Early on a cool and cloudy August morning, 11 former Yale swimmers huddled together in a parking lot in Bozeman, Montana, waiting to begin a 90-minute drive through the mountains and valleys to Cameron, Montana. They were assembled to celebrate the life of friend and teammate Alex Diekmann ’85.
We asked Yale alumni leaders and members of the Yale alumni community to “Do One Yale Thing” by sharing favorite memories from their first semester on campus. Here are some of our favorite responses.
Members of the Yale alumni community recently participated in a panel discussion on Environmental & Sustainability Initiatives in Chicago: Perspectives from Business, Tech, Art and Community, hosted at the Microsoft Technology Center and organized by the Chicago chapter of Yale Blue Green.
Twenty-six Yale alumni recently went on a four-day Glimmerglass Opera experience in Cooperstown, N.Y. The trip was the first joint program between Yale Educational Travel and Yale Alumni College, combining the joys of travel, love of the arts, and the desire for lifelong learning.
Every year, the Graduate School and the Graduate School Alumni Association award the Cross Medal to alumni in honor of their outstanding work in scholarship, public service, teaching, or academic administration. This year’s honorees are Ruth Garrett Millikan ’69 PhD; Douglas R. Green ’81, ’81 PhD; Susan M. Kidwell ’82 PhD; and Urjit Ravindra Patel ’90 PhD.
Join Yale’s global community of scholars, alumni, and international leaders for the inaugural Yale International Alliance Conference on Global Citizenship to explore how global citizenship impacts our lives and shapes our leadership.
The story of women at Yale is one that is still being told, but the year 2019 marks two important milestones – 50 years since Yale College went coed, and 150 years since the first women students were admitted to what is now the Yale School of Art. These milestones will be commemorated by a yearlong initiative called 50WomenAtYale150, a first-of-its-kind university-wide celebration.
