Freshman Dean’s Office Volume 2019 Issue XXV Yard Bulletin March 25, 2016 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FDO Website (www.fdo.fas.harvard.edu). Arts Happenings March 25-April 2, 8:30PM - La Grotta di Saturday, March 26, 3PM - Master Class Trofonio by Antonio Salieri. This spring, with Composer Brian Lowdermilk. Brian Lowell House Opera brings to life the U.S. Lowdermilk is a musical theater composer premiere of Antonio Salieri's comic opera La whose work is “dynamic and diverse, Grotta di Trofonio (Trofonio's Cave). When a appealing to many facets of human magician inadvertently swaps the boisterous and bookish emotion,” (Catherine Duffy, Bargain Theatreland, UK). His personalities of two sets of lovers just before their wedding songs—many with lyrics by his writing partner, Kait days, crazy antics ensue. La Grotta di Trofonio was a major Kerrigan—have been recorded and performed success in its time, by a composer whose fame and internationally, and Lowdermilk-Kerrigan’s musicals have popularity in Vienna far outweighed that of his younger been produced and developed at the Kimmel Center colleague, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri's score (Philadelphia), Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Theatre, La Jolla sparkles with inventive orchestration and exquisite Playhouse, ASCAP/Disney Workshop, Manhattan Theatre melodies, and displays the fluid dramatic pacing of a true Club, and Primary Stages, among other regional theaters, theatrical composer. The production will be sung in the festivals, and venues. Learning from Performers presents original Italian with English subtitles. Tickets are available this master class with Harvard undergraduate performers. at the Harvard Box Office. Lowell House Dining Hall. Admission is free; tickets/RSVPs not required. Seating is first-come, first-served, subject to venue capacity. Farkas Saturday, March 26, 1-3PM - Artist Talk with Hall, 10-12 Holyoke St. Trajal Harrell. Internationally acclaimed choreographer and dancer Trajal Harrell will talk Wednesday, March 30, 8-9PM - Sketch about contemporary theories and ideas in his work Night at the Harvard Museum of Natural as well as in the broader context of contemporary History. Join the Freshman Arts Board and dance. Harrell’s work often reimagines and proposes Boriana Kantcheva for a night of sketching at alternative histories for early postmodern American dance the Harvard Museum of Natural History! All materials will and has been presented at venues all over the world. He will be provided, and no previous experience is necessary. be showing photos and video to accompany the discussion. Boriana will guide students through their sketching. Please Attendance is free, but online registration is required: meet in the Holworthy basement at 7:45PM. Harvard ofa.fas.harvard.edu. Harvard Dance Center, 60 Garden St. Museum of Natural History. Upcoming Events Wednesday, March 30, 3:30-5PM - Advancing Armenia’s Independent Statehood: Sovereignty, Democracy, and Interdependence in the 21st Century. Harvard Kennedy School’s Executive Education Department welcomes President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia. President Sargsyan is in the United States to attend the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C. This event will be moderated by Professor Graham Alison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. This is a first-come, first-served event, and for security purposes all guests must have a Harvard University ID. Doors will open at 2:45PM, and guests must be seated by 3:15PM. There will be no bags, purses, or laptops allowed. NYE A,B, Taubman Building. Thursday, March 31, 9:30-10:45PM – CPR Study Break. Learn CPR. Save a life! Come learn hands-only CPR during Annenberg Brain Break. It takes less than 10 minutes to learn, and you will be able to provide lifesaving care with the knowledge. Sponsored by Harvard CrimsonEMS. Friday, April 1, 5-6:30PM - Harvard-Yale Pitch-Off. Experience the passion on stage and the innovation community on the ground—come meet the next breakout ventures from the Harvard Innovation Labs and the Yale Entrepreneurship Institute. One night. Two rival universities. Three teams each. Five judges. Winner takes all… the bragging rights. Food, drink, and networking to follow. Harvard and Yale have a long history of friendly competition. Following the traditions of crew and football, these two universities will take their rivalry to the pitch-off stage. The Harvard Innovation Labs and the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute will each send three, seed-stage startups to pitch for glory in front of a panel of judges and an audience of students, alumni, entrepreneurs, and