Yale’s Student COVID Cases 2nd Highest in Ivies
Chart showing COVID infections at Ivy colleges
Calvin Hill Scores on a Busted Play
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.
Steve Schwarzman Signs Giving Pledge
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.
Yale students take a shot at love with ‘Marriage Pact’ questionnaire
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?
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…
Yale is among the schools with the highest Graduation Success Rate, according to NCAA data
from www.middletownpress.com Yale is among the schools with the highest Graduation Success Rate, according to NCAA data Nov. 19th, 2020 At 99%, Yale’s athletic program was among nine schools with the highest GSR in the country. Four other Connecticut programs exceeded 90%: Fairfield (96%), Quinnipiac (94%), Hartford (94%), and UConn (92%). UConn’s percentage is the program’s highest since the NCAA began monitoring GSR in 2002. The men’s basketball program had a rate of 90%, while…
Yale Achieves Gold Sustainability Rating
November 18, 2020 This fall, Yale was awarded a Gold rating through STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, which is administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).< As a benchmark for sustainability, STARS encompasses over 60 credits organized within academics, engagement, operations, planning and administration, and innovation and leadership. Each credit correlates to a certain number of points, and schools self-report their standings based on University data. To...
The Road to Serfdom Revisited
Editor’s Note: This post introduces a new section of the website for deep-dive BOOK REVIEWS by classmates, even if the book itself is not a “Yale-related book” of the sort normally populating the Books section. Send us YOUR book review if you feel passionately about a book.
Alongside Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead (1943), The Road to Serfdom (1944) by Friedrich A. Hayek is one of the foundational texts for libertarian American conservatism as exemplified by Milton Friedman’s economics writings and Ronald Reagan’s assertions that “government is the problem.” I was therefore fascinated by a recent article in an economics journal on “The Road to […]
“Schwarzman defended Trump at CEO meeting on election results
from Financial Times Schwarzman defended Trump at CEO meeting on election results Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Mark Vandevelde in New York, November 14th, 2020 Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman defended Donald Trump’s response to this year’s US poll results during an emergency meeting of senior business leaders alarmed by the president’s claims that the election is being stolen, according to several participants. About 30 chief executives — of companies as large as Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson and Walmart —…
Robert Eisenhauer, Jr., June 28, 2020
We have received word that Robert Eisenhauer, Morse ’69, passed away in the summer. He was one of our “fallen away” classmates … he never attended any of the reunions, didn’t maintain email or other contact information with the Yale Alumni office, and he didn’t submit anything to the 25th Reunion Essays or the 50th Reunion ClassBook. Accordingly, we don’t know much. If you do, please post your information or recollections in the Comments. According…
Outbreak elevates Yale COVID alert level, quarantines students
from New Haven Register Outbreak elevates Yale COVID alert level, quarantines students By Jim Shay, Nov. 7th, 2020 NEW HAVEN — Students in three Yale University residential colleges have been asked to quarantine and sports activities have been suspended for the weekend after a surge in COVID-19 cases, school officials said. On Friday, Yale also raised its COVID-alert status from yellow to orange. The change in status means no visitors are allowed on campus, travel is strongly discouraged,…
Class Colloquium 7: Brian Dowling & Calvin Hill – the Student-Athlete, 1965-2020
Two of our most iconic classmates, Brian Dowling and Calvin Hill, thrilled us as students and graduated into the ranks of professional sports and successful careers.
Join them and your Yale classmates on December 9th for a Zoom discussion of the evolving role of the student-athlete at places like Yale — and at the Division I colleges where nationally competitive sports are more dominant features of campus life. Needless to say, a LOT has changed over the years!
Be sure to register in advance (do it now!) for the 12/9/20 event, 4 PM Eastern.
Bill Stanisich painting selected for the de Young Open exhibition
Bill Stanisich, a lifelong San Fransisco artist and educator, has had one of his paintings chosen for exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The painting is entitled Massacre Orlando Pulse Bar. It commemorates the 2016 hate crime in which 49 souls were killed and 58 wounded, the deadliest single mass shooting to that point in US history. “I chose a line from Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” explained Stanisich, ”to…
Pine Brook’s Howard Newman Defends ‘Fracking for Export’
Editor’s Note: This is an interview from The Wall Street Journal.
Howard Newman, co-founder of private-equity firm Pine Brook, believes the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election should pursue a bigger role for the U.S. in the global fight against climate change and that the nation’s abundant natural-gas supply can be a means to that end.
Mr. Newman spoke to WSJ Pro about some of the energy policies he’d like to see the next administration adopt.
Class Notes – Nov/Dec 2020
Your scribe has been notified of four more deaths of classmates: Jerry Schnitt, Gregory Kampalas, Morrison Bonpasse and Gene Buzzard.
Steve Bemis forwarded this New Haven Register obituary: “Jerome M. Schnitt, MD (“Jerry”), 73, of Guilford, CT passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, June 9, 2020 after a decade-long battle with cancer….An academic by nature, Jerry graduated from Yale University (Trumbull College) in 1969 before attending Medical School at West Virginia University. He subsequently completed his psychiatric residency […]
Report and Recording from Class Colloquium 6: Akhil Amar on The Presidency, Vice-Presidency and The Constitution
Here is the recording of Class Colloquium 6, Akhil Amar on the constitution.
We opened this event up to Yale classes 67 – 73 and had almost 500 registrants! Given the impending election, the crowd was restive, but Professor Amar, a gifted teacher, gave us a great context with which to view current events.
