Kicking Off a New Academic Year at the Kempner
Welcome reception brought together the Kempner’s growing community of students, faculty, and researchers to connect and start the academic year

Almost 100 Kempner community members gathered in Winkour Hall on September 5th for this year's Kempner Institute welcome reception.
Photos: Anna Olivella
Cambridge, MA– On Friday September 5th, as the first week of classes wrapped up at Harvard, the Kempner Institute community gathered for its opening reception, celebrating the growing and vibrant Kempner community.
Almost 100 new and returning students, researchers, and faculty members came together in Winokur Hall on the first floor of the Science and Engineering Complex to get to know one another, share research interests and goals, and generally set the stage for creative collaboration within the institute.