OpeningCelebration

March 7–8, 2014

CONTACT250.brown.edu

#brown250

brown250@brown.edu

401-863-5400

KEY DATES, WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA, FEEDBACK

Visit the Imagine Brown 250+ website often as campus and regional events will be added regularly during the 15 month celebration. Stay connected through social media and contact the 250th Anniversary Office with any questions.

Key Dates May 23 - 25, 2014 - Commencement Reunion Weekend September 27 - 28, 2014 - 250th Fall Celebration October 24 - 25, 2014 - Family Weekend May 22 - 24, 2015 - Commencement Reunion Weekend & 250th Closing Celebration

Website & Social Media Imagine Brown 250+ website: 250.brown.edu Twitter & Instagram: #brown250 Like “Brown University” on Facebook Livestream of select events: http://brown.edu/web/livestream

Russell C. Carey ’91, AM’06, Executive Vice President, Planning and Policy

Ralph F. Rosenberg ’86, P’17, Trustee emeritus, Corporation of Brown University

Wendy J. Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07, Trustee emerita, Fellow emerita, Corporation of Brown University

MembersTodd G. Andrews ’83, P’18, Vice President, Alumni Relations

Thomas F. Banchoff II ADE’70 hon., P’91, Professor of Mathematics

George H. Billings ’72, Trustee, Corporation of Brown University; Past President, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors

Nancy L. Buc ’65, LLD’94 hon., Trustee emerita, Fellow emerita, Corporation of Brown University

Richard A. Fishman ADE’73 hon., P’89, Professor of Visual Art; Director, Creative Arts Council

Timothy P. Flanigan MD, Dean’s Professor of Medical Science; Professor of Medicine and of Health Services, Policy and Practice

Xochitl Gonzalez ’99, Past member, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors

Jessica Hodgdon, Past Chair, President’s Staff Advisory Council

Nancy C. Hyde ’80, P’17, P’17, President, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors; Trustee, Corporation of Brown University

Odest (Chad) Jenkins, Associate Professor of Computer Science

Carl Kaestle ADE’98 hon., Professor emeritus, Department of Education

Lauren J. Kolodny ’08, Young Alumni Trustee emerita, Corporation of Brown University

Heather R. Lee AM’09, PhD’14, Graduate School student representative

Steven Lubar ADE’05 hon., Professor of American Studies, History, and History of Art and Architecture; Director, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage

Karen Newman, Owen Walker Professor of Humanities; Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Carle Pieters, Professor of Geological Sciences

Marisa Quinn, Vice President, Public Affairs and University Relations

Jim Sinai ’01, Class Treasurer; Member, Annual Fund Leadership Committee

Joan Wernig Sorensen ’72, P’06, P’06, Trustee, Corporation of Brown University

Noelle E. Spencer ’14, MD’18, Undergraduate student representative

Jennifer W. Tsai ’14, MD’18, Undergraduate student representative

Patricia R. Watson, Senior Vice President, University Advancement

Clay P. Wiske MD’14, Alpert Medical School student representative

Gordon S. Wood ADE’70 hon., LITD’10 hon., P’86, GP’11, Professor emeritus, Department of History

250th ANNIVERSARY STEERING COMMITTEE:

Tri-chairs:

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

Welcome to Brown’s 250th Opening Celebration!

We are delighted that you have joined us for the kick-off of our semiquincentenary – the 250th anniversary of Brown University’s founding. There will be academic programming, student performances, a 250+

cake, and a fireworks display for all to enjoy! The weekend offers many opportunities to learn about Brown’s past, reflect on the University today, and imagine Brown in the future.

Among the many highlights of the weekend are lectures featuring two distinguished Brown alumni. World Bank President and 1982 graduate of Brown University, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, will deliver the Opening Celebration Keynote Address and 87th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs, and United States Secretary of Labor and 1983 graduate, Thomas Perez will deliver Saturday’s keynote address as part of the Watson Institute for International Studies Distinguished Speaker series.

In addition, there will be a sampling of Brown’s offerings in the sciences, arts, culture, athletics, and more. This brochure is intended to serve as a guide to the weekend’s forums, lab and campus tours, athletic events, exhibits, gallery openings, concerts and performances. I am especially pleased that we are launching our new President’s Colloquium on the Virtues of a Liberal Education during this inaugural weekend of the 250th celebration.

I want to thank members of the Brown, Providence and Rhode Island communities for participating in and shaping our 250th commemoration. Special appreciation to the 250th steering committee chaired by Wendy Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07, Ralph Rosenberg ’86, P’17, and Russell Carey ’91, AM’06.

As we begin our semiquincentenary, please join us in recognizing the women and men who have shaped Pembroke and Brown colleges into the Brown University of today, and, in the words of Charles Evans Hughes, class of 1881, to imagine yet another new day, full of the brightest promise.

Enjoy your weekend!

President Christina H. Paxson

OpeningCelebration

March 7–8, 2014

CONTACT250.brown.edu

#brown250

brown250@brown.edu

401-863-5400

KEY DATES, WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA, FEEDBACK

Visit the Imagine Brown 250+ website often as campus and regional events will be added regularly during the 15 month celebration. Stay connected through social media and contact the 250th Anniversary Office with any questions.

Key Dates May 23 - 25, 2014 - Commencement Reunion Weekend September 27 - 28, 2014 - 250th Fall Celebration October 24 - 25, 2014 - Family Weekend May 22 - 24, 2015 - Commencement Reunion Weekend & 250th Closing Celebration

Website & Social Media Imagine Brown 250+ website: 250.brown.edu Twitter & Instagram: #brown250 Like “Brown University” on Facebook Livestream of select events: http://brown.edu/web/livestream

Russell C. Carey ’91, AM’06, Executive Vice President, Planning and Policy

Ralph F. Rosenberg ’86, P’17, Trustee emeritus, Corporation of Brown University

Wendy J. Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07, Trustee emerita, Fellow emerita, Corporation of Brown University

MembersTodd G. Andrews ’83, P’18, Vice President, Alumni Relations

Thomas F. Banchoff II ADE’70 hon., P’91, Professor of Mathematics

George H. Billings ’72, Trustee, Corporation of Brown University; Past President, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors

Nancy L. Buc ’65, LLD’94 hon., Trustee emerita, Fellow emerita, Corporation of Brown University

Richard A. Fishman ADE’73 hon., P’89, Professor of Visual Art; Director, Creative Arts Council

Timothy P. Flanigan MD, Dean’s Professor of Medical Science; Professor of Medicine and of Health Services, Policy and Practice

Xochitl Gonzalez ’99, Past member, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors

Jessica Hodgdon, Past Chair, President’s Staff Advisory Council

Nancy C. Hyde ’80, P’17, P’17, President, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors; Trustee, Corporation of Brown University

Odest (Chad) Jenkins, Associate Professor of Computer Science

Carl Kaestle ADE’98 hon., Professor emeritus, Department of Education

Lauren J. Kolodny ’08, Young Alumni Trustee emerita, Corporation of Brown University

Heather R. Lee AM’09, PhD’14, Graduate School student representative

Steven Lubar ADE’05 hon., Professor of American Studies, History, and History of Art and Architecture; Director, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage

Karen Newman, Owen Walker Professor of Humanities; Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Carle Pieters, Professor of Geological Sciences

Marisa Quinn, Vice President, Public Affairs and University Relations

Jim Sinai ’01, Class Treasurer; Member, Annual Fund Leadership Committee

Joan Wernig Sorensen ’72, P’06, P’06, Trustee, Corporation of Brown University

Noelle E. Spencer ’14, MD’18, Undergraduate student representative

Jennifer W. Tsai ’14, MD’18, Undergraduate student representative

Patricia R. Watson, Senior Vice President, University Advancement

Clay P. Wiske MD’14, Alpert Medical School student representative

Gordon S. Wood ADE’70 hon., LITD’10 hon., P’86, GP’11, Professor emeritus, Department of History

250th ANNIVERSARY STEERING COMMITTEE:

Tri-chairs:

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

Welcome to Brown’s 250th Opening Celebration!

We are delighted that you have joined us for the kick-off of our semiquincentenary – the 250th anniversary of Brown University’s founding. There will be academic programming, student performances, a 250+

cake, and a fireworks display for all to enjoy! The weekend offers many opportunities to learn about Brown’s past, reflect on the University today, and imagine Brown in the future.

Among the many highlights of the weekend are lectures featuring two distinguished Brown alumni. World Bank President and 1982 graduate of Brown University, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, will deliver the Opening Celebration Keynote Address and 87th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs, and United States Secretary of Labor and 1983 graduate, Thomas Perez will deliver Saturday’s keynote address as part of the Watson Institute for International Studies Distinguished Speaker series.

