Schedule of Events - 2015 Reunion

Meet at Stanford Visitor Center
Your guide, a current Stanford student, will take you on a 60-minute stroll around campus to rekindle old memories. This tour will end at White Plaza. Your student tour guide will be happy to answer your questions about what it is like to be a student today. It is recommended that you wear comfortable walking shoes for the campus walking tour. This tour has unlimited capacity.

Meet at Cantor Arts Center, Main Lobby
This docent-led tour features a range of objects from the Center’s 24 galleries of ancient and modern works. Capacity: 40

Gunn-SIEPR Building, Koret-Taube Conference Center, Room 120

Biotech companies have been critical to advances in medicine, but are notoriously challenging and risky enterprises, with many chances for failure. In contrast, software companies have had great success in the last decade, with numerous examples of billion dollar companies being formed by small teams and minimal initial capital. Professor Pande will discuss how we’ve reached an inflection point, where Bio companies now can operate much like software companies, with the predicted impact of radical changes to come in the next decade.

Vijay Pande is the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Structural Biology and of Computer Science and Director of the Program in Biophysics. His research combines computer simulation, statistical mechanics, and Bayesian statistics to tackle problems in biophysics and biophysical chemistry. Professor Pande spearheaded Folding@home, a distributed computing project for disease research. He also is heavily involved in helping foster startup companies in the valley, as both a founder and a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a Venture Capital firm specializing in software focused companies.

Encina Hall, Bechtel Conference Center

Imaging the brain in action is starting to change the way we view education. How does brain activity change as children learn new cognitive skills, like reading? How does this challenge differ from one brain to the next, and how can interventions help those who are struggling?

Bruce McCandliss is a professor at the Graduate School of Education. Through the Stanford Neurosciences Institute, he studies how the brain changes in response to education. His research has led to increased understanding of how children learn to read.

Herbert Hoover Memorial Building, Stauffer Auditorium

The entertainment industry has influence on virtually every sphere of our society and is continually changing as a result of emergent technology, new business models, and expanding markets. We’ll examine the links between Hollywood’s future and Silicon Valley, and how the marriage will have a profound effect on the way entertainment is produced, monetized, and distributed.

Bill Guttentag is a double Oscar-winning writer-producer-director. His documentaries include Nanking , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and Soundtrack for a Revolution which premiered at Cannes He also wrote and directed the dramatic features Knife Fight starring Rob Lowe and Julie Bowen and LIVE!, starring Eva Mendes and Andre Braugher. His films have received a number of special screenings including at Harvard Kennedy School, MoMA, and the White House. He has been a lecturer at the GSB since 2001.

Gunn-SIEPR Building, Koret-Taube Conference Center, Room 130

In an ant colony, there is no one in charge, and no ant ever tells another what to do. Yet ants are an amazingly diverse and successful group. How do simple interactions among ants regulate the behavior of colonies, and how does this system evolve?

Deborah Gordon, MS '77, is a professor of biology. She studies how ant colonies work with no one in charge, using simple networks of interaction. Her lab’s projects include a long-term study of a population of harvester ant colonies in Arizona, studies of the invasive Argentine ant in northern California, and ant-plant mutualisms in Central America, and what we can learn from ant networks about analogies with other biological and engineered systems that operate without central control.

Meet at Green Library, Bing Wing on Lasuen Mall

Enjoy this librarian-led tour of the Libraries' Special Collections, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, a first edition (1813) of Pride and Prejudice, a first edition (1543) of Copernicus' De revolutionibus, and the 1556 edition of De Re Metallica, by George Agricola (1494-1555), a lavishly-illustrated Renaissance book on metallurgy and mining, along with a 1912 translation of the text by Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover. Selected items from Stanford University Archives will also be on view. Capacity: 30

Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall

The standard world political map appears to be a straightforward depiction of the earth's sovereign states, but in actuality, it forwards a vision of how we think the world ought to be structured. As a result, several nonexistent countries are depicted on the map while several existing ones are omitted.

Martin Lewis is a senior lecturer in international history. At Stanford since 2002, his current research focuses on the core-periphery model of global spatial relations, focusing on its application to issues in the Philippines and world history. He regularly blogs about geographical and historical topics at GeoCurrents.

Knight Management Center, Zambrano Hall, CEMEX Auditorium

In every interaction, people and animals speak a secret language of power. It’s the reason some people get respect and promotions, and others don’t. Rich will help you strategically create better relationships and achieve the success you want.

Rich Cox is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Business and instructor at the d.school. His classes focus on acting with power, improvisation and creativity and innovation. Rich’s management consulting firm, People Rocket, combines Art+Science+Design to bring disruptive elegance to create better people, teams, and cultures.

Meet across the street from the Alumni Center; bus begins boarding at 1:10 p.m.

On this docent led tour, visit Stanford's new Central Energy Facility to learn about the heating and cooling and power systems that power the majority of the 8,000+ acre campus. The innovative new design utilizes heat recovery and thermal storage to cut the university's greenhouse gas emissions by 68% and potable water consumption by 15%. Bus begins boarding at 1:10 p.m. Please wear sturdy, closed-toed shoes. The tour requires you to wear a hardhat, goggles and earplugs and use stairs. Capacity: 40

Meet across the street from the Alumni Center; bus boarding begins at 1:10 p.m.

Director of the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm, Patrick Archie will guide you through the bounty of edibles and crops at this new urban farm. Learn about sustainable agriculture and the ecological relationships at work in the fields while discovering the hundreds of varieties of fruits, vegetables and flowers planted in addition to the educational programs available for the Stanford community and beyond. Please wear comfortable and flat shoes as there will be a short walk on uneven ground. Bus boarding begins at 1:10 p.m. Capacity: 25

Patrick Archie is a lecturer in the Earth Systems and Earth System Sciences departments in the School of Earth Sciences and director of the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm. He has worked for over twenty years developing sustainable urban agriculture and food justice programs and integrating this work with undergraduate education. Professor Archie’s interests include agroecosystem design, urban and peri-urban food systems, sustainable community development, alternative land tenure models, food justice, experiential education and community-based learning.

Main Quad, Bldg 120, McClatchy Hall, 4th Floor

In this lab, researchers seek to understand the dynamics and implications of interactions among people in immersive virtual reality simulations and other forms of human digital representations in media and communication systems. Cutting edge equipment tracks motion, renders graphics, and displays visual, aural and haptic information.  Please note this tour takes place in a small enclosed room and may not be suitable for those uncomfortable in tight places. Additionally, tour attendees will stand the entire time. Capacity: 20

Memorial Church entrance

Professor David Kennedy leads a 90-minute walk across the Farm exploring Stanford's relationship to the region that gave birth to the university and how managing water supply and demand has shaped the Great American West. 

David M. Kennedy, '63, is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, emeritus and director emeritus of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. For more than four decades he has taught 20th-century U.S. history, American political and social thought, American literature, and the comparative development of democracy. His book Freedom From Fear was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club and winner of the Pulitzer and Francis Parkman Prizes. In 1988, Professor Kennedy received the Richard W. Lyman Award for exceptional volunteer service to alumni.

Please wear comfortable shoes and expect a vigorous walk across campus.
Capacity: 90

Memorial Church, Organ Gallery, 2nd floor

Whether filling a high-ceilinged Gothic cathedral or stirring souls in a storefront church, organ music touches the listener in a special way. Join Robert Morgan for a demonstration and unique perspective on this centuries-old instrument. Please note, there is no elevator and you’ll need to ascend a narrow staircase.

Robert Morgan, University organist, lecturer in music and director of the Stanford University Singers holds BA and MA from Cambridge and in 1999 was awarded two doctorates in music from the University of Washington. He's also a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. He’s performed in Europe, America and Australia.

Tresidder Union, 2nd Floor Cypress Lounge
For prospective freshman applicants and their parents and grandparents: learn about undergraduate life and the admission and financial aid process at Stanford.

