June 2023

Starting a Centralized Captioning Service at Harvard Library

By Sara Price

Why Captioning Services Are Important

Captions enable people with disabilities to understand all the content in your videos. A centralized captioning service encourages a culture of accessibility at a large organization. It can also support compliance with accessibility policy requirements.

A clear, streamlined process for staff stakeholders to follow allows them to receive captions easily....

Advancing Higher Education Research

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Amal Kumar

COACHE Presentation

While faculty satisfaction is closely tied to student success, the faculty experience continues to be understudied, leaving institutions with fewer answers or best practices to address the unique challenges facing faculty in the workplace.

To increase the knowledge and inquiry in this area of study, COACHE is committed to providing broad access to data for scholars as they begin their early research paths in higher education.

Listen: June 25, 2023 service

Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

Preacher

The Rev. Martin B. Copenhaver, retired president of Andover Newton Theological School.

Sermon

Sermon for Fourth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon audio (mp3) | Sermon transcript

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

Memorial Church Steeple and Bell File photo of the Memorial Church by Jefffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

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Meet the 2023 OpenDP Interns: Patrick Song and Vicki Xu

Vicki Xu and Patrick Song

Each year, OpenDP offers a summer...

June 28: Harvard Library Staff Barbecue

On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, Martha Whitehead, Vice President for the Harvard Library & University Librarian and Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts & Sciences invites you to the Harvard Library Staff BBQ in the Lamont Yard (in front of Lamont Library).

We look forward to gathering and celebrating the end of the academic year!

Details:

Time: 12:00 — 2:00pm
Refreshments: Menu will also include both vegan grilled entrees and side dish options.
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Collaborative Harmony: The Dynamic Evolution of the Dataverse Community

The Dataverse Project Team has just returned from the 9th annual Dataverse Community Meeting that took place at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, from June 5th to 7th, 2023. This regional community meeting marked a significant milestone as it paved the way for the participation of the 100 Dataverse installations worldwide in hosting future meetings. The 2024 Community Meeting will be hosted by The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center...

Correction to GMAS outage time: GMAS will be unavailable Wednesday June 7th at 6 PM

GMAS will be unavailable starting Wednesday June 7th at 6pm. The system will be available again at the start of business on Thursday. This release will address some bugs that were introduced in the recent May release, and to add a few minor enhancements. For a full list of bug fixes and enhancements, please visit the June 2023 Release page on the GMAS website. Read more about Correction to GMAS outage time: GMAS will be unavailable Wednesday June 7th at 6 PM

Announcing OpenDP Library v0.7

The OpenDP team is proud to announce the release of OpenDP Library v0.7!

The OpenDP Library is a modular collection of algorithms for building privacy-preserving applications, with an extensible approach to tracking privacy, and a vetted implementation. It is available as binaries for Python on PyPI, for Rust on crates.io, or in source form on GitHub.

The Deal That Keeps the Oil Flowing

Weatherhead Fellow and former engineering economist for Saudi Aramco Jenny Spalding addresses the evolution of the US-Saudi oil-for-security bargain and its effect on global energy security.

President Roosevelt shakes hands with King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia, on board the US Navy heavy cruiser.

by Jenny Spalding... Read more about The Deal That Keeps the Oil Flowing