Meliora Weekend: October 18–21, 2007

What’s on tap for the seventh edition of Meliora Weekend? Here are some highlights.

Thursday, October 18

World Premiere

See the debut of a University-commissioned work by Tony Award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan.

Friday, October 19

Kickoff Address

Andy Thomas ’91S (MBA), the first American—and the youngest person—to serve as president and CEO of Heineken USA, helps launch the Simon School’s first Meliora Weekend reunion.

Happiness Versus Freedom?

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, a professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University, presents “The Nature and Pursuit of Happiness” as part of the philosophy department’s Humanities Project series.

Economics Department 50th Anniversary Symposium: The New Economics

A panel discussion brings together graduates of the doctoral program and former professors to discuss developments in economics during the past 50 years.

Chemistry Department 75th Doctoral Anniversary

Gary Schuster ’71 (PhD), provost at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the keynote speaker for a celebration that also includes a scientific symposium, panel discussion, and a doctoral reunion banquet.

Urban Teaching: A Life Outside

Lynn Gatto, 2004 New York State Teacher of the Year and Warner School doctoral student, and her Rochester fourth–graders host a screening of a documentary film about their class.

An Evening with the Stars of Curb Your Enthusiasm

Stand-up comedians Richard Lewis, Susie Essman, and Jeff Garlin of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm bring their comedy to campus.

Saturday, October 20

Keynote Address by General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)

Colin Powell, former secretary of state, national security advisor, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses the roles of diplomacy and military force in fighting the war on terrorism.

Presidential Symposium on Great Issues of the 21st Century: Faith, Science, and Politics

The panel includes Nobel laureate and Templeton Prize winner Charles Townes, National Humanities Medal recipient Martin Marty, and National Medal of Science recipient Janet Rowley. New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter is an invited panelist. Trustee Hugo Sonnenschein ’61 moderates.

The State of College Diversity

Campus representatives discuss diversity at the College.

Third Annual Student-Sponsored Symposium—Old Media, New Tricks: Campaign 2008 Goes Digital

The program includes Charles Steelefisher, Web director of the Barack Obama presidential campaign; David King, research director at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; and Elizabeth Rosenberg from DeclareYourself.com.

Miller’s Court: National Security and Civil Liberties

Arthur Miller ’56, noted Harvard law professor and former television host, moderates the discussion.

For more information, visit www.rochester.edu/alumni/melioraweekend.