“My volunteering with PBHA has fostered a newfound resolve to work toward social change and enable conversation between volunteers and communities to reach a common goal.”
All in a Day’s Work [Shalini Pammal ‘13]
“My volunteering with PBHA has fostered a newfound resolve to work toward social change and enable conversation between volunteers and communities to reach a common goal.”
As a volunteer and director of the PBHA South Boston Afterschool Program in the Condon Elementary School,Shalini Pammal ’13 has been collaborating with other Harvard students to devise a curriculum that will build the students’ confidence, improve their social skills, increase literacy, and instill a love for reading and the arts. The South Boston Program is an enjoyable outlet for creativity, growth, and learning while emphasizing meaningful academic and social support outside the regular classroom. However, it’s not all work and no play for the children. Besides helping students with homework, volunteers read books, play educational games, dole out stickers for good behavior, and simply have some fun on the playground with the children....
Lisa Randall, Laureate 2009, is a groundbreaking physicist who has recently published her second book aimed at a popular audience, Knocking on Heaven’s Door. The book balances hard facts with fun stories and personal reflections.
Will the Large Hadron Collider Explain Everything?
By JIM HOLT; Published in the New York Times October 7, 2011
Lisa Randall is a professor of physics at Harvard and one of the more original theorists at work in the profession today. In the fancifully titled “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” her second book for a popular audience, she has two avowed aims: first, to explain where physics might be headed now that the Large Hadron Collider — the enormous particle accelerator on the Swiss-French border — is finally up and running; and second, to air her views on the nature of science, its fraught relations with religion, and the role of beauty as a guide to scientific truth. Her book thus alternates between the nitty-gritty of particle physics and meditations of a more rarefied sort. Stitching the whole thing together are passages recounting the author’s globe-trotting adventures: accepting the key to the city from the mayor of Padua, chatting up a scientifically curious actor on a flight to Los Angeles, attending the Barcelona premiere of an opera about physics for which she had written the libretto... [click for more]
September 10, 2011
After the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the country as a whole is focused on the future more than ever. Five top notch leaders were chosen out of a hefty pool of applicants to attend the The Outstanding Young Person’s Summit (TOYP). Tricia Compas, founder and CEO of DayOne Response was one of the five leaders selected to attend based on the social impact she is making with the Waterbag. She will travel to Osaka in September to collaborate with Japanese social innovators, and meet with the Junior Chamber International. The TOYP summit is an opportunity for the world’s young thinkers and citizens to come together to debate, discuss and create solutions for the world’s various issues. Last year’s TOYP participants stated they had an unforgettable experience and even had the opportunity to meet with his Imperial Highness Crown Prince and the mayor of Osaka. Tricia is excited to share the vision of providing clean drinking water to disaster victims on day one following a disaster!
SoDayOne Response received a scholarship to attend this September’s Social Capital Markets Conference 2011 (SOCAP11) SOCAP is the premiere global conference focusing on the intersection of money and meaning. SOCAP11 will gather global innovators - investors, foundations, institutions, and social entrepreneurs - to celebrate directing the power and efficiency of capitalistic market systems toward social impact. We were also selected as one of the 16 exceptional companies to present at the conference. Amy Cagle, VP Business Development of DayOne Response will be speaking at the “Scarcity and Resilience” conference session and also presenting the Waterbag technology at the Innovation Showcase with the help of Cal Poly’s student researcher, Shasta Billings.
This summer, Tricia spent 6 weeks at the Unreasonable Institute in Bouler, CO. The institute was a gathering of 25 entrepreneurs from 16 countries. Tricia worked with over 60 world-class mentors, advisors, and business people and participated in workshops and community presentations. The energy at the institute was unbelievable! Check out Tricia’s final presentation at the Unreasonable Climax in Boulder, CO. Check out a video of Tricia presenting at the last event in Boulder here: http://vimeo.com/27422984 . Many thanks to all the contributors in the Unreasonable Marketplace who helped get make this happen. This was an experience of a lifetime for Tricia!
Dennis Shafer, 2008 Legacy Winner and co-director of the ChagallPAC, performs with the ChagallPAC and the Boston Soundpainting Ensemble on Saturday, February 26 at Jewett Hall at 8 pm at the First Church of Cambridge in Cambridge, MA. The Twilight Finale Concert will feature contemporary saxophonists Jean-Michel Goury, Serge Bertocchi, and Pierre-Stephane Meuge from France and Switzerland, the music of Claudio Gabriele of Italy, Pierre Grouvel of France, Robert Lemay of Canada, and Etienne Rolin of France, in pieces never before presented in America. Additional performing artists include the ChagallPAC String Quartet, poet Diana Norma Szokolyai, soloists Julee Avalone and Todd Brunel and the Back Bay Saxophone Quartet. Tickets are $10/15.
Luke Jensen, Legacy Winner from 2008 and Aeronautical Engineering student at the University of Washington, has been awarded the Bonderman Travel Fellowship. Bonderman Fellowships enable students to undertake independent international travel to explore, be open to the unexpected, and come to know the world in new ways. Luke will spend six months traveling South America by motorcycle followed by at least six months in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The solo travel excursion will involve frequent home-stays and experiential learning in a wide variety of communities and cultures. Luke will depart in late June 2011 following his undergraduate studies and senior capstone projects.
Carmi Schickler, 2006 Legacy Winner and 2010 graduate of Stanford University, is the program coordinator of the Bing Stanford in Washington program. The program accepts between 15 and 26 different Stanford students each quarter. Carmi arranges student internships and plans cultural events. In addition to serving as the program coordinator, Carmi also serves as the assistant to the director of the program, and manages the art gallery that is contained within the Stanford house. Carmi is also a 2009 BSIW alumnus.
Juan Ruiz, Legacy Winner from 2010, will perform with the Pacifica Quartet on Tuesday, October 5 at 8 pm in the Longy School of Music Edward M. Pickman Hall. A clarinetist and composer, Juan has given solo recitals in prestigious halls in Medellin, including the Metropolitan Theater, and now performs in the Boston area with orchestras including the Nashua Symphony and Symphony Pro Musica.
Admission to the Pacifica Quartet performance is free; tickets are required and can be reserved online or obtained at the Longy Box Office from 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Saturday or up to an hour before the concert. Advance tickets are highly recommended.
We are deeply saddened to announce that Ronen Katz, 2005 Legacy Winner for Entrepreurship & Public Service, was struck and killed on September 19th by a hit-and-run driver in New York. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. From the New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/nyregion/21hitrun.html
Mahan Esfahani, Creativity Legacy Winner from 2006, will perform at the Library of Congress on May 29 at 2:00 pm. A soloist and collaborative artist on harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ, Mahan will play Wanda Landowska’s Pleyel harpisichord, featuring pieces from her 1927 concert at the Library of Congress. A post-concert discussion with Mahan will be featured as part of the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society. No tickets are required.