This Week's Top Stories
March 15, 2019
What happens when you give young students access to cutting edge soft robotics? Dmitry Popov and Ankur Goel , members of the Soft Robotics Toolkit team at Harvard, explore further.
The Mittal Institute's new Visiting Artist Fellows, Krupa Makhija and Mahbub Jokhio , delved into the profound and lasting impact of the 1947 Partition of British India, symbolized in their work unveiled at this week's Harvard Ed Portal reception.
Upcoming Events
CGIS SOUTH, 4TH FLOOR LOBBY
Tuesday, March 26, 4:30 PM
Join us for another art reception in the Mittal Institute lobby to meet our new art fellows, Mahbub Jokhio and Krupa Makhija, see new artwork, and learn about their artistic explorations into the impact of the Partition of British India.
CGIS SOUTH, S153
Tuesday, March 26, 6:00 PM
Sripad Motiram and Vamsi Vakulabharanam will discuss how space is structured in two Indian cities, Hyderabad and Mumbai, along the axes of class and caste to make sense of inequality.
CGIS SOUTH, TSAI AUDITORIUM
Tuesday, March 26, 4:15 PM
This year's Harvard-Yenching Institute roundtable will bring panelists from universities and organizations across Asia together to discuss architectural preservation in Asian cities, from the colonial era to modern times. Reception to follow.
CGIS SOUTH, TSAI AUDITORIUM
Thursday, March 28, 5:30 PM
Catherine Becker, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will explore the Bodhi tree as a metaphoric and literal model for the reproduction and dissemination of sacred imagery. Reception to follow.