Friday, May 31
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Check-in at Headquarters
Cabot Library, Science Center
Please come to headquarters to check in when you arrive on campus. You will receive your name badge, favor, additional Reunion materials, and your House/dorm room key and assignment, if you are staying on campus. Luggage storage will be available for a small fee on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1, from 8am-8pm. Pre-register for luggage storage here. Please see additional information on the FAQs page.
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
New Intelligence about Artificial Intelligence
Northwest Labs Atrium
HR ’84 classmates who are experts in Artificial Intelligence will consider its galloping advances and what that means for the rest of us. Are we witnessing the dawn of a tech Age of Aquarius, that is to say, an extraordinary period of scientific achievement powered by AI? Or are we more like the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, having unleashed powerful forces that are beyond our ability to control? Gain valuable insights from our class experts on what to expect as we ride AI’s powerful wave, and get your questions answered too.
9:00 - 10:15 A.M.
Campus Tour
Cambridge Visitor Information Center
These student-led tours last about 75 minutes, and the route is about one mile. These are walking tours at a leisurely pace and the routes are accessible. The meeting point for the tours is in front of the Cambridge Visitor’s Information Center, between the Harvard T Stop and the Harvard Shop (1380 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138). Please contact the Trademark Tours office if you have any questions: (855) 455-8747 Ext. 702
10:30 a.m.
Harvard Alumni Day Parade Line-up
Old Yard
11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Harvard Alumni Day Parade & Program
Tercentenary Theatre
All Harvard alumni are invited to join the Harvard Alumni Association for the third annual Harvard Alumni Day, a day for and in celebration of Harvard’s vibrant, global alumni community! View the full Harvard Alumni Day Schedule.
Suggested dress code is smart casual.
1:00 - 3:00 P.M.
Harvard Alumni Day Yard Party
Old Yard
Join your friends—and make new ones—at the all-alumni Yard Party with food and beverage trucks (including beer and wine), including some local favorites. View the food truck menus!
Suggested dress code is smart casual.
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Radcliffe Institute Open House
Radcliffe Yard
The Radcliffe Institute invites you to join us for an open house in Radcliffe Yard to reconnect with friends and classmates and to learn more about the work of the Radcliffe Institute today. Light refreshments will be provided in Fay House; selections from the Radcliffe College archives will be on display in the Schlesinger Library; and the Institute’s current gallery exhibitions, Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing and A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture will be on view.
Please register here if you plan to join us. This is a drop-in event, so please feel free to arrive at any time during event hours.
If you have any questions, please contact Radcliffe Events at events@radcliffe.harvard.edu or 617-496-1984. We hope to see you there!
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Making Change and Class Survey Results
Paine Music Hall
Space in Paine Music Hall is first come first serve. Additional overflow seating available in Lowell Lecture Hall.
Making Change
We will hear from class members who, since the last reunion, have altered course—spurred by a predicament, a nagging question, a whim—to change their world, and potentially ours as well. A presentation of the 40th Reunion class survey results will follow.
Class Survey Results
A presentation of the 40th Reunion class survey results.
3:00 - 4:15 P.M.
Allston Campus Tour
Cambridge Visitor Information Center
These student-led tours last about 75 minutes, and the route is about one mile. These are walking tours at a leisurely pace and the routes are accessible. The meeting point for the tours is in front of the Cambridge Visitor’s Information Center, between the Harvard T Stop and the Harvard Shop (1380 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138). Please contact the Trademark Tours office if you have any questions: (855) 455-8747 Ext. 702
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Preserving Our Stories: A Celebration of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Oral History Project
Knafel Center, Radcliffe Yard or Zoom
The event will recount some memorable moments from the interviews with alumnae of the classes of the 1940s to 1970s followed by a reception for alumnae and interviewers to meet, mingle and reminisce. Separate registration is required for this event.
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Solo Travelers and Singles Gathering
Lehman Common Room 201
Join alumni from the Classes of 1979, 1984, and 1989 for this social gathering. Free snacks and a cash bar will be available.
Suggested dress code is smart casual.
7:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Class Dinner and Party
Dunster House
Join classmates for our kickoff dinner and party! And if you're wondering what to wear, dress up or dress down—it's up to you! Come as you are.
