The Harvard College Fund’s Celebration of Parent Philanthropy is an opportunity to connect with fellow parents from around the world as you explore campus through the eyes of your students.
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In recognition of your support of the Harvard College Fund, we are excited to invite you to the Celebration of Parent Philanthropy. Hear from Danoff Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana in his final semester as dean and engage with classroom-style lectures exploring artificial intelligence and humanity’s attempts to predict the future. The Harvard College Fund Parents Committee will also come together for its annual spring meeting.
Hosted by the Harvard College Fund Parent Co-Chairs
Mohsin Ansari MBA ’00, P’26, ’23 and Alya Haq P’26, ’23, Guy and Hila Goldstein P’28, ’26, ’25, ’19, and Peter ’90 and Susannah Kagan P’26, ’24
See who else will be there!
Program
Friday, March 28
3:30 p.m. | Harvard College Fund Parents Committee Spring Meeting
The Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA
Note that this session is for current members of the Harvard College Fund Parents Committee. If you are not a member and would like to learn more, please contact sarah_calabrese@harvard.edu.
6:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception and Remarks from Dean Rakesh Khurana
Smith Campus Center, 10th Floor
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
Rakesh Khurana, Danoff Dean of Harvard College, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Professor of Sociology
Saturday, March 29
Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex
150 Western Avenue
Allston, MA
8:30 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast, and Building Tours
Breakfast will be available beginning at 8:30 a.m. Optional tours of the Science and Engineering Complex will depart at 9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. | Faculty Symposia
Prediction: The Past & Present of the Future
Humans have always been curious about their own futures. Their approach, though, to divining the future has evolved quite a bit over the past four millennia—from carefully examining sheep entrails in ancient Mesopotamia to forecasting the future of Earth, and its climate, with supercomputers today. Alyssa Goodman will offer a whirlwind tour of the future’s past and present, including a few predictions about how AI will help shape what comes next.
Alyssa Goodman, Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy
The Rise and Risks of Generative AI: Looking Under the Hood
The rise of generative artificial intelligence has caught the entire world off guard. In this session, Logan McCarty will share how these tools work, their limitations, and the technical and ethical implications of this disruptive technology.
Logan McCarty ’96, Associate Dean for Science Undergraduate Education, Lecturer on Physics, Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12:15 p.m. | Lunch
If you have questions, please contact the Harvard Events Office at aad_hcf_events@harvard.edu. Spouses and partners are welcome as guests; we regret that we cannot accommodate children.