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Class of 1979 40th Reunion

May 30 - Jun 2, 2019
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  • Saturday 6/1/19

    • Strategy and Social Change

      Jun 1
      10:30AM – 11:30AM
      Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street

      Beverly Gage '94, Brady-Johnson Professor of Grand Strategy

      Strategies for creating social change, informed by historical perspective. Examples include the histories of civil rights, labor, and conservatism, as well as current political and social movements.

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      Beverly Gage '94, Brady-Johnson Professor of Grand Strategy

      Strategies for creating social change, informed by historical perspective. Examples include the histories of civil rights, labor, and conservatism, as well as current political and social movements.

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

    • The Schwarzman Center: Student Life and Performing Arts

      Jun 1
      10:30AM – 11:30AM
      Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 211 — 63 High Street

      Following the large-scale renovation of historic Memorial Hall and Commons, the Schwarzman Center is set to open in the fall of 2020. Join the Class of 1969’s own Steve Schwarzman in conversation with Garth Ross, the Center’s inaugural Executive Director, for a “fireside chat” about the Center and what it will mean for the University. 

      Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York The Schwarzman Center: Student Life and Performing Arts

      Following the large-scale renovation of historic Memorial Hall and Commons, the Schwarzman Center is set to open in the fall of 2020. Join the Class of 1969’s own Steve Schwarzman in conversation with Garth Ross, the Center’s inaugural Executive Director, for a “fireside chat” about the Center and what it will mean for the University. 

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

    • Tour of the Digital Humanities Laboratory

      Jun 1
      10:30AM – 11:30AM
      Sterling Memorial Library | Room: Franke Family Digital Humanities Laboratory — 120 High Street

      The Franke Family Digital Humanities Laboratory opened in Sterling Memorial Library in Fall 2018. Designed to support the work of Yale scholars working at the intersection of STEM and the Arts & Humanities, the room integrates the original Tudor decorative scheme with dramatic glass walls, large-scale visualization screens, and distinctive modern furniture. The space also  offers space, community and resources for Yale scholars, from College students to faculty, that include workshops, informal consultations, and specialized hardware such as high-resolution monitors, deep learning artificial intelligence hardware, and Virtual Reality goggles. Limited to first 40 people.

      Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Tour of the Digital Humanities Laboratory

      The Franke Family Digital Humanities Laboratory opened in Sterling Memorial Library in Fall 2018. Designed to support the work of Yale scholars working at the intersection of STEM and the Arts & Humanities, the room integrates the original Tudor decorative scheme with dramatic glass walls, large-scale visualization screens, and distinctive modern furniture. The space also  offers space, community and resources for Yale scholars, from College students to faculty, that include workshops, informal consultations, and specialized hardware such as high-resolution monitors, deep learning artificial intelligence hardware, and Virtual Reality goggles. Limited to first 40 people.

       Sterling Memorial Library | Room: Franke Family Digital Humanities Laboratory — 120 High Street
      Students at desk in Digital Humanities Laboratory

    • Treatment of Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Children

      Jun 1
      10:30AM – 11:30AM
      William L. Harkness Hall | Room: 119 — 100 Wall Street

      Alan Kazdin, Sterling Professor of Psychology & Professor of Child Psychiatry

      Severe aggressive and antisocial behavior (frequent fighting, stealing, destroying property, fire setting) in children is one of the most expensive mental health problems in the United States.  The presentation will highlight the nature of the problem and what we know about risk factors, causes, and life-long outcomes.  The immediate clinical challenges are to reduce these behaviors and markedly improve child functioning at home, at school, and in the community.  At Yale, we have developed effective treatments for these children.  Yet, many contextual features, both in family life and society at large, contribute to the very problems we are trying to change.

      Professor Kazdin is a Yale Alumni Association Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award recipient for 2019.

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      Alan Kazdin, Sterling Professor of Psychology & Professor of Child Psychiatry

      Severe aggressive and antisocial behavior (frequent fighting, stealing, destroying property, fire setting) in children is one of the most expensive mental health problems in the United States.  The presentation will highlight the nature of the problem and what we know about risk factors, causes, and life-long outcomes.  The immediate clinical challenges are to reduce these behaviors and markedly improve child functioning at home, at school, and in the community.  At Yale, we have developed effective treatments for these children.  Yet, many contextual features, both in family life and society at large, contribute to the very problems we are trying to change.

      Professor Kazdin is a Yale Alumni Association Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award recipient for 2019.

       William L. Harkness Hall | Room: 119 — 100 Wall Street
      alan kazdin

    • What's Worth Wanting?

