Class of 1989 30th Reunion - Fees & Financial Aid - 1989

Saturday 5/25/19

• Building Robots that Teach

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

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

  Brian Scassellati, A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

  Robots have long been used to provide assistance to individual users through physical interaction, typically by supporting direct physical rehabilitation or by providing a service such as retrieving items or cleaning floors. Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a comparatively new field of robotics that focuses on developing robots capable of assisting users through social rather than physical interaction. Just as a good coach or teacher can provide motivation, guidance, and support without making physical contact with a student, socially assistive robots attempt to provide the appropriate emotional, cognitive, and social cues to encourage development, learning, or therapy for an individual. In this talk, Professor Scassellati will review some of the reasons why physical robots rather than virtual agents are essential to this effort, highlight some of the major research issues within this area, and describe some of his lab's recent results building supportive robots for teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorder and for teaching nutrition to typically developing children.

  Add to Calendar 2019-05-25T09:00:00 2019-05-25T10:00:00 America/New_York Building Robots that Teach

  Brian Scassellati, A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

  Robots have long been used to provide assistance to individual users through physical interaction, typically by supporting direct physical rehabilitation or by providing a service such as retrieving items or cleaning floors. Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a comparatively new field of robotics that focuses on developing robots capable of assisting users through social rather than physical interaction. Just as a good coach or teacher can provide motivation, guidance, and support without making physical contact with a student, socially assistive robots attempt to provide the appropriate emotional, cognitive, and social cues to encourage development, learning, or therapy for an individual. In this talk, Professor Scassellati will review some of the reasons why physical robots rather than virtual agents are essential to this effort, highlight some of the major research issues within this area, and describe some of his lab's recent results building supportive robots for teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorder and for teaching nutrition to typically developing children.

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

  

• Constitutional Issues in the Age of Trump

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

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

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

  From George Washington forward, America’s presidents have occupied center stage in the nation’s public life; and the present moment is no exception. Also, at no previous era in American history has the presidency been more tightly intertwined with the Ivy League: six of America’s eight most recent chief executives have been Ivy Leaguers – including four Yalies (Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush). In this reunion session – more an open-ended conversation with alums than a highly structured lecture – Professor Amar will discuss several of the biggest constitutional questions in today’s headlines, with special emphasis on the presidency in general and President Trump in particular. Come prepared to ask questions and offer your opinions – on the electoral college; the Mueller investigation; presidential veto, pardon, nomination, and removal powers; the presidential impeachment process; the Wall; the current presidential succession statute; the Twenty-fifth Amendment; and so on. 

  Professor Amar is a Yale Alumni Association Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award recipient for 2017.

  Add to Calendar 2019-05-25T09:00:00 2019-05-25T10:00:00 America/New_York Constitutional Issues in the Age of Trump

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

  From George Washington forward, America’s presidents have occupied center stage in the nation’s public life; and the present moment is no exception. Also, at no previous era in American history has the presidency been more tightly intertwined with the Ivy League: six of America’s eight most recent chief executives have been Ivy Leaguers – including four Yalies (Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush). In this reunion session – more an open-ended conversation with alums than a highly structured lecture – Professor Amar will discuss several of the biggest constitutional questions in today’s headlines, with special emphasis on the presidency in general and President Trump in particular. Come prepared to ask questions and offer your opinions – on the electoral college; the Mueller investigation; presidential veto, pardon, nomination, and removal powers; the presidential impeachment process; the Wall; the current presidential succession statute; the Twenty-fifth Amendment; and so on. 

  Professor Amar is a Yale Alumni Association Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award recipient for 2017.

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

  

• Expressions of the American Ethos in Musical Theater Song

  May 25

  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

  

• Fighting Like a Girl: The Heroines of American Classic Comedy

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Loria Center | Room: 250 — 190 York St.

  Catherine Sheehy, Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama

  A decidedly American genre, screwball comedy is a battle of the sexes on steroids. Its heyday was driven by a lineup card of great comic actresses in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Katharine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy and Rosalind Russell could (and sometimes did) take it on the chin and still give as good as they got. Cary Grant, William Powell, Fredric March, and Henry Fonda were all fine specimens of American manhood, but in the clinch, they were no match for their smart and agile sparring partners. What makes these films particularly American? How did they reflect their time? And do they have anything to teach us about ourselves today?

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  Catherine Sheehy, Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama

  A decidedly American genre, screwball comedy is a battle of the sexes on steroids. Its heyday was driven by a lineup card of great comic actresses in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Katharine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy and Rosalind Russell could (and sometimes did) take it on the chin and still give as good as they got. Cary Grant, William Powell, Fredric March, and Henry Fonda were all fine specimens of American manhood, but in the clinch, they were no match for their smart and agile sparring partners. What makes these films particularly American? How did they reflect their time? And do they have anything to teach us about ourselves today?

