Assembly
In a tradition dating back to the school's earliest days, the entire school gathers for assembly on most Thursdays. Students, alumni/ae, and noted guests from the worlds of arts, letters, science, business, and politics speak, perform, and discuss their life's work.
Fall 2024
September
- September 12: Clubs Assembly
- September 19: Le Ly Hayslip, Writer and Memoirist
October
- October 10: Community Discussions about Academic Integrity
- October 17: Max Ehrman '08, Director of Baseball Research and Strategy for the Washington Nationals
- October 24: Tanya Wright, Actress
November
- November 7: Diversity Day
- November 14: George Kaligeros, Poet
- November 26: Thanksgiving Assembly
December
- December 5: Prof. Tina Eliassi-Rad, AI Expert
- December 20: Holiday Assembly
Past Assembly Speakers...
...have included experts and innovators from all corners of human enterprise, including:
- Sandeep Das, Grammy Award–Winning Indian Tabla Player
- Jon Hiatt '66, Former General Counsel and Chief of Staff of the AFL-CIO
- Rev. Irene Monroe, LGBTQ Advocate, Theologian, and Speaker
- Anna Ornstein, Auschwitz Survivor, Psychoanalyst and Psychiatrist, Author, Speaker, and Scholar
- Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Michelle Wu, as Boston City Councillor and Declared Candidate for Mayor of Boston
- William Gross, Commissioner of Police, City of Boston