astronomy

I, Too, Am Harvard

I, Too, Am Harvard is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand I, Too, Am Harvard rather than just read about it. In short: I, Too, Am Harvard is a campaign primarily expressed as a collection of photos, which were posted on Tumblr to illustrate the personal experiences of black students at Harvard University, a private Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The multimedia project was the product of interviews with 61 undergraduate Harvard College students who held signs with various messages about the experiences of black st…

Key takeaways

I, Too, Am Harvard belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect I, Too, Am Harvard to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of I, Too, Am Harvard from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

I, Too, Am Harvard is a campaign primarily expressed as a collection of photos, which were posted on Tumblr to illustrate the personal experiences of black students at Harvard University, a private Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The multimedia project was the product of interviews with 61 undergraduate Harvard College students who held signs with various messages about the experiences of black students at Harvard.

History Between 2010 and 2014, Harvard's admissions of minorities, including blacks, Latinos, and Asian-Americans, ranged between 43% and 45.6%. As of 2014, African Americans make up 9.4% of the approximately 7,500 undergraduates at Harvard.

Origin The project was started in fall 2013 by Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence, a Harvard undergraduate, and others, and was conducted under the direction of Harvard professor Glenda Carpio. As part of it, minority students at Harvard were interviewed about their experiences at the college. They reported feelings of alienation about the Harvard campus, being the lone black student in some classes, or feeling uncomfortable about comments and social interactions with other students on campus. Matsuda-Lawrence reported that students made comments such as "I've never told anyone this before" or "I've never been able to talk about this." The students comments were kept anonymous and she used them to write a play. To promote the play, she assembled a group of students to help create the multimedia project that appears on Tumblr. The Tumblr project consists of photos taken of students holding signs with racially insensitive and offensive remarks by peers and response they would like to make. Examples of signs included "No, I will not teach you how to 'twerk'" and "Don't you wish you were white like the rest of us?"

Aims and response The project and campaign aim to the personal experiences of minority students at Harvard, especially those that have left them feeling alienated at the university. By March 6, 2014, a link on BuzzFeed had produced over a million views. In an email to undergraduate students, Donald Pfister, interim dean of Harvard College, expressed support for the project and said: "Harvard is also about inclusion. This photo campaign, based on a play which will premiere Friday night, is a great example of students speaking about how we can become a stronger community. 'I, Too, Am Harvard' makes clear that our conversation about community does not and should not stop."

Spread to other universities and colleges Student organizers at Harvard reported messages of support from other universities, including Yale University, Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania, McGill University, and the University of Oxford, Inspired by the campaign, minority students at McGill University, the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge developed similar multimedia campaigns.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with I, Too, Am Harvard

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what I, Too, Am Harvard claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to I, Too, Am Harvard before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about I, Too, Am Harvard ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of I, Too, Am Harvard

In research: I, Too, Am Harvard appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses I, Too, Am Harvard in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: I, Too, Am Harvard is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Harvard University, Multimedia, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for I, Too, Am Harvard outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study I, Too, Am Harvard in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what I, Too, Am Harvard means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain I, Too, Am Harvard out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is I, Too, Am Harvard in simple terms?

Why does I, Too, Am Harvard matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study I, Too, Am Harvard?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on I, Too, Am Harvard.