Harvard Allston Education Portal

Five-year partnership strengthens ties

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

Five years after Harvard and Boston struck a community benefits cooperation agreement, the University’s neighbors in Allston-Brighton point to an enhanced partnership that has resulted in a vibrant Harvard Allston Education Portal, workforce preparation classes for adults, mentoring for students, and a wide variety of other programs.

Tags: Allston, Alvin Powell, Boston Public Library, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Campus & Community, Cooperation Agreement for the Harvard University Allston Science Complex, Ed Portal, Erica Herman, Gardner Pilot Academy, Harvard Allston Education Portal, Harvard Allston Workforce Development Collaborative, Harvard Ceramics Program, Honan-Allston Branch, In the Community, John Hoffman, Linda Kowalcky, Ray V. Mellone Park, Stephanie Connolly, The Fishing Academy

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The tools of art

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

Inspired by creative solutions that evolved in Colombia and Argentina, Harvard Professor Doris Sommer showed her Ed Portal audience how the arts could transform the ways in which a developing society perceived itself and the values inherent in its culture and community.

Tags: Boston Public Library’s Honan-Allston Branch, Campus & Community, Doris Sommer, Ed Portal, faculty speaker series, Harvard Allston Education Portal, Harvardx, In the Community, Jennifer Doody, Robert Lue

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A.R.T. sets the scene in Allston

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

The Harvard Allston Education Portal is offering a new playwriting program, which links youngsters and professionals from the American Repertory Theater.

Tags: A.R.T.’s neighborhood podcast plays, Allston’s Raymond V. Mellone Park, American Repertory Theater, Campus & Community, Community outreach, faculty speaker series, Harvard Allston Education Portal, In the Community, Podcast

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A Web browser in the heavens

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

During a star-filled night at the Ed Portal, Harvard astronomer Alyssa Goodman brought the WorldWide Telescope to Allston-Brighton.

Tags: Alyssa Goodman, Campus & Community, Ed Portal, Harvard Allston Education Portal, In the Community, Robert Lue, Worldwide Telescope

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A wider mission for Ed Portal

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

The Harvard Allston Education Portal celebrated its fifth year of programming and an expansion of its facility and its mission with a community event that featured performances by Harvard students and a lecture by faculty member Michael Sandel.

Tags: Campus & Community, Colleen Walsh, Drew Faust, Empty Bowls, General Education, Harvard Allston Education Portal, Harvard Allston Education Portal Annex, Harvard Center for Wellness, In the Community, Michael Sandel, Office for the Arts, Rob Lue

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No summer lull in learning

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

It was a busy summer of Harvard-supported learning on campus and in the neighboring communities.

Tags: Arnold Arboretum, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy, camps, Campus & Community, Christine Heenan, CHSA, Crimson Summer Academy, Ed Portal Annex, Harvard Allston Education Portal, Harvard Allston Farmers Market, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, In the Community, Jennifer Doody, Kathryn Hollar, Lauren Marshall, Mission Hill Summer Program, Ned Friedman, Phillips Brooks House Association, REEP, Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project, SEAS, Seed bomb, Summer Urban Program

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Straight from the farm

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

Harvard welcomed back farmers’ markets in Allston and Cambridge.

Tags: Campus & Community, Farmers, farmers' market, Harvard Allston Education Portal, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Harvard University Dining Services, Louisa Denison, On Campus

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Ed Portal showcases work

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

Since 2008, the Harvard Allston Education Portal has fostered learning, exploration, and connections between Harvard and the Allston-Brighton community. The new Ed Portal Annex will triple the size of the Harvard Allston Education Portal.

Tags: Allston-Brighton community, Benny Shilo, Campus & Community, Ed Portal Annex, Harvard Allston Education Portal, Harvard College, In the Community, Life Sciences Education at Harvard, Mentees, mentor, Radcliffe Institute fellow, Rob Lue, Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, “Showcase”

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