A botanic garden not only stewards natural beauty—it’s a living museum and an outdoor classroom. Join fellow Cornellians for a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the historic Mount Auburn Cemetery! Please join us for the Cornell Club of Boston’s premier event of the year, the Annual Keynote Reception, where you can enjoy connecting with fellow Cornellians over heavy appetizers and drinks. We' will hear from Christopher Dunn, the Elizabeth Newman Wilds Executive Director of Cornell Botanic Gardens, for his presentation on “Horticultural Diplomacy”. Learn how Cornell’s campaign to “do the greatest good” will allow us to connect plants and peoples for a world of beauty, diversity, and hope.
Come for an expert overview of Cornell Botanic Gardens and stay for the second part of our program, the CCOB Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will include voting on this year’s slate of Cornell Club of Boston board members and some CCOB updates for the months ahead.
Our Annual Keynote Reception will conclude with a tour of Mount Auburn Cemetery: A National Historic Landmark and the very first garden cemetery in the United States!
About the Speaker:
Christopher Dunn is Executive Director of Cornell Botanic Gardens and Faculty Fellow in the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. He earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Georgia. Prior to his position at Cornell University, he was Director of the Lyon Arboretum at the University of Hawaii.
He is a botanist and conservation ecologist with considerable experience studying the relationships between peoples and place, and human impacts on the landscape. For the past two decades, he has focused on the relationship between biological diversity and the diversity of human cultures and languages and has been engaging with Indigenous communities in climate adaptation and mitigation.
He is active in global environmental initiatives, including the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (for which he serves as Chair of the IUCN National Committee for the USA) and as North American Councilor for the International Association of Botanic Gardens.
When
Saturday, June 29, 2024
1:00 pm - 4:00pm
Where
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
Cost
$30 Young Alumni Fee (Undergraduates '14 - '23) | $30 for ages 65+ | $40 for Alumni & Guests
Questions?
Please contact Carrie Huang carriechu6@gmail.com with any event questions.