Knight Management Center, Zambrano Hall, CEMEX Auditorium

Women make up half the population and have earned more than half of all undergraduate degrees in the U.S. since the early 1980s; yet women comprise only 17% of the U.S Congress, 4% of Fortune 500 CEOs, and 16% of the board of directors of major corporations. Come and learn the mechanisms underpinning the lack of women leaders and how organizations and individuals can increase women’s leadership.

Shelley Correll is the Barbara D. Finberg Director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and founder of the new Center for the Advancement of Women’s Leadership, professor of sociology at Stanford, and, by courtesy, organizational behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her expertise is in the areas of gender and workplace dynamics.

Lori Nishiura Mackenzie is the executive director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research. She speaks widely at companies and conferences on women’s leadership, unconscious bias and tools for creating gender equality. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Meet at Stanford Visitor Center
Your guide, a current Stanford student, will take you on a 60-minute stroll around campus to rekindle old memories. This tour will end at White Plaza. Your student tour guide will be happy to answer your questions about what it is like to be a student today. It is recommended that you wear comfortable walking shoes for the campus walking tour. This tour has unlimited capacity.

Encina Hall, Oksenberg Room, 3rd floor

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has substantially increased health insurance coverage over the past two years. This increase has been driven by an expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program and by subsidized coverage through the ACA health insurance exchanges. How are these changes, along with the many others components of the ACA, influencing health care costs, government budgets, and the labor market?

Mark Duggan is the Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics and the Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy and Research (SIEPR). His research focuses on the effects of large-scale government programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. From 2009 to 2010, he served as the Senior Economist for Health Care Policy at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and he was the 2010 recipient of the ASHEcon Medal as the leading health economist in the U.S. under the age of 40.

Gunn-SIEPR Building, Koret-Taube Conference Center, Room 120

Eterna is the first ‘massive open laboratory’, connecting an internet-scale videogame to real wet-lab experiments in molecular biology. Professor Das will describe Eterna’s launch, the discovery of new rules for RNA-based molecular medicine and an upcoming medical initiative involving 100,000 citizen scientists.

Rhiju Das, PhD ’05, is an assistant professor of biochemistry and, by courtesy, of biophysics and biomedical informatics and a member of Bio-X. His lab develops new computational and chemical tools to enable precise modeling and design of RNA/protein machines and computers. He co-created Eterna, an online video game that involves over 100,000 players to collectively discover and design complex RNA molecules.

Main Quad, Bldg 370, Room 370

Our emotions seem so natural and automatic that we assume everyone feels and wants to feel the same way we do. Professor Tsai, however, finds that cultures differ in the emotions they encourage their members to feel. Learn about these cultural differences and how they influence people’s definitions of happiness, perceptions of others, and other aspects of daily life.

Jeanne Tsai, '91, is an associate professor of psychology and director of the Culture and Emotion Lab. Her research focuses on how cultural ideas and practices shape feelings, identities, and mental health. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation. She was awarded the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2005-2006, and the Stanford Asian American Community Faculty Award in 2009.

Meet at the Memorial Church entrance

Explore the church’s fascinating history, including stories of its endurance through two damaging earthquakes. This docent-led tour provides perspective on the architecture, carvings, mosaics and stained glass windows of the church and its restoration. This tour has unlimited capacity.

Gunn-SIEPR Building, Koret-Taube Conference Center, Room 130

Professor Jacobson presents a plan to power 139 countries of the world with 100% clean, renewable energy for all purposes by 2050. He'll discuss the conversions and their impacts on energy costs, job creation, terrorism risk, international conflict, human health, and global climate.

Mark Jacobson, '87, MS '88, is a professor of civil and environmental engineering, director of the Atmosphere/Energy program, and a senior fellow for the Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy. He works to better understand severe atmospheric problems, such as air pollution and global warming, and clean, renewable energy solutions to them.

Meet at Bldg 610 on Duena Street
Stanford’s Product Realization Lab has been at the heart of engineering innovation since the University’s founding. PRL Director David Beach will demonstrate some “realization” processes and then you’ll meet Stanford student innovators who are making amazing stuff that will change the world. 
Capacity: 40
David Beach, '68, MS '72, professor of mechanical engineering, teaches in the areas of design and manufacturing. His interests are in the integration of design, manufacturing, marketing; and precision engineering. He directs the Product Realization Laboratory, which annually provides more than 1,700 students with hands-on experiences in product definition, conceptual design, and prototype creation. Beach is the recipient of the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, held the prestigious Bing, Bass, and Sugden Fellowships, and received the Dean's Award for Industry Education Innovation.

Packard Electrical Engineering Building, Atrium, ground floor
350 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA

This artist-led tour of a Stanford Art Space will include the work of two Bay Area artists, Corinne Whitaker, a pioneer in computer-heberated art, whose stunning, complex 2D and 3D work takes contemporary technology into the personal, poetic realm; and Joy Broom, who creates assemblages from scavenged and natural objects that may suggest to some the box sculptures of Joseph Cornell. This tour includes fair amount of walking and some stairs.
Capacity: 20

Meet at the Stadium, Gate 1

Experience the thrill of walking into this 50,000 seat facility and get the insider's view on the stadium's features.  Additionally, visit the newly build Stadium Field House (locker rooms). Capacity: 30

Encina Hall, Bechtel Conference Center

What is stress? How does it affect the immune system and health? What are the characteristics of "good" versus "bad" stress responses? What can you do to try and stay within the "good" part of the stress spectrum?

Firdaus Dhabhar is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and member of the Institutes for Immunity, Neuroscience, and Cancer at Stanford. A neuro-immunologist, he studies the effects of stress on health, and first discovered how short-term stress boosts the body’s defenses to increase protection. He aims to harness the biology of “good” stress to enhance immunity during surgery, vaccination, and cancer.

McCaw Hall, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA
More than 100 students present posters about their scholarly, creative, and volunteer projects. Chat with presenters about their projects, Stanford experiences, and future plans.

Herbert Hoover Memorial Building, Stauffer Auditorium

What explains the geographic clustering of democracies in temperate latitudes, and its rarity in tropics and deserts? Why has this pattern been persistent since the dawn of modern democracy in the late 18th century, and why did it occur as well in antiquity?

Steve Haber is the A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also a professor of political science, a professor of history, and a professor of economics, by courtesy. His research focuses on comparative politics, financial economics and economic history.

Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall

Are democracy and gender equality always good? Are violence and wealth inequality always bad? This presentation will dive into what drives changes in human values and what we as a society consider good or evil.

Ian Morris is the Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and fellow of the Archaeology Center. He has served as chair of Classics, associate dean of Humanities and Sciences, director of the Social Science History Institute, and director of the Stanford Archaeology Center. In 2009, he received the Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Award for exceptional teaching.

Wallenberg Hall, Building 160, room 124

While social media pervades many aspects of our lives, it has not yet proved to be an effective tool for large scale decision making: crowds of hundreds, perhaps millions, of individuals collaborating together to come to consensus on difficult societal issues. 

Ashish Goel is a Professor of Management Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Computer Science at Stanford University, and a member of Stanford's Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford in 1999, and was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California from 1999 to 2002. His research interests lie in the design, analysis, and applications of algorithms.  Current application areas of interest include social networks, participatory democracy, Internet commerce, and large scale data processing. Professor Goel is a recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan faculty fellowship, a Terman faculty fellowship from Stanford, an NSF Career Award, and a Rajeev Motwani mentorship award. He was a coauthor on the paper that won the best paper award at WWW 2009, and an Edelman Laureate in 2014. 

McMurtry Building
Stanford, CA 94305
The Department of Art & Art History welcomes you to their new home in the McMurtry Building, designed by Diller, Scofido + Renfro. Enjoy a student jazz group and refreshments, while student guides offer information and perspectives on making and studying art in the new building.

