through dynamic plenary sessions, interactive workshops, and focused lightning rounds. Participants will explore practical applications of generative AI, the design of authentic assessments, and evidence-based strategies for fostering collaborative student teams.
We invite you to join colleagues from across the university to exchange experimental practices and gather actionable insights to elevate teaching and learning during this transformative time.
Please bring your Harvard ID to access the venue. For more information, please visit the HILT website’s conference page: https://hilt.harvard.edu/event/2026-hilt-conference
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Art@Countway Opening Reception: Do You See Me?
Please join us to celebrate the opening of our newest art exhibition:
Do You See Me?
Paintings of Postpartum Trauma and Healing
by S. Abbas Shobeiri
The opening reception will feature remarks by the artist, a guided tour of the exhibition, and light refreshments. All are welcome! Please RSVP in advance.
About the Exhibition
Presented through Countway’s Art@Countway initiative in partnership with GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard, this exhibition offers a deeply personal and moving journey through the emotional realities of postpartum trauma and recovery. Drawing upon nearly three decades of caring for women after childbirth, Dr. Shobeiri communicates his patients’ experiences through large-scale paintings that illuminate the often-overlooked physical and psychological effects of birth trauma, including postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Do You See Me? traces seven stages of postpartum trauma and recovery—from shock to renewal—bringing visibility to maternal experiences that too often remain unseen. Learn more about the exhibition and the artist at countway.info/see.
On view on the first floor of Countway Library from September 1, 2026 through January 15, 2027.
About the Artist
Dr. Shobeiri is an internationally recognized physician, researcher, educator, inventor, and professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Education, and Biomedical Engineering. His pioneering exhibition first debuted in Washington, D.C., where it received national media attention, before traveling to additional institutions dedicated to medicine and the humanities.
Dr. Shobeiri was an artist before becoming a healer. He emphasizes the connection between mind and heart, soul and body. His paintings promote emotional literacy and break social taboos surrounding childbirth, depression, and PTSD-C. Drawing on decades of first-hand experience caring for mothers, he brings an empathetic lens to the maternal experience.