Class of 1977 45th Reunion - Program & Schedule - 1977

Saturday 6/4/22

• Problematic Use of Digital Technologies in Youth and Adults

  Jun 4

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Sterling Law Buildings | Room: Levinson Auditorium — 127 Wall Street

  Marc N. Potenza '87, '93 PhD, '94 MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Child Study

  The use of digital technologies and the internet has expanded considerably in our lifetimes and many parents may not feel ideally equipped to monitor and assess the online activities of their children. Youth growing up in digital environments (or “digital natives”) may experience both short- and long-term benefits – and adverse consequences – from their use of digital technologies. In this lecture, Professor Potenza will discuss changes in the use of digital technologies, how the American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization have reacted to these changes, and how healthy use of digital technologies may be possible. Videogaming, pornography, social media, shopping, and gambling will be discussed, as well as the effects of the Covid pandemic.

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T09:00:00 2022-06-04T10:00:00 America/New_York Problematic Use of Digital Technologies in Youth and Adults

  Marc N. Potenza '87, '93 PhD, '94 MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Child Study

  The use of digital technologies and the internet has expanded considerably in our lifetimes and many parents may not feel ideally equipped to monitor and assess the online activities of their children. Youth growing up in digital environments (or “digital natives”) may experience both short- and long-term benefits – and adverse consequences – from their use of digital technologies. In this lecture, Professor Potenza will discuss changes in the use of digital technologies, how the American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization have reacted to these changes, and how healthy use of digital technologies may be possible. Videogaming, pornography, social media, shopping, and gambling will be discussed, as well as the effects of the Covid pandemic.

  Sterling Law Buildings | Room: Levinson Auditorium — 127 Wall Street

• The Legacies of Frederick Douglass in Our Own Time

  Jun 4

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street

  David Blight, Sterling Professor of History, and of American Studies; Director, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition

  Professor Blight will discuss the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, the most influential Black leader in nineteenth-century America.

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T09:00:00 2022-06-04T10:00:00 America/New_York The Legacies of Frederick Douglass in Our Own Time

  David Blight, Sterling Professor of History, and of American Studies; Director, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition

  Professor Blight will discuss the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, the most influential Black leader in nineteenth-century America.

  Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street

• Tour of Wright Laboratory - A Portal to the Universe

  Jun 4

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Wright Laboratory — 272 Whitney Ave.

  For years the Wright Laboratory housed a landmark nuclear accelerator. In recent years, Wright Lab was transformed into a state-of-the-art technical facility and research center to study neutrinos, dark matter, and the invisible Universe. Come for a tour led by James Nikkel, Wright Lab Associate Director for Instrumentation and Education, Director of the Wright Lab Advanced Prototyping Center, and Reseaerch Scientist in Physics, to learn about how Wright Lab is leading the development of novel instrumentation for the exploration of the Universe and advancing the frontiers of fundamental physics. Note: The lab is accessed from the north end of Lot 22 behind the Peabody Museum; look for the big blue "Portal" sculpture in front of the lab. Bus transportation will be provided in front of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect St., across from Woolsey Hall.

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T09:00:00 2022-06-04T10:00:00 America/New_York Tour of Wright Laboratory - A Portal to the Universe

  For years the Wright Laboratory housed a landmark nuclear accelerator. In recent years, Wright Lab was transformed into a state-of-the-art technical facility and research center to study neutrinos, dark matter, and the invisible Universe. Come for a tour led by James Nikkel, Wright Lab Associate Director for Instrumentation and Education, Director of the Wright Lab Advanced Prototyping Center, and Reseaerch Scientist in Physics, to learn about how Wright Lab is leading the development of novel instrumentation for the exploration of the Universe and advancing the frontiers of fundamental physics. Note: The lab is accessed from the north end of Lot 22 behind the Peabody Museum; look for the big blue "Portal" sculpture in front of the lab. Bus transportation will be provided in front of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect St., across from Woolsey Hall.

  Wright Laboratory — 272 Whitney Ave.

• Newberry Organ Tour

  Jun 4

  9:00AM – 11:30AM

  Woolsey Hall — 500 College Street

  Thomas Murray, Professor Emeritus in the Practice in the Institute of Sacred Music

  With its 142 stops, 197 ranks, 12,641 pipes, 30,000 pneumatic valves, 1,000 pneumatic motors and 2 turbines, the Newberry Organ is one of the most magnificent orchestral organs in the world and a monument to the state-of-the-art technology of 1928! Come hear this "king of instruments" and take a walking tour behind the pipes, courtesy of Professor Murray and Organ Curators Joe Dzeda and Nicholas Thomson-Allen.