In addition, there will be a sampling of Brown’s offerings in the sciences, arts, culture, athletics, and more. This brochure is intended to serve as a guide to the weekend’s forums, lab and campus tours, athletic events, exhibits, gallery openings, concerts and performances. I am especially pleased that we are launching our new President’s Colloquium on the Virtues of a Liberal Education during this inaugural weekend of the 250th celebration.

I want to thank members of the Brown, Providence and Rhode Island communities for participating in and shaping our 250th commemoration. Special appreciation to the 250th steering committee chaired by Wendy Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07, Ralph Rosenberg ’86, P’17, and Russell Carey ’91, AM’06.

As we begin our semiquincentenary, please join us in recognizing the women and men who have shaped Pembroke and Brown colleges into the Brown University of today, and, in the words of Charles Evans Hughes, class of 1881, to imagine yet another new day, full of the brightest promise.

Enjoy your weekend!

President Christina H. Paxson

OpeningCelebration

March 7–8, 2014

CONTACT250.brown.edu

#brown250

brown250@brown.edu

401-863-5400

KEY DATES, WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA, FEEDBACK

Visit the Imagine Brown 250+ website often as campus and regional events will be added regularly during the 15 month celebration. Stay connected through social media and contact the 250th Anniversary Office with any questions.

Key Dates May 23 - 25, 2014 - Commencement Reunion Weekend September 27 - 28, 2014 - 250th Fall Celebration October 24 - 25, 2014 - Family Weekend May 22 - 24, 2015 - Commencement Reunion Weekend & 250th Closing Celebration

Website & Social Media Imagine Brown 250+ website: 250.brown.edu Twitter & Instagram: #brown250 Like “Brown University” on Facebook Livestream of select events: http://brown.edu/web/livestream

Russell C. Carey ’91, AM’06, Executive Vice President, Planning and Policy

Ralph F. Rosenberg ’86, P’17, Trustee emeritus, Corporation of Brown University

Wendy J. Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07, Trustee emerita, Fellow emerita, Corporation of Brown University

MembersTodd G. Andrews ’83, P’18, Vice President, Alumni Relations

Thomas F. Banchoff II ADE’70 hon., P’91, Professor of Mathematics

George H. Billings ’72, Trustee, Corporation of Brown University; Past President, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors

Nancy L. Buc ’65, LLD’94 hon., Trustee emerita, Fellow emerita, Corporation of Brown University

Richard A. Fishman ADE’73 hon., P’89, Professor of Visual Art; Director, Creative Arts Council

Timothy P. Flanigan MD, Dean’s Professor of Medical Science; Professor of Medicine and of Health Services, Policy and Practice

Xochitl Gonzalez ’99, Past member, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors

Jessica Hodgdon, Past Chair, President’s Staff Advisory Council

Nancy C. Hyde ’80, P’17, P’17, President, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors; Trustee, Corporation of Brown University

Odest (Chad) Jenkins, Associate Professor of Computer Science

Carl Kaestle ADE’98 hon., Professor emeritus, Department of Education

Lauren J. Kolodny ’08, Young Alumni Trustee emerita, Corporation of Brown University

Heather R. Lee AM’09, PhD’14, Graduate School student representative

Steven Lubar ADE’05 hon., Professor of American Studies, History, and History of Art and Architecture; Director, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage

Karen Newman, Owen Walker Professor of Humanities; Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Carle Pieters, Professor of Geological Sciences

Marisa Quinn, Vice President, Public Affairs and University Relations

Jim Sinai ’01, Class Treasurer; Member, Annual Fund Leadership Committee

Joan Wernig Sorensen ’72, P’06, P’06, Trustee, Corporation of Brown University

Noelle E. Spencer ’14, MD’18, Undergraduate student representative

Jennifer W. Tsai ’14, MD’18, Undergraduate student representative

Patricia R. Watson, Senior Vice President, University Advancement

Clay P. Wiske MD’14, Alpert Medical School student representative

Gordon S. Wood ADE’70 hon., LITD’10 hon., P’86, GP’11, Professor emeritus, Department of History

250th ANNIVERSARY STEERING COMMITTEE:

Tri-chairs:

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

Welcome to Brown’s 250th Opening Celebration!

We are delighted that you have joined us for the kick-off of our semiquincentenary – the 250th anniversary of Brown University’s founding. There will be academic programming, student performances, a 250+

cake, and a fireworks display for all to enjoy! The weekend offers many opportunities to learn about Brown’s past, reflect on the University today, and imagine Brown in the future.

Among the many highlights of the weekend are lectures featuring two distinguished Brown alumni. World Bank President and 1982 graduate of Brown University, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, will deliver the Opening Celebration Keynote Address and 87th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs, and United States Secretary of Labor and 1983 graduate, Thomas Perez will deliver Saturday’s keynote address as part of the Watson Institute for International Studies Distinguished Speaker series.

In addition, there will be a sampling of Brown’s offerings in the sciences, arts, culture, athletics, and more. This brochure is intended to serve as a guide to the weekend’s forums, lab and campus tours, athletic events, exhibits, gallery openings, concerts and performances. I am especially pleased that we are launching our new President’s Colloquium on the Virtues of a Liberal Education during this inaugural weekend of the 250th celebration.

I want to thank members of the Brown, Providence and Rhode Island communities for participating in and shaping our 250th commemoration. Special appreciation to the 250th steering committee chaired by Wendy Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07, Ralph Rosenberg ’86, P’17, and Russell Carey ’91, AM’06.

As we begin our semiquincentenary, please join us in recognizing the women and men who have shaped Pembroke and Brown colleges into the Brown University of today, and, in the words of Charles Evans Hughes, class of 1881, to imagine yet another new day, full of the brightest promise.

Enjoy your weekend!

President Christina H. Paxson

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL Take Hope Street south, then turn right on Wickenden Street. Follow Wickenden Street across the Point Street Bridge. Cross Eddy Street and then take first right onto Richmond Street. The Medical School building will be on your right at 222 Richmond Street.

Shuttle service will be provided to and from the Van Wickle Gates and Alpert Medical School (222 Richmond St.) on Saturday, March 8, from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

PARKINGAll Brown University parking lots on the main campus (except lots 57 & 71) will open to Brown 250th Celebration guests beginning at 5:00 pm on Friday, March 7th, 2014 through Saturday, March 8th, 2014. The Power Street Lot (both lower and upper levels) at the corner of Power and Thayer Streets is the largest lot on campus. The top level is entered on Power Street and the bottom level is entered on the corner of Williams and Brook Streets.

RELIGIOUS INFORMATION

FRIDAY, MARCH 71:00 pm Muslim Friday Prayers (salat-al-jumu’ah)Brown Muslim Student Center Champlin Hall, Basement Level

7:30 pmHillel Community Kiddush and Shabbat DinnerPlease join us for a delicious Shabbat dinner. Reservations requested. Call 401-863-2805 or e-mail info@brownrisdhillel.org.Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

8:30 pmLearning How To Teach, Lead, and Live a Menschy Life: A Journey in Poverty-Fighting, Education Reform, and SocialEntrepreneurship presented by Norman Atkins ’84, P’10, P’14 Co-Founder & President, Relay GSE and Founder & Board Chair, Uncommon SchoolsBrown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

SATURDAY, MARCH 812:30 pmKiddush LuncheonEnjoy a catered Shabbat lunch.Reservations requested. Call 401-863-2805 or e-mail info@brownrisdhillel.org.Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

4:45 pmRoman Catholic MassManning Chapel, The College Green

5:30 pmThird MealEnjoy the traditional third meal of Shabbat before sundown.Reservations requested. Call 401-863-2805 or email info@brownrisdhillel.org.Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

6:30 pmHavdalahExperience the beautiful candlelight ritual that helps separate Shabbat from the rest of the week.Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

FRIDAY, MARCH 7TIME EVENT LOCATION

2:30 pm – 3:50 pm Keynote Address: Kim Salomon Center

2:30 pm – 10:00 pm Multiple Art Exhibits Granoff Center

3:00 pm – 8:00 pm Alumni Exhibit List Art Center

5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Cake Viewing Faunce Steps

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Campus Reception and Film Premiere Sayles Hall of “The Brown Difference”

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Symbols of Brown Exhibit Haffenreffer Museum

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789–1804 John Carter Brown Library

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Highlights from the Collection John Carter Brown Library

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Activism, Action, and Advocacy Exhibit Sarah Doyle Women’s Center

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Mark Morris Dance Group Master Class Lyman Hall

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Cake Cutting & Fireworks Faunce Steps

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Men’s Basketball vs Dartmouth Pizzitola Sports Center

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Performance Showcase 1 Granoff Center

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Performance Showcase 2 Metcalf Research Building

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Wind Symphony Concert Salomon Center

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Passing Strange, Sock & Buskin Stuart Theatre