investors. Free tickets are available at: i-lab.harvard.edu/event/harvard-yale-pitch -off. Harvard Innovation Lab. Freshman Dean’s Office Announcements Morton Prince House The Harvard Box Office is moving to Farkas Hall on Friday, March 25! Because 6 Prescott St. of the upcoming Smith Campus Center arcade level renovations, the Harvard Cambridge, MA 02138 Box Office is moving to a new temporary location. The telephone number, 617- 496-2222, will not change, and box office hours will remain the same, 12-6PM, Phone: 617-495-1574 Tuesday-Sunday. New location: Farkas Hall, 10 Holyoke St. Fax: 617-496-1624 E-mail: [email protected] Monday, March 28, 5-7PM, Advising Fortnight kicks off with a Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM special buffet and Concentration Fair in Annenberg. Please note that Annenberg will be closed from 2:15-5PM that day in order to accommodate the event set-up. Submissions Freshman Formal tickets ($25 & SEF eligible) go on sale Tuesday, March 29. Please send submissions by Tickets will be available at the Harvard Box Office, Farkas Hall, 10 Holyoke St. Tuesday at 9:00AM to: [email protected] Published Fridays. Advising Fortnight Advising Fortnight 2016: March 28 – April 8. Advising Fortnight is two weeks of Safety Notice concentration events, panels, departmental open houses, and advising sessions designed to help you think about and begin planning for your choice of concentration next fall. To contact an FDO representative in Fortnight will kick off with a dinner-time Concentration Fair in the event of a serious, non-academic emergency, please call your proctor, or Annenberg on Monday, March 28, 5-7PM. You’ll have the chance to the Harvard University Police at (617) speak with advisors from all 49 concentrations as well as the eight 495-1212, or, on campus, 5-1212. unaffiliated secondary fields. This is your gateway to the 49! Meet faculty, Safety and other emergency messages staff, current concentrators, alumni; go to lots of events; ask lots of are displayed as soon as possible on the questions; plan how to choose your concentration next fall; and fulfill News and Notices section of the your Advising Conversation requirement. For details and a full listing of College home page at events, visit: advisingfortnight.fas.harvard.edu. Questions? Email: www.college.harvard.edu. [email protected]. Opportunities for Freshmen Uncommon Fare Check out the Harvard College Film Festival (HCFF). As the first student film festival run entirely by Harvard undergraduates, the Harvard College Film Festival (HCFF) provides undergraduates across the world with an opportunity to submit films to be judged by an acclaimed panel, screened at the Harvard Art Museums, and awarded for their creative excellence and powerful perspective. The festival features multi-day screenings, panel discussions, and an awards ceremony. Beyond the goal of sharing students' works, the Harvard College Film Festival seeks to strengthen the student film community and to provide a dialogue among a network of creative and innovative artists. This year's festival will take place March 30 - April 3, and include a Q&A session with David Simon, creator and executive producer of television shows The Wire, Treme, and Show Me a Hero, and an esteemed film industry panel. More information on HCFF can be found at: harvardfilmfestival.org. Attend Political Analytics Conference 2016. Interested in the statistics, visual graphics, and analytics of political media? Ever wondered what a career in political journalism might be like? If so, be sure to check out the Political Analytics Conference, a one-day event featuring renowned political journalists and experts such as Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight, and Barney Frank, former U.S. Congressman, D – MA. Enjoy panels and talks about predicting election outcomes and using cutting-edge data tools and technology in real campaigns and political journalism today. Hosted by the Harvard Center for American Political Studies. Admission is free, but space Throughout the year, small groups of freshmen have taken advantage of the special is limited; registration deadline is Saturday, opportunity to share an intimate dinner at the Faculty Club with distinguished members of the Harvard community, such as: Scott Edwards, Alexander Agassiz March 26 at midnight. For more information, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, and Curator of the visit: politicalanalyticsconference.com. Museum of Comparative Zoology; Professor Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School, and Faculty Dean of Winthrop Friday, April 1, 9AM-5:30PM, CGIS South. House; and Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History. .