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# HORIZONS++

## WHAT IS HARVARD HORIZONS?

sample talks

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## HOW AND WHY MIGHT WE EXPAND IT?

options
1. Horizons for All = helping people do literally the Horizons thing, but Faculty, grad students, potentially even undergraduates doing senior theses.
2. alt-academic-communication for all = things that go beyond the TED-talk-style talk
3. Ongoing Support = close to walk-in help for any student doing an unconventional project. Could involve consultation, workshops, open studio time, equipment.

## THINGS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR NEXT TERM

* Actual Horizons
* January Visuals Session
* ARC Thesis Writers Workshop
    * let's invite all participants to do an alt-accessory to their thesis
    * How can you present your thesis in a way that will help propel you beyond Harvard? What skills would be useful to learn? What competencies do you want to display?
        * let's have examples of what it might be
* Alt Thesis prototypes
    * next steps and looking back for grad students 
        * what I wish I knew (talk to your younger self or grads on their way in)
        * l'esprit d'escalier
    * take a dissertation chapter and turn it into something else
    * graphical abstracts in the sciences
* AMST201 report
    * 

ARC Senior Thesis workshop in J-term, Jan 13

March 21 - spring break is over!
Story support
Visual support
Oral presentation support


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the kickoff activities

### 1 card + 1 minute
This intial activity challenges researchers to play with distilling their dissertation into a 1 minute explanation, with 1 visual drawn on a small card. 
![20190201_001_HH_Kickoff](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02LJCNDYP8/20190201_001_hh_kickoff_hyper3_stills_02054913.jpg?pub_secret=7e4e4b0d0b)