Stanford Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa St.
Stanford, CA
Come to a reception at the Stanford Humanities Center. Tour the Center (the former Bowman Alumni House) and learn how it serves humanities scholarship at all levels of the university.

Centennial Green
Stanford, CA
Calling all 2015 Reunion Homecoming volunteers!  You are cordially invited to join your fellow volunteers at this appreciation reception in your honor. Thank you for making Reunion Homecoming a success! 

Taube Hillel House, Ziff Center for Jewish Life
565 Mayfield Ave.
Stanford, CA 94305
Join Brett Lockspeiser ‘05 for kosher dinner at 5:30 and a fascinating discussion at 6:00 about his journey from a career at Google to co-creating the Sefaria Project, a free repository of Jewish texts with a new interactive interface for easy navigation.

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA
Start your day off right with a continental breakfast at the Alumni Center.

Encina Hall, Oksenberg Room, 3rd floor

In a world that affords ubiquitous access to information, many people often multi-task with multiple streams of media. The rapid rise in ‘media multitasking’ has generated considerable scientific and societal interest in whether media multi-tasking alters fundamental aspects of human cognition. This presentation will discuss the latest science on how cognition and neural function relate to chronic media multi-tasking.

Anthony Wagner, PhD '97, is a professor of psychology and neuroscience, co-director of Stanford’s Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging and director of the Stanford Memory Laboratory. His research delves into how memory is organized by the mind and brain. In 2011, he was awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education.

Gunn-SIEPR Building, Koret-Taube Conference Center, Room 120

Societies have attempted to regulate sexual conduct in many respects – marriage, contraceptives, homosexuality, sex education, abortion and pornography. Find out what the government can and can't do around these controversial issues, the policy reasons and implications for society.

Bill Abrams, ’76, P ’12, consulting professor in human biology, teaches courses on courage, children and the law, policy, constitutional law and science and the law. He has handled a number of high-profile pro bono matters through the U.S. and California Supreme Courts, particularly involving the death penalty, education and the rights of children and youth. Professor Abrams received the California Lawyer of the Year Award, the State Bar of California Wiley Manual Award for pro bono legal representation and has been named as one of Daily Journal's Top 100 Lawyers in California.

Knight Management Center, Zambrano Hall, CEMEX Auditorium

What do burglars, Stanford’s football team, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, and the Lean Startup have in common? Come learn how they all use simple rules to help them navigate complex challenges in business and life.

Kathleen Eisenhardt is the Stanford W. Ascherman M.D. Professor and co-director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. Her research focuses on strategy and organization, especially in technology-based companies and high-velocity industries. Her most recent book is Simple Rules: How to Survive in a Complex World.

Gunn-SIEPR Building, Koret-Taube Conference Center, Room 130

Almost all of us sometimes have trouble sleeping, more so as we age. Does getting older mean never getting sound sleep? Learn some myths and facts about sleep and how sleep can be improved without taking sleep medications.

Rachel Manber is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and the director of the Sleep Health and Insomnia Program. For over twenty years, she’s treated adults, children, and adolescents with different types of insomnia. Additionally, she has conducted research on insomnia and its treatment with non-pharmacological interventions and has trained numerous physicians, psychologists, and nurses to treat insomnia without medication.

Meet at the Arrillaga Dining Commons
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Arrillaga Family Dining Commons, which has become a community center for faculty, staff, undergrads and graduate students. On the cutting edge of dining, it serves dishes such as wild Taku River Salmon with Orange-Thyme Glaze, teaches classes and houses a sustainable garden, wellness room and gluten-free micro-kitchen. Capacity: 30

Encina Hall, Bechtel Conference Center

Is an excellent health care system possible? How do we adapt to changing demographics and take advantage of new medical technologies without breaking the bank? Professor Baker reports.

Laurence Baker is chief of health services research, a professor of health research and policy, and a fellow of the Center for Health Policy. He is an economist interested in the organization and economic performance of the U.S. healthcare system. Professor Baker has taught health policy at Stanford since 1994 and currently teaches in the HumBio core and in the MD curriculum, and directs the School of Medicine Scholarly Concentration program.

In front of Roble Hall/next to the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden
370 Santa Teresa Street
Stanford, CA 94305
Windhover is a spiritual refuge on the Stanford University campus meant to both inspire and promote personal renewal. Named for the series of paintings by Nathan Oliveira that grace its walls, Windhover provides an environment for quiet reflection throughout the day for Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Tour is limited to 20 participants.

600 Stanford Shopping Center
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Want to get pumped up for reunion weekend? If you're in town by Friday at 10:30am, come ride with our fabulous classmate and SoulCycle instructor MK Hurlbutt at SoulCycle Palo Alto in the Stanford Shopping Center for a special Stanford Spirit themed ride! Expect an amazing playlist featuring the good ol' fight song, fun Stanford party favors to take home, and a great workout with fellow alumni!

Bikes open for booking now, so get ready! Link to book: https://www.soul-cycle.com/find-a-class/studio/28/2015-10-20/

Cantor Arts Museum and Stanford Mausoleum
328 Lomita Dr.
Stanford, CA
The Cantor Arts Center's diverse collections span continents, cultures, and 5,000 years of art history and include one of the largest presentations of Rodin bronzes outside Paris. Come see a wide range of changing exhibitions and take advantage of docent tours, lectures, gallery talks, symposia, classes, and special events. View the website and plan your visit.

The Anderson Collection at Stanford University is a collection of 121 modern and contemporary American paintings and sculpture generously gifted by Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence. Each work is exemplary of its movement, which include Bay Area Abstraction, Bay Area Figuration, California Light & Space, Color Field Painting, Contemporary Painting, Funk, Hard-Edge Painting, New York School, and Post-Minimalism. View the website for more information.

El Centro Chicano y Latino
Stanford, CA
Come listen to a presentation by El Centro's 2015 inductee to the Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame. Lunch will be provided. Re-connect with alumni, meet current students, and enjoy our family environment.

Mitchell Earth Sciences Building - Hartley Conference Ctr.
397 Panama Mall
Stanford, CA
Join us to hear undergraduates give talks and present posters about their summer research.

Black Community Services Center, Ann Pogue-Campbell & Lloyd E. Campbell Community Deck
Stanford, CA
Did you change your major? Were you clueless as a frosh? Did you follow your passion or your parent's wishes? Come share your journey & advice with undergraduate and graduate students.  Sponsored by the BCSC, Black Pre-Medical Organization, Black Pre-Law Society, Black Pre-Business Society, Society of Black Scientists & Engineers, & the Black Psychology Student Association.

Asian American Activities Center - Old Union Clubhouse
Stanford, CA
Vist the Asian American Activities Center (A3C), the hub of Asian American community affairs on campus. Meet staff, current students, and fellow alumni and get updates about the A3C and the Asian American community at Stanford.

Native American Cultural Center - Old Union Clubhouse
Stanford, CA
Visit the Native American Cultural Center, the hub of Native community affairs on campus. Meet staff, students and fellow alumni and get updates about the American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous Pacific Islander community on campus.

Women's Community Center, Old Fire Truck House
433 Santa Teresa Street
Stanford, CA
The Stanford Alumni Women's Impact Network (WIN) connects the dynamic experiences of social-justice oriented Stanford alumni and affiliates to shift dialogue and impact change. This network provides a community of learning, opportunities for continued personal development, and avenues for engagement for feminist students & alumni across the globe.  Learn more here.

Henry & Monique Brandon Family Community Room
Black Community Services Center
Stanford, CA
Panelists will examine how current laws and policies perpetuate the over-policing of Black bodies and the fear and trauma of these practices on communities. They will also explore research on the mechanisms and effects of racial biases in criminal justice as well as progress that some police departments are making.
Panelists include: LaDoris Cordell, JD '74, former Superior Court Judge, Charles Ogletree, '75, Professor at Harvard Law, Oliver Cunningham, '90, Deputy Chief, Oakland Police Department, and Jennifer O'Neil, Ph.D., '05

Bing Concert Hall
327 Lasuen St.
Stanford, CA
Visit one of Stanford's new centers for the arts for a self-guided tour and enjoy an afternoon musical interlude performed by student virtuosos.

