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This webinar showcases the usage of AI by domain experts in higher education, law, business and its impact on Yale campus today. It explores how AI changes lives in various ways, reshaping society and our notion of critical thinking, fairness, efficiency, and morality.

Our panelists:

Dr. Scott J. Shapiro, Yale professor of law and philosophy, whose scholarship spans the philosophy of law, international and criminal law, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. He co-founded the Yale Legal AI Lab, focused on the automation of legal reasoning. BA and PhD, Columbia Univ and JD Yale Law School.

Dr. Sarah Senk, professor of English at California Polytechnic State University and a co-host of “My Robot Teacher” a podcast about AI and higher education that features conversations with researchers, educators, and industry experts on how AI is impacting teaching and learning. B.A. Yale; Master of Studies University of Oxford, and PhD, Cornell University.

Dr. Martin Ma, the founder and CEO of Happy Universe, serving many startups and multinational companies in their digital/AI transformation and globalization. B.A. in computer science, Tsinghua University, and PhD in computer science, Yale.

Mr. Alex Moore, a senior at Yale in computer science and mathematics, the Publisher of Yale’s New Journal Magazine. Alex worked on data science research for energy storage for solar, mechanical design for NASA’s ultralight Moon infrastructure, and machine learning for physics simulation for defense industry. He authored “Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI,” a narrative study of AI culture on Yale campus.

The webinar is to be moderated by Kyle Wang, Yale college ’85, founder of Global Energy System Exchange, a clean tech incubator. He’s a member of Yale International Alliance, a co-sponsor of this event.

On the occasion of a forthcoming (August 12th) solar eclipse with its totality path streaking across northern Spain, David Evans leads us on a temporal journey spanning centuries, millennia, and geological epochs. Highlighting the value of place-centered pedagogy that he uses in his teaching, Evans tracks historical contingencies of the Iberian Peninsula from its primordial legacy -- tectonics, mineral deposits, landscapes, and climate -- through the antiquities, middle ages, industrial era, and present day. Recorded history and increased understanding of eclipses through the ages help weave together this tapestry of time, and even provide quantitative insights as far reaching as the billions-of-years evolution of the Moon's orbit around the Earth.

Please join the Yale Club of Michigan for an evening of thoughtful reflection and discussion as Reg Lansberry, author of "Blue Power: Brian Dowling, Calvin Hill, and Greatness at Yale," discusses his illuminating lookback at life and culture on the Yale campus as seen through the lens of the Yale football team during its golden championship seasons in 1967 and 1968. It was a time when the Ivy League began to transition from being bastions of male-dominated institutions to more racially and economically diverse, co-educational institutions. 

Lansberry’s account of those years goes beyond an inside account of the football team’s gridiron successes during those seasons to delve into the interplay between Yale and American history and culture at a time of great political and social unrest. Joining Reg Lansberry for his presentation will be Fred Morris, who played center on the Yale football team during the team’s 1967 and 1968 Ivy League championship seasons.  

Reg Lansberry has been a sports journalist for more than five decades and has followed Yale football for more than six decades. A native of Rowayton, Connecticut, his award-winning career began in 1977 at World Tennis magazine in New York, the start of a baker’s dozen years at the sport’s highest level, which concluded at the Men’s Tennis Council, the de facto worldwide governing body for men’s professional tennis. A member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association, he has written about thoroughbred racing for more than three decades.  He is also a member of the Society for International Hockey Research, and his work can occasionally be found in The Hockey News. He resides in Beaufort, South Carolina, with his wife, Kathy.

Fred Morris played center on the Yale football team during the team’s 1967 and 1968 Ivy League championship seasons. Morris was named to the Associated Press All-Ivy first team in 1967 and 1968 and, in 1968, was selected to the first team All-East squad. Also in 1968, he was named to the first team Academic All-America squad, and in recognition of his academic excellence at Yale, he received one of 24 NCAA post-graduate scholarships awarded to collegiate football players. He graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1975 and had a long career as an attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Join us for a robust conversation with Professors Benedito Machava and Eduardo Lichuge from Mozambique and Lata Prabakhar '97 from YASC to learn more about Bilene-Macia and Mozambique. The Bilene-Macia community (primarily Tsonga-speaking) is located in Gaza Province, historically influenced by the Shangaan kingdom (Gungunyane) and later by Portuguese colonization, experiencing disruption and development, particularly around the scenic Uembje Lagoon, with agriculture (sugarcane, cotton) as a key economic activity, evolving from traditional ways to modern challenges like civil war impacts and ongoing community health initiatives.

During this session, Professors Machava and Lichuge will provide an overview of Mozambique with a focus on Bilene-Macia as the site of a potential YASC program. We will also learn more about the challenges facing the local community and potential service projects our volunteers may undertake (in-person and virtual). Lata Prabhakar '97, YASC Chair, will moderate the discussion. 

This is a great opportunity to learn more about Bilene-Macia and Mozambique, ask questions, and get involved. 

Event will be recorded.