February 2012
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Always in Fashion: Internships in the Industry!
Is the fashion industry all glitz and glamour? What’s it really like to work for such high-profile names as Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Polo Ralph Lauren? The Office of Career Services hosted a panel of four current undergraduates with internship experience in this exciting business. Speaking candidly to an audience that spanned four classes, the panel collectively represented a...
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Revisited: Harvard Start-Up Career Fair
Over the river and through the woods, you won’t find Grandma. Instead, you’ll hit the doors of the Harvard Innovation Lab, a $20 million project designed to “foster entrepreneurship in the Harvard and Boston community,” according to The Harvard Crimson. In line with its mission, the Lab recently played host to the Harvard Start-Up Fair organized by OCS. Over 80 unique organizations set up shop to...
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Becoming a Working Visual Artist: A Conversation...
The View from Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire, 12 x 12 in. © Kathleen Hudson. All rights reserved.
OCS held a unique career event on Thursday, February 9, in which alumna Kathleen Breeden Hudson ‘09 returned to campus to speak about her experience as a professional visual artist.
Though she now works as a landscape painter, Ms. Hudson was not a Visual and Environmental Studies concentrator at...
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Revisited: Harvard Energy & Environment Expo
The Energy and Environment Expo this past Friday was an enormous success. Held at Harvard’s newly opened Innovation Lab, the Expo featured 16 energy programs—comprised of 3 schools and 13 companies—and was crowded with interested students throughout the entire afternoon.
One browsing sophomore at the College, Alexandra, expressed her interest in SolSolution because of its dedication to...
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Careers in Energy & the Environment
It doesn’t take much effort to notice the impact of energy and environmental concerns on American life. Debates over climate change are coupled with a growing urgency to “free ourselves from foreign oil,” as the saying goes. Moreover, geopolitics are subject to serious disruption by fluctuations in energy supply and environmental policy. The future holds great opportunity for these industries,...
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Study Abroad
In a small group conversation on February 2, students spoke directly with OCS advisers about study abroad options at Harvard. The conversation was facilitated by Cathy Winnie, Director of International Education at Harvard; Matilda West, Study Abroad Coordinator for Harvard Summer School; and Tricia Hughes, the Program Coordinator for the Undergraduate Fellowships Office. Joining these study...
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Harvard Energy & Environment Expo
Friday, February 10, 2012 1:00-4:00pm Harvard Innovation Lab 125 Western Avenue, Allston, MA
Have you heard the Mayan myth about the world ending in 2012? Whether that’s true or not, we all know that we need to fix the way we treat our surroundings to prevent environmental changes. The companies attending this Friday’s Energy & Environment Expo are doing just that; focusing on...
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Harvard Start-Up Career Fair
Friday, February 10, 2012 1:00-4:00pm Harvard Innovation Lab 125 Western Avenue, Allston, MA
Are you creative, energetic, curious? Are you looking for a vibrant career with great opportunity for personal development? If any of the above applies to you, then you don’t want to miss the Harvard Start-Up Career Fair!
As a Social Studies concentrator carefully studying the impact of new...