55th Reunion - May 29-31, 2024
Reunion Sponsor: The Sheraton Commander Hotel
Reunion Symposia
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Wednesday, May 29, 1:30 pm – Sheraton Commander Hotel
The State of the State: Reflections on the American Polity
David Kaiser (moderator), Alex Keyssar, Jim Lardner, Robert Post, Nancy Rosenblum
Thursday, May 30, 9:00 am – Sheraton Commander Hotel
Challenges to Higher Education Today and Tomorrow
Joan Rubin and Paul Guyer (moderators), Jim Cooney, Dean Currie, Muriel Morisey, Robert Oden, Lee Smith
Thursday, May 30, 10:40 am – Sheraton Commander Hotel
Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs in Our Time and to Come
Ed Tabor (moderator), Jim Doroshow, Judy Lieberman, Sherry Turkle, Susan Volman, Ned Wright
Friday, May 31, 9:00 am – Yenching Auditorium (2 Divinity Avenue)
Personal Challenges at Our Age: Open Conversation
Eleanor Hobbs (moderator)
Pre-Reunion Virtual Symposia
January 25
Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard’s Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, on democracy and minority rule
February 15
Andrew Delbanco ’73, president of the Teagle Foundation, on the humanities and liberal arts education
March 7
Harvard Professor of American History Jill Lepore, on the trial of Jefferson Davis
March 21
Harvard Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons, on embedded ethics in computer science classes
March 28
Thomas Dunne, Dean of Students in Harvard College, on undergraduate life today
April 11
Harvard Professor of English Louis Menand, on race-conscious admissions