      Jun 1
      10:30AM – 11:30AM
      William L. Harkness Hall | Room: 201/Sudler — 100 Wall Street

      What's worth wanting? This is a question Ryan McAnnally-Linz '10 DIV, '16 PhD, of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School, asks students in his popular course. We live our lives day to day solving problems, taking on projects, trying to achieve our goals, sometimes asking just what it is we want to achieve after all. But deeper questions are always there, often waiting just out of view as we go about our usual routines: What kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world would be truly worth seeking? How ought we to live?

      Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York What's Worth Wanting?

      What's worth wanting? This is a question Ryan McAnnally-Linz '10 DIV, '16 PhD, of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School, asks students in his popular course. We live our lives day to day solving problems, taking on projects, trying to achieve our goals, sometimes asking just what it is we want to achieve after all. But deeper questions are always there, often waiting just out of view as we go about our usual routines: What kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world would be truly worth seeking? How ought we to live?

       William L. Harkness Hall | Room: 201/Sudler — 100 Wall Street
      McAnnally-Linz, Ryan

    • Where Did All the Ivy League Jews Go?

      Jun 1
      10:30AM – 11:30AM
      Slifka Center | Room: Chapel — 80 Wall Street

      Mark Oppenheimer '96, 03 PhD, Lecturer in English

      According to recent journalistic accounts, the number of Jews in the Ivy League and at other top schools has been shrinking in recent years – whereas they once made up 1/5, 1/4, or even more of the undergraduate populations, they may be no more than 10 percent now. There are numerous possible causes, including the growing number of international students and heavier recruitment of historically underrepresented groups. But if true, these smaller numbers have repercussions for the future of Jewish prayer services, kosher dining, Jewish fraternity and sorority life, and more. Professor Oppenheimer (whose father was admitted under the old quota system in 1963) will separate fact from fiction and talk about what it all means.

      Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Where Did All the Ivy League Jews Go?

      Mark Oppenheimer '96, 03 PhD, Lecturer in English

      According to recent journalistic accounts, the number of Jews in the Ivy League and at other top schools has been shrinking in recent years – whereas they once made up 1/5, 1/4, or even more of the undergraduate populations, they may be no more than 10 percent now. There are numerous possible causes, including the growing number of international students and heavier recruitment of historically underrepresented groups. But if true, these smaller numbers have repercussions for the future of Jewish prayer services, kosher dining, Jewish fraternity and sorority life, and more. Professor Oppenheimer (whose father was admitted under the old quota system in 1963) will separate fact from fiction and talk about what it all means.

       Slifka Center | Room: Chapel — 80 Wall Street
      Marc Oppenheimer

    • Yale Glee Club Singing Workshop

      Jun 1
      10:30AM – 11:30AM
      Adams Center | Room: Rossi Glee Club Room — 165 Elm Street

      Anyone who loves singing (spouses and guests warmly invited) is invited to a choral workshop led by Yale Glee Club Director Jeffrey Douma. You will work on "Tenting Tonight" by Walter Kittredge, newly arranged by the Director. (Click here to listen to the current Glee Club performing this lovely and moving Civil War-era song.) At the Celebration of Yale Singing in the afternoon, you will be invited to help lead the audience in singing some familiar Yale songs.
      Enter through the new entrance to the Adams Center at the rear of the building.

      Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Yale Glee Club Singing Workshop

      Anyone who loves singing (spouses and guests warmly invited) is invited to a choral workshop led by Yale Glee Club Director Jeffrey Douma. You will work on "Tenting Tonight" by Walter Kittredge, newly arranged by the Director. (Click here to listen to the current Glee Club performing this lovely and moving Civil War-era song.) At the Celebration of Yale Singing in the afternoon, you will be invited to help lead the audience in singing some familiar Yale songs.
      Enter through the new entrance to the Adams Center at the rear of the building.

       Adams Center | Room: Rossi Glee Club Room — 165 Elm Street
      Yale Glee Club Singing Workshop

    • Full Open Lunchtime Bar

      Jun 1
      11:30AM – 1:30PM
      Branford College — 74 High Street
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    • American Barbeque Lunch Buffet

      Jun 1
      12:00PM – 1:30PM
      Branford College — 74 High Street

      Enjoy North Carolina pulled pork, Texas-style beef brisket, rotisserie chicken, marinated portobello, vegan butternut squash burger, and a variety of salads and side dishes.  

      Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T12:00:00 2019-06-01T13:30:00 America/New_York American Barbeque Lunch Buffet

      Enjoy North Carolina pulled pork, Texas-style beef brisket, rotisserie chicken, marinated portobello, vegan butternut squash burger, and a variety of salads and side dishes.  

       Branford College — 74 High Street