In this Question + Create: A Harvard Alumni Gathering on the Arts morning plenary, moderator Susan Fales-Hill AB ’84; Claire Chase, Professor of the Practice of Music; Daniel Byers, John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University; and Cassandra Extavour, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, have a conversation about the role of the arts in a research university. Attendees took part in an interactive musical performance with Professor Chase. Opening remarks by Jack Megan, Director of the Office of the Arts at Harvard University.