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Today in Photos (05/01/13)

By Rishi Goel, Eliza S Hale, Katherine M Kulik, and Sarah P Reid

HarvardSpeaks - Marjorie B. Gullick ‘13 presents her research in maternal and child healthcare access in East Africa at HarvardSpeaks Senior Night Wednesday. The last HarvardSpeaks event of the year featured five senior speakers. By Katherine M Kulik

Boxed - Kevin V. Jain '13 takes a swing at Henry Ung '13 during the Harvard Boxing Club's Fight Night on Wednesday evening. A ring was constructed underneath the tent on the Science Center Plaza and the match drew loud, supportive fans. By Sarah P Reid

Askwith - Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Noam Chomsky, and Bruno della Chiesa of the ZNL Center for Neurosciences and Learning discuss the impact of Freire’s work and its relevance to education today. This Askwith Forum, which took place at Longfellow Hall on Wednesday evening, was presented in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. By Katherine M Kulik

- Nieman Fellow David Abel chronicles his experience at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, where he was filming a documentary, during a panel at the Nieman Foundation on Wednesday evening. Initially, he thought the first explosion 10 feet away from him was a system malfunction; but after the second bomb, just like when the second plane hit the Second Tower, he knew it was an attack. By Rishi Goel

- Nicole M. Pizzi runs on a Hemenway Gymnasium treadmill at the “Run for Boston” event on Wednesday, held to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Hemenway rented out all of its treadmills for the event, with all proceeds given to One Fund, the official charity set up by Governor Deval Patrick to help survivors of explosions. By Eliza S Hale

- Seth Mnookin details his experience listening to the Boston Police Scanner after hearing about the death of Officer Sean Collier throughout the night until 6 am in Watertown. As a Graduate Student at MIT studying Scientific Writing, he was an active tweeter logging the event for the New Yorker. By Rishi Goel

Today in Photos (05/01/13)

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