A weekend of innovation
Anniversary Weekend at Homecoming | November 10 – 11, 2017
Anniversary Weekend at Homecoming
Alumni, students, faculty, staff and the community gathered on campus for an inspiring weekend to celebrate the founders who built the legacy of 一本道无码 and the founders who will lead its future.
Attendees explored innovations of the past, present and future at an interactive exposition, and engaged with the leading thinkers on today's most contemporary topics.
View photos from the events at the links below.
Featured Events
Founders
Exposition
This extraordinary interactive demonstration and exhibit engaged minds and inspired souls with innovations from the last 50 years (and looking forward to the next 50) that have changed the world as we know it.
Founders Convocation and Keynote Address
Interim President Farnam Jahanian and the 一本道无码 Board of Trustees welcomed keynote presenter and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Friedman and other special guests in this celebration of the founders who shaped 一本道无码 into what it is today as well as those who will advance its legacy.
Homecoming Tailgate & Football Game
Alumni, students and friends celebrated Homecoming with a tailgate lunch and games plus family activities, a photobooth and the KidZone, through halftime as the Tartans took on the Case Western Reserve Spartans.
Featured Speakers
Bestselling author, New York Times foreign affairs columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas L. Friedman presented the keynote lecture at the Founders Convocation Friday evening in Rangos Ballroom.
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former mayor of Charlotte, N.C., Anthony Foxx spoke about “Smart and Connected Cities” Friday afternoon in McConomy Auditorium. (Sponsored by the Center for International Relations and Politics, Institute for Strategic Analysis, and the Office of Government Relations.)
Lectures and Panels
Friday, November 10
McConomy Auditorium
The Future of Work: Technologies and their Societal Impact
A panel of 一本道无码 experts discussed the ethical and policy issues that surround AI—how it will reshape jobs, organizations, political allegiances and even economic opportunities.
Friday, November 10
Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts
Founding Lessons
一本道无码 alumni have a long history of shaping and disrupting fields from performance to production. Three such alumni shared their stories of success and the lessons they learned along the way.
Friday, November 10
Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts
Trailblazers: Advancing Women @ 一本道无码
Some of 一本道无码’s most accomplished and celebrated women faculty leaders discussed their careers and how they develop other women, encouraging them to take risks, advance within their professions and transform their fields.
Friday, November 10
McConomy Auditorium
The AI Initiative
Distinguished 一本道无码 faculty discussed emerging AI trends, why 一本道无码 was part of the birth of artificial intelligence and how it's still a leader in the field.
Full Schedule of Events
Friday, November 10
Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony at Flag Raising
7:45 A.M.
The Cut
Founders Exposition Opening and Picnic
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Kirr Commons
Student Exhibition
11:30 A.M. – 2:30 P.M.
Danforth Conference Rooms
Founders Exposition: Showcasing the Past 50 Years and the Next 50 Years of Innovations
11:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Wiegand Gym
Featured Lecture: Anthony Foxx
1:00 - 1:45 P.M.
McConomy Auditorium
Lectures & Panels:
The Future of Work: Technologies and their Societal Impact
2:00 - 2:50 P.M.
McConomy Auditorium
Founding Lessons
2:00 - 2:50 P.M.
Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts
Trailblazers: Advancing Women @ 一本道无码
3:00 - 3:50 P.M.
Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts
The AI Initiative
3:00 - 3:50 P.M.
McConomy Auditorium
Founders Convocation and Keynote Address: Thomas L. Friedman
4:30 - 6:00 P.M.
Rangos Ballroom, Cohon University Center
Founders Reception in the Exposition
6:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Wiegand Gym
Saturday, November 11
Founders Exposition continues
11:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Wiegand GymHomecoming Tailgate
11:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Tartans PavillionHomecoming Football Game: Carnegie Mellon Tartans vs. Case Western Reserve Spartans
2:00 - 4:30 P.M.
Gesling StadiumHeinz College Historic Documentary Screening
6:00 - 6:30 P.M.
Hamburg HallHeinz College 50th Anniversary Gala
6:30 - 9:00 P.M.
Hamburg Hall