SATURDAY, MARCH 8TIME EVENT LOCATION

8:00 am – 6:00 pm Nelson Fitness Center Open Fitness Center for Community

10:00 am – 11:00 am Architectural Tour Moore Sculpture

10:00 am – 11:00 am President’s Colloquium: Politics Salomon Center

10:00 am – 11:00 am Clinical Skills Demonstration Alpert Medical School

10:00 am – 12:00 pm New Sounds, New instruments Granoff Center

10:00 am – 12:30 pm Mark Morris Open Rehearsal Lyman Hall

10:00 am – 1:00 pm Basic Life Sciences Lab Tours Sidney Frank Hall

10:00 am – 2:00 pm Virtual Environment Navigation Lab Tour Metcalf Research

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Symbols of Brown Exhibit Haffenreffer Museum

10:00 am – 4:00 pm The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789–1804 John Carter Brown Library

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Highlights from the Collection John Carter Brown Library

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Robotics Lab Tour Center for Information Technology

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Comet Tales: Comets in Science, History Northeast Planetary Data and Popular Culture Center Tour

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Activism, Action, and Advocacy Exhibit Sarah Doyle Women’s Center

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Throwing Paper Airplanes at the Moon Granoff Center

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Rhode Island Museum of Science Granoff Center and Art Interactive Displays

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Bats in Flight Prince Engineering Lab

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Nightingale-Brown House Tours John Carter Brown Center for the Public Humanities

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Greenhouse Tours BERT

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Research Discoveries & Issues Lincoln Field Building in Planetary Science

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology Rhode Island Hall and the Ancient World

10:00 am – 4:30 pm Self-Guided Medical School Tours Alpert Medical School

10:00 am – 6:00 pm Multiple Art Exhibits Granoff Center

10:30 am; 11:15 am; 12:00 pm; iWriting 3D Granoff Center 2:00 pm; 2:45 pm; 3:30 pm

11:00 am Exhibition Tour of The Other John Carter Brown Library Revolution: Haiti, 1789–1804

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Campus Tour Stephen Robert Center

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Five Things You Need to Know About Watson Institute For the History of the Brown Campus International Studies

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Keynote Address: Perez Salomon Center

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Concussion: A Perfect Storm Alpert Medical School

12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Sock & Buskin Gallery Stuart Theater

12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mini Museum: Brain Related Faculty Sidney Frank Hall Demonstrations & Presentations

12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Medical School Tours Alpert Medical School

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm President’s Colloquium: Documentary Salomon Center

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Magic & Mystery of Physics Barus & Holley

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm New Sounds, New Instruments Granoff Center

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Mande Dance & Drumming Lyman Hall

1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Annmary Brown Memorial Tours Annmary Brown Memorial

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tour of MRI facility Sidney Frank Hall

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm President’s Colloquium: Technology Salomon Center

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Rush Hawkins, Annmary Brown Annmary Brown Memorial

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Medical School Tours Alpert Medical School

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Architectural Tour Moore Sculpture

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm President’s Colloquium: Revolution Salomon Center

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm The Anatomy of Anatomy Alpert Medical School

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Men’s Basketball vs. Harvard Pizzitola Sports Center

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Passing Strange, Sock & Buskin Faunce House, Stuart Theater

8:00 pm Mark Morris Dance Group Veterans Memorial

FRIDAY, MARCH 7

2:30 pmOpening Celebration Keynote and Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs featuring World Bank President and 1982 Brown graduate, Dr. Jim Yong Kim

5:00 pm – 9:30 pmCelebrate 250+, featuring performances, galleries, and exhibits

5:00 pm – 6:30 pmCampus Reception and Film Premiere

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Toasts & Tributes, 250th Cake, Fireworks

7:00 pmMen’s Basketball vs. Dartmouth

7:30 pm – 9:30 pmPerformance Showcase featuring 20+ Brown student groups

8:00 pm250th Anniversary Wind Symphony Concert

8:00 pmSock & Buskin presents Passing Strange

SATURDAY, MARCH 8

10:00 am – 4:00 pm250+ Open House, tour laboratories, classrooms, exhibits, and more

10:00 amPresident’s Colloquium: Bridging the Great Divide: Politics, Polarization and Progress in 21stCentury America

11:15 amOpening Celebration Keynote and Watson Distinguished Lecture featuring US Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez ’83

1:00 pmPresident’s Colloquium: Social Justice, Social Change: The Role of the Documentary

2:15 amPresident’s Colloquium: ABCs, Bits, Bytes and MP3s:Technology and Its Impact on a Liberal Education

3:30 pmPresident’s Colloquium: Disagreement and Dissent:The Role of Revolution in Shaping Our World

7:00 pmBrown Men’s Basketball vs. Harvard, with halftime program in recognition of the 250th anniversary

HISTORY OF BROWN UNIVERSITYBrown was founded in 1764 — the third college in New England and the seventh in Colonial America. Brown was the first Ivy League school to accept students from all religious affiliations, a testament to the spirit of openness that still typifies Brown today.

Originally located in Warren, Rhode Island, and called the College of Rhode Island, Brown moved to its current spot on College Hill overlooking Providence in 1770 and was renamed in 1804 in recognition of a $5,000 gift from Nicholas Brown, a prominent Providence businessman and alumnus, Class of 1786.

Women were first admitted to Brown in 1891. The Women’s College was later renamed Pembroke College in Brown University before merging with Brown College, the men’s undergraduate school, in 1971. The northern section of campus where the women’s school was situated is known today as the Pembroke Campus.

The first master’s degrees were granted in 1888 and the first doctorates in 1889. The first medical degrees of the modern era were presented in 1975 to a graduating class of 58 students. Today, Brown awards approximately 100 MD degrees annually from the Warren Alpert Medical School.

Undergraduate education changed dramatically in 1970 with the introduction of what has become known as the Brown Curriculum. The idea for this change came from a report written by undergraduates Ira Magaziner ’69 and Elliot E. Maxwell ’68, as part of a GISP (Group Independent Study Project) that examined education at Brown.

The “new curriculum” eliminated core requirements shared by all Brown undergraduates and created specific departmental concentration requirements. This approach has defined the undergraduate academic experience at Brown ever since, demanding that students serve as the architects of their courses of study.

Constant change defines Brown’s past and future, though the University’s culture is rich in tradition. Brown’s first building, for example, the red-bricked University Hall, was built in 1770 and still stands on the College Green. Today, the University consists of nearly 230 buildings on approximately 150 acres, and includes undergraduate and graduate programs, plus the Warren Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health, School of Engineering, Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership and the IE Brown Executive MBA.

Launched in 2002, The Plan for Academic Enrichment built on Brown’s strengths and set new benchmarks of excellence in research, education and service. President Christina H. Paxson, Brown’s 19th president, has charted the course for the University’s future with the recently approved strategic plan, Building on Distinction. The plan provides a vision and set of broad goals to achieve higher levels of distinction as a university that unites innovative education and outstanding research to benefit the community, the nation and the world. It calls for targeted investments to attract and support the most talented and diverse faculty, students, and staff; capitalize on existing strengths; and provide the environment to foster rigorous inquiry and discovery across the disciplines. The plan highlights the need to keep a Brown education affordable for talented students from all economic backgrounds and to sustain a community with the diversity of thought and experience required for excellence.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 7 Celebrate 250+

2:30 pm – 3:50 pm

Opening Celebration Keynote Address and 87th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs

World Bank President and 1982 graduate of Brown University, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, will deliver the Opening Celebration Keynote Address and 87th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs. Tickets and pre-registration are required for this event. A livestream of Dr. Kim’s lecture will be available at http://brown.edu/web/livestream.Salomon Center for Teaching,

79 Waterman Street

2:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Chaise 3 Exhibit and Reception

In 2004, a group of students started a multimedia publication called CHAISE as a way to distribute interdisciplinary artworks that normally aren’t seen in the same context, like music and sculpture, film and interactive apps, photography and furniture. The DVD magazine was a response to a change in the climate of art-related media production and distribution. The media departments were transitioning from Steenbecks to Final Cut Pro and from 16mm to miniDV. They were among the first students to experience high-speed internet in the dorms, but distribution platforms like Vimeo and YouTube had not yet arrived. Ten years later, those students are still making weird stuff that shouldn’t all fit together. Chaise 3 features artworks by the founders of CHAISE, still crazy after all these years. Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Cohen Gallery,

154 Angell Street

2:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Refraction

Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop have been beacons of a flourishing literary arts community at Brown and in Providence for more than 50 years. Keith Waldrop taught at Brown from 1968 to 2011, and was here when the graduate program in Literary Arts began; Rosmarie is a highly regarded figure at Brown, often giving readings at the University. They have lived in Providence, where they have run their press, Burning Deck, since 1961, and are widely known for being prolific writers, translators, and publishers. Artist and poet Francesca Capone, a Literary Arts

