Chinese Empresses by Xiang Li - Opening Reception
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Experience the breathtaking work of internationally acclaimed artist Xiang Li, in a captivating exhibition celebrating historical empresses of China in intricately hand-painted on silk using traditional Chinese watercolor techniques. Informed by decades of research, study, and practice, Xiang Li’s portrayals of each empress incorporate elements of nature, in particular floral forms, conveying the rich sense of symbolism woven into traditional Chinese culture and honoring the unsung women who shaped dynasties.
Meet the artist and her daughter, Fei Wu, in person and enjoy a relaxed and engaging conversation. Ask questions, connect, and discover the stories behind the art.
Light refreshments will be provided.
This exhibit will be on view from 9/4/25-11/30/25.
Type of Event: Exhibition. Reception. Topic: Arts. Who can attend? Alumni. Faculty. General Public. Harvard Community. Staff. Students. Building/Room: Other. Contact Name: Myanne Krivoshey. Registration Required: No. RSVP Required: No.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gutman Gallery.
For more info visit calendar.gse.harvard.edu. Gutman Library Hybrid Book Talk - Data Wise, Third Edition
REGISTER NOW! Data Wise is a world-renowned approach that has been used to address challenges not only in K–12 classrooms but also in higher education, professional learning, and administrative settings. This essential work delivers solid, relevant guidance for integrating data inquiry into institutional practice.
This new edition provides a step-by-step guide for how teachers, counselors, and school leaders can address inequities and improve learning outcomes for all students. It shows how the evidence-focused analysis of the Data Wise improvement process, coupled with the disciplined way of thinking known as the ACE Habits of Mind (a shared commitment to action, assessment, and adjustment; intentional collaboration; and a relentless focus on evidence), can foster mindset shifts and fundamentally change the way educators work.
Bring your lunch to this event, and we will provide coffee and dessert!
Type of Event: Presentation. Question & Answer Session. Reception. Discussion. Community Programming. Topic: Leadership. Equity and Access. Evaluation and Assessment. Policy. Who can attend? Alumni. Faculty. General Public. Harvard Community. Staff. Students. Building/Room: Gutman Conference Center E4. Contact Name: Myanne Krivoshey. Registration Required: No. RSVP Required: No. Featured Event: Gutman Library Book Talk.
Monday, September 29, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Gutman Conference Center E4.
For more info visit calendar.gse.harvard.edu. 2025 HILT Conference "Learning Now: Strategies for a Changing Landscape"
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As higher education continues to respond to rapid shifts in technology, student expectations, and financial constraints, how can we design learning experiences that are both impactful and practical to implement across various contexts? The 2025 Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning (HILT) Annual Conference builds on previous years’ themes that explored open inquiry, generative AI, and student collaboration. Through a mix of plenaries, panels, and hands-on sessions, participants will engage with current challenges such as generative AI integration, implementing active learning in large courses, facilitating inclusive dialogue in the classroom, and adopting new educational technologies. With multiple session formats and tracks, the conference is designed to meet the diverse needs of faculty and staff — offering space to reflect, connect, and return to your work with new insights and concrete strategies.
Type of Event: Conference / Symposium. Topic: Higher Education. Learning. Teaching. Who can attend? Alumni. Faculty. Harvard Community. Staff. Students. Building/Room: Askwith Hall. Contact Name: Harvard Initiative for Learning & Teaching. Contact Email: hilt.harvard.edu. Registration Required: Yes. Admission Fee: Free. RSVP Required: Yes.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM.
Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)
6 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Some conference sessions will take place across the street in the Askwith Forum in Longfellow Hall at 13 Appian Way. Please visit hilt.harvard.edu for details.
For more info visit hilt.harvard.edu. Gutman Library Virtual Book Talk - Sanctuary School
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In Sanctuary School: Innovating to Empower Immigrant Youth, Chandler Patton Miranda highlights the many ways that K–12 schools can provide safe educational spaces and relevant, responsive resources for immigrant students. Miranda prompts educators to think beyond the baseline definition of sanctuary schools as protective institutions that practice legally supported noncooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities. She envisions a whole-school approach to sanctuary that empowers marginalized students, including immigrant, migrant, and undocumented youth, via radical welcoming and innovation.
