Saturday Sessions

Perstare Society, Society of the Torch, and 50 and 50-plus Commencement Anniversary Breakfast

8:30-10:00 AM
One of New York University's most enduring and memorable traditions, the Perstare Society Breakfast is held each year prior to the University's commencement exercises. The Perstare Society is an honorary association celebrating all NYU alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago. All alumni reaching their milestone 50th anniversary years are automatically inducted into the Perstare Society These alumni are the living memory of NYU's great history. They are honored treasures and are an inspiration for the future.

Because of on-going renovations in Washington Square Park, NYU will celebrate its 176th Commencement at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. While the traditional Perstare Society pre-commencement will not be able to take place at the Stadium, we will instead hold the breakfast as part of the NYU Alumni Day celebration. Alumni from the 50th and 50-Plus anniversary classes come together to meet old friends and reminisce over breakfast and kick off NYU Alumni Day activities.
NOTE: You must have graduated in 1958 or earlier to attend this breakfast.
Cost: Free

Location: Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center, 10th Floor

Jump Start Your Career

9:00-9:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:30-12:00 PM Presentation & One-on-one meetings
Looking to climb the corporate ladder? Want to transition to a new career? Does it pay to take graduate courses? Get these and your other pressing career questions answered by professional career counselors at NYU's Wasserman Center for Career Development. Through a presentation and one-on-one meetings, professionals are on hand to help you develop a personalized strategy that will turn your job into the career you want!
Cost: Free

Location: Wasserman Center for Career Development
133 East 13th St, 2nd floor

NYU's In and of the City Tour

3 times: 8:30-10:30 AM or 12:00-2:00 PM or 2:00-4:00 PM
My how NYU has changed! See all of the new NYU facilities and buildings built since you wandered Washington Square. Take a guided campus bus tour with an NYU student ambassador to see our state-of-the-art new buildings, learn about the future of our Washington Square campus, and catch up on the "greening" of NYU.
Cost: Free

Location: All tours will start at the Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Square South

Student Film Festival

A Showcase of NYU Videos and Award-Winning Student Films

9:00-5:00 PM
Enjoy this superb collection of short student films by recent graduates of the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, the nation's premier program for professional filmmaking. Recipients of NYU's highest filmmaking accolades, the Charles and Lucille King Family Foundation Awards, these students have moved on to distinguished careers in all areas of film and television. The selection of video shorts is produced by the NYU Department of Media Production.
Cost: Free

Location: Tisch School of the Arts
Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television
721 Broadway, Room 006, Lower Level

Election 2008 featuring MSNBC's Chris Matthews

10:30-11:30 AM

Join MSNBC correspondent and NYU Tisch parent Chris Matthews and NYU President John Sexton for a spirited discussion on current affairs and the 2008 election.
Cost: Free

Location: Skirball Theater, Kimmel Center

"New York Cool: Painting and Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection,"
a Grey Art Gallery Exhibit

Gallery Hours: Friday from 11:00-6:00 PM, Saturday from 11:00-5:00 PM
Think you know New York? Experience your old stomping grounds in a whole new way with "New York Cool: Painting and Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection." The exhibit will feature a cornucopia of significant works from the avant-garde era of the 1950s and early 1960s. It also focuses on paintings and sculptures by major artists of the New York School including Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, and Philip Pearlstein, and is accompanied by a selection of works on paper. New York University's own fine arts museum, The Grey Art Gallery is located within the historic Silver Center, formerly known as NYU's Main Building.
Cost: Free

Location: Grey Art Gallery
The Silver Center
100 Washington Square East

Take a Break and Get in Shape

Friday 8:30am-11:00pm; Saturday and Sunday 12:00pm-9:00pm
Need to work out between Alumni Day sessions? Use your NYU Alumni Card or Alumni Day ID for access to NYU's state-of-the-art Palladium Athletic Facility.
Cost: Free

Location: NYU's Palladium Athletic Facility
140 East 14th Street

Fifth Annual Vernice Ferguson Alumni Colloquium
"What to Eat: Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention"

1:00-3:00 PM
Make food choices for a healthy mind and body! Join Dr. Marion Nestle, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, as she guides you through the supermarket maze so that you can both eat well and make positive social and environmental choices. Nestle will be joined by Dr. Beverly Malone, CEO, National League for Nursing, and May Dobal, assistant professor, NYU College of Nursing, to explore global, national, and personal perspectives on food.
Cost: Free
This colloquium is supported through a generous gift made by alumna Vernice D. Ferguson (NUR '50) and is sponsored by the NYU College of Nursing and the NYU Women's Initiative.

