tours and other special events
Yale College alumni will have opportunities to reminisce with their classmates while getting a glimpse at what campus life is like for today's undergraduates during two reunion weekends sponsored by the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA).
The first weekend, May 26-29, will bring back members of the Classes of 1940, 1960, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1990. The second, June 2-5, will gather members of the Classes of 1945W, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1965, 1995 and 2000.
In addition to the special activities sponsored by each class, the reunion programs will include the following:
Some of Yale's top teachers will discuss their work on Fridays mornings, May 27 and June 3.
The topics and speakers on May 27 will be: "Success: An American Keyword," Annabel Patterson, Sterling Professor of English; "When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It: Yogi Berra's Guide to the Quantum World," Ramamurti Shankar, professor and chair of physics and professor of applied physics; and "Issues in Evolutionary Medicine," Edward P. Bass, professor and chair of ecology and evolutionary biology.
Patterson's talk will also be presented on June 3, along with the following: "Has Civil War Memory Divided or Unified America?" David W. Blight, the Class of 1954 Professor of American History and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition; "The Second Nuclear Age," Paul Bracken, professor of management and political science; and "The Accelerating Universe: Astrophysics in a New Age of Discovery," Meg Urry, professor of physics and astronomy and director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics.
The "Morning at Yale" program, offered on Saturdays May 28 and June 4, allows alumni to experience once again the wide variety of choices and opportunities available at Yale.
Alumni and their families can take bus tours of New Haven, visit campus museums and libraries, and get behind-the-scenes looks at the University's Newberry Organ and Wright Nuclear Accelerator Laboratory, among other campus facilities. The mornings will also feature presentations on "Admissions and Financial Aid," "Athletics at Yale," "IT at Yale," "Revisiting Old Yale," "Spiritual and Religious Journeys at Yale" and "Yale and Service: Learning from the Elm City," as well as a "Glee Club Singing Workshop" for "anyone who ever sang or wanted to sing at Yale."
Both Saturdays will also feature "Actors at Work -- Scenes from Shakespeare and Modern Drama," a rehearsal of School of Drama students led by Murray Biggs, associate professor of English and theater studies, and the following talks and speakers: "Hitchcock and the Arts," Brigitte Peucker, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature and professor of film studies; "Music and the 'Yale' Brain," Thomas C. Duffy, acting dean of the School of Music and director of Yale Bands; "The Nation's Nutrition Crisis: Real Change Requires Real Change," Kelly Brownell, professor and chair of psychology and director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders; "New Research in Behavioral Finance," Nicholas Barberis, professor of finance at the School of Management; "Picturing the Past: Early 20th-Century Lesbian and Gay American Art," Jonathan D. Katz, executive coordinator of the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies and associate professor (adjunct) of women's and gender studies and the history of art; "Stage Door: The Program and Facilities of America's Premier Theater Conservatory, the Yale School of Drama," James Bundy, dean of the drama school and artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theatre; "The Surprise of Religion in 20th-Century America," Jon Butler, dean of the Graduate School and the Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History and Religious Studies; "The U.S. and the World: What's Next?" Charles Hill, diplomat-in-resident and lecturer in international studies; and "Why Not? How To Use Everyday Ingenuity To Solve Problems Big and Small," Barry Nalebuff, the Milton Steinbach Professor of Economics and Management.
In addition, the May 28 program will feature a talk titled "Temper Tantrums: 1-2-3-4!" by Cynthia Olson, director of the Bodel Childcare Center and clinical instructor at the Yale Child Study Center, and the June 4 program will include a talk titled "Rethinking American Naval and Maritime History" by Gaddis Smith, the Larned Professor Emeritus and lecturer in American history.
The reunion programs will also include talks about the University's renewal and renaissance by Yale College Dean Peter Salovy on May 28 and President Richard C. Levin on June 4; "A Celebration of Yale Singing," Saturday afternoon concerts in Woolsey Hall featuring alumni from the Yale Glee Club, the Whiffenpoofs and Whim 'n Rhythm performing Yale favorites; and a farewell brunch in University Commons on both Sundays.
For further information about the reunions, visit the website at www.aya.yale.edu/reunions/.
T H I S
AYA Faculty Lectures
"Morning at Yale"
Other activities
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