Engineering a Renaissance
A Celebration of the Past, Present, and Future
&
The Launch of the
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Registration, Lunch, & Celebration
(Pierce Hall Lawn, 29 Oxford Street)12:30 PM - Registration & Lunch (lunch is by invitation)
1:30 PM - Celebration
Welcome
Venkatesh Narayanamurti
John A. and Elizabeth Armstrong Professor;
Dean, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Introduction
Thomas E. Everhart ’53
Former President of the California Institute of Technology and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, Emeritus
Susan Graham ’64
Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley and President of Harvard’s Board of Overseers (2006-2007)Launch
Drew Gilpin Faust
Lincoln Professor of History
President, Harvard University
Blessing
Peter J. Gomes ’68
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church
Symposia
(Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street)2:30 PM - Afternoon Sessions (open to all)
Keynote Address
Charles Vest
Former President of MIT and President of the National Academy of EngineeringBridging Disciplines: The Role of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Tomorrow’s University
H. Vincent Poor
Dean, Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Science
Subra Suresh
Dean of the School of Engineering, MIT
> Moderated by Michael D. Smith, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and SciencesEngineering and Applied Sciences in the Wider World: Solving Societal Problems
Harvey Fineberg ’67, ’71, ’72, ’74, ’80
President of the Institute of Medicine
Paul M. Horn
Senior Vice President and Director of Research, IBM
John Holdren
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; Chair, American Association for the Advancement of Science
> Moderated by Howard A. Stone, Vicky Joseph Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics; Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Parking & Directions
MAP (PDF)
Complimentary Parking will be available at the Soldiers Field Parking Garage located at 107 Western Avenue, Allston, MA. Parking will be available from 12:00 – 11:00pm.
There will be a shuttle bus available to take guests from the Soldiers Field Parking Garage to Pierce Hall Lawn. A shuttle bus will be picking guests up outside of the garage entrance beginning at 12:00pm. The bus will be making continuous loops with the last shuttle leaving the garage at 1:20pm. There will be an events staff person at the garage directing guests to the shuttle.
At the conclusion of the Symposia, a shuttle bus will be available to take guests from Memorial Hall to the parking garage and The Charles Hotel.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are not attending the symposia, a shuttle will be taking guests from Pierce Hall Lawn to the parking garage at 2:15pm.
Directions to Soldiers Field Parking Garage
By Car
From Logan Airport
Follow signs for I-90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike/Ted Williams Tunnel). Take I-90 West to exit 20 for Allston and Cambridge. Bear right toward Cambridge. Continue through the first set of lights and get in the left lane. Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the second set of lights and before the bridge. Turn left onto Western Avenue at the first stoplight. Turn right onto the second driveway which leads to the Soldiers Field Parking Garage. When you get to the Guard Booth at the garage, please tell the parking attendant that you are attending the HSEAS Launch.
From north and south of Boston
Take I-93 North or South to exit 20 for I-90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike). Take I-90 West to exit 20 for Allston and Cambridge. Bear right toward Cambridge. Continue through the first set of lights and get in the left lane. Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the second set of lights and before the bridge. Turn left onto Western Avenue at the first stoplight. Turn right onto the second driveway which leads to the Soldiers Field Parking Garage. When you get to the Guard Booth at the garage, please tell the parking attendant that you are attending the HSEAS Launch.
From I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) Allston/Cambridge Exit
Take the Allston and Cambridge exit. Bear right toward Cambridge. Continue through the first set of lights and get in the left lane. Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the second set of lights and before the bridge. Turn left onto Western Avenue at the first stoplight. Turn right onto the second driveway which leads to the Soldiers Field Parking Garage. When you get to the Guard Booth at the garage, please tell the parking attendant that you are attending the HSEAS Launch.
About the Event
The launch of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences celebrates our past as well as the recent renewal and emergence of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard.
Our transition from a “Division” to a “School” is not a departure from history—but in some sense, the wheel is coming full circle.
The Lawrence School, our progenitor, will be reborn in a new
form appropriate for the 21st century.
Our vision is to be a nationally prominent and distinct program of engineering and applied sciences that provides a broad and well-rounded education for undergraduates; advances the boundaries and pursuit of knowledge; and makes a significant and positive contribution to the human condition.
Questions?
Please contact the Harvard University Events Office at:
HSEAS_launch@seas.harvard.edu or 617.495.7507.
Hotel Information
The Charles Hotel (MAP & DIRECTIONS)
One Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.864.1200 or 800.882.1818
Reservation code: HSEAS Launch
Rate: $339 per night (must reserve by August 22, 2007)