During the initial, headlong rush toward online teaching in March, nearly every conversation we had with the faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates with whom we work focused on the twin challenges of maintaining continuity and community. Whether we were facilitating faculty workshops, organizing graduate student Zoom trainings, or compiling and writing materials for our new Teaching Remotely website, this focus on continuity and community was at the core of what our partners wanted and what we wanted to help...

Undergraduate mentors from the Harvard Ed Portal Mentoring Program were featured recently in the Harvard Gazette. Through the program, Harvard undergraduates provide one-on-one and small group after-school mentoring to students from Allston-Brighton. Susan Johnson, our Assistant Director for Socially Engaged...

The GSAS Harvard Horizons program was featured in the Crimson this week following the Symposium on April 10. The Bok Center supports the mentoring component of the program, which is designed to promote interdisciplinary sharing of PhD students’ big ideas and to teach students how to communicate their research to a non-specialist audience. Congratulations to this year's scholars on an outstanding performance!

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With the academic year coming to a close, it’s a great time to look back over the year and take stock of not only everything you’ve accomplished, but also everything you’ve learned, especially as a teacher. It’s easy to catalog all of the work done in the classroom, like the lessons planned, lectures delivered, and exams graded, and to have a sense of how your students progressed through the semester. It’s less straightforward to realize how much you have learned from teaching.... Read more about Call for Participants! Why does teaching matter to you?

The Herschbach Teacher/Scientist Lecture selection committee seeks nominations for the 2019-20 speaker.  The Herschbach teacher/scientist lecture series recognizes scholars who excel both as scientists and as educators.... Read more about Call for Nominations: 2019-20 Herschbach Teacher/Scientist Lecture Series

The Life Sciences Outreach program was featured in the Crimson, in an article that profiles programs that build partnerships between Harvard and local high school students. Susan Johnson, the Bok Center’s assistant director for socially engaged learning, co-leads the Life Sciences Outreach program,... Read more about Life Sciences Outreach featured in the Crimson