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FounderCrush 2025

Join us for Harvard's premier founder showcase - where students pitch ideas, connect, and inspire!! Enjoy an electrifying night of innovation, pitches, and game-changing ideas. Celebrate CE 11, H2A, and students from Northeastern, BU, and UNB. Free food, live music, raffles, and networking with innovators. Open to the general public. Sponsor and Host: Harvard College Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship (LPCE) With co-hosts: Harvard Grid | Harvard Innovation Labs | Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH). Type of Event: Community Programming. Discussion. Networking. Social Activity. Header: FounderCrush. Topic: Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Building/Room: Other. Contact Name: Hayley Bloch. Contact Email: hayleybloch@college.harvard.edu. Contact Phone: 3103034879. Sponsoring Organization/Department: Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Harvard College. Registration Required: No. RSVP Required: No. Thursday, May 1, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Science and Engineering Complex Main Atrium 150 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02134. For more info visit docs.google.com.

Brave Leadership and the Future of American Education

REGISTER FOR IN-PERSON SEAT The U.S. education system is facing challenges that are both old and new. From ongoing racial and socioeconomic inequities, underinvestment, and the devaluing of teachers to school shootings, a global pandemic, and the culture wars, America's schools are in the crosshairs and at the crossroads. These perilous times call for bigger, bolder, and braver leadership. This Forum brings together four such leaders in critical conversation about this moment in history and the precarious but still promising future of education in the United States. This forum is in conjunction with The B.R.A.V.E. Institute, professional development at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Host: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on Education and Faculty Chair, The B.R.A.V.E. Institute, Harvard Graduate School of Education Speakers include: Miguel Cardona, Former Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education , Monique Couvson, President and CEO, Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) , Randi… Type of Event: Community Programming. Discussion. Diversity & Equity. Forum. Program/Department: Askwith Forum. Building/Room: Askwith Hall. Contact Name: Harvard Graduate School of Education. Contact Email: events@gse.harvard.edu. Sponsoring Organization/Department: Askwith Education Forums. Registration Required: Yes. Admission Fee: Free and open to the public. RSVP Required: Yes. Featured Event: Askwith Education Forums. Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 4:45 PM – 6:00 PM. Askwith Hall. For more info visit calendar.gse.harvard.edu.

University Holiday: Memorial Day

Holiday Calendar University is closed. Type of Event: Holiday. Sponsoring Organization/Department: Human Resources. Registration Required: No. Monday, May 26, 2025.

University Holiday: Juneteenth

Holiday Calendar University is closed. Type of Event: Holiday. Sponsoring Organization/Department: Human Resources. Registration Required: No. Thursday, June 19, 2025.

University Holiday: Independence Day

Holiday Calendar University is closed. Type of Event: Holiday. Sponsoring Organization/Department: Human Resources. Registration Required: No. Friday, July 4, 2025.