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MFA candidate in Cross Disciplinary Writing, conceived of Refraction by choosing a particular poem by the Waldrops and treating it as a paintbrush. Using digital media, she repeated the collaboratively written poem, Light Travels, 250 times across, in a single stroke-like gesture. It contains many notions of the passage of time, both in content and poetic form. It is numbered, and in every sequential section, the final stanza from the previous section repeats and is then followed by a new stanza—so there is an inherent structure of movement, development, and repetition. These themes recur in Francesca’s treatment, which visually manipulates the poem into a new work.Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Upper Lobby,

154 Angell Street

2:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Sustain (2014)

Sustain is a generative, interactive sound installation involving eight microphones, eight music boxes, eight robotically-controlled slidewhistles, and a vibraphone. The entire room acts as an organic unit, listening to itself and to the sounds made by the audience, and extending them into rippling, ever-shifting acoustic patterns.Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Kooper Studio (Room

N430), 154 Angell Street

3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Brown University 250th Anniversary Alumni Exhibitions & Artists’ Lectures, Part 1

In celebration of Brown University’s 250th Anniversary, the David Winton Bell Gallery and the Department of Visual Art present a series of one person exhibitions by distinguished alumni Dawn Clements ’86, Paul Ramirez Jonas ’87, and Kerry Tribe ’97. These alumni artists have established significant careers within the visual arts and were chosen to represent a diverse range of media; they variously employ drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video, and film in their work. The lectures will include these featured artists with discussion led by Wendy Edwards, Professor of Visual Art. Further information and a schedule of the lectures can be found at brown.edu/bellgallery. Reception to follow lectures.David Winton Bell Gallery & List Art Center Auditorium,

64 College Street

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Campus Reception and Film Premiere of “The Brown Difference,” a Storyville Films production

The community is invited to begin Celebrate 250+ with delicious food and beverages, and features the premiere of “The Brown Difference,” a film by Oren Jacoby ’77, P’17 and Betsy West ’73, P’17.Sayles Hall, The College Green

5:00 pm – 6:15 pm

250+ Cake

Stop by and see the Brown 250+ cake, a replica of University Hall.Faunce Steps, Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center,

The College Green

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

In Deo Speramus: The Symbols and Ceremonies of Brown University

The symbols and ceremonies of Brown University embody its unique history, values, and identity. These symbols and ceremonies establish solidarity within Brown’s community and transcend its campus to make connections to the wider social spheres of which Brown is a part. On the occasion of the University’s 250th anniversary, this exhibit assembles Brown’s symbols so that we may see and hear what they have to say. Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Manning Hall,

21 Prospect Street

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789-1804

The Haitian Revolution was an event of historic proportions, but still remains the least understood of the three great democratic revolutions that transformed the Atlantic world in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Through books, pamphlets, maps, and prints of the period, all drawn from the collection of the John Carter Brown Library, The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789-1804 provides a running narrative of the major turning points, key personalities, and most significant themes of what was also the world’s only successful slave revolt.John Carter Brown Library, 94 George Street

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Highlights from the Collection of the John Carter Brown Library

Exhibit featuring highlights from the John Carter Brown Library collection, including manuscripts and documents from the 1700s.John Carter Brown Library, Reading Room, 94 George Street

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5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Activism, Action, and Advocacy: Forty Years at the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, Opening ReceptionThe Sarah Doyle Women’s Center (SDWC) has been a space for feminist outreach and advocacy work on Brown’s campus since the 1970s. Join the SDWC in celebrating forty years of “activism, action, and advocacy” with an exhibition of archival objects and oral history narratives that provide a window into the past, present, and future of the SDWC. Light refreshments will be served.Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, 26 Benevolent Street

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Exhibition Opening: Girl Swarm Curated by Celine Katzman ’15, Ana Cecilia Alvarez ’13, Katarah da Silva ’15

The next wave of feminism will be digital. The suffragettes had the invention of the printing press spitting political pamphlets, the second wavers had Heretics and Ms., and the riot grrrls had DIY xerox zines. Today girls interconnect through a network of reblogs and retweets, individually speaking in the same .jpgs and .gifs. These are the women of the girl swarm, the buzz of young worker queen bees. Their web presence creates a mass that at once consumes and reproduces itself.Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Lower Lobby,

154 Angell Street

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Mark Morris Dance Group Community Master Class

Master class for the community with dancers from the Mark Morris Dance Group, one of the world’s leading dance companies. Dancers should be at a pre-professional level in both Modern Dance and Ballet. Free for Brown Students, $10 for all others. Pre-registration required at www.first-works.org.Lyman 026 (Ashamu Studio), 83 Waterman Street

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Cake Cutting & Fireworks Display

Join President Paxson as she delivers Opening Celebration remarks, followed by cake and a spectacular fireworks display by Pyrotecnico.Faunce Steps and the College Green, 75 Waterman Street

7:00 pm

Screening of Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way

Donna Zaccaro ’83, founder and president of Dazzling Media in New York and longtime producer of The Today Show, directs and produces this feature-length documentary about her trailblazing mother and politician, Geraldine Ferraro, member

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of the US House of Representatives and the first female vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket. Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Studio 1 (S410),

154 Angell Street

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Men’s Basketball vs. Dartmouth

Come cheer on the Bears as they take on Dartmouth at the Pizzitola Sports Center. Special guests are Providence area youth participating in area community organizations. Tickets are $10 and quantity is limited. For more information and to purchase tickets, call the Brown Athletic Ticket Office at (401) 863-2773.Pizzitola Sports Center, 233 Hope Street

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Celebrate 250+ Performance Showcase

Brown student groups take the stage(s) in a series of fast paced performances showcasing the range of creative and artistic talent at Brown. Note: performance schedule times are approximate.

Singing/Musical Performances7:30 pm The Higher Keys / Jockapella / The Brown Derbies8:00 pm Shades of Brown8:30 pm The Jabberwocks / ARRR!!!9:00 pm Disney A Cappella / Word ! / The ChattertocksMetcalf Research Building, Friedman Auditorium,

190 Thayer Street

Dance/Theater Performances7:30 pm Brown Lion Dance / MEZCLA / What’s on Tap? / Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan8:00 pm imPulse Dance Company / Brown Badmaash Dance Company8:30 pm Musical Forum / Divine Rhythm / Attitude Dance Company9:00 pm Amira Belly Dance Company / Fusion Dance Company / Brown Lion DanceGranoff Center for the Creative Arts, Martinos Auditorium,

154 Angell Street

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

250th Anniversary Wind Symphony Concert

Matthew McGarrell, conductor. The program will feature the world premiere performance of Patrick Zimmerli’s Brownian Motion, commissioned by Edward Guiliano ’71 in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Brown University. Other works to be performed include Fantasy for Wind Symphony by Eli Fieldsteel ’08 (conducted by the composer) and the

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premiere performance of a Fanfare for Brown’s 250th by Rhode Island composer and jazz trombone legend, George Masso. Alexei Doohovskoy ’98 will also perform Masso’s piece for solo trombone and band Concertante for the Brothers Brown. Free and open to the public. Doors open at 7:30 pm. To request special services, accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact Ashley Lundh (401.863.3234 - Ashley_Lundh@brown.edu) as far in advance of the event as possible. Salomon Center For Teaching, The College Green

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Passing Strange, Sock & BuskinPassing Strange is a comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American’s artistic journey of self-discovery in Europe. Directed by Kym Moore, Assistant Professor of Theater Arts and Performance Studies. In celebration of Brown’s 250th, all tickets for this night’s show are $2.50. Box office open Friday, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm.Faunce House, Stuart Theater, 75 Waterman Street

SATURDAY, MARCH 8 250+ Open House

8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Nelson Fitness Center Open for Community

The Nelson Fitness Center welcomes the Brown and Rhode Island communities for complimentary use of the facilities for the day.Nelson Fitness Center, 225 Hope Street

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Architectural Tours of CampusBrown University’s campus is a microcosm of American architecture. Professor of History of Art and Architecture Dietrich Neumann will take visitors on a tour to several of Brown’s best buildings, reveal some of their secrets and discuss campus planning and public art projects. Neumann has taught the history of architecture at Brown for 24 years and, with his students, recently published an iPhone app about Brown’s architecture (Brown FACADES). He also wrote the introduction to Raymond P. Rhinehart’s ’62 Guide to Brown’s Campus Architecture.Tours leave from Moore Sculpture on the College Green

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10:00 am – 10:30 am

Curator’s Tour of In Deo Speramus: The Symbols and Ceremonies of Brown University

William Simmons, Professor of Anthropology and curator of this exhibit, will lead a tour of the Haffenreffer Museum’s latest exhibit celebrating Brown’s 250th anniversary. The exhibit features archives and objects, such as the president’s robe, cap, and chain, that are not typically available for close viewing.Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Manning Hall,