In this timely book, Miranda issues a call to action for educators and school leadership to create school spaces where immigrant youth can find belonging even in an era of increased anti-immigrant rhetoric. This ethnographic work examines effective moves made at a New York City public high school during a pivotal and turbulent period in US immigration politics: the first…
Type of Event: Presentation. Question & Answer Session. Discussion. Topic: Leadership. Equity and Access. Evaluation and Assessment. Policy. Early Childhood and PreK. Schools. Teaching. Who can attend? Alumni. Faculty. General Public. Harvard Community. Staff. Students. Building/Room: Other. Contact Name: Myanne Krivoshey. Registration Required: No. RSVP Required: No. Featured Event: Gutman Library Book Talk.
Friday, October 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Virtual (on Zoom).
For more info visit calendar.gse.harvard.edu. University Holiday: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Holiday Calendar
University is closed.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Monday, October 13, 2025.
Gutman Library Virtual Book Talk - Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives
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In Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives, leading literacy expert Timothy Shanahan curates a lively tour of the history of reading instruction in the United States, arguing that the most popular reading instruction method is failing students and suppressing their literacy achievement. He breaks down the reasons why teachers and researchers alike have favored this accepted wisdom, known as instructional-level theory, in US schools over the past five decades—and presents a compelling case for a new way forward that will bolster students’ reading skills.
Today it’s not uncommon to find students in a fourth-grade classroom reading books suitable for third-, second-, or even first-graders. Teachers suggest books to students at their deemed “instructional levels,” but how these instructional levels are determined is suspect. With a comprehensive, critical analysis of instructional-level pedagogy, Shanahan exposes its shaky foundations and shows how faulty research findings have become so entrenched. He…
Type of Event: Presentation. Question & Answer Session. Discussion. Topic: Leadership. Equity and Access. Evaluation and Assessment. Early Childhood and PreK. Teaching. Literacy. Learning. Who can attend? Alumni. Faculty. General Public. Harvard Community. Staff. Students. Building/Room: Other. Contact Name: Myanne Krivoshey. Registration Required: No. RSVP Required: No. Featured Event: Gutman Library Book Talk.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Virtual (on Zoom).
For more info visit calendar.gse.harvard.edu. University Holiday: Veterans Day
Holiday Calendar
University is closed.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
Gutman Library Virtual Book Talk - Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly integrating into today’s classrooms, but unlike other new technologies, AI has the potential to harm, making it difficult to take advantage of its benefits. In Critical AI in K–12 Classrooms, Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie K. Heath draw attention to the biases embedded within AI algorithms, such as those powering OpenAI’s ChatGPT and DALL-E, to guide students and teachers in developing strategies to best incorporate AI—or not—into equitable learning.
AI’s reliance on existing data and knowledge systems means Black, queer, those with disabilities, and other marginalized students are at greater risk of being harmed by built-in limitations and bias. Budhai and Heath show how to circumvent if not actively resist such harms as machine learning, NLPs, LLMS, and GenAI enter the classroom, with practical examples rooted in culturally sustaining, abolitionist, and fugitive pedagogies across disciplines. Their practical guide creatively answers the concerns of…
Type of Event: Presentation. Question & Answer Session. Discussion. Topic: Early Childhood and PreK. Teaching. Learning. Schools. Policy. Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Who can attend? Alumni. Faculty. General Public. Harvard Community. Staff. Students. Building/Room: Other. Contact Name: Myanne Krivoshey. Registration Required: No. RSVP Required: No. Featured Event: Gutman Library Book Talk.
Monday, November 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Virtual (on Zoom).
For more info visit calendar.gse.harvard.edu. University Holiday: Thanksgiving Recess
Holiday Calendar
University is closed.
Type of Event: Holiday. Registration Required: No.
Thursday, November 27, 2025 – Friday, November 28, 2025.