University Holiday: Thanksgiving Recess
Holiday Calendar
University is closed.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Thursday, November 27, 2025 – Friday, November 28, 2025.
PIER Public Seminar: Activating Parental Managerial Capital in Education
Join us on December 2nd at 4:00 in Eliot Lyman in Longfellow Hall to hear Mahounan Yedomiffi discuss his research on Activating Parental Managerial Capital in Education. Yedomiffi is a Provost Faculty Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Dartmouth. His work investigates how parental managerial capital (the capacity to structure time, monitor effort and guide behavior) affects student outcomes through a randomized field experiment in Benin.
If you cannot join us in person, the event will also be livestreamed at:
https://cepr.harvard.edu/pier-seminar.
Type of Event: Discussion. Lecture. Presentation. Topic: Global and Comparative Education. Equity and Access. Learning. Who can attend? Alumni. Faculty. General Public. Harvard Community. Staff. Students. Building/Room: Eliot Lyman. Contact Name: Olivia O'Neill. Contact Email: olivia_oneill@gse.harvard.edu. Contact Phone: 3016551441. Registration Required: No. RSVP Required: No.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Eliot Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall
13 Appian Way, HGSE & Livestream.
Learning in an AI-Augmented World: Practices and Applications | Askwith Education Forum
REGISTER
Join us for the second Askwith Education Forum this year focused on artificial intelligence in education. This event will explore how AI is being used in K–12 settings—from classroom instruction to district-level strategies—and will feature voices from education, research, and policy. We’ll spotlight innovative efforts, including district partnerships with Khan Academy and broader initiatives to integrate AI into daily learning.
Speakers include: Keith Parker, Superintendent, Elizabeth City - Pasquotank Public Schools, NC , Yenda Prado, Learning Sciences Research Analyst, Digital Promise , Kedaar Sridhar, Co-founder and Chief Product and Tech Officer, M7E AI, Moderator: Ying Xu, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Registration is required. Seating is first-come, first-seated. Once Askwith Hall reaches capacity, guests will be redirected to overflow seating. Light refreshments will be available. This event will also be livestreamed.
Type of Event: Community Programming. Discussion. Forum. Topic: Schools. Teaching. Learning. Technology. Program/Department: Askwith Forum. Who can attend? General Public. Alumni. Faculty. Harvard Community. Staff. Students. Building/Room: Askwith Hall. Contact Name: Harvard Graduate School of Education. Contact Email: askwith@gse.harvard.edu. Registration Required: Yes. Admission Fee: Free and open to the public. RSVP Required: Yes. Featured Event: Askwith Education Forums.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138.
For more info visit calendar.gse.harvard.edu. University Holiday: Christmas Eve Half Day
Holiday Calendar
University is closed for half day.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
University Holiday: Winter Recess
Holiday Calendar
University is closed.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Thursday, December 25, 2025 – Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
University Holiday: New Year's Day
Holiday Calendar
University is closed.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Thursday, January 1, 2026.
University Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday
Holiday Calendar
University is closed.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Monday, January 19, 2026.
University Holiday: Presidents Day
Holiday Calendar
University is closed.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Monday, February 16, 2026.