21 Prospect street

10:00 am – 11:00 am

President’s Colloquium: Bridging the Great Divide: Politics, Polarization and Progress in 21st Century AmericaHas the pendulum swung so far that partisan politics impedes the stability of the United States? How does this dynamic impact the states – and impact the political engagement and thoughtfulness of the populace? This discussion is one of several being presented this weekend as part of President Paxson’s inaugural President’s Colloquium on the Virtues of a Liberal Education. Participants include Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee ’75, P’14 P’17; New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan ’80, P’15; Delaware Governor Jack Markell ’82; Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin P’14. Discussion moderated by Wendy Schiller, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. Tickets and pre-registration are required for this event. For more information, visit 250.brown.edu.Salomon Center For Teaching, The College Green

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Inside the Alpert Medical School: Clinical Skills Curriculum Demonstration

Medical students need ample opportunity to practice fundamental clinical skills they’ll use throughout their careers. The Medical School’s Clinical Skills Simulation Center allows students to conduct medical interviews and physical exams in a learning space designed as an outpatient clinical site and outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment. In this interactive session, participants will see how the facility allows for experiential learning and innovative teaching across the curriculum. This demonstration will be limited to 45 participants

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on a first-come, first-served basis. The program is presented by Julie Taylor, MD, Director of Clinical Curriculum and Dana Zink, RN, Director of Clinical Skills Assessment and is limited to 45 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.Alpert Medical School, Clinical Skills Simulation Center,

3rd floor, 222 Richmond Street

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

New Sounds, New Instruments: Designing and Playing Electronic Musical Instruments

Electronic Musical Instrument Lab open house, informal viewing and demonstrations by faculty and students. Demonstrations will cover basic concepts of musical instrument design, software and hardware components, and how human gesture can be translated into sound via sensors. Several custom instruments will be demonstrated. Session will be presented by Butch Rovan, Professor of Music, and Akiko Hatakeyama, PhD student in the Multimedia & Electronic Music Experiments (MEME) program.Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Physical Media Lab

(Room S310), 154 Angell Street

10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Open Rehearsal with Mark Morris Dance Group

Former Mark Morris Dance Group dancer, Dance for PD® Program Director, David Leventhal ’95, will stage Mark Morris Repertory on Brown University Dance Extension.Lyman Hall, Room 026 (Ashamu Studio),

83 Waterman Street

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Tours of Research Laboratories in the Basic Life Sciences

Visitors will tour four research laboratories in the Frank Hall for Life Sciences, viewing the organisms and biological problems studied, equipment used, and people involved in the research, including: 1. new advances in microscopy and use of zebrafish to study brain development (Creton); 2. use of the fruit fly (Drosophila) to study the process of aging in animals (Helfand); 3. how to use the common mustard weed (Arabidopsis) to learn about plant fertilization and development (Johnson); and, 4. how sea urchins and sea stars are used to study fertilization and embryo development (Wessel). Visitors are welcome to tour at their own pace. Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences, 185 Meeting Street

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10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Wireless Virtual Reality

Wireless Virtual Reality (VR) is a new technology that lets you walk freely in a computer-generated world. In our lab, we use VR to research how people perceive and move in the real world. We’ll show you how it works! Presented by Dr. William H. Warren, Chancellor’s Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, and his students.Virtual Environment Navigation Lab, Metcalf Research 220,

190 Thayer Street

10:00 – 4:00 pm

Robotics Lab Tour

Come see our robots! Give the PR2 a high-five. Fly the quad rotor helicopter. Be remotely present through the Beam. Learn something about how robots work and will affect society. Presented by Chad Jenkins, Associate Professor of Computer Science and John Raiti, Research Developer.Thomas J. Watson Sr. Center for Information Technology,

Room 134, 115 Waterman Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789-1804Please see listing at 5:00 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 3).John Carter Brown Library, 94 George Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

In Deo Speramus: The Symbols and Ceremonies of Brown UniversityPlease see listing at 5:00 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 3).Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Manning Hall,

21 Prospect Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Brown University 250th Anniversary Alumni Exhibitions, Part 1 Please see listing at 3:00 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 2).David Winton Bell Gallery, 64 College Street

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10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Northeast Planetary Data Center Open House Exhibit: Comet Tales: Comets in Science, History and Popular Culture

The Northeast Planetary Data Center, one of a network of sixteen NASA centers around the world, examines comets as perceived in history, myth and popular culture, as well as current scientific knowledge acquired from closeup views of these enigmatic objects.Northeast Planetary Data Center, 192 Thayer Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Activism, Action, and Advocacy: Forty Years at the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Please see listing at 5:00 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 4).Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, 26 Benevolent Street

10:00 am – 4:30 pm

Self-Guided Tours of The Medical School

Take a stroll around the recently opened Medical School building and see where medical students spend their days—and nights!Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Throwing Paper Airplanes at the Moon

From Kitty Hawk to Apollo 11, it took just over 60 years to iterate the machines that would take humans to the moon… iterative play is powerful. It can produce astonishing results in a relatively short time. Visitors will have the opportunity to design and test, and redesign and retest a re-imagined paper airplane.Presented by Ian Gonsher, Associate Director of the Creative Mind Initiative.Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Room N441,154 Angell Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): Where Dreams Take Flight

Inspired by Brown’s ability to allow dreams to take flight, RIMOSA’s program allows families to experiment with a suite of interactive art/science exhibits motivated by the concept of flight, and take part in the creation of a flight-based community art/science installation. Make your own animations come to life on our Zoescope, experiment with airflow with our Flight Tube,

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and help create an art piece consisting of colorful kites—a piece where 250 individual kites will come together into a single piece of art.Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Englander Studio

(Room N420), 154 Angell Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Bats In Flight

Bats exhibit amazing flight behavior. Their unique wing structure and flight capabilities provide scientists with novel opportunities to understand the dynamics of flapping flight and the evolution of the most widely used form of animal locomotion on earth. Join a group of faculty and students drawn from Biology, Engineering, and related fields to see how a multi-faceted approach to the study of bat flight can inform topics as diverse as the engineering of miniature flying vehicles, design of machines to harvest energy from wind and water, and patterns of evolutionary history.Prince Engineering Lab, Room 223, 355 Brook Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Tour the Nightingale-Brown House

Visit the home of Nicholas Brown, class of 1786, and four subsequent generations of the Brown family including John Nicholas Brown. Today, the Nightingale-Brown House is home to the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, and Brown’s Master’s Program in Public Humanities. Students from the program will show you around the house, which contains many Brown family objects including a reproduction of the famous Nicholas Brown desk.John Nicholas Brown Center, 357 Benefit Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Tour of the New Greenhouse Facilities

This tour will show the modern research modules and conservatory area on the 4th floor of the newly renovated Hunter Lab, now called the Building for Environmental Research and Teaching (BERT). The tour will also cover the basement areas related to the facility, such as the head house, greenhouse classroom and growth chamber rooms. Patrons may enter through the main door on 89 Waterman Street, walk to the right corridor and catch the elevator to the 4th floor. Tours will begin every half hour and the last tour will begin at 3:30 pm.Building for Environmental Research and Teaching

(Formerly Hunter Lab), 89 Waterman Street

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10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Research Discoveries and Issues in Planetary Science

Recent research concerning planetary exploration is presented in the form of data-rich posters. Brown students and faculty actively involved in the research will be available for one-on-one interactions. Discussion and questions are encouraged.Lincoln Field Building, Room 209, 180 Thayer Street

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Open House

Faculty and students share their work and give tours of this beautiful, creatively adapted building, the fourth oldest on campus.The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and

the Ancient World, 60 George Street

10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Chaise 3 ExhibitPlease see listing at 2:30 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 1).Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Cohen Gallery,

154 Angell Street

10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Girl Swarm Curated by Celine Katzman ’15, Ana Cecilia Alvarez ’13, Katarah da Silva ’15Please see listing for 6:00 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 4).Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Lower Lobby,

154 Angell Street

10:00 am – 6:00 pm

RefractionPlease see listing at 2:30 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 1).Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Upper Lobby,

154 Angell Street

10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Sustain (2014)Please see listing at 2:30 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 2).Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Kooper Studio

(Room N430), 154 Angell Street

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10:30 am; 12:00 pm; 1:30 pm; 3:00 pm

Nelson Fitness Center Tour

Attendees should meet in the lobby of the Nelson Fitness Center for the tour of Brown’s newest state of the art athletic facility. Nelson Fitness Center, 225 Hope Street

