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Teaching Matters: Celebrating Teaching and Learning in Community

Teaching Matters: Celebrating Teaching and Learning in Community

May 2, 2024

At our 2nd annual Bok Graduate Community Celebration on April 26, we were excited to honor this year’s Teaching Certificate recipients, our new Teacher-Scholar Spotlights, and all of the graduate students who engaged in our programming over the past year. Students from Bok Seminars, the Professional Communication Program for International Teachers and Scholars, and Bok Fellows programs joined us to share their experiences and connect with fellow graduate students.... Read more about Teaching Matters: Celebrating Teaching and Learning in Community

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Eli Johnson-Visio ('26) Named 2024 Sardis Intern

May 2, 2024

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is thrilled to share that Eli Johnson-Visio ('26) has been chosen as the 2024 Office of Sardis Expedition Intern. 

Eli is a first-generation sophomore at Harvard College pursuing a double concentration in Anthropology and Neuroscience, via the Archaeology and Neurobiology tracks respectively. A former Egyptian hieratic papyri SHARP research fellow, and current Pleistocene lithics independent researcher, he will spend this Summer at the archeological site of Sardis, Turkey. Post-graduation, he plans to...

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2nd Workshop on High-dimensional Learning Dynamics (HiLD): The Emergence of Structure and Reasoning

May 1, 2024

Cengiz is one of the organizers for the 2nd ICML Workshop on High-dimensional Learning Dynamics (HiLD): The Emergence of Structure and Reasoning. Topics include but not limited to:

  • The emergence of interpretable behaviors (e.g., circuit mechanisms) and capabilities (e.g., compositionality and reasoning)

  • Work that adapts tools from stochastic differential equations, high-dimensional probability, random matrix theory, and other theoretical frameworks to understand learning dynamics and phase...

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Vishwanath elected to the National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2024

Ashvin Vishwanath, George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, nonprofit organization of the country’s leading researchers that recognizes and promotes outstanding science through election to membership; publication in its journal, PNAS; and its awards, programs, and special activities. Members are elected to the NAS in recognition of their distinguished...

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