Program - Many Minds, Many Stripes

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12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Upper Hyphen, Chancellor Green	Exhibit: The Graduate School at 125 Years
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm Maclean House, 73 Nassau Street	Conference Check-in
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street	Authors’ Roundtable Jasmin Darznik 07 ENG Novelist, Educator Eszter Hargittai 03 SOC Researcher, Mentor, Postcrosser Peter Rupert Lighte 81 EAS Empathic, Quirky, Intrepid Xita Rubert 22 gs COM Writer, Educator
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Forbes College Lobby	Battle of Princeton Walking Tour Matt Smith Passionate, Connected, Problem-Solver
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library	Exhibit Tour: Fashion, Feminism, and Fear: Clothing and Power in the 19th Century April C. Armstrong *14 REL Historian, Writer, Storyteller Emma Paradies Librarian, Writer, Access enthusiast
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Meet at Prospect House	Exterior Tour of Princeton University Art Museum Zoe Kwok *13 ART Curator, Educator, Tiger
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Stand Out Among the In-Crowd: Writing for Influence Using LinkedIn Eva Kubu h*24 Senior Associate Dean for Professional Development and Director of GradFUTURES, Princeton Graduate School
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm McCosh Hall, Room 10	Dialogue in Action: Leading for the Public Good Cara Abercrombie 03 SPIA Former Acting U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ajay Bisaria 09 SPIA Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation Amaney Jamal Steven Petric *17 SPIA Assistant Dean for Global Outreach, Admissions and Alumni Engagement, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm 1879 Courtyard, Tent	Welcome Reception
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm McCosh Hall, Room 50	Conference Kickoff — Princeton Stories: Journeys of Purpose and Possibility Carol Chaya Barash 89 ENG Author, Speaker, Coach Noemi de la Puente 86 CEE Activist, Creative, Spiritual Yasmin Elhady 15 SPIA Storyteller, Humanitarian, Tiger Joel L. Johnson 67 SPIA Pragmatist, Traveler, Learner Laurence Latimer 01 SPIA President, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Laurence C. Morse 80 ECO Economist, Entrepreneur, Investor Veronica Pejril 88 MUS Advocate, Teacher, Neighbor Karthick Ramakrishnan 02 POL Entrepreneur, Advisor, Tiger Ryan Ruskin ’90 Sustainability Leader, Volunteer, Connector
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm 1879 Courtyard, Tent	Evening Reception – Hosted by APGA Laurence Latimer *01 SPIA President, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Peyton Hall	Peyton Observatory Stargazing
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm The Dbar	Mixer With Graduate Students at the DBar
7:00 am - 7:45 am Class of 1986 Fitness & Wellness Center/Dillon Gymnasium	Tiger Cycle: Ride Into the Day with Princeton Pride Nancy Lu *21 CHEME Positive, Fitness, Enthusiast
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Upper Hyphen, Chancellor Green	Exhibit: The Graduate School at 125 Years
8:00 am - 7:00 pm Maclean House, 73 Nassau Street	Conference Check-in
8:00 am - 8:30 am Alexander Hall Tent	Grab-and-Go Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:45 am Alexander Hall, Richardson Auditorium	Welcome Remarks With the Princeton Graduate School Dean Rodney D. Priestley h82 h*23 Dean of the Princeton Graduate School; Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
8:45 am - 9:45 am Alexander Hall, Richardson Auditorium	A Conversation With President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 Ann Kirschner *78 ENG Strategist, Educator, Writer
9:45 am - 10:00 am Alexander Hall Tent	Coffee Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am Alexander Hall, Richardson Auditorium	The Current Graduate Student Experience: A Panel Discussion Caridad Estrada gs CEE Tiger, Tenacious, Resourceful Javier J. Morales Arias gs PPL Loving, Advocate, Creative Cecelia Ramsey gs FIT Scholar, Teacher, Leader Lisa Schreyer Caring, Dean, Mom Nikita Taniparti gs ANT Curious, Active, Bold