10:30 am; 11:15 am; 12:00 pm; 2:00 pm; 2:45 pm; 3:30 pm

iWriting 3D

Brown has a long and proud tradition of 3D computer graphics research devoted chiefly to scientific visualization, and the University is unique in enabling one of its Literary Arts’ writing workshops to explore what it might mean to write, literally, in space. Over the years, authoring software written by Brown undergraduates has allowed student writers, including non-programmers, to produce a growing body of experimental language-driven work for this exciting medium. We invite visitors to Brown’s “legacy Cave” now housed in the Granoff Center. We explain its workings and present a selection of exemplary student works in an immersive 3D-stereo graphics “world” sometimes better known as “virtual reality.” Presented by John Cayley, Professor of Literary Arts and Kathleen Ottinger ’14, a student in the Brown/RISD Dual Degree, Literary Arts/Film AnimationVideo program.Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Studio 4 (RoomN330),

154 Angell Street

11:00 am

Exhibition tour of The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789-1804, with guest curator Malick Ghachem (Associate Professor of History, MIT).Professor Ghachem is a former fellow of the John Carter Brown Library and author of The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Please see listing at 5:00 pm on Friday, March 7th for a full description (page 3).John Carter Brown Library, 94 George Street

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Brown Campus Tour

Learn about the sights, sounds and history of Brown University through a campus tour presented by the Admission Office. The tour will last approximately one hour and begin from the Information Desk in the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center.Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center, 75 Waterman Street

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11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Five Things You Need to Know About the History of the Brown Campus

In this illustrated talk, Professor Rob Emlen will discuss five facets of the Brown campus that helped create the sense of place we know here today. These include: building University Hall with slave labor in 1770; bulldozing historic College Hill to create Wriston and Keeney Quads; naming the memorial gates to the Green; acquiring the Dexter Asylum Farm and the wall surrounding the Aldrich Dexter Field; and, creating the graceful hand-carved stone tablets that dignify the campus.Watson Institute for International Studies,

Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street

11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Opening Celebration Keynote Address and Watson Institute for International Studies Distinguished Speaker

United States Secretary of Labor and 1983 graduate of Brown University Thomas Perez will deliver the Opening Celebration keynote address as part of the Watson Institute for International Studies Distinguished Speaker series. Tickets and pre-registration are required for this event. For more information, visit 250.brown.edu.Salomon Center For Teaching,

The College Green

11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Concussion: A Perfect Storm. A Call for Education and Advocacy.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a diagnosis that includes concussion, is one of the leading causes of neurological burden in the world. As concern about concussion in athletes grows, do the risks of playing contact sports outweigh the benefits? Dr. Ellenbogen of the National Football League Head, Neck and Spine Committee will survey the science of sports-related TBI and explore how to educate and advocate for student-athletes throughout the world. Presented by Richard G. Ellenbogen ’80 MD’83, P’11, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, and Theodore S. Roberts Endowed Chair of Pediatric Neurological Surgery Service Chief, Harborview Medical Center.Alpert Medical School, Lecture Hall 170,

222 Richmond Street

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12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Sock & Buskin Gallery

Gallery of student work from the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, featuring previous and recent Sock and Buskin production and department events. The box office will also be open from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm to purchase tickets for Passing Strange.Faunce House, Stuart Theater, 75 Waterman Street

12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

“Mini Museum” and Interactive Demonstrations

Demonstration 1: What Are You Looking At?

Mobile eye tracking technology allows us to examine cognitive and brain function through the lens of the viewer as they engage in social interaction, freely navigate art museums, and attend to learning material in classrooms. Demonstration by Dima Amso, Assistant Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences.

Demonstration 2: Cortical Brain in Real Time

Near Infrared Spectroscopy is a unobtrusive means of tracking cortical brain activity under different conditions and in various populations using safe near-infrared light. Demonstration by Dima Amso, Assistant Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences.

Demonstration 3: Using Fruit Flies to Understand Brains and Behavior

The simple fruit fly is a powerful model to study the neural and molecular mechanisms underlying behavior. We use the fly to study the mechanisms underlying reward and addiction. Our demonstrations show how we study intoxicated flies, and some of the genetic tools we use to visualize what is happening in the fly brain. Demonstration by Karla Kaun, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience.

Demonstration 4: BrainGate2 for Individuals with Paralysis: Assistive Devices Controlled Directly from the Brain

Come try controlling a state-of-the-art table-top robotic arm and hand system, and then consider the advantages and possibilities if people with paralysis can command such complex devices just by thinking about moving their own arm! Demonstration by John Simeral, Assistant Professor of Engineering.

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Demonstration 5: Computer Vision Tools for Automated Tracking of Human and Animal Behavior

We will provide demonstrations of cutting edge computer vision tools, developed here at Brown that can be used to automatically identify and track the behavior of humans or animals. Demonstration by Kevin Bath, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience.

All “Mini Museum” programs are located in the Sidney E.

Frank Hall for Life Sciences, Foyer, 185 Meeting Street

12:15 pm – 12:45 pm

BrainGate: Toward Brain-Computer Interfaces for People With Paralysis

The BrainGate team at Brown University is developing a potentially more powerful alternative, a brain-computer interface system that decodes a person’s movement intentions from their brain activity in real time, allowing people with paralysis to control computer cursors, robotic arms, and other prosthetic devices with their thoughts. Presented by Beata Jarosiewicz, Investigator in Neuroscience.Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences,

BrainGate/Laboratory for Restorative Neurotechnology,

185 Meeting Street

12:15 pm – 1:45 pm

Medical School Tours

Alpert Medical School made history on August 15, 2011, when it opened the doors of its new home in Providence’s evolving “Jewelry District.” The 134,000-square-foot building provides educational enhancements and student amenities, including large lecture halls, a Clinical Skills Simulation Center, and new infrastructure for electronic information access. See this space firsthand in a guided tour of the building.Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond Street

12:45 pm – 1:15 pm

Genes, Stem Cells and Autism

Among the most challenging questions in science is: How do these brain connections or circuits form during development? Dr. Morrow’s work focuses on using novel genome and stem cell approaches to develop improved diagnoses and treatments for autism. Presented by Eric Morrow, Brown University, Assistant Professor in Biology and Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry and Psychiatry & Human BehaviorSidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences,

BrainGate/Laboratory for Restorative Neurotechnology,

185 Meeting Street

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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

President’s Colloquium: Social Justice, Social Change: The Role of the Documentary

Documentary has long been associated with various forms of social change. How and why did this come to be an ideal? What techniques do filmmakers employ to tell their stories of social change? This discussion is one of several being presented this weekend as part of President Paxson’s inaugural President’s Colloquium on the Virtues of a Liberal Education. Participants include filmmakers Betsy West ’73 P’17, producer of MAKERS: Women Who Make America and Yoruba Richen ’94, director, producer and writer of The New Black in conversation with journalist and author Alison Stewart ’88. Tickets and pre-registration are required for this event. For more information, visit 250.brown.edu.Salomon Center For Teaching, The College Green

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The Magic and Mystery of Physics

Laboratory Physicist Dean Hudek and Manager of Demonstrations Jerry Zani will tweak your curiosity and your funny bone as they perform some of Brown’s more counter intuitive, thought provoking and impressive physics lecture demonstrations. With equipment as common as a coat hanger and as exotic as a Scanning Tunneling Microscope, this “techno-twosome” will keep you smiling while you’re scratching your head in wonder. So put on your thinking caps and join in the fun.Barus & Holley, Room 168, 340 Brook Street

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

New Sounds, New Instruments: Designing and Playing Electronic Musical Instruments

Please see listing at 10:00 am on Saturday March 8th for a full description (page 8).Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Physical Media Lab

(Room S310), 154 Angell Street

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Mande Dance and Drumming Demonstrations

Mande Dance and Music with Seydou Coulibaly and Moussa Traore. Come learn traditional and celebratory dances and rhythms from the Mande people of West Africa. Session led by Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, senior lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies.Lyman Hall, Room 026 (Ashamu Studio),

83 Waterman Street

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1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Annmary Brown Memorial

The Annmary Brown Memorial is open for self-guided tours of the collection. The Annmary Brown Memorial houses exhibits of European and American paintings from the 17th through the 20th centuries, the Cyril and Harriet Mazansky British Sword Collection, as well as personal mementos of its founder, General Rush C. Hawkins, and the Brown family, including the “Rush Hawkins’ sword” that was recently returned to the University.Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown Street

1:15 pm – 1:45 pm

The ABCs of Human Brain Development

This talk will focus on basic principles of human brain development. What do we come with? How does experience write on the developing brain? And what can we do as a society to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children? Presented by Dima Amso, Assistant Professor Cognitive, Linguistics & Psychological Sciences.Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences, Marcuvitz

Auditorium – Room 220, 185 Meeting Street

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

President’s Colloquium: ABCs, Bits, Bytes and MP3s: Technology and Its Impact on a Liberal Education