  Loria Center | Room: 250 — 190 York St.

  

• New Director & New Directions at the Yale Art Gallery

  May 25

  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

  

• Precision Medicine and the Cancer Therapy Revolution: Fighting Cancer with the Immune System

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Yale Center for British Art | Room: Auditorium — 1080 Chapel Street

  Dr. Roy S. Herbst '84 B.S., '84 M.S., Chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital

  Despite improvements in therapy, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the US, after heart disease. For this reason, significant efforts have been made to examine the interaction between cancer and the immune system, leading to the discovery of the programmed death pathway, found to play a key role in immune evasion by cancer cells. Newly approved drugs that target these key immune regulators have revolutionized treatment for many types of cancer. Although these drugs have shown significant activity in some patients, only 15-20% of patients respond overall, so it remains critical that we better understand the biology of cancer and continue to identify predictive markers of sensitivity and resistance. The Yale Center for Immuno-oncology is working in all these areas. New concepts and approaches will be discussed with a focus on target validation and drug discovery.

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  Dr. Roy S. Herbst '84 B.S., '84 M.S., Chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital

  Despite improvements in therapy, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the US, after heart disease. For this reason, significant efforts have been made to examine the interaction between cancer and the immune system, leading to the discovery of the programmed death pathway, found to play a key role in immune evasion by cancer cells. Newly approved drugs that target these key immune regulators have revolutionized treatment for many types of cancer. Although these drugs have shown significant activity in some patients, only 15-20% of patients respond overall, so it remains critical that we better understand the biology of cancer and continue to identify predictive markers of sensitivity and resistance. The Yale Center for Immuno-oncology is working in all these areas. New concepts and approaches will be discussed with a focus on target validation and drug discovery.

  Yale Center for British Art | Room: Auditorium — 1080 Chapel Street

  

• The Future of Knowledge

  May 25

  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 2019-05-25T09:00:00 2019-05-25T10:00:00 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

  

• Tour of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library — 121 Wall St.

  The Beinecke Library is Yale University's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. It both houses public exhibitions and serves as a center for teaching and for research by students, faculty, and scholars at Yale and from around the world. On this tour you can learn how students and many others engage the past in the present for the future ... and enjoy the library's current special exhibition of photographer Jerome Zerbe, a 1928 Yale College graduate who found his métier as the first paparazzo, and of celebrated contemporary photo portraitist Michael Childers, plus permanent exhibitions, including the Gutenberg Bible, Audubon's Birds of America, and the 1742 Yale Library. Meet at the south side door to the library, 121 Wall Street. Limited to first 60 participants.

  Add to Calendar 2019-05-25T09:00:00 2019-05-25T10:00:00 America/New_York Tour of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

  The Beinecke Library is Yale University's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. It both houses public exhibitions and serves as a center for teaching and for research by students, faculty, and scholars at Yale and from around the world. On this tour you can learn how students and many others engage the past in the present for the future ... and enjoy the library's current special exhibition of photographer Jerome Zerbe, a 1928 Yale College graduate who found his métier as the first paparazzo, and of celebrated contemporary photo portraitist Michael Childers, plus permanent exhibitions, including the Gutenberg Bible, Audubon's Birds of America, and the 1742 Yale Library. Meet at the south side door to the library, 121 Wall Street. Limited to first 60 participants.

  Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library — 121 Wall St.

  

• Tour of Marsh Botanical Garden

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Marsh Botanical Garden | Room: Garden Tour — 227 Mansfield St.

  Marsh Botanical Garden is eight acres of plantings on Science Hill with six greenhouses for teaching and research. Enjoy a stroll with Associate Director Kunso Kim through the naturalistically designed beds, full of rare plants and plants of historical interest, and explore the glass houses with their special collections of desert plants, carnivorous plants, and edible tropical plants like chocolate, coffee and cinnamon. Please note: This tour is limited to 20 participants.

  Add to Calendar 2019-05-25T09:00:00 2019-05-25T10:00:00 America/New_York Tour of Marsh Botanical Garden

  Marsh Botanical Garden is eight acres of plantings on Science Hill with six greenhouses for teaching and research. Enjoy a stroll with Associate Director Kunso Kim through the naturalistically designed beds, full of rare plants and plants of historical interest, and explore the glass houses with their special collections of desert plants, carnivorous plants, and edible tropical plants like chocolate, coffee and cinnamon. Please note: This tour is limited to 20 participants.

  Marsh Botanical Garden | Room: Garden Tour — 227 Mansfield St.