Class of 1997 25th Reunion - Program & Schedule - 1997

Friday 5/27/22

• Brava! Women Make American Theater

  May 27

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

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

  Melissa Barton '02, Curator of Prose and Drama for the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
  
  “Brava! Women Make American Theater" showcases, through archival materials, the ways in which women in the United States engaged in the production and reception of stage performance over its long history. Brava! highlights how stage performance often mirrored, but also frequently challenged and changed, understandings of women’s roles and of women’s rights in larger U.S. society. Drawing principally on materials in the Yale Collection of American Literature and the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters, the exhibit explores how theater served as a site of women’s entry into public audiences, an entrée into the arts as professions, and a locus of calls for diversity in the arts.

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  Melissa Barton '02, Curator of Prose and Drama for the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
  
  “Brava! Women Make American Theater" showcases, through archival materials, the ways in which women in the United States engaged in the production and reception of stage performance over its long history. Brava! highlights how stage performance often mirrored, but also frequently challenged and changed, understandings of women’s roles and of women’s rights in larger U.S. society. Drawing principally on materials in the Yale Collection of American Literature and the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters, the exhibit explores how theater served as a site of women’s entry into public audiences, an entrée into the arts as professions, and a locus of calls for diversity in the arts.

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

• Constance Baker Motley, Lady of the Law

  May 27

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Sterling Law Buildings | Room: Lillian Goldman Law Library — 127 Wall Street

  Join the Lillian Goldman Law Library staff for a guided tour of the “Constance Baker Motley: Lady of the Law” exhibit. Drawing on images and personal items from the collection of her family, and from her own words in her autobiography, the exhibition offers a glimpse of Motley, brilliantly at work, from her childhood in New Haven through her career as a Civil Rights attorney, New York Senator, and federal judge. Meet at the front entrance to the Law School. This tour is limited to 25 people.

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  Join the Lillian Goldman Law Library staff for a guided tour of the “Constance Baker Motley: Lady of the Law” exhibit. Drawing on images and personal items from the collection of her family, and from her own words in her autobiography, the exhibition offers a glimpse of Motley, brilliantly at work, from her childhood in New Haven through her career as a Civil Rights attorney, New York Senator, and federal judge. Meet at the front entrance to the Law School. This tour is limited to 25 people.

  Sterling Law Buildings | Room: Lillian Goldman Law Library — 127 Wall Street

• Mapping the Invisible Universe

  May 27

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

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

  Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy and Physics

  In this talk, Professor Natarajan will discuss two radical ideas in cosmology that involve invisible entities – dark matter and black holes. The history of the discovery of dark matter and black holes, as well as their current status – including recent leaps in understanding of the nature of dark matter obtained from mapping it via light bending; the discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes and peering close to the event horizon of supermassive black holes  – will be presented.

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  Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy and Physics

  In this talk, Professor Natarajan will discuss two radical ideas in cosmology that involve invisible entities – dark matter and black holes. The history of the discovery of dark matter and black holes, as well as their current status – including recent leaps in understanding of the nature of dark matter obtained from mapping it via light bending; the discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes and peering close to the event horizon of supermassive black holes  – will be presented.

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

• Yale and America

  May 27

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  William L. Harkness Hall | Room: 201/Sudler Recital Hall — 100 Wall Street

  Jay Gitlin, ’71, ’74 MusM, ’02 PhD, Lecturer in History; Associate Director, Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers & Borders

  Professor Gitlin will give a brief description of his popular seminar, "Yale and America," and will then be joined by three students giving short talks based on their research.

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  Jay Gitlin, ’71, ’74 MusM, ’02 PhD, Lecturer in History; Associate Director, Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers & Borders

  Professor Gitlin will give a brief description of his popular seminar, "Yale and America," and will then be joined by three students giving short talks based on their research.

  William L. Harkness Hall | Room: 201/Sudler Recital Hall — 100 Wall Street

• American Picnic Lunch

  May 27

  12:00PM – 1:30PM

  Old Campus — 67 High Street

  Buffet picnic lunch featuring chicken, burgers (beef or veggie), salads, sides and dessert.  Plus wine, beer, soda, coffee and teas.

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  Buffet picnic lunch featuring chicken, burgers (beef or veggie), salads, sides and dessert.  Plus wine, beer, soda, coffee and teas.

  Old Campus — 67 High Street

• Hang Out With Your Peeps

  May 27

  1:30PM – 4:00PM

  Old Campus

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  Old Campus

• Story Jam

  May 27

  5:00PM – 6:00PM

  Battell Chapel | Room: Sanctuary — 400 College Street

  It's been 25 years, and we all have our share of stories...  After two years of pandemic lifestyle, there’s no better time to celebrate the diversity and commonality of human experience - and our connection with each other. Hear and cheer for classmates as they share their stories at this Moth-inspired event that will leave you laughing, crying and feeling everything in between.

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  It's been 25 years, and we all have our share of stories...  After two years of pandemic lifestyle, there’s no better time to celebrate the diversity and commonality of human experience - and our connection with each other. Hear and cheer for classmates as they share their stories at this Moth-inspired event that will leave you laughing, crying and feeling everything in between.

  Battell Chapel | Room: Sanctuary — 400 College Street

• Cocktails in the Courtyard

  May 27

  6:30PM – 7:30PM

  Old Campus — 67 High Street

  Time for mingling and casual conversations with classmates and guests.  Reconnect with folks you know and get to meet some you don’t. 

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  Time for mingling and casual conversations with classmates and guests.  Reconnect with folks you know and get to meet some you don’t. 

  Old Campus — 67 High Street

• Local Favorites Buffet

  May 27

  7:30PM – 9:30PM

  Old Campus — 67 High Street

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