How are the traditional approaches of acquiring knowledge in an educational environment affected by emerging technologies? Additionally, how do the presence of technologies affect decisions related to academic pursuits? This discussion is one of several being presented this weekend as part of President Paxson’s inaugural President’s Colloquium on the Virtues of a Liberal Education. Participants include Norman Atkins ’84, P’10, AM’10, P’14, Co-Founder and President, Relay Graduate School of Education; Peter Norvig, PhD ’78, P’16, Director of Research, Google, Inc.; Lynn Pasquerella PhD ’85, President, Mount Holyoke College; and Jose Estabil ‘84, ScM’88, Director, E&I, Skolkovo Tech /MIT Initiative and MIT Portugal Program. Tickets and pre-registration are required for this event. For more information, visit 250.brown.edu.Salomon Center For Teaching, The College Green

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2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Tour of MRI facility

Learn how scientists and clinicians image structure and function in the living human brain. See the machines that they use and some of the remarkable images that they can generate. Presented by Jerome Sanes, Professor of Neuroscience.Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences, Foyer,

185 Meeting Street

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Architectural Tour of Campus

Please see listing at 10:00 am on Saturday, March 8th for a full description (page 6).Tours leave from Moore Sculpture on the College Green

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Rush Hawkins, Annmary Brown, and Their Mauseleum

A brief history of Rush Hawkins, his wife, and the background to the Memorial. This lively presentation will be given by Peter Harrington, Curator, Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown Street

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Medical School Tours

Please see listing at 12:15 pm on Saturday, March 8th for a full description (page 16).Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond Street

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

President’s Colloquium: Disagreement and Dissent: The Role of Revolution in Shaping Our World

From the founding of America to the Arab Spring, revolutions mark our global history. How do they happen, how have they changed over centuries and how do they spark future revolutions – and revolutionaries? This discussion is one of several being presented this weekend as part of President Paxson’s inaugural President’s Colloquium on the Virtues of a Liberal Education. Participants include Richard Olson ’81, P’14, US Ambassador to Pakistan; Nathaniel Philbrick ’78, P’08, Author; Gordon Wood ADE’70 hon., LTD’10 hon., P’86, GP’11, Alva O. Way Professor of History, Brown University; and facilitated by Melani Cammett ’91, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University. Tickets and pre-registration are required for this event. For more information, visit 250.brown.edu.Salomon Center For Teaching, The College Green

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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

The Anatomy of Anatomy

Learn about the Medical School’s anatomy curriculum and see the lab firsthand. Discussion will include Brown’s anatomical gift program: Dr. Ritter will speak about how donors become part of the program, the preparation and use of cadavers during the anatomy course, and what happens to the cadavers when the course is finished. In addition, medical students will discuss their experiences in the first-year anatomy course. Attendees will have the option to view anatomical preparations that are used for instruction during the anatomy course. This demonstration will be led by Dale Ritter Ph.D. ’98, Morphology Course Director, Alpert Medical School, and Senior Lecturer in Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and is limited to 45 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond Street

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Brown Men’s Basketball vs. Harvard

Come cheer on the Bears as they take on Harvard. Brown will look to end its season with a win in their final home game against the pre-season favorite Crimson. In recognition of the 250th anniversary, the evening will include t-shirt giveaways and a special half-time program. Tickets are $10 and quantity is limited. For more information and to purchase tickets, call the Brown Athletic Ticket Office at (401) 863-2773.Pizzitola Sports Center, 233 Hope Street

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Passing Strange, Sock & Buskin

Passing Strange is a comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American’s artistic journey of self-discovery in Europe. Directed by Kym Moore, Assistant Professor of Theater Arts and Performance Studies. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $7 for students. Box office open Saturday 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm - 8:00pm.Faunce House, Stuart Theater, 75 Waterman Street

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8:00 pm

Mark Morris Dance Group

Choreographer Mark Morris is one of the world’s most renowned choreographers. He is described as “the Mozart of modern dance.” FirstWorks presents an exhilarating evening of live music and dance with the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG), accompanied by the Brown University Chorus. Pre-concert talk at 6:30pm led by Nancy Umanoff, MMDG Executive Director, and David Leventhal ’95, Program Director Dance for PD® and former MMDG dancer. For tickets and information visit www.first-works.org.Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue of the Arts,

Providence

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FRIDAY, MARCH 7

Andrews CommonsPembroke Campus11:00 am – 2:00 am

Blue RoomStephen Robert ’62 Campus Center75 Waterman Street7:30 am – 9:00 pm

Campus MarketStephen Robert ’62 Campus Center75 Waterman Street10:00 am – 11:00 pm

Brown Faculty Club One Magee Street11:30 am – 2:00 pm (a la carte)5:00 pm – 8:00 pm (prix fixe)

Friedman CaféSciences Library, Corner of Waterman and Thayer Streets8:30 am – 6:00 pm

Ivy RoomLower Level of Sharpe RefectoryWriston Quadrangle11:30 am – 1:45 pm

Josiah’sVartan Gregorian Quadrangle101 Thayer Street6:00 pm – 2:00 am

Poppy’sNelson Fitness Center & Coleman Aquatics Center 235 Hope Street8:00 am – 8:00 pm

Sharpe Refectory (“the Ratty”)Wriston Quadrangle7:30 am – 7:30 pm

Verney-Woolley Dining Hall135 Cushing StreetBreakfast 7:30 am – 9:30 amContinental Breakfast 9:30 am – 11:00 amLunch 11:00 am – 2:00 pmDinner 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm

SATURDAY, MARCH 8

Andrews CommonsPembroke Campus11:00 am – 2:00 am

Blue RoomStephen Robert ’62 Campus Center75 Waterman Street9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Campus MarketStephen Robert ’62 Campus Center75 Waterman Street2:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Brown Faculty Club 11:30 am – 2:00 pm (a la carte)1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (complimentary coffee service) 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm (prix fixe)

Friedman CaféSciences Library, Corner of Waterman and Thayer Streets10:00 am – 10:00 pm

Josiah’sVartan Gregorian Quadrangle,101 Thayer Street6:00 pm – 2:00 am

Poppy’sNelson Fitness Center & Coleman Aquatics Center, 235 Hope Street10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Sharpe Refectory (“the Ratty”)Wriston Quadrangle7:30 am – 7:30 pm

DINING OPTIONS ON CAMPUS

BOOKSTOREThe Brown Bookstore, Corner of Thayer and Angell Streets. Hours:Friday 7:30 am – 8:00 pmSaturday 8:00 am – 8:00 pm

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL Take Hope Street south, then turn right on Wickenden Street. Follow Wickenden Street across the Point Street Bridge. Cross Eddy Street and then take first right onto Richmond Street. The Medical School building will be on your right at 222 Richmond Street.

Shuttle service will be provided to and from the Van Wickle Gates and Alpert Medical School (222 Richmond St.) on Saturday, March 8, from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

PARKINGAll Brown University parking lots on the main campus (except lots 57 & 71) will open to Brown 250th Celebration guests beginning at 5:00 pm on Friday, March 7th, 2014 through Saturday, March 8th, 2014. The Power Street Lot (both lower and upper levels) at the corner of Power and Thayer Streets is the largest lot on campus. The top level is entered on Power Street and the bottom level is entered on the corner of Williams and Brook Streets.

RELIGIOUS INFORMATION

FRIDAY, MARCH 71:00 pm Muslim Friday Prayers (salat-al-jumu’ah)Brown Muslim Student Center Champlin Hall, Basement Level

7:30 pmHillel Community Kiddush and Shabbat DinnerPlease join us for a delicious Shabbat dinner. Reservations requested. Call 401-863-2805 or e-mail info@brownrisdhillel.org.Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

8:30 pmLearning How To Teach, Lead, and Live a Menschy Life: A Journey in Poverty-Fighting, Education Reform, and SocialEntrepreneurship presented by Norman Atkins ’84, P’10, P’14 Co-Founder & President, Relay GSE and Founder & Board Chair, Uncommon SchoolsBrown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

SATURDAY, MARCH 812:30 pmKiddush LuncheonEnjoy a catered Shabbat lunch.Reservations requested. Call 401-863-2805 or e-mail info@brownrisdhillel.org.Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

4:45 pmRoman Catholic MassManning Chapel, The College Green

5:30 pmThird MealEnjoy the traditional third meal of Shabbat before sundown.Reservations requested. Call 401-863-2805 or email info@brownrisdhillel.org.Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

6:30 pmHavdalahExperience the beautiful candlelight ritual that helps separate Shabbat from the rest of the week.Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

FRIDAY, MARCH 7TIME EVENT LOCATION

2:30 pm – 3:50 pm Keynote Address: Kim Salomon Center

2:30 pm – 10:00 pm Multiple Art Exhibits Granoff Center

3:00 pm – 8:00 pm Alumni Exhibit List Art Center

5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Cake Viewing Faunce Steps

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Campus Reception and Film Premiere Sayles Hall of “The Brown Difference”

