Three years after we graduated in 1969, classmate Frank Shorter would win the gold medal in the men’s marathon in the 1972 Summer Olympics. His book My Marathon, coauthored with John Brant, tells how Frank prepared for and won that race as well the fascinating story of his life before and after Munich. In the month prior to the Munich games, the US track-and-field team went to Oslo, Norway to train at a site apart…
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(from Boston Globe) Louis Casagrande, who made the Children’s Museum a go-to place for all of Boston, died at 74. A voice for ensuring that the Children’s Museum and similar institutions nationwide served children and families of all cultural and racial backgrounds, Mr. Casagrande died in the Seasons Hospice in […]
from bizjournals.com Yale University stirs dissent on campus, among alumni with abrupt change to board elections Jun. 3rd, 2021 Zoraya Hightower opened an email May 24 to disappointment: Her campaign to secure a seat on Yale University’s board of trustees as an alumni fellow had ended in defeat. “I am sorry to have to deliver this news,” read the email from a staffer in Yale’s general counsel office. About 40 minutes later, another email to Yale…
Nobel prize-winning economist Robert Shiller is worried a bubble is forming in some of the market’s hottest trades.
He’s notably concerned about housing, stocks and cryptocurrencies, where he sees a “Wild West” mentality among investors.
“I haven’t done that in print. I’ve been saying that,” the Yale University professor told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Friday.
Even though the record run in stocks and cryptos has been taking a break over the past couple of weeks, Shiller is worried. He’s particularly uneasy about the latest housing boom.
“In real terms, the home prices have never
from weforum.org Yale University’s happiness course is now being taught in high schools Study at a Beijing high school showed that happiness lessons had positive outcomes among students. In the US, ‘happiness professor’ Laurie Santos’s Psychology and the Good Life course will be rolled out to students in low-income high schools. COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted mental health and wellbeing across the world, with young people particularly affected. Lessons in happiness and wellbeing led to…
from thedp.com Penn ranks No. 2 in Forbes’ 2021 list of colleges with most billionaire alumni By Tyler Kliem | May. 30th, 2021 1997 College and Wharton graduate, Elon Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla and Space X possess $151 billion in wealth which accounted for over half of Penn’s billionaire total alumni net worth. Credit: Ana Glassman Penn was ranked No. 2 in Forbes’ 2021 World’s Billionaires list of colleges with the most billionaire alumni. The…
Some say that the challenges we face today resonate with what the country faced in the 1930s, specifically about refugees wanting asylum in the US.
One of the jewels of our Class, Richard Breitman, has made a career writing. researching and teaching about that period.
Register today for Class Colloquium 11, set for July 14th (Bastille Day!) at 2:00 pm EDT for a presentation and rich Q&A, where Richard shares some observations about that period of American History — and converses with you about what it means for us today. Click through to learn more!
Breeze (Amazon), a young woman in present-day Connecticut, goes into a medically inexplicable coma. Her boyfriend, Yannie, a senior at Yale, has to get her the help she needs to survive while trying to solve the mystery of this goddess-like free spirit who appeared out of nowhere two months before.
In part two, Breeze awakens in a different body in a […]
from nhregister.com Bail set at $20 million for man charged in Yale grad student killing May. 20th, 2021 Pan attended his arraignment virtually in a gray shirt and gray shorts Thursday, and at one point appeared to lean forward to better hear Judge Brian Fischer. Prosecutor Stacey Miranda alleged Pan, 30, had been renting an apartment in Alabama under a false name and was found to have been in possession of seven cellphones, seven SIM…
David Click died on May 18, 2021. An edited report from nolo.com: David graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1965 and with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Yale University in 1969, a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Yale Law School in 1973, and a Master’s degree in Economics from Yale in 1974. David has taught at the law schools of Western New England, Indiana University, and the University of Maryland, including property, trusts and estates, law…
Editor’s Note: This is an Op-Ed that our classmate, Jim Sleeper, wrote for Salon, upon the passing (and subsequent memorial service at Yale) of one of the founders and leaders of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale, Charles Hill.
[Editors Note: Originally published on 26 May 2019; This is fifth in a series of re-published Essays from the 50th Reunion ClassBook.] Back again, your whilom class historian here reviews our half-century of adulthood by examining the world and American culture at the milestones of our graduation in 1969, the 25th reunion in 1994, and the date of this writing, 2018, a year before our 50th reunion. At each of the three points, I review…
Editor’s Note: In addition to three books of poetry, Chris Hoffman just released a revised and expanded edition of his seminal book of ecopsychology, The Hoop & The Tree: A Compass for Finding a Deeper Relationship with All Life.
The Hoop & The Tree is a book on psychology, spirituality, and native wisdom, which The Bloomsbury Review called “therapeutic, enlightening, and a joy to read.” Professionally, Chris has combined his backgrounds in psychology (Licensed Professional Counselor and M.Ed. in Community Mental Health) and business (M.B.A.) to facilitate […]
Editor’s Note: As we have room, I’m publishing stuff submitted at my request from reunion attendees. Better late than never?
* Bill Simon
* Bob Levin
* Dave Rosen
* Dick Williams
* Jim Amoss
* John Waldman
* JP Goldsmith
* JP Jordan
* Lorenzo Wallace
Register for the next Class Colloquium about how our music galvanized support for then-radical goals like an end to war, Black Power, women’s liberation and even “sex, drugs, rock & roll.”
Professor Angharad Davis, who created and taught the “Music and Revolution” course last year, will share highlights for this special alumni-oriented session, to be held Thursday, May 20 at 4 pm ET (register now). It’s being offered by the Yale Boom group (classes 67-73) and hosted by ’74. The [very enjoyable] pre-event assignment is to listen to a Spotify or YouTube playlist that Davis created for her course.
