Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
To mark the opening of our newly transformed Science Complex, Wellesley convened a half-day series of events to celebrate the power of STEM on Monday, October 3, 2022.
00:00 Start of the program
00:47 Intro video
07:37 Opening remarks by President Paula A. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H.
16:09 Remarks by Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito
31:22 Keynote speech from Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., CEO and president, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
58:42 Panel discussion focused on changing the culture of STEM with leaders from higher education, government, life sciences, and technology, featuring:
Jake Auchincloss, United States Representative for Massachusetts
Dana Im ’10 M.D., director of quality and safety, department of emergency medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., CEO and president, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Nergis Mavalvala ’90, Ph.D., dean of the MIT School of Science; Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, MIT
To mark the opening of our newly transformed Science Complex, Wellesley convened a half-day series of events to celebrate the power of STEM on Monday, October 3, 2022.
00:00 Start of the program
00:47 Intro video
07:37 Opening remarks by President Paula A. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H.
16:09 Remarks by Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito
31:22 Keynote speech from Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., CEO and president, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
58:42 Panel discussion focused on changing the culture of STEM with leaders from higher education, government, life sciences, and technology, featuring:
Jake Auchincloss, United States Representative for Massachusetts
Dana Im ’10 M.D., director of quality and safety, department of emergency medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., CEO and president, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Nergis Mavalvala ’90, Ph.D., dean of the MIT School of Science; Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, MIT
