A Day with Northwestern in Evanston

Date:

Apr 14 2012

Time:

9 am – 3:30 pm

Contact:

Office of Alumni Education 847-491-7975

Location:

Northwestern University, Norris University Center
1999 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

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One of the highlights of the year, A Day with Northwestern in Evanston draws close to 500 alumni, students, parents, and friends for a full-day series of presentations and lectures on timely and diverse topics. Drawn from Northwestern’s impressive community of prominent faculty and alumni, speakers represent a variety of fields — from economics to art to medicine.

View highlights of this year's program:

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE

Kelly O’Donnell (SESP87), NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent

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LUNCHEON KEYNOTE

A Performance by Purple Haze, a student cappella group

2012 PRESENTERS

"Art Now! The Global Explosion"
Lisa Graziose Corrin, Ellen Philips Katz Director, Mary and Leigh Block Art Museum, and Senior Lecturer in Art History, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

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“Block Museum names former Williams College Museum of Art head as new director ,” The Daily Northwestern
“Northwestern's Block Museum announces Lisa Graziose Corrin as new Director,” artdaily.org

"Technology Drives Transformation: Partnerships for Change"
Kris Hammond, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Larry Birnbaum, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Co-Directors of the Intelligent Information Lab, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

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“In Case You Wondered, a Real Human Wrote This Column,” The New York Times

“Finding Narrative: Enough of the Shouting, Just Tell Me a Story”
Alex Kotlowitz, Senior Lecturer at Medill, Writer in Residence at the Center for the Writing Arts, Northwestern University, bestselling author

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“Blocking the Transmission of Violence ,” The New York Times
“Five Great Reads by Alex Kotlowitz ,” chicagomag.com

“From Values To Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership”
Harry Kraemer (KSM79), clinical professor of Management and Strategy at Kellogg School of Management and Executive Partner, Madison Dearborn Partners LLC

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“What’s Old? What’s NU?”
Kevin B. Leonard (WCAS74, G82), University Archivist

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“Week in the life: Kevin Leonard, University Archivist,” The Daily Northwestern’s The Current

"Nanotech: A Day in the Life of the Very, Very Small"
Thomas Meade, Eileen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology and Radiology; Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Feinberg School of Medicine; Director, Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging; Member, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

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“We Are (51% of) the Ninety-Nine Percent”
Terry O’Neill (WCAS74), President, National Organization for Women

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“Understanding the Arab Spring”
Wendy Pearlman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

“Touch, Technology, and the Cost of Healthcare”
Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine; Clinical Director, Health Simulation Program, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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“Building Organs Even the Prudish Can Handle,” The New York Times
“Doctor paves way for black women ,” ABC7 Chicago

“Why Division I Athletes Are Fools — Except Maybe at Northwestern”
Rick Telander (WCAS71), sports columnist, Chicago Sun-Times