10:00 am | Faculty PresentationsA final program will be available the day of the event -- additional lectures and programmatic events will be listed. Changing the Way Yale Eats (and thinks about food)Anastatia CurleyYale Sustainable Food ProjectFor the past five years, the Yale Sustainable Food Project has been revolutionizing the way Yale eats and thinks about food. The Project creates educational programs on food and agriculture, runs a one-acre organic garden on Yale's campus, and works with Yale dining to source local and sustainable food for Yale's residential college dining halls. Through these activities, the Project is creating opportunities for students to experience food, agriculture, and sustainability as integral parts of their education and everyday life, and preparing them to be environmental and cultural leaders in their communities, their homes, and their lives' work. Anastatia Curley, Communications Coordinator at the Yale Sustainable Food Project, will speak about the Project's work and plans for the future. Beethoven's "Ode to Joy": Then and Now Professor of Music History & Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Music
Music and politics make controversial bedfellows. The familiar "Ode to Joy" melody from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony -- a political statement from the start -- is today known around the world as an emblem of international cooperation and the overcoming of cultural differences. Or is it? What happens to a fragment of art music when it is coopted for (very different) political ends? The International Illicit Economy: A Growing Threat
Assistant Director, International Security Studies
Faculty Fellow, Yale School of Management
The International Illicit Economy is an emerging global security issue that has been overshadowed by the Iraq War and global financial meltdown. Trafficking in human beings, small arms, drugs, and counterfeit goods, as well as the rise of transnational organized criminal organizations present unique political, economic, military, and law enforcement challenges to the international community. This briefing will present an overview of these growing international problems and discuss potential policy solutions for the U.S. and the international community. John Randolph Huffman Professor of PhysicsProfessor R. Shankar will provide an introduction to the quantum world aimed at the lay public. New Ventures at Yale
Office of Cooperative Research (OCR)
Yale University generates over 200 new inventions per year, including important medicines, high performance materials and devices, innovative chemical processes, as well as new consumer devices. As part of the University's public mission to benefit society, considerable work goes into bringing these technologies to market, requiring the University to call upon business experts to help us create appropriate strategies. In many instances we will seek alliances with corporate partners, while in others we help found new ventures. Yale alumni can be catalytic in helping us create more powerful networks to pursue both of these paths. Join Jon Soderstrom, Ph.D., Managing Director of Yale's Office of Cooperative Research, who will introduce and moderate this exciting session with three of Yale's innovative researchers. Speakers will include: - Dr. John Reach, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and co-founder of Applied Orthopedic Technology, LLC
- Robert Grober, Ph.D., Professor of Applied Physics and founder of SonicGolf, LLC
- Robert McGinnis, Ph.D., former Yale graduate student in Chemical Engineering and co-founder of OASYS, Inc.
Tours Treasures of the Yale Library Led by University Librarian, Alice Prochaska, this is a wonderful opportunity to see some of the remarkable treasures that make up one of the world's leading research libraries. This tour will take place in Sterling Memorial Library, the largest and most central of Yale's 22 libraries, and the adjoining, newly renovated Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Library, and will include a tour of the signature architectural elements of both, as well as some of the spectacular reading rooms, study spaces and collections. Yale University Art Gallery HighlightsDocents stand ready to guide you through the recently renovated museum's world renowned collection of art from around the world, including collections of African, Early European, Asian, Ancient and Modern and Contemporary art. Yale Center for British Art Take a docent-led tour of highlights from the Center for British Art's permanent collection. Peabody Museum Take a guided tour of the Peabody Museum for all ages! Mystery Hunt at the Peabody Museum: A Family Event There will be prizes for any child wanting one and a special exhibit of fossils to touch. |
11:15 am | Faculty Presentations Malaria, Mosquitoes, and the Sense of Smell: Addressing a Global Health Problem Through Basic ResearchEugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
There are 200-500 million cases of malaria each year. Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, which use their sense of smell to find humans. Recent studies have provided insight into the mechanisms of insect olfaction and may provide new ways of controlling mosquitoes. The U.S. and Russia: Looking Ahead Associate Director of International Security Studies
The Obama Administration has made 're-setting' relations with Russia a foreign policy priority. Whether this attempt succeeds will depend to a great extent on what the Kremlin leadership does. What are Russia's major foreign policy interests? Can the US persuade Russia to play a more constructive international role, and if so, what will Moscow expect in return? "Old Yale" and More Chief Research Archivist
Chief Research Archivist, Yale University Library, author of the Yale Alumni Magazine feature "Old Yale" and the Michelin Green Guide to Yale and New Haven. A slide/talk highlighting Yale's "famous firsts." Reflections on Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Christianity
In this year of Lincoln's bicentennial, it seems only appropriate that Yale participate in the celebration. In my lecture I will address major themes appearing in Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural that bear on our identity as a nation in the present.
Student Entrepreneurship at Yale Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI)
The Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) was recently established to help students, both undergraduate and graduate, start scalable new ventures. YEI is working with over 35 student ventures, 13 of which have collectively raised more than $16.5 million of outside capital in the last two years. Find out more about this new Yale office led by James G. Boyle, GRD '94 and Shana N. Schneider YC '00 and its programs including the YEI Incubator, the Summer Fellowship, and Mentor Program. Hear from several of the student startups working with YEI including YouRenew.com, Campus Kings, Pick Teams and WakeSmart, all founded by Yale undergraduates, as well as Glaumetrix, founded by three M.D.s, one of whom is a Yale SOM student. Repeated Tours (see 10 am listing)Yale Center for British Art
Yale University Art Gallery Highlights
Treasures of the Yale Library
Peabody Museum
Peabody Family Activities |
