Class of 1979 40th Reunion - Program & Schedule - 1979

We welcome you to Branford College headquarters, where you may check in, obtain your campus housing keys, and catch up with friends. All meals will take place under the tent in the Branford courtyard. Yale Security will be present in reunion headquarters throughout each night.

Come enjoy a cocktail, beer, glass of wine or soda before heading off to dinner at a local restaurant.

Come join your classmates under the tent and enjoy a cocktail, beer, glass of wine or soda under the tent. Complimentary appetizers will be served from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

Pizza run for dinner! See the Facebook post by Muhit or look for notice at check-In for definite plans.

Location TBD

Plan to meet your friends at Mory’s, the place to be Thursday night as the doors are thrown open to all returning alumni! Complimentary food, cash bar, impromptu singing and camaraderie from 9 pm to midnight.

Reunion Headquarters opens in Branford College, campus rooms available.  

An assortment of baked goods, sliced fresh fruit, eggs benedict strata and eggs florentine strata, farm fresh hard boiled eggs, steel-cut oats bar, granola, yogurt, fair trade coffee, an assortment of teas, and fruit juices served under the tent in the Courtyard.

Paul Turner, Henry Ford II Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Viruses are the majority of earth’s inhabitants. But their small size caused the incredible biodiversity of viruses to remain invisible to humans until early in the last century. Nevertheless, the course of human history has been impacted by deadly virus epidemics for thousands of years or more. Despite conventional wisdom, however, very few viruses actually make us sick.  In fact, past and present virus infections are essential for human well-being and the maintenance of healthy ecosystems, and in the future a virus may even save your life. This lecture concerns the amazing biodiversity of viruses, their profound impact on the history of life on earth, and recent advances in virus biotechnology that address energy, disease and environmental concerns.

Sten Vermund, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health

The concept of carbon neutrality is a simple one: an institution reduces carbon emissions into the atmosphere proportionately to the amount of carbon that it emits.  This presentation will highlight the challenges of global warming, the ecological context (human, animal, and plant) of these changes, the threats of climate change to human health, and how one might mitigate health harms. He will also discuss what Yale and other U.S. universities are doing to achieve carbon neutrality, as well as how Yale might do even better in this arena.