Friday, June 6
8:00am - 6:00pm
Housing Check-out
Check-out will be available in the lobby of the House/dorm where you are staying. All House/dorm keys must be dropped off by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 6. Keycard access will be cut off after this time. Luggage storage is available on-site. Learn more and pre-purchase your luggage storage here.
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast
Science Center Plaza Tent
9:00-10:00am
Class Programming: What’s Next for Harvard? Conversation with Classmate Paul Finnegan and Provost John Manning
10:30am
Alumni Parade Line Up
11:00am - 1:00pm
Harvard Alumni Day Parade & Program
Tercentenary Theatre
All Harvard alumni are invited to join the Harvard Alumni Association for the fourth annual Harvard Alumni Day, a day for and in celebration of Harvard’s vibrant, global alumni community! Suggested dress code is smart casual.
1:00-3:00pm
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. Suggested dress code is smart casual.
2:30-3:30pm
Film Screening of CLIFFE NOTES: Stories from the Radcliffe Class of 1975
Radcliffe Yard (in the Knafel Center)
In partnership with the Radcliffe class of 1975, the Radcliffe Institute invites you to a film screening of CLIFFE NOTES: Stories from the Radcliffe Class of 1975. The film is a short documentary based on interviews conducted as part of the Radcliffe ’75 Oral History Project. Directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Pamela Hogan ’77, in collaboration with Executive Producers Martha Sandweiss ’75, Alison Graham ’75, and Joan Porter MacIver ’75, the film documents the college experiences of women in the class, during a pivotal time in the University’s history, as captured through their interviews by fellow classmates. A brief Q&A with Pamela Hogan will follow the film. All are welcome. Please register here if you plan to join us as space is limited.
3:00-6:00pm
Harvard Alumni Day Afternoon Programming
Various locations
View the comprehensive list of Harvard Alumni Day symposia sessions, Shared Interest Group meet-ups, and reunions-wide gatherings!
3:30-5:00pm
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, Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives and Talismans (Kupol LR 3303) 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.
4:30-5:30pm
Alumni CAN (Climate Action Now): A Lightning Presentations & Networking Event
Lowell Lecture Hall
See for yourself that Harvard alumni are not backing down from climate challenges. Ten speakers representing four HR Classes – including our very own Jonathan Hall, Margaret Reynolds, Jefferson Strait – will briefly share the climate actions they are engaged in now. You will also hear from the primary champions of climate and sustainability at Harvard: Prof. Jim Stock, Vice-Provost of Climate and Sustainability and the Director of the Harvard Salata Institute; and Heather Henriksen, Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director of the Office for Sustainability. Get informed. Get inspired. Get connected with alumni who are taking climate action. Networking opportunity begins at 4:00pm. Open to all alumni. Registration is encouraged but not required. Sponsored by HR ’75, HR ’85, ClassACT HR73, ClassACT HR90, Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment (HACE).
* Class photos celebrate the spirit and unity of each Class. Only the official Harvard and Radcliffe class banners are authorized for display. Signs, flags, banners, or similar items will not be permitted. Individuals with such items will be asked to remove them. If they are not removed, the photo will not be distributed. All persons participating in the Class Photo are expected to abide by the AA&D community expectations.
