Webinars of the University of Valencia at Harvard RCC

Speakers: Olga Mayoral García-Berlanga, RCC Fellow, Visiting Researcher at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales, University of Valencia; Ana María Caballero McGuire, Children’s Education Fellow, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University “Why do science teachers teach inside classrooms and labs? What keeps teachers from taking students out from the classroom and into the field? The answers to these questions may be related to how we are training our teachers. Taking students to outdoor natural spaces is understood by students as a “fun” activity and by many teachers as an activity that doesn’t necessarily involve “authentic” science. Indeed, taking students out into the “wild” is often perceived by teachers as risky fun. While biologists and botanists base a large part of their work in field studies, this approach to learning science seems not to permeate the way current science classes are taught. A switch in teach

Speaker: Kristie Tanner, PhD candidate at the University of Valencia and RCC at Harvard Fellow In this webinar Kristie Tanner shares the latest work on solar panel microbiomes and explains why these artificial structures are good sources of pigment-producing microorganisms. Specifically, the work presented in this video focuses on carotenoid-producing bacteria, highlighting the importance of carotenoids for human health and their high value in the food and cosmetic industries, and briefly sharing the latest results of the work developed on this topic as well as future plans for optimizing microbial carotenoid production.

[Information] On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, the University of Valencia IECO-UV Chair of Business Ethics, together with the Abigail Adams Institute in Cambridge and the RCC at Harvard University, organized this webinar with the purpose to offer a conversation between students and business people regarding the expectations of the future of work in business organizations. What do students expect from companies? What do companies expect from students? What does the world of work offer young people when they finish their studies? Just a job? These and some other open questions are discussed during this webinar, taking advantage of the special visit by two top senior managers of Valencian companies at Harvard University during this time.

El pasado miércoles, día 21 de marzo de 2018, la Cátedra de Ética Empresarial IECO-UV de la Universitat de València, junto con el Instituto Abigail Adams de Cambridge y el Real Colegio Complutense en la Universidad de Harvard, organizaron un Webinar bajo el título “¿Sólo un trabajo? ¿Qué más deberían ofrecer las empresas?”. En este vídeo se recoge una breve entrevista realizada por Rita Jácome, la Directora Ejecutiva del IECO, a Vicente Ruiz, Presidente de la empresa RNB y a Raúl Royo, Presidente de la empresa Royo Group, ambas patrocinadoras de la Cátedra IECO-UV y del evento tenido lugar en Harvard RCC. En la entrevista explican por qué se han desplazado a Harvard para apoyar un proyecto como éste. A continuación realizan una reflexión acerca de cuál es el sentido del trabajo que se vive en sus empresas, y el modo en que procuran humanizar el trabajo en sus organizaciones.