Stanford Visitor Center
295 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305

Join one of Stanford’s fastest growing alumni volunteer activities! The Office of Undergraduate Admission’s alumni volunteer network, OVAL (Outreach Volunteer Alumni Link), connects the Cardinal community around the world through alumni volunteer activities that support the undergraduate admission process. This interview training workshop will prepare alumni volunteers to interview Stanford undergraduate applicants and is open to alumni who live in one of the interview program locations (listed here). Take advantage of your time back on the Farm to attend an on-campus alumni interview training workshop at the Visitor Center. For more information about the OVAL program or to register as a new OVAL member (required prior to attending training), please see our website. Register now to reserve your interview training spot!

Main Quad, Bldg. 420-040
Stanford, CA
A conversation with Dr. Philip Pizzo and Stanford Distinguished Careeers Institute Fellows about aligning renewed purpose, a sense of community, and health and wellness in midlife and about how higher education can, in innovative and novel ways, provide a compass for the next phase of the life journey.

Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
Stanford, CA

Witness a captivating discussion with current and former ambassadors as they exchange perspectives and experiences about our increasingly connected world. Engage with the diplomats in a concluding Q&A segment.

Featuring:
Max Baucus, BA '63, LLB '67, U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
Eileen Donahoe, JD ’89, MA ’89, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council
Amy Hyatt, JD '81, U.S. Ambassador to Palau
Carlos Moreno, JD ’75, U.S. Ambassador to Belize
Dick Morningstar, JD ’70, former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan and the European Union
John Roos, BA ’77, JD ’80, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

Moderated by Beth Van Schaack, Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights and Senior Adviser in the Office of Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State.

Main Quad, Bldg 420 (Jordan Hall), Room 041, lower level

How can society keep up with global energy demand in an affordable and sustainable way? Professor Benson discusses new ways of energy conversion, reducing CO2 emissions, and transitioning to a low-carbon energy system for a greener future.

Sally Benson is the director of the Global Climate and Energy Project, the director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, and a professor in energy resources engineering. Her areas of expertise include groundwater hydrology and technologies for a low-energy future and net energy analysis.

Herbert Hoover Memorial Building, Stauffer Auditorium

How can the public best be consulted to help solve democracy’s urgent problems? This presentation describes projects in the US and around the world where the public is consulted in a representative and thoughtful way with policy impact. Cases from the US, Africa, China, Japan, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland and the entire European Union.

James Fishkin is the Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication and, by courtesy, a professor of political science, and director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy and professor of communication. He is best known for developing deliberative polling around the world - a practice of public consultation that explores how opinions would change if they were more informed. He is the author of When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation (Oxford) among other books.

Meet at the Cantor Arts Center, Main Lobby

This docent-led tour will explore themes of process, inspiration, and place in the Cantor's special exhibition Artists at Work, which includes some 100 European and American prints, drawings, and photographs drawn from Richard Diebenkorn. 

Capacity: 40

Meet at Cantor Arts Center, Main Lobby

Docents explain how the magnificent sculptures in the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden and galleries show Auguste Rodin’s tradition-breaking ideas. Cantor Arts Center has one of the world's largest collections of Rodin bronzes outside Paris. Capacity: 40

Meet across the street from the Alumni Center; bus boarding begins at 3:00 p.m.

At this state-of-the-art vehicle research facility and community space, Stanford students prototype the cars of the future by focusing on human centered mobility solutions. The Automotive Innovation Facility  is the home for high-profile Stanford cars such as Shelley, the robotic race car; Arctan, the latest evolution of the Stanford Solar Car Project; and X1, a student-built electric car capable of programmable handling, accident avoidance and autonomous drifting. Automotive Innovation Facility also houses a driving simulator, student project space and the research activities of the Revs Program at Stanford and the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford. 

You can also meet this tour at VAIL located at 473 Oak Rd, Stanford, CA.

Bus boarding begins boarding begins at 3:00 p.m. 

Meet at Stanford Visitor Center

Your guide, a current Stanford student, will take you on a 60-minute stroll around campus to rekindle old memories. This tour will end at White Plaza. Your student tour guide will be happy to answer your questions about what it is like to be a student today. It is recommended that you wear comfortable walking shoes for the campus walking tour. This tour has unlimited capacity.

Lathrop Library, Bishop Auditorium

In this talk, we will focus on improving your personal communication skills. In particular, Professor Flynn focuses on your persuasive skills—how to convince others to accept your ideas or support your position, even if they are skeptical at first.

Francis J. Flynn is the co-director of the Executive Leadership Development Program: Analysis to Action and the Paul E. Holden Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research centers on the topics of employee cooperation, work group dynamics, and leadership in organizations. His work bridges the fields of management and social psychology, leading to scholarly as well as practical insights on organizational life.

Encina Hall, Oksenberg Room, 3rd floor

Empathy is all the rage, from neuroscience to Silicon Valley. What is the history of empathy, and how is it different from sympathy and compassion? Why might anyone argue against it? And why are the arts so important in cultivating empathy?

Jane Shaw is Dean for Religious Life and Professor of Religious Studies. She is an historian of modern religion, and her books include Miracles in Enlightenment England (Yale 2006), and Octavia, Daughter of God: the story of a female messiah and her followers (Yale 2011). She is currently working on a project on empathy, the arts and social change with Anna Deavere Smith, of which her Thinking Matters course and exhibition at the Cantor Museum are a part.

Main Quad, Bldg 370, Room 370

To find meaning in life people seek happiness, authenticity, spirituality, love, knowledge. But the existence of suffering and injustice begs the question: How can it be right to work on one's self when others face harder challenges? Professor Willer navigates this tension and offers insights for cultivating a meaningful life without ignoring injustice.

Robb Willer is an associate professor in sociology, and a professor, by courtesy, of psychology and at the Graduate School of Business. His teaching and research focus on generosity, morality, politics, and respect. Professor Willer’s research has been featured in numerous publications including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Meet across the street from the Alumni Center; bus boarding begins at 3:00 p.m.

Home to dozens of horses, the Red Barn is the reason Stanford is still affectionately called “The Farm.” Built by Leland Stanford more than a century ago as the training stable for his Palo Alto Stock Farm, this historical site now incorporates service learning work in equine education, the Stanford Equestrian Team and the fairly recent expansion and modernization of the facilities. Please note that the terrain is uneven and wear comfortable walking shoes for this tour.

We ask guests to be thoughtful around the horses and not to feed or touch any of the horses during the tour.

Bus will begin boarding at 3:00 p.m. Capacity: TBD

Graduate School of Education, Cubberley Auditorium

If one class could change the way you approach your life, this might be it. Participants will learn about and discuss the core ethical beliefs of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans and the Stoics, and consider how those schools confront fundamental human issues of justice, absolute versus relative morality, fear of death, fate versus free will, and the relationship between humans and the divine.

Marsh McCall, P '86, '89, '93, is a professor of classics and former dean of Stanford's Continuing Studies Program. Since his arrival at Stanford in 1976, he has served three times as chair of classics, as associate dean of undergraduate studies and as chairman of the Western Culture program committee. In 2006, Professor McCall was awarded the Richard W. Lyman Award for exceptional volunteer service to alumni. Most recently, he received the School of Humanities and Sciences 2013 Lifetime Teaching Award. His wife Susan is class of '74.

Knight Management Center, Zambrano Hall, Oberndorf Event Center, 3rd floor

Can we blame genetics or stress? What role do exercise, supplements, and even video games play in cognitive vitality? Neurologist Frank Longo dispels myths around cognitive decline and shares the latest strategies for earlier detection, prevention, and treatment.

