Senior Reunion - Senior Class

Friday 5/29/20

• 1965 | Daring to Pursue One's True Purpose in Life

  May 29

  1:30PM – 2:30PM

  A panel of classmates will discuss their decisions – some made right after Yale, some in mid-career, others in retirement – either not to enter, or to abandon, careers that offer the external trappings of success (money, power, prestige) in order to pursue alternatives with the potential for greater personal meaning and purpose.

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  A panel of classmates will discuss their decisions – some made right after Yale, some in mid-career, others in retirement – either not to enter, or to abandon, careers that offer the external trappings of success (money, power, prestige) in order to pursue alternatives with the potential for greater personal meaning and purpose.

• 1970 | Music of Our Times

  May 29

  1:30PM – 2:30PM

  Sprague Hall | Room: Concert Hall — 470 College Street

  We had them all: Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Jimmie Hendrix, the Stones, and the Beatles. Yale Music School Professor Daniel Harrison '86 PhD will address how and how the music of 1966-1970 was so special. 

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  We had them all: Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Jimmie Hendrix, the Stones, and the Beatles. Yale Music School Professor Daniel Harrison '86 PhD will address how and how the music of 1966-1970 was so special. 

  Sprague Hall | Room: Concert Hall — 470 College Street

• 1975 Class Programming

  May 29

  2:00PM – 4:00PM

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• Class of 1980 Ted Talks

  May 29

  2:30PM – 3:30PM

  Classmates will present their Moth stories. 

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  Classmates will present their Moth stories. 

• 1965 | Conversations

  May 29

  2:45PM – 3:45PM

  Classmates, spouses, and partners may choose to attend any one of ten parallel moderated discussion groups, each focussing on a specific personal, civic, or social topic. Unlike other class events featuring presentations before a plenary audience, participants will gather in small nearby rooms to engage with each other in the sharing of ideas, questions, and personal experiences. A final list of the topics will be publicized prior to the reunion.

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  Classmates, spouses, and partners may choose to attend any one of ten parallel moderated discussion groups, each focussing on a specific personal, civic, or social topic. Unlike other class events featuring presentations before a plenary audience, participants will gather in small nearby rooms to engage with each other in the sharing of ideas, questions, and personal experiences. A final list of the topics will be publicized prior to the reunion.

• 1970 | Three Things You Don't Know But Should

  May 29

  2:45PM – 3:45PM

  Sprague Hall | Room: Concert Hall — 470 College Street

  I. Frank Keil, the Charles C. & Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at Yale, on "The Psychology of Ignorance"

  II. Paul E. Olsen '75, '84 PhD, the Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia, on "The Paleontology of Climate Change"

  III. Barry Nalebuff, the Milton Steinbach Professor of Management at the Yale School of Management, on "The Science of Voting"

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  I. Frank Keil, the Charles C. & Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at Yale, on "The Psychology of Ignorance"

  II. Paul E. Olsen '75, '84 PhD, the Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia, on "The Paleontology of Climate Change"

  III. Barry Nalebuff, the Milton Steinbach Professor of Management at the Yale School of Management, on "The Science of Voting"

  Sprague Hall | Room: Concert Hall — 470 College Street

• Class of 1980 Health Care Panel

  May 29

  3:45PM – 4:45PM

  A conversation about the changing face of healthcare, featuring Ann Kurth, Dean of the School of Nursing

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  A conversation about the changing face of healthcare, featuring Ann Kurth, Dean of the School of Nursing

• 1970 | Can Deliberation Fix Our Broken Democracy?

  May 29

  4:00PM – 5:00PM

  Sprague Hall | Room: Concert Hall — 470 College Street

  Our political system is beset by polarization, deadlock, and  misinformation on social media. Our party-based divisions are not only about substance. We also dislike each other. I will report on our research on “deliberative democracy,” where random samples are convened to discuss key policy issues in depth. The changes are striking. Sometimes the results have fostered important policy changes, both in the US and abroad. The New York Times featured one such project. “America in One Room,” with the headline “This Experiment Has Some Great News for Our Democracy.” I will discuss these projects around the world and how the results can be used to address some of our biggest problems. More information available is at http://cdd.stanford.edu.

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  Our political system is beset by polarization, deadlock, and  misinformation on social media. Our party-based divisions are not only about substance. We also dislike each other. I will report on our research on “deliberative democracy,” where random samples are convened to discuss key policy issues in depth. The changes are striking. Sometimes the results have fostered important policy changes, both in the US and abroad. The New York Times featured one such project. “America in One Room,” with the headline “This Experiment Has Some Great News for Our Democracy.” I will discuss these projects around the world and how the results can be used to address some of our biggest problems. More information available is at http://cdd.stanford.edu.

  Sprague Hall | Room: Concert Hall — 470 College Street

• 1970 | Book Group - Limited to 20 Attendees

  May 29

  4:00PM – 6:00PM

  Classmates and spouses are invited to a discussion of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse with Ruth Yeazell, Sterling Professor of English. Space is limited to the first 20 to sign up when registering for the reunion, and reading or (re-reading) the book beforehand is mandated.

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  Classmates and spouses are invited to a discussion of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse with Ruth Yeazell, Sterling Professor of English. Space is limited to the first 20 to sign up when registering for the reunion, and reading or (re-reading) the book beforehand is mandated.