Senior Reunion - Senior Class

Saturday 6/1/19

• Emotional Intelligence: From Theory to Practice

  Jun 1

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

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

  Marc Brackett, Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence; Professor in the Child Study Center

  Emotions matter. What we do with our emotions is especially important. When perceived accurately and regulated effectively, emotions help us to focus on important tasks, make effective decisions, enjoy healthy relationships, and manage life’s ups and downs. In this presentation, Professor Brackett will describe the theory of emotional intelligence developed at Yale under President Salovey’s direction and share his decades of research on the relationship between emotional intelligence and important life outcomes. He also will discuss “RULER,” the Center’s evidence-based approach to teaching emotional intelligence in school systems, which has been shown to increase academic performance, decrease bullying, and enhance school climates. Finally, he’ll discuss how creating emotionally intelligent communities can help us to build a more happy, healthy, productive, and compassionate society.

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Emotional Intelligence: From Theory to Practice

  Marc Brackett, Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence; Professor in the Child Study Center

  Emotions matter. What we do with our emotions is especially important. When perceived accurately and regulated effectively, emotions help us to focus on important tasks, make effective decisions, enjoy healthy relationships, and manage life’s ups and downs. In this presentation, Professor Brackett will describe the theory of emotional intelligence developed at Yale under President Salovey’s direction and share his decades of research on the relationship between emotional intelligence and important life outcomes. He also will discuss “RULER,” the Center’s evidence-based approach to teaching emotional intelligence in school systems, which has been shown to increase academic performance, decrease bullying, and enhance school climates. Finally, he’ll discuss how creating emotionally intelligent communities can help us to build a more happy, healthy, productive, and compassionate society.

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

  

• Knowledge and Leadership for a Sustainable Future

  Jun 1

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

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

  Indy Burke, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Professor of Ecosystem Ecology

  Environmental challenges today are more acute than ever, and not likely to decrease with the growing global need for resources to support human society. What is the role of a university in addressing these issues, how is that changing at this particular time in national history, and how is the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies uniquely suited for bringing scholarship to solutions?

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  Indy Burke, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Professor of Ecosystem Ecology

  Environmental challenges today are more acute than ever, and not likely to decrease with the growing global need for resources to support human society. What is the role of a university in addressing these issues, how is that changing at this particular time in national history, and how is the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies uniquely suited for bringing scholarship to solutions?

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

  

• Payne Whitney Gym Tour

  Jun 1

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Payne Whitney Gym — 70 Tower Parkway

  Brian DiNatale of Yale Athletics will be on hand to show you some of Yale's most impressive renovation projects, including the Lanman Center, the Brady Squash Center, and the Adrian C. "Ace" Israel Fitness Center.

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Payne Whitney Gym Tour

  Brian DiNatale of Yale Athletics will be on hand to show you some of Yale's most impressive renovation projects, including the Lanman Center, the Brady Squash Center, and the Adrian C. "Ace" Israel Fitness Center.

  Payne Whitney Gym — 70 Tower Parkway

  

• Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself

  Jun 1

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

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

  Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Damon Wells Professor of Political Science

  In their recent book, Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself, Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro argue that in recent decades, democracies have adopted measures to increase popular involvement in political decisions. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates while ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly. Many places now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller parties that represent different interests rather than two dominant parties. Yet voters keep getting angrier. There is a steady erosion of trust in politicians, parties, and democratic institutions, culminating most recently in major populist victories in the United States and elsewhere. In this lecture, Professor Rosenbluth explains why devolving power to the grassroots is part of the problem – not the solution.

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself

  Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Damon Wells Professor of Political Science

  In their recent book, Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself, Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro argue that in recent decades, democracies have adopted measures to increase popular involvement in political decisions. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates while ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly. Many places now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller parties that represent different interests rather than two dominant parties. Yet voters keep getting angrier. There is a steady erosion of trust in politicians, parties, and democratic institutions, culminating most recently in major populist victories in the United States and elsewhere. In this lecture, Professor Rosenbluth explains why devolving power to the grassroots is part of the problem – not the solution.

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

  

• 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

  

• 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

  

• 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.

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Treatment of Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Children

  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

  

• 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