“In sports, it’s all about how you get up when you get knocked down,” said Brian in our original planning call. “Dealing with adversity is the coin of the realm.”
Well, after getting knocked down by technical issues in December, the dynamic duo will reconvene and try again on February 23rd at 3:00 PM EST. Register now!
Classmates Ken Davis and Ira Berkower got the Zoom equivalent of a standing ovation after an hour+ deep dive into Covid: improving treatments, hospital administration (and fiscal disasters), vaccines, variants, long-haulers, antibodies … the works.
Video and slides from the event available.
from: https://news.yale.edu/spellman Yale’s Daniel Spielman wins Held Prize for solving decades-old problem By Jim Shelton January 21, 2021 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has presented the 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize to Daniel Spielman, Sterling Professor of Computer Science and professor of statistics and data science, for helping to solve a theoretical problem that had vexed mathematicians for decades. The Held Prize honors outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in combinatorial and…
Ned died recently in his beloved Sao Tome y Principe, a small island nation off the coast of Africa. Here is my remembrance of him, along with several tributes from those who knew him well.
Editor’ Note: This is another in a series of Alumni events available to all of us.
Our prolific classmate, Richard Seltzer, has yet another novel published this year: Nevermind.
The lives of Ruth and Mark are transformed by Nevermind magic that Ruth learned from her mother—magic that can undo what has been done and alter the shape of reality. Ruth learned from her mother—magic that can undo what has been done and alter the shape of reality. They fall in love and […]
From Tulsa World: “Gene Carson Buzzard passed away on July 21, 2020 from complications related to brain cancer. He will be remembered by his family and many friends for his intellect, humor, curiosity, generosity, loyalty, general gusto, and for living his life with joy. He loved sailing, baseball, fly fishing, the American West, photography, birding, cycling, the Blues, and almost anything that allowed him to be outside or with his family. He once ran the…
Classmate Ken Davis, MD, CEO of Mt. Sinai Health System in New York, presented the very first Class Colloquium in April when COVID was crushing New York. With the “second wave” of the pandemic raging and vaccines arriving, it’s time for an update from the frontlines. Ken will be joined by classmate Ira Berkower, MD/PhD, Principal Investigator in the FDA’s Immunoregulation Lab, and an expert on vaccines.
The next and 8th Class Colloquium is set for 2 pm EST on Wednesday, January 27th, for Class of ’69 only. Register now to attend!
We are still getting caught up on reports from the Reunion. Here are some great candids from Clemmie Engle.
Editor’s Note: This is an Op-Ed appearing in The Hill, December 17, 2020
As Congress remains divided on how to — or even whether to — issue additional stimulus and the Biden administration begins planning its pandemic response, 11 million Americans remain out of work and past due housing payments and utility bills are piling up.
We have now squandered seven months since […]
from Yale News Student innovators recognized on Forbes list By Susan Gonzalez, December 14, 2020 Three current Yale students and nearly a dozen recent alumni were named to Forbes magazine’s annual “30 Under 30” list, which recognizes some 600 individuals under the age of 30 who are innovators and leaders in a range of fields. Anna Zhang, a Yale College sophomore, Nyuol Lueth Tong, a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the Graduate School of…
Chart showing COVID infections at Ivy colleges
It was supposed to be a new and different format of Class Colloquium: not a lecture, but rather a celebration of and by that magical sports duo, Brian Dowling and Calvin Hill. They were slated to talk about “the student-athlete, then and now” … starting with their collegiate experience in the 60s.
We opened the event to adjacent classes, and that created the problem: Zoom inadvertently […]
Editor’s Note: The video of Calvin is available here.
And Brian and Calvin have agreed to reschedule to February 23rd, 3:00 PM EST; you can register now for that event.
Editor’s Note: This was reported by Barron’s just this month, but actually occurred earlier this year.
Since May 2019, another 13 billionaires around the world have signed the Giving Pledge, a global, multi-generational commitment by some of the world’s wealthiest to give a majority of their wealth to philanthropy or charitable causes, either during their lifetimes or in their wills.
Among those new to the list are William Gross, co-founder of PIMCO, the world’s largest fixed-income investment company, and Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman, CEO, and co-founder of investment firm Blackstone, according to the Giving Pledge’s announcement Monday.
from wtnh.com Yale students take a shot at love with ‘Marriage Pact’ questionnaire By Mackenzie Maynard, Nov. 23rd, 2020 (WTNH) — This semester, nearly 3,000 Yale University students answered questionnaires in hopes of potentially finding a romantic match. It’s all a part of the Marriage Pact, an idea started by Stanford students in 2017 and has since been used by other universities including Oxford and Cornell. It all starts with 50 questions and from there, an…
Corporate capital and Trump’s coup: Will business elites take a stand? Trump’s war on democracy is clearly bad for business — but the leaders of corporate America helped create this mess By JIM SLEEPER Nov. 20th, 2020 The latest news out of Michigan — in which the current occupant of the White House has not only summoned Republican legislative leaders to meet with him but pressured two members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers into attempting to rescind their…