Frank Longo is the George and Lucy Becker Professor and chairman of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford University Medical Center. He pioneered a process that uses small molecules that 'bind' to DNA to mimic effects of naturally occurring growth factors in the nervous system and send signals to the spine and brain. His work is anticipated to create a paradigm shift that offers hope of new therapies for patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Meet in the Rotunda of the Bing wing of the Green Library

In this special opening of Stanford’s Special Collections for alumni, professor Elaine Treharne and John Mustain, Curator of Rare Books, will show and discuss some of our notable literary books and manuscripts. These will include an 18th century edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost, signed by both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison; the early thirteenth-century Prayerbook of Henry VIII’s mother, Elizabeth of York; John Steinbeck’s own annotated copy of the Medieval classic, Le Morte DArthur; and the huge music book of the newly canonized missionary, Junipero Serra. 

Elaine Treharne is the Roberta Bowman Denning professor of the humanities and co-director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Elaine is fascinated by what new technologies can do for users of medieval manuscripts, especially those with no access to the real thing. She’s working on The Sensual Book and is particularly drawn to the absorbing human stories that can be discovered from clues left by book producers and users.

Capacity: 25

CERAS Learning Hall, Room 101

Today's high-pressure, fast-paced culture can lead to burnout, disengagement, and health problems. Dr. Pope discusses her research on schools, reviews strategies for better environments, and suggests ways for our children to gain a healthier balance between academic achievement and personal fulfillment.

Denise Clark Pope, ’88, PhD ’99, is a senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Education and founder of Challenge Success. For the past 16 years, she has specialized in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods and service learning. She’s a three time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award.

Gunn-SIEPR Building, Koret-Taube Conference Center, Room 130

In less than two decades, more than a thousand planets have been discovered orbiting other stars. Professor Bruce Macintosh will discuss these first-ever images of other solar systems—and the technology that allowed us to discover them like the advanced Gemini Planet Imager.

Bruce Macintosh is a professor of physics and the principal investigator of the Gemini Planet Imager, an advanced adaptive optics planet-finder for the Gemini South telescope. He studies extrasolar planets through direct imaging, and on using adaptive optics to shape the wave fronts of light for a variety of applications.

Meet at Bldg 610 on Duena Street

Stanford’s Product Realization Lab has been at the heart of engineering innovation since the University’s founding. PRL Director David Beach will demonstrate some “realization” processes and then you’ll meet Stanford student innovators who are making amazing stuff that will change the world. 
Capacity: 40
David Beach, '68, MS '72, professor of mechanical engineering, teaches in the areas of design and manufacturing. His interests are in the integration of design, manufacturing, marketing; and precision engineering. He directs the Product Realization Laboratory, which annually provides more than 1,700 students with hands-on experiences in product definition, conceptual design, and prototype creation. Beach is the recipient of the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, held the prestigious Bing, Bass, and Sugden Fellowships, and received the Dean's Award for Industry Education Innovation.

Encina Hall, Bechtel Conference Center

After the election of Barack Obama, many thought our racial divisions were behind us. After the killing of Michael Brown and others, many wonder if race will ever cease to matter in this country. How does race continue to matter in our society and how is this evolving?

C. Matthew Snipp is the Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Humanities and Sciences in sociology and the director for the Institute for Research in the Social Science’s Secure Data Center. His research centers on the methodology of racial measurement, changes in the social and economic well-being of American ethnic minorities, and American Indian education.

Bldg 120, McClatchy Hall, 4th Floor

In this lab, researchers seek to understand the dynamics and implications of interactions among people in immersive virtual reality simulations and other forms of human digital representations in media and communication systems. Cutting edge equipment tracks motion, renders graphics, and displays visual, aural and haptic information.  Please note this tour takes place in a small enclosed room and may not be suitable for those uncomfortable in tight places. Additionally, tour attendees will stand the entire time. Capacity: 20

Meet in Y2E2 Building Green Atrium basement lobby outside of room B54

Currents, waves, and winds drive the globe's circulatory systems. These flows energize ecosystems, mix the world's oceans, carve its coastlines, and power our most advanced turbine arrays. Tour this state-of-the-art research facility and learn how Stanford researchers study complex environmental fluid motion in the field and in the laboratory. Graduate students present findings from international expeditions and local investigations. Experience waves speed over Stanford's in-house artificial reef, watch subsurface breakers crash inside a laser-illuminated glass tank, and witness the visual richness of hyper-detailed computer models.

Capacity: 30

Main Quad, Bldg 200 (History corner), Room 002, lower level

Just how far can modern delivery methods take us with scalable higher education? How effective are MOOCs? Was Stanford President John Hennessy right when he predicted a technology-driven tsunami in higher education? Professor Devlin examines his own field of mathematics.

Keith Devlin is the co-founder and executive director of the Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research institute (H-STAR), and a co-founder of mediaX. His current research focuses on the use of different media to bring math to a diverse audience, including the use of video games in education.

Braun Music Center, Dinkelspiel Rehearsal Hall

Operas, those beautiful melodies that will stick in our brain and we will sing for the rest of the week once we return home after a show. Are you aware that this started about four hundred years ago, thanks to a small group of artists in the city of Florence? Were they aware that they radically changed the way composers wrote music for the next four hundred years, the inner technique of composition? Want to know more? Come to the talk!

Giancarlo Aquilanti, DMA ’96 is a senior lecturer in music and director of the Music Theory Program. He has worked on numerous compositions, orchestra pieces and operas including La povertà, Lot’s Women, and Oxford Companions. A highlight of his teaching career came in 2004, when he was awarded the Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching - Stanford University's highest teaching honor.

Bechtel International Center - Living Room, 1st Floor
Stanford, CA 94305
Calling all International alums! Join us for a wine and cheese reception as you walk down memory lane with your fellow international friends. Say hello to Bechtel staff, meet old and new friends from across the world and relive your days as an international student at Stanford.

Shriram Center - Tea Room and Sunken Terrace
443 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA

Memorial Auditorium
Stanford, CA
French economist Thomas Piketty shares his views on wealth and income inequality, focusing on how the distribution of wealth has changed over the past 250 years. Piketty is the author the 2014 unexpected best seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which Paul Krugman called “the most important economics book of the year - and maybe of the decade.”

Hillel Center Gaga Pit
565 Mayfield Ave
Stanford, CA
Alumni of Camp Kesem are invited to come and reconnect with camp games and friends over snacks. Come, eat, laugh, play!

Mitchell Earth Sciences Building and Patio
397 Panama Mall
Stanford, CA
Enjoy an annual afternoon gathering of Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences alumni, faculty, and friends.

Tresidder Memorial Union, Cypress North & South
Stanford, CA
Why is time accelerating? Why did summers as children seem so much longer than a summer as an adult? Is there any way to design our lives to slow, stop and reverse the acceleration of time? John explores the cognitive biases and errors that govern "experiential time" and explores ways to slow the ticking of the clock in service of the most precious commodity we have: time.

John Coyle '90 is an Olympic Silver Medalist, SVP and Professor of Innovation, and analyst for NBC Sports. As a thought leader in the field of horology, John studies time and how our environment and emotions impact the speed of its passing, and helps people design strength-focused, resilient lives full of intense and memorable moments that slow time and help you live (almost) forever.

Stanford Memorial Church
450 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA
Come join us with your fellow Catholic alumni to celebrate Mass.

Branner Hall
655 Escondido Rd.
Stanford, CA 94305
The Stanford Military Service Network hosts its 3rd annual discussion with expert faculty members, Stanford veterans, and current student service members focused on civil-military relations in the Stanford community and Stanford's influence on civil-military affairs, followed by an opportunity to meet Stanford veterans and service members. RSVP here.

Human Biology Bldg, 20 Main Quad
Stanford, CA
Check out HumBio's home in building 20. Re-connect with your HumBio community of alumni, students, and faculty over complimentary snacks, drinks, and coffee. Fire up your synapses at the students' research displays. There will be snacks. No RSVP.

