Editor’s Note: The author is a member of our Class and a lecturer in political science at Yale College.
In case you are interested, here’s a glimpse at what Yale undergrads are thinking about our political prospects today.
A Portland, Oregon man — and 2006 graduate of Yale University — has become the first person to traverse Antarctica alone, unassisted in any way by wind or with additional supplies
Colin O’Brady, of Portland, finished the bone-chilling, 930-mile (1,500-kilometer) journey as friends, family and fans tracked the endurance athlete’s progress in real time online. The trek was previously deemed impossible.
ISPS was founded in 1968 to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the social sciences. Today, the institution sustains a vibrant network of scholars and students interested in shaping public policy. It directly sponsors research by its resident faculty, research fellows, and non-affiliated faculty working in the social sciences in a variety of areas, including health care policy, race and inequality, and political polarization.
AYA to YAA: Yale Alumni Association announces new name, visual identity, and website
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Our character, strength, and values come from our diversity and our commitment to a culture of inclusion and equity. We encourage and empower our alumni to create, participate, and lead, in ways that are personally meaningful and valuable to the community.
Our mission is to enhance and renew the lifelong Yale experience for all alumni, whoever they are and wherever they may be. We strive to inspire new ideas, affiliations, friendships, professional fulfillment, and acts of service, around the world.
From Yale Press Release. Beinecke Library acquires papers of humorist David Sedaris By Michael Morand december 10, 2018 The guide that David Sedaris was given when he worked as an elf at Macy’s, an experience that inspired his breakthrough essay “The Santaland Diaries.” (Photo credit: Tubyez Cropper) The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library…
When someone decides to run for Governor of Wisconsin almost fifty years after graduating from college, a decent respect to the opinions of my friends requires that I explain my motivation. Many of my classmates were generous in supporting my candidacy, and I thank all of you for that. I had served as Chairman of…
One of the more interesting submissions I received following my request for classmates to send me artifacts from our days at Yale, was a 3-minute, 16mm film Steve Bemis created for Art 50b, a second semester, senior year seminar. The film shows his roommates, Ralph Schmidt and Mabry Rogers, playing squash, set to an Erroll Garner jazz soundtrack.
Check it out.
At our Freshman Assembly in Woolsey Hall, held at the end of that frenetic first week of moving in, buying used furniture, getting new books, and meeting scores of new people, we gathered to hear Kingman Brewster address us as Yale men for the first time. Among other things, he observed: “You’ll notice something unusual…
“The most talented, driven Americans chased the American dream — and won it for themselves. Then, in a way unprecedented in history, they were able to consolidate their winnings, outsmart and co-opt the government that might have reined them in, and pull up the ladder so more could not share in their success or challenge their primacy.”
from the dailycaller.com FLASHBACK: That Time George H. W. Bush Met Babe Ruth While Playing Baseball At Yale By Evie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter|Dec. 1st, 2018 Former president George H. W. Bush passed away Friday at the age of 94 after a life full of historic experiences — including meeting famed baseball…
