The Future of the Present: Faculty Imagine the FAS at 400 - Conversations@FAS

1,264 views · Published 5 April 2012 · 1:21:10 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: Harvard University · 2012 · Education

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How will the digital revolution transform the FAS in 25 years? How could the role of individual scholars change as access to and quantities of data exponentially increase? What function should the Harvard campus serve when virtual classrooms can reach across the world? How should universities allocate their resources, physically and financially, as new technologies demand and enable fresh collaborations? Join us for two panel discussions that imagine how current trends may transform the way Harvard faculty teach and carry out their research, and consider what aspects of longstanding practice will remain vital to the pursuit of Harvard's scholarly mission.

Moderated by:
Maya Jasanoff
Professor of History

David Charbonneau
Professor of Astronomy

Hopi Hoekstra
Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology 

Ann Pearson
Professor of Biogeochemistry

Martin Puchner
Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature

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