Stanford Visitor Center
295 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305
Stop by the Visitor Center before heading off to Friday night’s class parties for a Thank You Reception hosted by your on-campus OVAL team. New and returning OVAL volunteers will have an opportunity to meet and mingle, share their OVAL experiences and gear up for the coming alumni interview season. Register now and we hope to see you there!

SIEPR Gunn Building, 2nd Floor Lounge and Balcony
366 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA

Catch up with former classmates and connect with current students, staff and faculty
over refreshments in the Public Policy Program Student Lounge on the 2nd floor of the SIEPR Gunn Building.

Huang Engineering Center Ampitheater
475 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA 94305
Management Science and Engineering Alumni, Faculty, and Student Reception.

Center for Educational Research at Stanford (CERAS)
520 Galvez Mall
Stanford, CA

Meet our new Dean Daniel Schwartz, enjoy hearty hors d'oeuvres, refreshing beverages, live music, scintillating conversation, and celebrate the inaugural recipients of the Stanford GSE Alumni Excellence in Education Award.
For more information: https://ed.stanford.edu/smartmail/reunion-2015

Varian Physics lobby
382 Via Pueblo Mall
Stanford, CA
The Physics Dept. will host a special reception for all Physics alumni in the Varian Physics lobby.  Please join us!

Old Union Clubhouse
Stanford, CA
Reconnect with the Stanford Asian American alumni community and get an update on what is important for Asian Americans on campus today.  Food and beverages will be provided.

Koret Pavilion, Ziff Center for Jewish Life
565 Mayfield Ave
Stanford, CA
Join us at 5:30 pm for a reception, 6:30 pm for candle lighting and Traditional/Egalitarian and Reform services, and 7:30 pm for a kosher dinner. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and in partnership with Stanford AEPhi, enjoy dinner remarks from the 2015  Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research Assistant Professor Adam de la Zerda ‘11 (Ph.D.), who will share exciting developments in his team’s research.

Black Community Services Center Lounge
Stanford, CA
Mix and mingle with current undergraduate and graduate students involved in the BlaQS community.

Muwekma-Tah-Ruk
543 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA
The students, alumni, friends and family of the Stanford American Indian Organization will gather to celebrate SAIO’s 45th Anniversary.  SAIO formed in 1970 to nurture community, provide a collective voice, to advocate for issues of importance throughout Native America.  Tickets $20 per person available for purchase at the door at Muwekma-Tah-Ruk, the Native American Theme House.

El Centro Chicano y Latino
Stanford, CA

Join us for a reception and a public reading and book signing by Stanford alumnus Elvira Prieto '97 as she shares her first published collection of poetry and prose. Elvira’s writing focuses on the retelling of life recuerdos (memories) with the intention of creating spaces of light, love, and healing for individuals and community. Elvira is Assistant Dean for Student Affairs & Associate Director of El Centro Chicano y Latino.

Memorial Church
450 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA 94305

Dr. Robert Huw Morgan will be performing Messe pour les Paroisses by François Couperin. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Markaz Resource Center
2nd Floor, Nitery Building, Old Union
Stanford, CA

In collaboration with the new Markaz Resource Center and the Muslim community at Stanford, the Stanford Muslim Alumni Association would like to invite you to the Muslim Alumni Association Open House. This will be an EXCELLENT opportunity to check out the new Markaz Resource Center, to meet new students currently on campus, and to reconnect with your old classmates from your own time at Stanford. Light refreshments will be served. More info on our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/StanfordMuslimAlumni

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA
Start your day off right with some coffee at the Alumni Center.

Graduate School of Education, Cubberley Auditorium

This seminar is for anyone who loves food, cooking or science! We will focus here on the five main tastes, aromatics, texture/mouthfeel, psychology and genetics (why some people can't stand cilantro, for example), and will internalize (literally) these concepts with a number of taste experiences and experiments.

Markus Covert is an associate professor of bioengineering and, by courtesy, of chemical and systems biology. He designed the world’s first whole-cell computer model and teaches a Stanford class on the science of French cooking. Professor Covert’s current research focuses on immunology and the complex interactions (genetic and environmental) that lead to disease.

Stanford Law School, room 290

Attend an information session on estate planning techniques. Learn what is new and what is likely to change in coming years. One general MCLE credit offered. 

B. Howard Pearson, '76, is the development legal counsel and director of Principal Gifts at Stanford University and a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches Trusts and Estates and Estate Planning. He joined the firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP where he was an associate and partner in the field of estate planning for fifteen years before joining Stanford in 1995. Pearson has served regularly on panels and committees of the American, State and local Bar Associations and the Practicing Law Institute and is co-editor of California Probate Practice, Matthew Bender.

Nvidia Auditorium in Huang Engineering Center
475 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA
MS&E masters alumni: After presenting a summary of insights from her new best seller, "Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World," Professor Kathleen Eisenhardt will moderate an alumni panel of esteemed leaders, as they share the simple rules they apply at their companies and in their hectic personal lives.

Meet at the top of the Oval on the stairs to the Main Quad

This docent-led tour explores the Stanford campus and its extensive outdoor collection of 20th-century sculpture in the quad and south campus area. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

Capacity: 40

Bechtel International Center - Living Room, 1st Floor
584 Capistrano Way
Stanford, CA

Bechtel International Center welcomes alums of Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Churchill, DAAD, Luce, Mitchell and other overseas study and research awards.
Join us to celebrate your achievements at a breakfast reception. Reflect on and relive your overseas experiences with friends over a mimosa and tasty treats!

Meet at the Arrillaga Dining Commons

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Arrillaga Family Dining Commons, which has become a community center for faculty, staff, undergrads and graduate students. On the cutting edge of dining, it serves dishes such as wild Taku River Salmon with Orange-Thyme Glaze, teaches classes and houses a sustainable garden, wellness room and gluten-free micro-kitchen. Capacity: 30

Main Quad, Bldg 320 (Geology corner), Room 105

There is a predominant feeling today that, while there are more technologies and social institutions geared towards “saving time,” we are more rushed than ever before. Usually we associate this “stressful form of life” with a pace imposed upon us by electronic devices and other products of contemporary industry. But could it be that our “rushed everyday” is the result of an endlessly “slower” transformation of our conditions of life?

Hans Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature and a Professor of Comparative Literature and of French and Italian. He focuses on the histories of the national literatures in Romance language (especially French, Spanish, and Brazilian), and also on German literature. Professor Gumbrecht tries to use the Western philosophical tradition to develop views about the identity of our present, with a special focus on “everyday aesthetics.”

Meet in front of Bing Concert Hall; bus boarding begins at 9:15 a.m.

Scheduled to open to patients in 2018, Stanford Health Care is adding more beds, private rooms, state-of-the-art operating suites, expanded emergency services and the flexibility the hospital needs to adapt to advancing technologies and more streamlined services. Come visit with us to see construction in progress and learn about the renewal project that will rebuild and modernize facilities that are the foundation of our community’s healthcare services. 

Knight Management Center, Zambrano Hall, CEMEX Auditorium

Every culture and civilization had their dreams about eternal youth but what if there was something to it? Professor Wyss-Coray will share an absolutely amazing development in aging research that could revolutionize the way we understand aging and how we may treat age-related diseases.

Tony Wyss-Coray is a professor of neurology and neurological sciences. He uses genetic and molecular tools to dissect injury and inflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration. Also, he studies whether the blood of young mice can restore the mental capabilities of old mice. He has co-founded the company, Alkahest, to explore this possibility for human subjects.

Memorial Church
Find your class diamond under the archway, then revisit the beautiful mosaics, stained glass and architecture that makes this church so memorable.

