Event Registration

Join us for an alumni picnic in Central Park. Gather with SLC friends and make new connections. We will meet in the Sheep Meadow. Sheep Meadow is located on the West Side of the park between 66th & 69th St. Additional meet up information will be provided prior the event. Lunch will be provided with registration.

Melanie Mitchell, professor at the Santa Fe Institute, will be in Conversation with President Cristle Collins Judd. Melanie's current research focuses on conceptual abstraction and analogy-making in humans and AI systems. Melanie is the author or editor of six books and numerous scholarly papers in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and complex systems. Her book Complexity: A Guided Tour (Oxford University Press) won the 2010 Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award and was named by Amazon.com as one of the 10 best science books of 2009. Her latest book, Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), has been shortlisted for the 2023 Cosmos Prize for Scientific Writing. This event will be held on Sarah Lawrence's campus and is open to the public.

Believing that myths must evolve as the societies they serve reform over time, award-winning choreographer Christopher Williams '99, has long dreamt of reimagining a series of mythic-themed ballets originally premiered by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. To make his own queer-inclusive cultural contribution to help further this evolution, Christopher inaugurated the "Queering the Canon: Reimagining the Ballets Russes" series in 2021. The latest works in this series are an original queer reimagining of Vaslav Nijinsky's 1913 ballet "Jeux" set to the eponymous poeme danse by Claude Debussy, and "A Child's Tale," reimagining Leonide Massine's 1917 ballet "Contes Russes." Performers include past and current SLC Dance Guest Faculty Janet Charleston, Caitlin Scranton, and Paul Singh. The works feature original costume designs by Reid & Harriet Design and longtime collaborator Andrew Jordan, lighting design by Joe Levasseur, and additional sound design by SLC Theatre faculty member Tei Blow. Join us for these exciting world premieres and a talkback with Christopher after the performance at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. A limited number of tickets are being offered to alumni at a discount.

Phil Wiser has received numerous patents for his pioneering work in internet music and television distribution technology. He broke new ground across the areas of IP-based content delivery, machine recommendation systems, video delivery over the Internet, and cybersecurity. Prior to his current position as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Paramount Global, Wiser led the technology and product development transformation at Hearst Corporation, where he managed their technology migration to the cloud and established a data-driven, cloud-first media environment for their digital businesses. He created the digital businesses at Sony Music, including forging the groundbreaking deal to launch iTunes, and redefined the television experience with the first successful television program recommendation technology and the first system to deliver a full cable bundle via Internet delivery at Sezmi Corporation. This event is open to the entire Sarah Lawrence community and the public.