Installation of the University’s 16^th President Launches a Celebration 150 years in the Making—the WPI Sesquicentennial

WHAT:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will inaugurate Laurie A. Leshin as 16^th president of the university on Saturday, November 8th.  The installation ceremony will be followed by a luncheon, and that evening WPI will host The Intergalactic Inaugural Ball celebrating our place in the universe and the promise of the next 150 years.

As part of the celebration, the university will also host “Inspired to Innovate: A Future-Focused Conversation” on Friday, November 7th.   This discussion will be moderated by President Leshin and will feature four extraordinary leaders of academia and industry who will speak to:

• Impact of STEM Higher Education
• Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education

Featured speakers are:

• Wanda Austin, President and CEO, The Aerospace Corporation
• Craig Barrett, Retired Chairman and CEO, Intel Corporation; Chair, Change the Equation
• Mariko Silver, President, Bennington College
• Subra Suresh, President, Carnegie Mellon University; Former Director of the National Science Foundation

WHERE/WHEN:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Mass.

• Inspired to Innovate: A Future-Focused Conversation
  Friday, Nov. 7th at 2 p.m.
  Alden Memorial

• Installation Ceremony
  Saturday, Nov. 8th at 10 a.m.
  WPI Sports & Recreation Center

• The Intergalactic Inaugural Ball
  Nov. 8th at 7 p.m.
  Harrington Auditorium

Learn more about President Leshin