Senior Reunion - Senior Class

Saturday 6/1/19

• Reunion Headquarters Hours

  Jun 1, 7:00AM – Jun 2, 12:00AM

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• Morning Yoga & Meditation for All Classes

  Jun 1

  7:30AM – 8:30AM

  Old Campus — 67 High Street

  Join us on Old Campus for a morning practice that will leave you feeling aligned with your younger years. We'll use breath work, physical practice, and meditation to ground back into Yale and get you ready to greet the day. A time of reflection and resonance with what has come to pass. You'll leave ready to re-connect with classmates and this special space. No previous yoga experience necessary; children and all ages welcome.

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T07:30:00 2019-06-01T08:30:00 America/New_York Morning Yoga & Meditation for All Classes

  Join us on Old Campus for a morning practice that will leave you feeling aligned with your younger years. We'll use breath work, physical practice, and meditation to ground back into Yale and get you ready to greet the day. A time of reflection and resonance with what has come to pass. You'll leave ready to re-connect with classmates and this special space. No previous yoga experience necessary; children and all ages welcome.

  Old Campus — 67 High Street

  

• 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

• Morning Coffee & Tea

  Jun 1

  8:00AM – 10:00AM

  Old Campus | Room: Courtyard — 67 High Street

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• "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