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Alexander Hall, Richardson Auditorium	Princeton’s GradFUTURES Advantage: Graduate Alumni Mentorship and Advocacy Genevieve Allotey-Pappoe 24 MUS Curious, Creative, Perseverant Natalie Berkman 18 FIT Leader, Entrepreneur, Advocate Andrew Finn 23 ENG Advocate, Creator, Collaborator Eva Kubu h24 Senior Associate Dean for Professional Development and Director of GradFUTURES, Princeton Graduate School Ali Nouri 06 MOL Lecturer, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University Raghuveer Vinukollu 11 CEE Grateful to Princeton
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Poe Field Tent	Luncheon: From Academic Research to Entrepreneurship: The PumpKin Story Craig Arnold energetic, charismatic, collaborative Charles Goldstein 71 CHEME Husband, Tiger Fan, Innovator Justin Silpe 20 MOL Scientist, Innovator, Advocate
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm East Pyne, Room 010	An American Voice for Dante: Reflecting on Translation Through the ‘Divine Comedy’ Sophie Chopin 24 FIT Innovator, Advocate, Tiger Simone Marchesi 02 COM Teacher, Scholar, Translator
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm McCosh Hall, Room 50	How Does AI Work? An Accessible Introduction to Modern Artificial Intelligence Sarah-Jane Leslie 07 PHI Researcher, Teacher, Administrator Yun Zhang 12 COSCI Adventurer, Strategist, Advocate
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Robertson Hall, 016	Hurricane Hazards and Risk Analysis Emily Brock 04 HOS Persistent, Interdisciplinary, Connector Ning Lin 10 CEE Professor, Mentor, Teacher
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm McCosh Hall, Room 10	Leadership and Public Responsibility Eddie S. Glaude Jr. 97 REL Scholar, Leader, Educator Taylor Nelson 19 SPIA Detroiter, Dreamer, Improviser
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Robertson Hall, Arthur Lewis Auditorium	Smart Grid: The Internet of Energy Zoe Maddox 18 HIS Historian, Adopted Arkansan, Tiger H. Vincent Poor 77 EE Teacher, Researcher, Engineer
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Fine Hall, Common Room	Math Department – Tea, Coffee, and Cookies
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm E209A the Main Office	Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Drop-In Hour
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Brush Gallery - A level between Jadwin Hall and McDonnell	Sip & Socialize: A Department of Physics Mixer
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm East Pyne Hall, Room 127	Conversation with Alumni of the Princeton Department of Comparative Literature
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Jones Hall, Room 202	Next Chapters: Conversations with East Asian Studies Alumni
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm McCosh Hall, English Graduate Student Lounge, B59	Department of English Reception
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Frick Chemistry Laboratory	Department of Chemistry Laboratory Tours
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Friend Center, Convocation Room (Room 113)	Chemical and Biological Engineering Happy Hour
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Friend Center, Third Floor	Electrical and Computer Engineering Networking Event
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Briger Hall	Geosciences Graduate Alumni Gathering
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Robertson Hall, Schultz Dining Room and Dodds Atrium	Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Gathering
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Aaron Burr Hall Room 219	Anthropology Graduate Alumni Gathering
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Lewis Thomas Laboratory Room 003 & Lobby	Department of Molecular Biology – Graduate Alumni Gathering Ali Nouri *06 MOL Lecturer, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Engineering Quad Equad Café	Donuts, Coffee and Connections: An Engineering Alumni and Grad Student Meetup
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Firestone Library, Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery	Exhibit Tour: Forms & Function: The Splendors of Global Bookmaking Martin J. Heijdra *95 EAS Librarian, Scholar, Cosmopolite
4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Center of Digital Humanities, Firestone Library, Floor B	Digital Humanities Beyond the Ph.D.: Graduate Alumni Perspectives
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Prospect House	Affinity Group Receptions Roger Dube 76 PHYS Professor, Indigenous Scientist Jason Gold ’81 Down Many Rabbitholes Kim Howie 78 URBPL Volunteer, Museum Goer, University Architecture Obsessed Benny Mah ’82 Explorer, Problem Solver Veronica Pejril 88 MUS Advocate, Teacher, Neighbor Spencer Reynolds ’92 Connector, Coach, Veteran Angelina Sylvain 16 NEU Innovator, Change Agent, Princeton Star Tina Tan ’92 Mentor, Connector, Doer Jessica Williams *15 MOL Visionary, Strategic, Resilient