GSB, Classroom G101
Graduate School of Business
Stanford, CA
Transform Lives with SEED - Help eradicate poverty in developing economies by building the capacity of local business leaders, scaling high-potential companies, and creating jobs.  The Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED) is seeking Volunteer Business Coaches to spend up to 1 year in Africa and possibly other regions around the world.  Learn more and meet alumni coaches by attending this event.

In front of Roble Hall/next to the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden
370 Santa Teresa Street
Stanford, CA 94305
Windhover is a spiritual refuge on the Stanford University campus meant to both inspire and promote personal renewal. Named for the series of paintings by Nathan Oliveira that grace its walls, Windhover provides an environment for quiet reflection throughout the day for Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Tour is limited to 20 participants.

Huang Engineering Center Foyer (Lower Level, outside the Nvidia Auditorium)
475 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA
See former classmates and make new connections during a networking brunch with fellow Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) masters program alumni. This immediately follows Professor Kathleen Eisenhardt’s 9:30 a.m. lecture and alumni panel discussion sharing insights from her book, "Simple Rules," on how to streamline problem solving in complex situations.

Cantor Arts Museum and Stanford Mausoleum
328 Lomita Dr.
Stanford, CA
The Cantor Arts Center's diverse collections span continents, cultures, and 5,000 years of art history and include one of the largest presentations of Rodin bronzes outside Paris. Come see a wide range of changing exhibitions and take advantage of docent tours, lectures, gallery talks, symposia, classes, and special events. View the website and plan your visit.

The Anderson Collection at Stanford University is a collection of 121 modern and contemporary American paintings and sculpture generously gifted by Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence. Each work is exemplary of its movement, which include Bay Area Abstraction, Bay Area Figuration, California Light & Space, Color Field Painting, Contemporary Painting, Funk, Hard-Edge Painting, New York School, and Post-Minimalism. View the website for more information.

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, McCown Board Room
326 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA
Join fellow alumni in this opportunity to share experiences, strength and hope about ongoing recovery from chemical or alcohol dependency.

Main Quad, Bldg 320 (Geology corner), Room 105

How did the allies break the Enigma code during World War II? How do codes enable us to exchange money over the internet? What is Bitcoin? What is the difference between a meaningful patterns and simple coincidences? Come and learn how data science was created by the wartime code breakers and the influence it has on our lives today.

Susan Holmes is a professor of statistics, codirector of the Mathematical and Computational Sciences and the John Henry Samter University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. She uses computational statistics to draw inferences about complex biological phenomena in areas including immunology, cancer biology and microbial ecology.

Meet at Stanford Visitor Center
Your guide, a current Stanford student, will take you on a 60-minute stroll around campus to rekindle old memories. This tour will end at White Plaza. Your student tour guide will be happy to answer your questions about what it is like to be a student today. It is recommended that you wear comfortable walking shoes for the campus walking tour. This tour has unlimited capacity.

Lathrop Library, Bishop Auditorium

Many of us feel overwhelmed by choices of what to eat. Low-carb, low-fat, high-protein, omega-3, high fructose corn syrup… Nutrition scientist Christopher Gardner offers insights to these conundrums with a blend of science and humor, and shares how the food movement is pulling together faculty and students at Stanford.

Christopher Gardner, PhD '93, is the director of nutrition studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and professor of medicine. For the past 20 years his research has examined the potential health benefits of dietary components such as soy, garlic, antioxidants, ginkgo, omega-3 fats, vegetarian diets, and weight loss diets in the general population. His long-term vision in this area is to create a world-class Stanford Food Systems Initiative.

Meet at Bldg 610 on Duena Street
Stanford’s Product Realization Lab has been at the heart of engineering innovation since the University’s founding. PRL Director David Beach will demonstrate some “realization” processes and then you’ll meet Stanford student innovators who are making amazing stuff that will change the world. 
Capacity: 40
David Beach, '68, MS '72, professor of mechanical engineering, teaches in the areas of design and manufacturing. His interests are in the integration of design, manufacturing, marketing; and precision engineering. He directs the Product Realization Laboratory, which annually provides more than 1,700 students with hands-on experiences in product definition, conceptual design, and prototype creation. Beach is the recipient of the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, held the prestigious Bing, Bass, and Sugden Fellowships, and received the Dean's Award for Industry Education Innovation.

Lorry I. Lokey Stanford Daily Building - 1st Floor
456 Panama Mall
Reflect on and relive your experiences at the Daily with fellow alums and current staffers. Enjoy refreshments and hear about some exciting new initiatives at The Daily!

Main Quad, Bldg 200 (History corner), Room 002, lower level

Are many or even all traditional ideas of virtues and vices, human excellences and deficiencies, relevant or irrelevant in modern times? Examples will be mainly drawn from the West, but Chinese materials will be included.

Lee Yearley is the Walter Y. Evans-Wentz Professor of Oriental Philosophy, Religions and Ethics. His research focuses on ethical and literary material from China and the West, and several of his works have been translated into Chinese including his book, Mencius and Aquinas: Theories of Virtue and Conceptions of Courage. He received the 2015 Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contributions to Undergraduate Education.

Graduate School of Education, Cubberley Auditorium

Americans today are focused on the rise of China as friend, foe, economic competitor, and possible hegemonic rival. This present has a long past. Americans have long had strong feelings about China and its meaning for America's own destiny. How can a look at history help us navigate an uncertain future in the most important international bi-lateral relationship?

Gordon Chang, MA ’72, PhD ’87, is the Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities, a professor of American history and the director of the Center for East Asian Studies. His research focuses on the history of United States-East Asia relations and on Asian American history. Professor Chang co-directs the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project involving more than 100 scholars in the United States, Canada, and Asia.

Meet at Stanford Visitor Center
Your guide, a current Stanford student, will take you on a 60-minute stroll around campus to rekindle old memories. This tour will end at White Plaza. Your student tour guide will be happy to answer your questions about what it is like to be a student today. It is recommended that you wear comfortable walking shoes for the campus walking tour. This tour has unlimited capacity.

Graduate School of Education, Cubberley Auditorium

Professor McFaul will draw on both social science theory as well as his personal experiences in government to assess the causes of the current confrontation between Russia and the West. In developing an explanation, he will focus on the relative weight of long-term historical factors versus the role of individual leaders.

Michael McFaul, '86, MA '86, is a professor of political science, director and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served the Obama administration as Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House, and most recently as the U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation.

Bing Concert Hall

What is the Universe made of? In modern cosmology only 4% of the universe is deeply understood, while the true nature of the other 96% is a currently a mystery. Bring your curiosity and learn how we will image the dark portion of the universe, and how citizen scientists can help.

Aaron Roodman is a professor and chair of the Particle Physics & Astrophysics department at Stanford’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Roodman’s research focuses on the study of dark energy using data from the currently running Dark Energy Survey. He is also playing a major role in the construction of the world’s largest digital camera for the upcoming Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.

Lathrop Library, Bishop Auditorium

What if the homecoming Odysseus woke up in Cupertino instead of Ithaca, and 3000 years after the Trojan War, rather than 20? What relevance would his character and story have for our wired world? It turns out the wily Greek warrior knew a lot more than we do.

Richard Martin is the Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics. His research ranges over the Homeric epics, Greek comedy, mythology, and ancient religion. Along with monographs, he has published books for general audiences (e.g. Myths of the Ancient Greeks) and articles on Greek, Latin, and Irish literature. Professor Martin's teaching includes Greek and Latin grammar, Greek mythology, Herodotus, and Irish sagas.

Knight Management Center, Zambrano Hall, CEMEX Auditorium

Almost 20 percent of the U.S. is currently suffering from severe to exceptional drought, as are sizable portions of every inhabited continent. The World Economic Forum estimates that such droughts cost global agriculture and business $6 to $8 billion per year. Come learn about and discuss solutions to what the United Nations has called the 'world's most costly natural disaster.'

