CONTINUING EDUCATION: The latest news from Harvard University, December 2011

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The latest news from Harvard Extension School.
	JANUARY AND SPRING REGISTRATION Register online beginning Monday, December 5 JANUARY SESSION Register early for best choice of limited enrollment courses and by December 19 to avoid late fees. Late registration, with $50 late fee, is December 20 through January 4. January session classes begin Tuesday, January 3.   SPRING TERM Register early for best selection of limited enrollment courses and by January 22 to avoid late fees. Spring term classes begin January 23. By registering before classes begin, you can add and change courses during late registration without a late fee. Late registration, with a $50 late fee, runs January 23 through February 5.     See the academic calendar.   Save time and pre-register now.   Go directly to Login page.   FROM THE SPARK Why it matters to shop locally for our food Nutrition scientist Dr. P.K. Newby visits the Copley Square Farmer's Market and weighs in on the benefits of shopping locally—for you and our planet. Newby is co-instructor for the course ENVR E-129 From Farm to Fork: Why What You Eat Matters. Crime and horror in Victorian literature In the course ENGL E-156a Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture, Professor Matthew Kaiser peels back the pristine curtain of nineteenth-century England to expose its true reality of violence, poverty, and the grotesque. Discover what inspired this course and why Kaiser’s goal is to make you “shudder” in every class. Occupy everything: how the movement can create and sustain change With little tent cities popping up all over the country (including one in Harvard Yard) and many already shut down, there has been concern about whether the Occupy movement has an actual plan in place to create change. We checked-in with Jorrit de Jong, instructor of MGMT E-4032 Becoming an Agent of Change and a Harvard Kennedy School research fellow, who tells how this movement is different and how “Occupy” can sustain its momentum. TED TALKS Art made of storms Nathalie Miebach found inspiration for her life's work in a Harvard Extension School astronomy course many years ago. Now, emerging as one of America’s most original-thinking and innovative sculptors, Miebach has been selected as a 2011 TED Global Fellow. She delivered an "In Less Than 6 Minutes" TED Talk, where she discussed taking weather data from massive storms and turning it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. FACULTY INSIGHT: ALLAN RYAN Controversy Over Wikileaks and Press Freedom Allan Ryan sits down with Jenny Attiyeh of ThoughtCast to discuss Julian Assange and Wikileaks, and how the controversial website differs from traditional news organizations. Ryan has been a lawyer at Harvard since 1985 and teaches JOUR E-110/W The Constitution and the Media. IN THE NEWS 15 reasons you can see 'Twilight' without shame The "Twilight" series is often panned by critics, but Sue Weaver Schopf, associate dean for the Master of Liberal Arts program, isn’t one of them. Boston.com asked Schopf why people should see "Breaking Dawn Part 1" and she came up with 15 scholarly (and not-so-scholarly) reasons. Schopf teaches the popular ENGL E-212 The Vampire in Literature and Film. MUSEUM STUDIES: JUST PUBLISHED Faculty author's new mystery: Paradise Walk An ancient manuscript and the hidden bones of St. Thomas Becket lead a historian into unexpected danger in instructor Mary Malloy’s latest novel, Paradise Walk. Malloy (MUSE E- 150 The Role of Museums in History) is an associate with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. In 2010, Malloy received the Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Award from Harvard Extension School.   Grad's new book stemmed from ALM thesis  Peabody Museum program director and museum studies alumnus Barbara E. Fash's newest book, The Copan Sculpture Museum, Ancient Maya Artistry in Stucco and Stone, is an outgrowth of her master's thesis. Fash is one of the principle creators of the Copan Sculpture Museum, and in this book, she tells the inside story of conceiving, designing, and building a local museum with global significance. Along with numerous illustrations and detailed archaeological context for each exhibit in the museum, the book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Maya. Stay connected... http://demandengine.bm23.com/public/?q=ulink&fn=Link&ssid=14946&id=4o2yemf9k834xs261140opvic65jt&id2=1d4df9s73x2dcnixn0ia86jpxe0tl&subscriber_id=aabketdzkuftuvkyiatfhsaeekegbjh&delivery_id=anbpolfpapwmuhfrrkqwlkkrixypbdo&tid=3.OmI.Bnjx7A.Emxx.NR-_..Roh1.b..l.BIpN.a.Ttmf9A.TtnDHA.Zp-rFA