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Peyton Hall, Grand Central	Astro Happy Hour
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Prospect House	Building Pathways, Changing Lives: A Legacy of Purpose Reception
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Fine Hall, Professor's Lounge	Math Department – Wine & Cheese
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Poe Field Tent	Reception, Dinner and Conversation: Alumni in Service Harold Kim 93 ECO Educator, Investor, Family Man José A. Quiñonez 98 SPIA Advocate, Innovator, Immigrant Frederick Wherry 00 SPIA 04 SOC Scholar, Educator, Creator
6:30 am - 7:30 am Meadows Drive Garage	Graduate Alumni Fun Run: Energize, Connect, Celebrate Nancy Lu *21 CHEME Positive, Fitness, Enthusiast
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Maclean House, 73 Nassau Street	Conference Check-in
8:00 am - 9:00 am 1879 Courtyard, Tent	Grab-and-Go Breakfast
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Upper Hyphen, Chancellor Green	Exhibit: The Graduate School at 125 Years
9:00 am - 10:15 am Maeder Hall, 002 Auditorium	Ethical Decision-Making in Complex Times: Values, Accountability and Action Michelle Buck 93 PSY Educator, Nurturer, Artist Maribel Hernández Rivera 10 SPIA En la lucha Dan Jaffe 67 SPIA Political Advocate, Writer Summer Lopez 08 SPIA Advocate, Reader, Traveler Gideon A. Rosen 92 PHI Stuart Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University Jennifer Valentino-DeVries 05 SPIA Reporter, Writer, Parent
9:00 am - 10:15 am Robertson Hall, Arthur Lewis Auditorium	Global Governance in an Era of Geopolitical Shifts Ileana Cruz-Marden 19 SPIA Mentor, Bridge-Builder, Soprano Sophal Ear 97 SPIA Scholar, Refugee, Storyteller David L. Goldwyn 86 SPIA Thought leader, Educator, Policy Innovator Steven Simon 83 SPIA Researcher, Writer, Teacher
9:00 am - 10:15 am McCosh Hall, Room 10	Health Sciences: Insights Into Where We Are and Where We Are Going Kevin Forrest 05 MOL Biotech, Executive Roshan Jain 07 MOL Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology, Haverford College David Katz 04 MOL Scientist, Mentor, Father Shin-Yi Lin 11 MOL Scientist, Parent, Foodie Soyeon Lippman *10 MOL Public health, Science, Fencing
9:00 am - 10:15 am McCosh Hall, Room 50	Research to Impact: Navigating Tech Transfer, Intellectual Property and Funding Innovation Mark Esposito 17 MOL Entrepreneur, Scientist, Mentor Laurence Latimer 01 SPIA President, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Dora Mitchell 08 MOL Scientist, Company Builder Laurence C. Morse 80 ECO Economist, Entrepreneur, Investor Tony Williams Connector, Advisor, Doer
9:00 am - 10:15 am Robertson Hall, 016	Where Innovation Meets Urgency: Climate Tech’s Next Chapter Andrew Eil 09 SPIA Advisor, Advocate, Investor Leland Ellison 16 PPL Physicist, Builder, Teammate Andrew Hsieh 14 CHEME Engineer, Entrepreneur, Leader Koshu Takatsuji 18 CHEME Climate, Impact, Innovation
10:15 am - 10:30 am 1879 Courtyard, Tent	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:45 am McCosh Hall, Room 10	Accelerating Economic Mobility in America Janeria Easley 16 SOC Academic, Data Scientist, Consultant Larry Handerhan 12 SPIA Leader, Connector, Optimist Rodney Harrell 02 SPIA Explainer, Leader, Innovator Chad Maisel 13 SPIA Policy Entrepreneur, Community Builder
10:30 am - 11:45 am McCosh Hall, Room 50	Reimagining Education for a Changing World Emily Andrews 20 SPIA Organizer, Advocate, Troublemaker Donnell Butler 09 SOC Analytical, Future-focused, Research-driven Colette Johnson 18 ENG Social Impact, Leader, Mom Andrea Morris 99 MOL Educator, Scientist, Mentor Margaret Sena 17 HIS First-Gen Educator, Proud Latina, Advocate Angelina Sylvain 16 NEU Innovator, Change Agent, Princeton Star
10:30 am - 11:45 am Maeder Hall, 002 Auditorium	Shaping Climate Policy: Innovation, Action and Accountability Maya Buchanan 17 SPIA Public-Private Partnership Builder, Strategic Planner, Transformative Change Maker Harry Godfrey 13 SPIA Advocate, Pragmatist, Dad Dawn Miller 10 SPIA Ilissa Ocko 10 AOS Scientist, Communicator, Advocate Jigar J. Shah 11 EE Innovative, Frugal, Logical Raghuveer Vinukollu 11 CEE Grateful to Princeton