Location: Shorin Performance Studio, Kimmel Center, 802

Is Now the Time to Buy, Sell or Invest in NYC Real Estate?

2:00-3:00 PM
Jacky Teplitzky, faculty member at NYU's Real Estate Institute and managing director at Prudential Douglas Elliman, one of Manhattan's preeminent residential real estate firms, will lead an exciting panel discussion that will separate fact from fiction regarding New York City's real estate market. Join us to for some solid insight and to get objective information that will assist you in making real estate decisions.
Cost: Free
This event is co-Sponsored by NYU's Real Estate Institute

Location: Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, Kimmel Center, 4th Floor

Literary Café: Readings, Coffee, and Conversation
with Special Guest E.L. Doctorow

2:00-3:00 PM
Come celebrate creativity and the art of the written word with NYU's distinguished writers. NYU has long been recognized as a vibrant center for writing and literature, and was recently named one of the top ten creative writing programs in the country by the Atlantic Monthly magazine. This session offers an opportunity to join internationally acclaimed author E.L. Doctorow, Yusef Komunyakka, Toi Derricotte (GSAS '84), and Lila Zemborain (GSAS '86, '97), and one of our most promising students, Jackie Delamatre (GSAS '08), in a cafe-like setting as they read from their work and discuss writing and the writer's life. Coffee and sweets will be served.
Cost: Free

Location: Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center, 10th Floor

Creative Estate Planning Session

2:00-3:00 PM
A panel of distinguished attorneys and investors will answer your questions about the current landscape of estate planning and explore creative ways your estate can be structured to maximize value for your loved ones as well as charities important to you.
Panelists:
Pamela Ehrenkranz, Esq.
Chair, Trusts and Estates Practice Group
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Alan Shapiro, Esq.
Director of Gift Planning, New York University

Herbert Paul, Esq.
Cost: Free

Location: Courant Auditorium, Warren Weaver Hall

"Wine, Worship and Sacrifice: The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani" at
NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

2:00-4:00 PM
Delve into a bygone era with "Wine, Worship and Sacrifice: The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani," a special exhibition of art and culture from ancient Colchis, a land located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Archaeological finds come from two sanctuaries and four tombs dating from the early fifth to the first centuries B.C., and include relics from religious rituals, a splendid array of jewelry, as well as objects related to drinking and libation that highlight the importance of wine in Colchian social and religious life.
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) is a newly created center at NYU for advanced knowledge and investigation of the ancient world. The NYU Trolley will depart the Kimmel Center for University Life for ISAW at 2:00 PM.
Cost: Free

Location: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
5 East 84th Street

Choral Alumni Open Sing

3:00-5:00 PM
Come one, come all - raise your voices and sing! Celebrate 135 years of choral singing at NYU and join your fellow alumni for an informal sing along of traditional melodies, old favorites, and a few Broadway tunes. Everyone is welcome. Don't miss the Choral Alumni Suite's memorabilia display as you enjoy light refreshments after the session.
Cost: Free

Location: Choral Alumni Suite
Kimmel Center, Room 405/6
60 Washington Square South

Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in your Twenties and Thirties

3:15-4:15 PM
Drowning in debt? Join Money magazine contributor and best-selling author Beth Kobliner as she gives concrete advice on how to eliminate credit card debt, pay off student loans, budget your finances, and start saving for your future. The session will cover information every twenty and thirty-something should know to make the most of their income, and create the best financial future possible.
Cost: Free

Location: Schimmel Auditorium, Tisch Hall, Upper Concourse

Self-Assembly: How Nature Puts Itself Together

3:15-4:15 PM
Nature is filled with examples of simple objects that assemble themselves into more complex structures, such as the molecules and cells that comprise biological life. These natural models of self-assembly are now being used to create new forms of technology, including everything from color-changing paints to computers. David Grier, NYU Professor of Physics and founding member of NYU’s Center for Soft Matter Research, will lead an illuminating presentation of the science of self-assembly and how it will impact our lives in the future.
Cost: Free