  Session runs continually to 11:30 am

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T09:00:00 2022-06-04T11:30:00 America/New_York Newberry Organ Tour

  Thomas Murray, Professor Emeritus in the Practice in the Institute of Sacred Music

  With its 142 stops, 197 ranks, 12,641 pipes, 30,000 pneumatic valves, 1,000 pneumatic motors and 2 turbines, the Newberry Organ is one of the most magnificent orchestral organs in the world and a monument to the state-of-the-art technology of 1928! Come hear this "king of instruments" and take a walking tour behind the pipes, courtesy of Professor Murray and Organ Curators Joe Dzeda and Nicholas Thomson-Allen.

  Session runs continually to 11:30 am

  Woolsey Hall — 500 College Street

• A Conversation About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Yale

  Jun 4

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Sterling Law Buildings | Room: 128 — 127 Wall Street

  Please join us for an update about Yale's work to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our panelists are Larry Gladney, Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Physics; Kimberly-Goff-Crews '83, '86 JD, Secretary and Vice President for University Life; and Weili Cheng '77, Executive Director, Yale Alumni Association. Questions are encouraged!

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T10:30:00 2022-06-04T11:30:00 America/New_York A Conversation About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Yale

  Please join us for an update about Yale's work to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our panelists are Larry Gladney, Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Physics; Kimberly-Goff-Crews '83, '86 JD, Secretary and Vice President for University Life; and Weili Cheng '77, Executive Director, Yale Alumni Association. Questions are encouraged!

  Sterling Law Buildings | Room: 128 — 127 Wall Street

• America's Constitution: How It Arose and How to Preserve It

  Jun 4

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Sterling Law Buildings | Room: Levinson Auditorium — 127 Wall Street

  Akhil Reed Amar '80, '84 JD, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science

  In this lecture, based on his most recent book, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, Professor Amar will offer his audience an overview of the grand project of American constitutionalism, past, present, and future, with particular emphasis on the importance of free expression and on America's special place in the world.

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T10:30:00 2022-06-04T11:30:00 America/New_York America's Constitution: How It Arose and How to Preserve It

  Akhil Reed Amar '80, '84 JD, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science

  In this lecture, based on his most recent book, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, Professor Amar will offer his audience an overview of the grand project of American constitutionalism, past, present, and future, with particular emphasis on the importance of free expression and on America's special place in the world.

  Sterling Law Buildings | Room: Levinson Auditorium — 127 Wall Street

• CANCELLED: Mental Health in Times of Challenge: Examining Stress and Emotion Regulation

  Jun 4

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  We regret that this lecture has been cancelled.

  Jutta Joormann, Professor of Psychology

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T10:30:00 2022-06-04T11:30:00 America/New_York CANCELLED: Mental Health in Times of Challenge: Examining Stress and Emotion Regulation

  We regret that this lecture has been cancelled.

  Jutta Joormann, Professor of Psychology

• CANCELLED: Yale 2050: Imagining the Future

  Jun 4

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  We regret that this lecture has been cancelled.

  Tamar Gendler '87, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T10:30:00 2022-06-04T11:30:00 America/New_York CANCELLED: Yale 2050: Imagining the Future

  We regret that this lecture has been cancelled.

  Tamar Gendler '87, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

• Emotional Intelligence at Yale: From Theory to Practice to Systemic Change

  Jun 4

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall | Room: 114 — 1 Prospect Street

  Marc Brackett, Founding Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence; Professor in the Child Study Center

  Emotions influence decision making, relationships, physical and mental health, creativity, and performance. Our wise use of emotion is especially important to our success. In this talk, Dr. Brackett will (1) describe recent large-scale studies on the emotional lives of children and adults, (2) unpack what it means to give oneself and others “permission to feel”, (3) share the model of emotional intelligence developed at Yale, (4) present the evidence-based approach to developing emotional intelligence in schools and workplaces which has reached over 3 million children and adults across the globe, and (5) teach participants tools to develop emotional intelligence to enhance personal and professional success.

  Add to Calendar 2022-06-04T10:30:00 2022-06-04T11:30:00 America/New_York Emotional Intelligence at Yale: From Theory to Practice to Systemic Change

  Marc Brackett, Founding Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence; Professor in the Child Study Center

  Emotions influence decision making, relationships, physical and mental health, creativity, and performance. Our wise use of emotion is especially important to our success. In this talk, Dr. Brackett will (1) describe recent large-scale studies on the emotional lives of children and adults, (2) unpack what it means to give oneself and others “permission to feel”, (3) share the model of emotional intelligence developed at Yale, (4) present the evidence-based approach to developing emotional intelligence in schools and workplaces which has reached over 3 million children and adults across the globe, and (5) teach participants tools to develop emotional intelligence to enhance personal and professional success.

  Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall | Room: 114 — 1 Prospect Street