Buzz Thompson, '73, MBA '75, JD '76, is the Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and Perry L. McCarty Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Although he works on a broad variety of environmental and natural-resource issues, he's a confessed water wonk. In 2008, he received the Richard W. Lyman Award for exceptional volunteer service to alumni.

Bing Concert Hall
Find out about this unique treasure from the ground up! Led by Maggie Burgett '76, Project Manager.

Masters Grove
Stanford, CA
Reconnect with alumni, friends and family from the El Centro Chicano y Latino and Native American alumni communities. Hosted by Miguel Martinez, '76.  Barbecue and beverages will be served.  Meet at the Chateau RV in Masters Grove, a short walk to the Stanford Stadium.

Serra St. between the 10th-30th Reunion Headquarters Tents

Kids will rally in style with their own boxed lunch and goodie bag, while enjoying roaming entertainment such as face painters, balloon twisters, music and dancing. The Kids Tailgate will be located near the 10^th-30^th reunion headquarters tents on Serra St.

The tailgate is included in the price of the Tag-Along Pass or the Saturday Cardinal Kids Camp.

Dinkelspiel Auditorium
471 Lagunita Dr.
Stanford, CA
Founded in 1985 as Stanford's first co-ed a cappella group, Mixed Company celebrates its 30th anniversary with performances of unforgettable hits and rib-tickling skits.

Cardinal Plaza (East end of Chuck Taylor Grove
BBQ, Pre-Game Field Passes, Discounted Tickets, Camaraderie, and More! Email Matt Doyle, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Football Operations (mdoyle76@stanford.edu)

Oak Lounge, Tresidder Memorial Union
459 Lagunita Dr
Stanford, CA

Enjoy an evening of food, drink, and celebration as Stanford's LGBTQ alumni organization honors members in our community with students, faculty, and staff. Meet this year's Huffington Pride Fellows and learn about the projects they worked on this summer.
http://stanfordpride.org/programs/events/stanford-pride-reunionhomecoming/

Taube Tennis Patio
625 Campus Drive
Stanford, CA
Join fellow Graduate School of Education alumni and their families and GSE faculty and students for a pre-game tailgate. Connect with classmates, and meet some new mates!  Delectable barbecue, vegetarian options, and scintillating conversation will abound.  Advance registration recommended.

http://pgnet.stanford.edu/goto/event18718reg

BCSC, Henry & Monique Brandon Family Community Room
418 Santa Teresa St
Stanford, CA
Bring the FUNK no matter what era you represent! EW&F, New Edition, Public Enemy, Bey, Kanye & You on the dance floor! Reconnect with alums and share memories with current students. Desserts and beverages will be served. The football game will be shown on televison for those who choose not to attend the game in person. Sponsored by the Black Community Services Center & Stanford National Black Alumni Association.

Stanford Stadium
625 Nelson Rd.
Stanford, CA
Cheer on the Cardinal as they take on the Washington Huskies at Stanford Stadium. Corner/End Zone: $35 per seat (seating with fellow alums). Upper Goal Line (sunny side): $45 per seat and Upper Sideline (sunny side): $60 per seat (with seatbacks). Order tickets directly from Stanford Athletics: 1-800-STANFORD (1-800-782-6367) or www.gostanford.com. Use promotional code SAA followed by your class year (e.g. SAA70).

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA
Start your day off right with a continental breakfast at the Alumni Center.

Haas Center for Public Service
562 Salvatierra Walk
Stanford, CA
Enjoy a buffet breakfast; learn about Cardinal Service, the new campus-wide effort to elevate service at Stanford; reconnect with alumni and current and former staff; and learn how you can inspire students toward lives of public service.

Pac-12 Plaza
Stanford, CA

Theta Breakers is an annual 5k/10k walk/run around Stanford's beautiful campus. This year will be the 30th anniversary, with all the proceeds going directly to the Child Advocates of Silicon Valley (CASV). CASV is the local chapter of the larger organization, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), which pairs children who have experienced abuse and neglect with trained volunteers to ensure that each child grows up in a healthy, safe, and loving environment. Kappa Alpha Theta sorority is proud to host yet another Theta Breakers benefitting CASA!

http://tinyurl.com/thetabreakers2015

Cantor Arts Museum and Stanford Mausoleum
328 Lomita Dr.
Stanford, CA
The Cantor Arts Center's diverse collections span continents, cultures, and 5,000 years of art history and include one of the largest presentations of Rodin bronzes outside Paris. Come see a wide range of changing exhibitions and take advantage of docent tours, lectures, gallery talks, symposia, classes, and special events. View the website and plan your visit.

The Anderson Collection at Stanford University is a collection of 121 modern and contemporary American paintings and sculpture generously gifted by Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence. Each work is exemplary of its movement, which include Bay Area Abstraction, Bay Area Figuration, California Light & Space, Color Field Painting, Contemporary Painting, Funk, Hard-Edge Painting, New York School, and Post-Minimalism. View the website for more information.

SIEPR Koret-Taube Room 120
Stanford, CA

Join the Stanford Pilipino Alumni Network (SPAN) in celebrating community accomplishments. Listen to invited reflections on alumni leadership pathways and current student experiences in this family-friendly event recognizing the Pilipino American Student Union (PASU) 25th Anniversary and National Filipino American History Month.

Memorial Church
Find your class diamond under the archway, then revisit the beautiful mosaics, stained glass and architecture that makes this church so memorable.

Main Quad, Bldg 200 (History Corner), Room 002, lower level

Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity implies that black holes could exist, astrophysicists demonstrated that they should exist, and astronomers observing with many different telescopes have discovered that they are common in the universe. The strange and wonderful behavior of black holes will be described and compared with alternate realities created in the movies.

Roger Blandford is the Luke Blossom Professor of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the founding director of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology and Professor at SLAC, and a professor of particle physics and astrophysics. His research interests include cosmology, black hole astrophysics, galaxies, cosmic rays, neutron stars and white dwarfs.

Meet across the street from the Alumni Center; bus boarding begins at 12:40 p.m.

A natural laboratory for researchers from all over the world, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve also provides educational experiences for students. Stanford students familiar with the natural history and research lead you on a tour of this remarkable field station. You will see several distinct vegetation communities and learn about research ranging from the Jasper Ridge Global Change Experiment to the invasion of Argentine ants. 

Please wear close toed walking shoes for hilly terrain and uneven ground, with weather appropriate clothing; be prepared with a hat, bottle of water, binoculars and/or camera. Due to entrance restrictions, attendees must ride on this bus to take part in the tour. Bus begins boarding at 12:40pm. Capacity: 24

Graduate School of Education, Cubberley Auditorium

Forgiving doesn't mean forgetting, nor does it mean condoning bad behavior. In this talk, Fred Luskin shares his research and insights into forgiveness and research around its effectiveness in promoting emotional and physical health.

Fred Luskin is a director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects and a senior consultant in health promotion at Vaden Health Center. His research centers on the intersection of spiritual values and physical and emotional well-being. He has engaged in international work with victims and survivors of violence in Northern Island conflicts, Ground Zero, and Sierra Leone, yielding significant results in forgiveness, stress reduction, and enhanced states of well-being.

Lathrop Library, Bishop Auditorium

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought significant change to the U.S. health care system. And the law has its share of both vocal supporters and opponents. What, exactly, does the ACA do? And what, if any, changes might we expect to the law given that yet another presidential election is on the horizon?

Lanhee Chen is the David and Diane Steffy Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Director of Domestic Policy Studies and Lecturer in Public Policy at Stanford. His current research focuses on health policy, campaigns and elections, economic policy, and California politics. Chen currently serves as a presidentially-appointed member of the Social Security Advisory Board and was the Policy Director on Mitt Romney's presidential campaign in 2012.

Memorial Church
450 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA

Compline (pronounced “komp-lin”)
A reflective, contemplative 30-minute service of hymns, anthems and chant sung by Stanford and local choral ensembles in the tranquil candlelit ambiance of Memorial Church. All are welcome.