Location: University Lecture Hall, 19 West 4th Street

Computer Hacking: New Media, Old Ethics

3:15-4:15 PM
Can computer hacking be used to help us understand the role of freedom of thought and speech in the 21st century? NYU Steinhardt Professor Gabriella Coleman suggests that computer hackers, long considered to be at the cutting-edge of technology, are actually reinventing the age-old concept of liberalism through their illicit activity. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion about politics and technology in contemporary media.
Cost: Free

Location: Silver Center, Room 207, 37 Washington Place

NYU College of Nursing Alumni Association Annual Meeting & Reception

3:30-5:30PM

An opportunity for you to reconnect with your fellow graduates and hear about upcoing events at your alma mater.
Cost: Free

Location: 2nd Floor Lounge
Kimmel Center
60 washing Square South

Can Exercise Help the Brain Remember?

4:30-5:30 PM
Can lifting weights make you smarter? Is there a connection between physical and mental fitness? Recent studies say, YES! Join Wendy Suzuki, associate professor at NYU's Center for Neural Science, as she unravels the mysterious brain and its critical memory functions, and how exercise can help you think better and improve learning and memory.
Cost: Free

Location: Courant Lecture Hall, Warren Weaver Hall, 1st Fl

Wine Tasting with "Dr. Vino" aka Tyler Colman

4:30 - 6:00 PM
Details to follow. Dr. Vino

Location: Gardner Commons
Leon Shimkin Hall
Enter at Schwartz Plaza (next to Bobst Library)

Exclusive Screening - Home

4:30-6:00 PM
Join us for a special screening and introduction by Brooklyn native and Tisch alumna Dawn Scibilia (TSOA '95). The beautifully directed new movie showcases a young Irishman, Alan Cooke, as he contemplates the concept of home in reflection of his recent immigration to New York City. Scibilia co-produced, directed, shot, and edited this award-winning movie. Home is peppered with remarks from legendary New Yorkers, including Liam Neeson, Susan Sarandon, Mike Myers, Alfred Molina, Colin Quinn, Rosie Perez, Pete Hamill (currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYU), Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt, Fran Lebowitz, David Amram, Elaine Kaufman, Drew Nieporent, and many more.
Cost: Free

Location: Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, Kimmel Center, 4th Floor

Dean's Luncheons

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join your dean for a special school luncheon to meet fellow alumni and find out about the exciting new developments happening in your school.
Cost: $15

College of Arts and Science (including Arts, Engineering, and Washington Square College Alumni)

Join Dean Matthew S. Santirocco for lunch, a state of the College address, and the CAS Alumni Association Annual Meeting and elections. The luncheon will feature the presentation of the College Alumni Achievement Award to Bob Balaban (WSC `77), acclaimed producer, director, actor and writer.

Location: The Silver Center
Hemmerdinger Hall
100 Washington Square East, 1st Floor
(enter at 31 Washington Place)

College of Nursing

12:00-1:00 PM
Join Dean Terry Fulmer for lunch to learn more about exciting new initiatives in the College of Nursing and stay for the always informative Vernice Ferguson Alumni Colloquium (begining at 1:00 PM) on how what you eat can improve your health and stave off illness.

Location: The Kimmel Center, 7th Floor Lounge
60 Washington Square South

Graduate School of Arts and Science

Join Dean Catharine R. Stimpson to celebrate the accomplishments of GSAS alumni and alumnae and embrace the new ideas of the next generation! The luncheon will feature student presentations from the innovative Graduate Forum and will honor this year's GSAS Distinguished Alumni/Alumnae award recipients, Kathryn B. Medina (GSAS '92), noted publisher and executive vice president at Random House and Toi Derricotte (GSAS '84), award-winning poet and author.

Be sure to register for the Literary Café: Readings, Coffee and Conversation following the luncheon from 2 to 3pm.

