The Bok Center was delighted to join in the celebration at the inauguration events for Harvard’s 29th president, Lawrence S. Bacow, on Friday, October 5. We enjoyed speaking about our work at the Bok Center with visitors from across the campus and around the world.... Read more about Welcome, President Bacow!

The Bok Center is proud to be a partner on the second iteration of the Summer Institute for Technical Studies in Art (SITSA).  Staff and fellows from across the Bok Center collaborated with our colleagues at the Harvard Art Museums in the areas of curriculum, assignment, and activity design as well as the pop-up studio pictured in the article.... Read more about Bok Partners with Harvard Art Museums on Summer Institute

On May 2, the Bok Center hosted our second annual Spring Showcase, featuring the amazing ways in which our faculty and student partners are transforming teaching at Harvard.  The Bok Center has created a vibrant intergenerational community of teachers and learners, who have worked tirelessly throughout the year to create inspiring and innovative courses and programs.... Read more about Spring Showcase a Smashing Success

The first assignment, for the General Education course on “Primitive Navigation,” was for students to start at the John Harvard statue in the Yard, walk due west for what seemed 20 minutes with no tools or aids including a watch or phone, and see where they ended up.  Probably students had an inkling this wasn’t going to end well.  They would end up all over the greater Harvard Square area, knowing they were “lost.”  So what?

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The ABLConnect Teaching Innovator Prize celebrates Harvard University instructors for their development and use of active learning exercises in their classes, and we would love to post a teaching activity you used in class to the website.... Read more about ABLConnect Teaching Innovator Prize Application Now Open

The Bok Center's Learning Lab and other Science Center staff have moved to 50 Church Street, 3rd floor. Come visit us here!... Read more about We moved!

Bok Center Faculty Fellow Elisa New and her General Education course "Poetry in America" have been featured in the Harvard Gazette. The article notes how the Bok Center's Learning Lab team has helped New create an online hybrid of her course:... Read more about Faculty Fellow Elisa New Featured in the Harvard Gazette