10:30 am - 11:45 am Robertson Hall, Arthur Lewis Auditorium	The Role of Alumni in Public Service and Civic Engagement Amber Greene 12 SPIA Ambitious, Grateful, Intentional Natalie Quillian 07 SPIA Mom, Doer, Runner Kathy Roth-Douquet 91 SPIA Visionary, Advocate, Leader Steven Siqueira 05 SPIA Deputy Director, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre
10:30 am - 11:45 am Robertson Hall, 016	Whose Art Is It? Dora C. Y. Ching 11 ART Adventurer, Culinarian, Museumgoer MaryKate Cleary Art Historian, Researcher Sally Metzler-Dunea 97 ART J. Nicholas Napoli *03 ART Architect, Historian, Educator Chika Okeke-Agulu Artist, Critic, Art Historian
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Poe Field Tent	Be a Part of the Moment: Join Us for the ‘Many Minds, Many Stripes’ Group Photo
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Poe Field Tent	Luncheon: Conversation on the Future of Artificial Intelligence Yan Huo 94 EE Curious, Active, Multicultural Sarah Nagy 14 FIN Builder, Free-thinker, Leader Jennifer Rexford ’91 Enthusiastic, Curious, Tiger
2:15 pm - 4:00 pm Chancellor Green Rotunda	Many Minds, Many Stripes Book Fair Jasmin Darznik 07 ENG Novelist, Educator Eszter Hargittai 03 SOC Researcher, Mentor, Postcrosser Claudia L. Johnson 81 ENG Murray Professor of English Literature, Princeton University Donald R. Kirsch 78 BIOL Scientist, Author, Faculty Peter Rupert Lighte 81 EAS Empathic, Quirky, Intrepid Xita Rubert 22 gs COM Writer, Educator Catherine Sanderson 97 PSY Professor, Author, Keynote Speaker Melissa Teixeira 16 HIS Teacher, Scholar, Writer
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Women in STEM Andrea Nedic 11 EE Inventive, Collaborative, Curious Neelanjana Ray 04 MOL Scientist, Leader, Mother
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Working in Nonprofit Lynne Davidson 87 SPIA "Do Good Better" Aron Goldman 01 SPIA Liberation, Dad, Tacos Taylor Nelson *19 SPIA Detroiter, Dreamer, Improviser
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Roundtable Discussions
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm McCosh Hall, Room 50	The Princeton Campus: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Ron McCoy *80 ARC Architect, Educator, Leader
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Building for a Better Future Karina Alventosa 22 CEE Live, Laugh, Love Susan Conger-Austin 83 ARC Educator, Architect, Optimist
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Educational Freedom: Stand Up for Higher Education Emily P. Bakemeier 02 ART Humanist, Mentor, Leader Janet Holmgren 74 LING Learner, Leader, Feminist
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Global Princetonians Margarida Matos Rosa 98 SPIA Economist, European, Enforcer Alex Michaelides 97 ECO Resilient, Curious, Connector
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Humanities Beyond Academia Natalie Berkman 18 FIT Leader, Entrepreneur, Advocate Charlotte Werbe 18 FIT Mentor, Entrepreneur, Strategic
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	Parenting in a Digital Age Jane Farrington 13 SPIA Lawyer, Mom, Leader Lauren Hale 03 SPIA Sleep, Health, Warrior Karthick Ramakrishnan *02 POL Entrepreneur, Advisor, Tiger
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)	The Future of Research Funding Jeff Isaacson 84 CHEME Thinker, Patriot, Provocateur Stephanie Lee 12 CHEME Scientist, Mentor, Mother Rebecca S. Moore *21 MOL Risk-Taker, Advocate, Neuroscientist
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Prospect House	Exterior Tour of Princeton University Art Museum James Steward Leader, Collaborator, Educator
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Louis A. Simpson Building, Weickart Atrium	Find Your Community: Alumni Engagement Opportunities at Princeton
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm 106 Fitzrandolph Road	Stone Balancing: A Metaphor for Life. Embracing Impermanent Sculpture With Joy Robert R. Lussier Horticulturist, Stone Mason, Artist
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Poe Field Tent	Reception and Dinner: Celebrating 125 Years of the Graduate School Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 Yan Huo 94 EE Curious, Active, Multicultural Ann Kirschner 78 ENG Strategist, Educator, Writer Bonnie Ko gs MUS Scholar, Musician, Activist Laurence C. Morse 80 ECO Economist, Entrepreneur, Investor Rodney D. Priestley h82 h23 Dean of the Princeton Graduate School; Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Taylor Commons	After Party: Conviviality and Conversation