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Saturday, February 28, 2026
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Event time: 10am - 12pm, followed by a reception.
Event time: 10am - 12pm, followed by a reception.
Doors open at 9.30am, please be seated by 9.55am.
Thomas Tull Music Hall
201 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Thomas Tull Music Hall
201 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Program
Musical Prelude
Daniel Kim, piano
J. S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Nergis Mavalvala
Dean, School of Science, MIT
Tribute Video
Tribute Video
Kai Staats
Kai Staats
Scientist & Filmmaker
Contributions
Contributions
Rafael Reif
President Emeritus, MIT
Ben Weiss
Son of Rainer Weiss
John Mather
Senior Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard
Richard Benford
Early member of Rai's Gravitation and Cosmology group
Sam Day-Weiss
Grandson of Rainer Weiss
Musical Interlude
Sylvia Biscoveanu, viola
M. Reger Suite No. 1 for Solo Viola in g minor, Op. 131d
I. Molto Sostenuto
Kip Thorne
Professor Emeritus, Caltech
Peter Saulson
Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University
David Shoemaker, Peter Fritschel, Erik Katsavounidis, Lisa Barsotti
Representatives of the MIT LIGO group
Sarah Weiss
Daughter of Rainer Weiss
Musical Postlude
Daniel Kim, piano
F. Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, D. 899 (Op. 90)
12:00 pm
REFRESHMENTS, Tull Music Hall Lobby
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