All-Alumni Reunion | April 27-28, 2018
Join your fellow Friedman School alumni for a weekend of fun, education, and celebration in Boston!
Friday, April 27th | 1:30 - 5:00 PM
Stanley N. Gershoff Symposium & Alumni Awards Ceremony
“Ambiguity and Perception in Food Trends: Are We All Talking about the Same Thing?”
“Food Labeling Chaos” (Keynote)
Kathleen Merrigan, PhD
Executive Director of Sustainability & Professor of Public Policy
George Washington University
“Deal or No Deal, What Do You See in a Label?”
John C. Bernard, PhD
Professor, Department of Applied Economics & Statistics
University of Delaware
“State of the Evidence: Organic vs. Non-organic”
Qi Sun, MD, ScD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
“Creating a Sustainable Food System: What Matters and What Counts?”
Amanda Beal, N12
President and Chief Executive Officer
Maine Farmland Trust
Alumni Association Awards Recipients
Leadership and Expertise
Punam Ohri-Vachaspati, N91, NG94
Impact Award
Elanor Starmer, F07, N07
Leah Horowitz Humanitarian Award
Cristiana Falcone Sorrell, F01, N01
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA)
Auditorium
711 Washington St. Boston, MA
Friday, April 27th | 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Gershoff & Alumni Awards Reception
Saturday, April 28th | 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Alumni Day
W Boston Hotel
100 Stuart St. Boston, MA
Schedule:
Alumni Association Annual Meeting | 10:00 a.m.
Alumni Networking Brunch | 11:00 a.m.
"Building Food Accessibility Through Sustainable Policies -
What's Working?" | 12:30 p.m.
Featuring:
Lisa Damon, N09
Massachusetts Farm to School
Ravdeep Jaidka, N15
Oke USA Fairtrade Fruit Company
Jessica Jones-Hughes, N09
Oke USA Fairtrade Fruit Company
Eileen Kennedy, DSc
Empowering New Generations to Improve Nutrition and Economic Opportunities (ENGINE)
Parking
Parking is available at Tufts Medical Center garage at 274 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111, next to the Arts Center Wang Theatre (formerly the Wang Center). You may find further information on public parking rates here.
Hotels
Event attendees are eligible to receive a discounted rate at the following hotels. All reservations are first-come, first-served. Mention the group name to secure the rate. Please contact the hotel directly with any questions.