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

Saturday 6/1/19

• Yale Signature Bagel Breakfast Under the Tent

  Jun 1

  7:30AM – 9:30AM

  Branford College — 74 High Street

   

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  Branford College — 74 High Street

• "For God, for Country and for Yale:" Some Chapters from Yale's Christian Past

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  A one hour walking tour, led by Jon Hinkson​ of the Rivendell Institute, of some of the sites on campus telling the story of various figures and episodes of Yale's history, from John Davenport and Abraham Pierson and the founding of colony and college, to Jonathan Edwards and Timothy Dwight and the Great Awakenings. Come hear some of the stories behind the names at Yale

  Meet at Phelps Gate, Old Campus.

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T09:00:00 2019-06-01T10:00:00 America/New_York "For God, for Country and for Yale:" Some Chapters from Yale's Christian Past

  A one hour walking tour, led by Jon Hinkson​ of the Rivendell Institute, of some of the sites on campus telling the story of various figures and episodes of Yale's history, from John Davenport and Abraham Pierson and the founding of colony and college, to Jonathan Edwards and Timothy Dwight and the Great Awakenings. Come hear some of the stories behind the names at Yale

  Meet at Phelps Gate, Old Campus.

  

• Developing Drugs from Bench to Bedside: Tales of a Serial Faculty Entrepreneur

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

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

  Craig Crews, Lewis B. Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Pharmacology

  For the past 24 years, Professor Crews has straddled the fields of chemistry and biology as well as academia and the biotech world. Starting with research from his lab, he launched his first company, Proteolix, which converted his research into the FDA-approved anti-cancer drug Kyprolis for the treatment of multiple myeloma.  More recently, his next company, Arvinas, located in New Haven, is changing how drugs are developed and has drug candidates slated to enter clinical trials soon for breast and prostate cancer. Professor Crews will describe both the science behind his drugs as well as the challenges of translating basic research into new therapeutics. Please come prepared with questions for him.

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  Craig Crews, Lewis B. Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Pharmacology

  For the past 24 years, Professor Crews has straddled the fields of chemistry and biology as well as academia and the biotech world. Starting with research from his lab, he launched his first company, Proteolix, which converted his research into the FDA-approved anti-cancer drug Kyprolis for the treatment of multiple myeloma.  More recently, his next company, Arvinas, located in New Haven, is changing how drugs are developed and has drug candidates slated to enter clinical trials soon for breast and prostate cancer. Professor Crews will describe both the science behind his drugs as well as the challenges of translating basic research into new therapeutics. Please come prepared with questions for him.

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

  

• Expressions of the American Ethos in Musical Theater Song

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 102 — 63 High Street

  Daniel Egan, Lecturer in the Department of Music and Theater Studies; Coordinator, Shen Curriculum in Musical Theater

  Why do we love musical theater songs so much?  What is it about their construction, melodies and lyrics that move us?  In this interactive session, Professor Egan will explore great songs of the American theater as contexted statements of the American ethos, but also as great examples of taut construction and expressive wonder.  From Showboat to Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, all the way to Hamilton, the American Musical Theater mirrors a changing America, while expressing our collective dreams and desires.

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  Daniel Egan, Lecturer in the Department of Music and Theater Studies; Coordinator, Shen Curriculum in Musical Theater

  Why do we love musical theater songs so much?  What is it about their construction, melodies and lyrics that move us?  In this interactive session, Professor Egan will explore great songs of the American theater as contexted statements of the American ethos, but also as great examples of taut construction and expressive wonder.  From Showboat to Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, all the way to Hamilton, the American Musical Theater mirrors a changing America, while expressing our collective dreams and desires.

  Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 102 — 63 High Street

  

• Frederick Douglass

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

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

  David Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History

  Professor Blight will discuss the subject of his definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.

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  David Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History

  Professor Blight will discuss the subject of his definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.

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

  

• Making Work Meaningful

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 211 — 63 High Street

  Amy Wrzesniewski, Michael H. Jordan Professor of Management, Yale School of Management

  We spend the majority of our waking hours at work, yet finding meaning in work can be challenging for many people. This talk considers the research on what makes work meaningful, and how to take action to build more meaning into our jobs.

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  Amy Wrzesniewski, Michael H. Jordan Professor of Management, Yale School of Management

  We spend the majority of our waking hours at work, yet finding meaning in work can be challenging for many people. This talk considers the research on what makes work meaningful, and how to take action to build more meaning into our jobs.

  Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 211 — 63 High Street

  

• New Director & New Directions at the Yale Art Gallery

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

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

  Stephanie Wiles, Henry J. Heinz Director, Yale University Art Gallery

  A specialist in British and American works on paper, Ms. Wiles began her career in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan Library & Museum. She held various curatorial positions there over 16 years, organizing a wide range of exhibitions and catalogs. Following her tenure at the Morgan, Ms. Wiles taught and oversaw collections at the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University; and in 2004 she began an eight-year tenure at Oberlin where she oversaw LEED Gold renovations and additions to the museum's buildings. In 2011, Ms. Wiles was named the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell, where she oversaw the commission of a site-specific light installation, "Cosmos," by Leo Villareal. Comprised of 12,000 LEDs, "Cosmos" is permanently installed on the exterior ceiling for high visibility on campus and in the City of Ithaca. Ms. Wiles also oversaw the development of a new collections handbook for the Johnson Museum.

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  Stephanie Wiles, Henry J. Heinz Director, Yale University Art Gallery

  A specialist in British and American works on paper, Ms. Wiles began her career in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan Library & Museum. She held various curatorial positions there over 16 years, organizing a wide range of exhibitions and catalogs. Following her tenure at the Morgan, Ms. Wiles taught and oversaw collections at the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University; and in 2004 she began an eight-year tenure at Oberlin where she oversaw LEED Gold renovations and additions to the museum's buildings. In 2011, Ms. Wiles was named the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell, where she oversaw the commission of a site-specific light installation, "Cosmos," by Leo Villareal. Comprised of 12,000 LEDs, "Cosmos" is permanently installed on the exterior ceiling for high visibility on campus and in the City of Ithaca. Ms. Wiles also oversaw the development of a new collections handbook for the Johnson Museum.

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

  

• Rampant Creativity at Yale's Center for Engineering, Innovation & Design

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Dunham Laboratory | Room: 220 — 10 Hillhouse Ave.

  Vincent Wilczynski, James S. Tyler Director, Yale Center for Engineering, Innovation & Design; Deputy Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science

  The Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design is the go-to location on campus for students, faculty and staff to design, create new products and solutions. Offering a suite of design classes spanning from medical devices to musical instruments, as well as supporting student innovation and entrepreneurship, the CEID welcomes individuals from all disciplines. This presentation will provide an overview of the space and look at a collection of case studies of how students are using the space to learn and create.

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  Vincent Wilczynski, James S. Tyler Director, Yale Center for Engineering, Innovation & Design; Deputy Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science

  The Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design is the go-to location on campus for students, faculty and staff to design, create new products and solutions. Offering a suite of design classes spanning from medical devices to musical instruments, as well as supporting student innovation and entrepreneurship, the CEID welcomes individuals from all disciplines. This presentation will provide an overview of the space and look at a collection of case studies of how students are using the space to learn and create.

  Dunham Laboratory | Room: 220 — 10 Hillhouse Ave.

  

• The Future of Knowledge

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 101 — 63 High Street

  Jeffrey Brock '92, Professor of Mathematics; Dean of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  
  In the age of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science, we see all around us the impact of powerful tools to extract knowledge from data. Whether in advertising, political campaigns, real-time translation tools, or in hard sciences like radiology, genetics, or particle physics, the face of the knowledge frontier has a new complexion. Many of these tools, such as neural networks and deep learning, work alarmingly and uncannily well, and yet we do not fully understand why. Vital questions confront those of us in the academy: how do these tools change the way we understand knowledge acquisition? How do they change how we read texts or analyze political discourse? How do they force us to rethink the scientific method, and how do they allow us to search for new models, theories, and equations that govern the universe? In this talk, I'll discuss Yale's unique position to lead in defining this future of knowledge.

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T09:00:00 2019-06-01T10:00:00 America/New_York The Future of Knowledge

  Jeffrey Brock '92, Professor of Mathematics; Dean of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  
  In the age of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science, we see all around us the impact of powerful tools to extract knowledge from data. Whether in advertising, political campaigns, real-time translation tools, or in hard sciences like radiology, genetics, or particle physics, the face of the knowledge frontier has a new complexion. Many of these tools, such as neural networks and deep learning, work alarmingly and uncannily well, and yet we do not fully understand why. Vital questions confront those of us in the academy: how do these tools change the way we understand knowledge acquisition? How do they change how we read texts or analyze political discourse? How do they force us to rethink the scientific method, and how do they allow us to search for new models, theories, and equations that govern the universe? In this talk, I'll discuss Yale's unique position to lead in defining this future of knowledge.

  Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 101 — 63 High Street