Luncheon & Personal and Professional Networking

Faculty Presentations

(Your choice of three possibilities)

When Obsessions Collide: Golf and Physics

Robert Grober

Frederick Phineas Rose Professor of Applied Physics

The revolution in low power microelectronics has enabled the development of electronically enabled golf clubs. These intelligent sensor systems allow for quantitative studies of the golf swing with unprecedented detail. This talk summarizes some of the interesting things that have been learned about the golf swing through the use of this technology.

Courtly Art of the Maya: Unveiling Mysteries of an Ancient Civilization

Mary Miller

Vincent J. Scully Professor of the History of Art

Long known for mysterious pyramids and calendars, the Maya also made extraordinary art for their palaces.What can we learn by readings of these works? Who made the carved sculptures, painted ceramics, and murals? How can these works be interpreted? New discoveries, both in the field and in the library, will be the focus of this presentation.

Biological, Technical and Surgical Innovation in the Clinical Neurosciences

Dennis Spencer, MD

Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery and Chair of Neurosurgery at Yale

Dr. Spencer will discuss disease-specific neuroscience programs, concentrating on research continuum bridging laboratory discovery to clinical care in CNS injury and degeneration, brain tumors, neurovascular diseases, epilepsy and imaging. Our new imaging program provides a window to human brain function that is unparalleled in the world and to new insights into the cause and treatment of the disorders.

Break

Faculty Presentations

(Earlier lectures will be repeated, your choice of three possibilities)

Break

Yale and New Haven Today

Andrew D. Hamilton

Provost, Yale University

Reception for all attending alumni and guests