Events Calendar

Michael Morand, Beinecke Library Director of Community Engagement and New Haven City Historian, will be in conversation with CT Humanities Executive Director Jason Mancini and Board Chair Frank Mitchell about plans and aspirations for America 250 in Connecticut and the work of the America 250 | CT Commission, which is administered by CT Humanities. July 4th, 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The America 250 | CT Commission was created to help Connecticut commemorate this milestone. In addition to honoring 1776, the Commission aims to inspire grassroots efforts that promote inclusivity and belonging among Connecticut’s residents, looking back beyond the last 250 years and ahead toward a shared future. Learn more: https://ct250.org/about/ This online talk on April 14 is in conjunction with an in person event at Beinecke on Saturday, April 19, noon - 4pm, Meeting the Moments: Connecticut’s Roger Sherman and America 250, a special display of materials from Yale Library collections related to Roger Sherman, America 250, Connecticut, New Haven, and Yale History on Sherman’s birthday in the Beinecke Library reading room, 121 Wall Street. The library will showcase historic newspapers, broadsides, maps, correspondence, and other materials by and about Sherman and his time. Visitors will be able to see the historic first printing of the Declaration of Independence, the first printing of the United States Constitution, and other items about the American Revolution. 
 

Alexandra Vo ’92, is the UN Liaison for FAWCO (Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas), an international charitable organization for the empowerment of women and children. She follows the progress of the climate change treaty, the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), and attends international climate change conferences, COPs. She'll give a snapshot of the UN process and the latest reports from COP29 in Baku.

All alumni are invited to the monthly meeting of Yale Blue Green, the group for alumni interested in the environment and sustainability. Meet others who share your interest , with the opportunity to ask the alumni speaker a question.

Join Yale Blue Green, Yale's environmental alumni group, for this virtual program featuring Alan Organschi ’88 MArch and David Bergman ’78 on the myriad ways the built environment adversely affects the environment – from climate change to biodiversity loss – and what can be done to mitigate its impact. Moderating the session is Chip Spear ’74, board co-chair of Yale Blue Green.

Join us for a special networking event, co-hosted with the Graduate School Alumni Association on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. There will be breakout room themes on joining a start-up, consulting, non-profits, the financial sector, moving between academia and industry, government organizations, and open discussion.