Urban Operations
M. Christine Boyer
Thursday, 29 Mar 2007 at 7:30 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
M. Christine Boyer is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the School of Architecture, Princeton University. She is the author of CyberCities: Visual Perception in the Age of Electronic Communication, The City of Collective Memory: Its Historical Imagery and Architectural Entertainments, and Dreaming the Rational City: The Myth of City Planning, 1890-1945. Boyer received her doctorate and Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also holds a Masters of Science in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities series on Places, Peoples, and Spatial Practices.Cosponsored By:
- Architecture
- Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.
Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
- Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.