Events Calendar

Join YaleWomen and the Yale Alumni Art League for a special conversation with the artist Howardena Pindell ’67 MFA, moderated by Dr. Akosua Barthwell Evans ’90 JD. In this conversation, we will explore Howardena’s iconic practice and her thoughts on the role of art and artists in the pursuit of social justice.

By registering for this event you acknowledge that the organizers may use your email for further communications.

Join us for a livestream program featuring Jon Lieff ’66 to discuss his latest book The Secret Language of Cells: What Biological Conversations Tell Us About the Brain-Body Connection, the Future of Medicine, and Life Itself and the "chatter" among living cells of every possible kind — from those in our body and brain to those in the environment around us. 

From electrical alerts to chemical codes, the greatest secret of modern biology, hiding in plain sight, is that all of life’s activity boils down to one thing: conversation. While cells are commonly considered the building block of living things, it is actually the communication between cells that brings us to life, controlling our bodies and brains, determining whether we are healthy or sick, and directly influencing how we think, feel, and behave. Lieff will discuss the significance of these conversations, for everything from mental health to cancer, and the surprising science of how very different cells — bacteria and brain cells, blood cells and viruses — all speak the same language. He is a physician, neuropsychiatrist, and a nationally recognized expert in geriatric psychiatry, including as a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. 

Moderating the session is Hao Xu ’09, a quality engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific in the Pharma Services Group.

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month and medical advancement, the Yale Alumni Health Network (YAHN) welcomes your attendance for this fascinating webinar on the latest diagnostics, therapeutics, research, and future prognosis of this disease. Professor and Vice Chair of Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center David Mankoff ’81, MD, PhD joins Yale School of Medicine Professor and Director for Breast Cancer Translational Research Lajos Pusztai, MD, DPhil, for a lively discussion, presentation, and Q&A that will run the gamut from precision oncology treatment for breast cancer to imaging to identify targets and assess early therapeutic responses.

This webinar is made possible with the support of Yale Shared Interest Groups. By registering for this event you agree to have your email shared with these organizations for future communications.

Attend the inaugural Yale Angels Pitch Off for female and underrepresented founders on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. ET! Five founders from the Yale community will compete for a prize of $10,000 along with pro bono services from alumni.

Our guest judges include: Anna Barber '90, '95 JD, partner, M13; Paula Campbell Roberts '98, managing director, KKR; Molly Fowler '09, CEO, Dorm Room Fund; Leslie Goldman, general partner and co-founder, The Artemis Fund; and Rebecca Liu-Doyle, principal, Insight Partners.

This event will be recorded and the replay will be shared with all registrants.

This event is sponsored by the Yale Office of Development and co-sponsored by YaleWomen, the Yale Black Alumni Association, Yale Latino Alumni Network, the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni and Yale GALA, and supported by YAA Shared Interest Groups.