4:00–10:00 PM
Reunion Registration & Headquarters
Cabot Science Library, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street
8:00–10:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Phillips Brooks House Tent
Monday, May 27
7:30–8:15 AM
Morning Meditation
Appleton Chapel, Memorial Church
All are welcome. Eric Larsen will serve as practice leader.
8:00 AM–10:00 PM
Reunion Registration & Headquarters
Cabot Science Library, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street
Shuttles will be available throughout the day from Soldiers Field Road Garage to Cabot Science Library.
9:15–10:15 AM
Light Breakfast
Cabot Library, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street
10:30–11:30 AM
Memorial Service
Memorial Church
11:30 AM–1:00 PM
Class Brunch
Science Center Plaza Tent
1:00–2:20 PM
Legacy of Vietnam
Science Center Hall B
2:45–3:40 PM
Presentation by Al Gore
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
3:50–4:45 PM
Talks by Bobby Scott, Sherry Turkle, and Robert Post
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
5:00 PM
A Conversation with President Bacow
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
Enjoy a discussion with Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78.
6:30–10:30 PM
Dinner and Open Mic Entertainment
Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
8:30–10:00 PM
Radcliffe Meeting
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall
Tuesday, May 28
7:00–7:45 AM
Morning Meditation
Library Theater, Leverett House
All are welcome. Eric Larsen will serve as practice leader.
7:30–9:00 AM
Breakfast
Leverett House Dining Hall
8:00 AM–10:00 PM
Reunion Registration & Headquarters
Cabot Science Library, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street
Shuttles will be available throughout the day from Soldiers Field Road Garage to Cabot Science Library.
9:30 AM AND 11:00 AM
Shuttle Transport
Cabot Science Library to Soldiers Field Road Garage.
9:30–11:00 AM
Classmate Symposia/Panels- Reflections on Our Education at Harvard: What Mattered & How?
Science Center Hall E - How Did We Get from Parietal Hours and Women’s Lib to Title IX and #MeToo?
Science Center Hall A - The State of Our Democracy
Science Center Hall B - Inequality & Otherness in American Society
Science Center Hall D
11:30 AM–1:00 PM
Harvard House Lunch
Science Center Plaza Tent
11:30 AM–2:30 PM
Radcliffe Meeting and Lunch
10th Floor, Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Please note this is open only to Radcliffe classmates. Guests are welcome to attend the Harvard lunch. To get to the 10th floor, please take the elevators by the security desk.
1:00–2:30 PM
Informal Discussions- Leadership, Harvard, and You: We Ain't Done Yet!
Emerson Hall 101
In this workshop, Tony Smith will enable us to see that leadership is available to all of us at anytime, anyplace, with anyone. Leadership does not require Authority, Charisma, or Knowledge expertise. In fact, these attributes often interfere with authentically being a leader. Consider: Being a leader means “the ability to cause a future that was not going to happen anyway.” Unpredictable. Outside the expected. - Harvard Research on the Aging Process
Emerson Hall 105
Elliott Small will lead a discussion on Harvard University research on reversing and/or slowing the aging process. - Dance - Shared Movement
Leverett Theater
Eric Larsen would will facilitate an opportunity with past, present, and future dancers in our class for shared movement. We will have a studio with some quiet and a safe space to move. All traditions of dance, yoga, improv, or style are welcome. Any comfortable clothes will work. Come take a break from talking. - Fair Elections and Equal Representation
Emerson Hall 108
Charlie Cooper will discuss his work on issues of fair elections and equal representation in the U.S. A primary goal of this growing movement is to overturn Citizens United v. FEC and related decisions of the Supreme Court via constitutional amendment.
3:00–4:30 PM
Classmate Symposia/Panels- Resilience by Design: Climate Change and the Built Environment
Science Center Hall A - Navigating Later Life
Science Center Hall B - We Were Going to Change the World. What Went Right? What Went Wrong? What Next?
Science Center Hall C
6:00–7:30 PM
Class Dinner
Eliot House Dining Hall
7:00–8:00 PM
Shuttle Transport
Shuttles will be available from Eliot House to Sanders Theatre.
