Best-selling author and biographer Walter Isaacson and award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth will headline the annual Meliora Weekend at the University of Rochester later this year.
Isaacson, who wrote books about people that include Apple's Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein, is also the former chairman and CEO of CNN and the former managing editor of Time Magazine.
Chenoweth is a start of stage, film and TV, and has won both and Emmy and a Tony.
Isaacson will deliver the keynote address at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre on October 10. Chenoweth speaks on October 9.
Among the panel discussions for Meliora Weekend is one on The Crisis in K-12 Education, including a conversation about the U of R's role in taking over administration of East High School.