Location: Kimmel Center, Room 914
60 Washington Square South

Gallatin School of Individualized Study

Join Gallatin Professors Lisa Goldfarb and George Shulman in our "alumni classroom" to explore a classic text: Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince. Over lunch in the School's recently renovated facilities, participants will take part in a lively discussion and also meet Gallatin's new dean, Susanne Wofford. Written in 1513 as a practical guide for Italy's Lorenzo de' Medici, The Prince is widely regarded as one of the most influential texts on politics and power, with themes that have particular resonance in the world today. Professors Goldfarb and Shulman will examine both the literary and political implications of the book, and how its messages have been interpreted throughout history.
*Copies of The Prince can be downloaded at http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/alumni/events.html or call 212-992-9825 to receive one by mail.

Location: 715 Broadway

School of Continuing and Professional Studies: Dean's Alumni Luncheon

Come together and reunite! Join Dean Robert Lapiner, fellow alumni from all SCPS programs, faculty, administrators, and student leaders for this special luncheon. Help recognize and honor alumni who embody the spirit that brings pride and honor to the School and University as we award them the 2008 Bart Lawson Award for Service.

The 2008 Award recipients are:
Michael Johnson (MS 2001, Real Estate Institute)for Public Service
This category recognizes recent alumni who have developed an innovative approach to a social, educational, environmental, health, economic or legal issues within a community.

Gena Lovett (Diploma 1995, Finance Programs) for Professional Service and Outreach
This category recognizes a member of our alumni community who connects his or her expertise and scholarship to community outreach.

Location: Commuter Lounge/2nd Floor Terrace
Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South

Silver School of Social Work: Dean's Open House

Get the latest developments in education and research! Join Dean Suzanne England at the School's townhouse for lunch. Meet and talk with current students, connect with fellow and tour the facility, which includes the historic Edward Hopper Artist Studio.

Location: 1 Washington Square North

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Join Dean Mary Brabeck for a lively luncheon complete with music and special performances by our very talented Steinhardt students. We hope you will take this opportunity to reconnect with old friends, meet current faculty, and learn the latest happenings at Steinhardt.

Location: 24 Fifth Avenue

Wagner Graduate School of Public Service: Future Faces of Public Service BBQ

Public service is a family affair! Bring your children and significant others to Alumni Day and join Dean Ellen Schall and fellow Wagner alumni at an outdoor barbeque with fun, public-service oriented activities for all ages. Tickets for kids are free!

Location: Jersey St., between Lafayette and Mulberry Sts. (just south of the Puck Building)
In case of rain: Puck Building, 2nd Floor
295 Lafayette Street (at Houston)
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Stern School of Business

NYU Stern is hosting New York 2008: Alumni Business Conference – A Look to the Future on Friday, May 16, 2008. Dean Thomas F. Cooley will present a luncheon keynote address on "The Future of Stern," as part of the conference agenda. All Stern alumni are invited to attend. For more information, please visit the conference website.

Saturday Night Events

UltraViolet Lounge: NYU's Hottest Alumni Party

Featuring Justine D, one of New York's top DJs

7:00 PM Networking Reception
8:00 PM Drinks, Food, and Dancing
Cap off your jam-packed day in the perfect way with a special evening in the company of friends, music, and (of course) violet-inis. New York City’s historic Puck Building (you know—the building with the façade featured on Will and Grace) will be our home for the night as we transform the ground floor into New York City’s hottest lounge party.

Start the night right during a networking cocktail reception where you can sample foods from the iconic neighborhoods of New York City and take advantage of our open bar. The food and cocktails will continue to flow as you kick back in our cool lounge atmosphere, or grab a fellow grad and hit the dance floor as Justine D turns the tables with today’s top tunes.
Cost: $60 per person.

Location: The Puck Building, Grand Ballroom
293 Lafayette Street

An Evening at the Skylight Ballroom

Dinner and dancing featuring the sounds of The Stingers

7:00 PM Cocktail Reception
8:00 PM Dinner and Dancing
Dance and dine under the stars! Kick off your evening with a cocktail reception, and then dance the night away to live music by The Stingers in the historic Puck Building's beautiful Skylight Ballroom. The evening will include a special toast to the reunion classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003. Space is limited, please register early. Festive attire. Cost: $150 per person.

Location: The Puck Building, Skylight Ballroom
295 Lafayette Street