8:00–9:30 PM
Cabaret
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
10:00–11:00 PM
Hang Out
Phillips Brooks House Tent
Wednesday, May 29
7:00–7:45 AM
Morning Meditation
Library Theater, Leverett House
All are welcome. Eric Larsen will serve as practice leader.
8:00 AM–10:00 PM
Reunion Registration & Headquarters
Cabot Science Library, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street
Shuttles will be available throughout the day from Soldiers Field Road Garage to Cabot Science Library.
7:30–9:00 AM
Breakfast
Leverett House Dining Hall
9:00 AM
Class Photo
Widener Library Steps
10:00–11:30 AM
Classmate Symposia/Panels- Emerging Technologies & Medical Innovations
Science Center Hall D - The Role of Art in Social Change
Science Center Hall C - Intergenerational Dialogue
Science Center Hall A
NOON–1:30 PM
Affinity Lunch
Science Center Plaza Tent
2:00–3:30 PM
Charles River Cruise
Location TBD
Advanced registration required
2:30–4:00 PM
Self-Guided Tours of Harvard Art Museums and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
3:30 PM
Film Screening: Left on Pearl
Science Center Hall B
5:00–6:00 PM
Class Survey Results
Science Center Hall B
6:30–10:30 PM
Class Dinner
Malkin Athletic Center Quad Tent
Thursday, May 30—COMMENCEMENT DAY
6:30–8:45 AM
Continental Breakfast
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
6:30 AM–5:00 PM
Reunion Registration & Headquarters
Cabot Science Library, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street
8:15–8:30 AM
Alumni/ae Procession Forms
Harvard Yard (in front of Harvard Hall)
8:30–9:30 AM
Commencement Procession*
Harvard Yard
9:45 AM
368th Commencement: The Morning Exercises*
Tercentenary Theatre
The Morning Exercises consist of orations, anthems, and the conferring of degrees on all graduates. Diplomas are received at ceremonies at the Houses and at individual Schools. Seating for the Morning Exercises is limited. Tickets are required for entry to Harvard Yard and are limited to one per alumnus or alumna. Guests may view a simulcast of the program in the Science Center.
10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Shuttle Service
Soldiers Field Road Garage to Cabot Science Library.
11:30 AM–2:00 PM
Luncheon
Science Center Plaza Tent
1:45–2:30 PM
Afternoon Alumni/ae Procession*
Pathway from Science Center to University Hall in the Old Yard (spouses, guests, widows/widowers, and partners are invited to march with the Class)
2:30–4:15 PM
Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association: The Afternoon Program*
Tercentenary Theatre
The Afternoon Program is the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. The 2019 program will be hosted by HAA President Margaret M. Wang AB ’09 and includes remarks by Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78 and Commencement speaker German Chancellor Angela D. Merkel; an introduction of the 25th reunion chief marshal Tracy K. Smith AB ’94; the announcement of Harvard Overseer and HAA Director election results; and the presentation of the Harvard Medals. The Afternoon Program takes place from 2:30 p.m. until 4:15 p.m. at Tercentenary Theatre in Harvard Yard. Tickets required.
There will be no 50th Reunion programming beyond the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Guests are encouraged to check out Thursday evening unless staying for Radcliffe Day or if travel plans require you to stay overnight.
Friday, May 31
7:00–9:00 AM
Final Checkout from On-Campus Housing
(shuttles available to Soldiers Field Park Garage and Radcliffe Yard)
9:00 AM
Headquarters Closes and Shuttle Service Terminates
10:30 AM
Radcliffe Day Program and Luncheon (Optional)*Radcliffe Yard
On Radcliffe Day, Radcliffe awards its highest honor to an individual who embodies the Institute’s commitment to excellence, inclusion, and social impact. Tickets are limited and required.
More information about the day’s events and the live webcast are online at
radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/radcliffe-day-2019. Please email
radcliffeday@radcliffe.harvard.edu with questions.
Luggage storage will be available in the first floor of the Knafel Center for those attending Radcliffe Day.
* Tickets required