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Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

Increase your quantitative reasoning skills through a deeper understanding of probability and statistics, with the engaging “Fat Chance” approach that’s made this course a favorite among learners worldwide.

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

Learn to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.

This course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students).

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

Explore how entrepreneurs build successful businesses by moving technology from lab to market.

Equipping clinicians with an up‑to‑date, comprehensive understanding of stem cell–based approaches for Parkinson’s disease, including biological rationale, current trial outcomes, comparison with existing therapies, and guidance for evidence.

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

Keep your projects organized and produce reproducible reports using GitHub, git, Unix/Linux, and RStudio.

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

The structure, annotation, normalization, and interpretation of genome scale assays.

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

Contracts are a part of our everyday life, arising in collaboration, trust, promise and credit. How are contracts formed? What makes a contract enforceable? What happens when one party breaks a promise?

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

Get the opportunity to see TinyML in practice. You will see examples of TinyML applications, and learn first-hand how to train these models for tiny applications such as keyword spotting, visual wake words, and gesture recognition.

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

Watch an information session featuring award-winning actress and PLC alumna Uzo Aduba.

An overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

Find innovation opportunities in health care technology, management, consulting, or investing by examining health care cost, quality, and access.

A focus on several techniques that are widely used in the analysis of high-dimensional data.

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

HKS Executive Education and Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences present a webinar featuring Harvard faculty Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas.

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.