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Symbols of Brown Exhibit Haffenreffer Museum

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789–1804 John Carter Brown Library

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Highlights from the Collection John Carter Brown Library

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Activism, Action, and Advocacy Exhibit Sarah Doyle Women’s Center

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Mark Morris Dance Group Master Class Lyman Hall

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Cake Cutting & Fireworks Faunce Steps

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Men’s Basketball vs Dartmouth Pizzitola Sports Center

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Performance Showcase 1 Granoff Center

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Performance Showcase 2 Metcalf Research Building

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Wind Symphony Concert Salomon Center

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Passing Strange, Sock & Buskin Stuart Theatre

SATURDAY, MARCH 8TIME EVENT LOCATION

8:00 am – 6:00 pm Nelson Fitness Center Open Fitness Center for Community

10:00 am – 11:00 am Architectural Tour Moore Sculpture

10:00 am – 11:00 am President’s Colloquium: Politics Salomon Center

10:00 am – 11:00 am Clinical Skills Demonstration Alpert Medical School

10:00 am – 12:00 pm New Sounds, New instruments Granoff Center

10:00 am – 12:30 pm Mark Morris Open Rehearsal Lyman Hall

10:00 am – 1:00 pm Basic Life Sciences Lab Tours Sidney Frank Hall

10:00 am – 2:00 pm Virtual Environment Navigation Lab Tour Metcalf Research

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Symbols of Brown Exhibit Haffenreffer Museum

10:00 am – 4:00 pm The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789–1804 John Carter Brown Library

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Highlights from the Collection John Carter Brown Library

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Robotics Lab Tour Center for Information Technology

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Comet Tales: Comets in Science, History Northeast Planetary Data and Popular Culture Center Tour

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Activism, Action, and Advocacy Exhibit Sarah Doyle Women’s Center

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Throwing Paper Airplanes at the Moon Granoff Center

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Rhode Island Museum of Science Granoff Center and Art Interactive Displays

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Bats in Flight Prince Engineering Lab

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Nightingale-Brown House Tours John Carter Brown Center for the Public Humanities

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Greenhouse Tours BERT

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Research Discoveries & Issues Lincoln Field Building in Planetary Science

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology Rhode Island Hall and the Ancient World

10:00 am – 4:30 pm Self-Guided Medical School Tours Alpert Medical School

10:00 am – 6:00 pm Multiple Art Exhibits Granoff Center

10:30 am; 11:15 am; 12:00 pm; iWriting 3D Granoff Center 2:00 pm; 2:45 pm; 3:30 pm

11:00 am Exhibition Tour of The Other John Carter Brown Library Revolution: Haiti, 1789–1804

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Campus Tour Stephen Robert Center

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Five Things You Need to Know About Watson Institute For the History of the Brown Campus International Studies

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Keynote Address: Perez Salomon Center

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Concussion: A Perfect Storm Alpert Medical School

12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Sock & Buskin Gallery Stuart Theater

12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mini Museum: Brain Related Faculty Sidney Frank Hall Demonstrations & Presentations

12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Medical School Tours Alpert Medical School

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm President’s Colloquium: Documentary Salomon Center

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Magic & Mystery of Physics Barus & Holley

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm New Sounds, New Instruments Granoff Center

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Mande Dance & Drumming Lyman Hall

1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Annmary Brown Memorial Tours Annmary Brown Memorial

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tour of MRI facility Sidney Frank Hall

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm President’s Colloquium: Technology Salomon Center

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Rush Hawkins, Annmary Brown Annmary Brown Memorial

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Medical School Tours Alpert Medical School

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Architectural Tour Moore Sculpture

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm President’s Colloquium: Revolution Salomon Center

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm The Anatomy of Anatomy Alpert Medical School

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Men’s Basketball vs. Harvard Pizzitola Sports Center

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Passing Strange, Sock & Buskin Faunce House, Stuart Theater

8:00 pm Mark Morris Dance Group Veterans Memorial

OpeningCelebration

March 7–8, 2014

CONTACT250.brown.edu

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401-863-5400

KEY DATES, WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA, FEEDBACK

Visit the Imagine Brown 250+ website often as campus and regional events will be added regularly during the 15 month celebration. Stay connected through social media and contact the 250th Anniversary Office with any questions.

Key Dates May 23 - 25, 2014 - Commencement Reunion Weekend September 27 - 28, 2014 - 250th Fall Celebration October 24 - 25, 2014 - Family Weekend May 22 - 24, 2015 - Commencement Reunion Weekend & 250th Closing Celebration

Website & Social Media Imagine Brown 250+ website: 250.brown.edu Twitter & Instagram: #brown250 Like “Brown University” on Facebook Livestream of select events: http://brown.edu/web/livestream

Russell C. Carey ’91, AM’06, Executive Vice President, Planning and Policy

Ralph F. Rosenberg ’86, P’17, Trustee emeritus, Corporation of Brown University

Wendy J. Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07, Trustee emerita, Fellow emerita, Corporation of Brown University

MembersTodd G. Andrews ’83, P’18, Vice President, Alumni Relations

Thomas F. Banchoff II ADE’70 hon., P’91, Professor of Mathematics

George H. Billings ’72, Trustee, Corporation of Brown University; Past President, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors

Nancy L. Buc ’65, LLD’94 hon., Trustee emerita, Fellow emerita, Corporation of Brown University

Richard A. Fishman ADE’73 hon., P’89, Professor of Visual Art; Director, Creative Arts Council

Timothy P. Flanigan MD, Dean’s Professor of Medical Science; Professor of Medicine and of Health Services, Policy and Practice

Xochitl Gonzalez ’99, Past member, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors

Jessica Hodgdon, Past Chair, President’s Staff Advisory Council

Nancy C. Hyde ’80, P’17, P’17, President, Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors; Trustee, Corporation of Brown University

Odest (Chad) Jenkins, Associate Professor of Computer Science

Carl Kaestle ADE’98 hon., Professor emeritus, Department of Education

Lauren J. Kolodny ’08, Young Alumni Trustee emerita, Corporation of Brown University

Heather R. Lee AM’09, PhD’14, Graduate School student representative

Steven Lubar ADE’05 hon., Professor of American Studies, History, and History of Art and Architecture; Director, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage

Karen Newman, Owen Walker Professor of Humanities; Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Carle Pieters, Professor of Geological Sciences

Marisa Quinn, Vice President, Public Affairs and University Relations

Jim Sinai ’01, Class Treasurer; Member, Annual Fund Leadership Committee

Joan Wernig Sorensen ’72, P’06, P’06, Trustee, Corporation of Brown University

Noelle E. Spencer ’14, MD’18, Undergraduate student representative

Jennifer W. Tsai ’14, MD’18, Undergraduate student representative

Patricia R. Watson, Senior Vice President, University Advancement

Clay P. Wiske MD’14, Alpert Medical School student representative

Gordon S. Wood ADE’70 hon., LITD’10 hon., P’86, GP’11, Professor emeritus, Department of History

250th ANNIVERSARY STEERING COMMITTEE:

Tri-chairs:

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

Welcome to Brown’s 250th Opening Celebration!

We are delighted that you have joined us for the kick-off of our semiquincentenary – the 250th anniversary of Brown University’s founding. There will be academic programming, student performances, a 250+

cake, and a fireworks display for all to enjoy! The weekend offers many opportunities to learn about Brown’s past, reflect on the University today, and imagine Brown in the future.

Among the many highlights of the weekend are lectures featuring two distinguished Brown alumni. World Bank President and 1982 graduate of Brown University, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, will deliver the Opening Celebration Keynote Address and 87th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs, and United States Secretary of Labor and 1983 graduate, Thomas Perez will deliver Saturday’s keynote address as part of the Watson Institute for International Studies Distinguished Speaker series.

In addition, there will be a sampling of Brown’s offerings in the sciences, arts, culture, athletics, and more. This brochure is intended to serve as a guide to the weekend’s forums, lab and campus tours, athletic events, exhibits, gallery openings, concerts and performances. I am especially pleased that we are launching our new President’s Colloquium on the Virtues of a Liberal Education during this inaugural weekend of the 250th celebration.

I want to thank members of the Brown, Providence and Rhode Island communities for participating in and shaping our 250th commemoration. Special appreciation to the 250th steering committee chaired by Wendy Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07, Ralph Rosenberg ’86, P’17, and Russell Carey ’91, AM’06.

As we begin our semiquincentenary, please join us in recognizing the women and men who have shaped Pembroke and Brown colleges into the Brown University of today, and, in the words of Charles Evans Hughes, class of 1881, to imagine yet another new day, full of the brightest promise.

Enjoy your weekend!

President Christina H. Paxson