General News
YaleWomen Initiative
Nancy Stratford '77 sent some details about a new organization for Yale alumnae: YaleWomen is a new initiative for all Yale alumnae. This alumnae organization is inclusive of all women graduates of the college and graduate and professional schools. YaleWomen began in response to the very successful…
March 4, 2011
Jim Kaplan’s Tour of Hell’s Kitchen, March 12
Jim Kaplan writes: I am pleased to report that I will be continuing and accelerating my walking tour schedule and historical writing in 2011 with a number of new and exciting projects. 1. Hell's Kitchen: This spring, I will be giving a new tour on Saturday, March 12, the weekend before St.…
February 11, 2011
Richard Schottenfeld Hosts Dar Williams at Master’s Tea
Yale Daily News gave us permission to post this article on a recent Master's Tea presided over by our own Richard Schottenfeld, Master of Davenport (h/t Glenn Murphy): Dar Williams sings in Davenport By Sharon Yin Yale Daily News, Thursday, January 20, 2011 Folk singer Dar Williams spoke today at…
January 28, 2011
Shelley Fisher Fishkin Named Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities at Stanford
Congratulations to Shelley Fisher Fishkin on her recent appointment to a named chair in Humanities at Stanford. The university's Clayman Institute for Gender Studies announces: Current Clayman Faculty Research Fellow Shelley Fisher Fishkin was named the Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities…
January 27, 2011
Mike Hearn to Head Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Asian Art
Congratulations to Mike Hearn on being named to head the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An article by Grace Patuwo in the Yale Daily News of January 12, 2011 reports: The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced yesterday that Maxwell (Mike) Hearn '71 has been chosen as the…
January 27, 2011
Walt Mintkeski Holiday News
Walt Mintkeski writes (12/19/10): Dear Friends, As I reflect on 2010, it has been a rough year in terms of the World’s economic problems, ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Gulf oil spill, and slow progress on addressing climate change. These issues impact my efforts to restore and…
January 27, 2011
Tom Cole in Documentary ‘The Strange Demise of Jim Crow’, February 24
The Yale Club of Houston invites alumni to a special film screening on Feb. 24: On February 24th, we'll be featuring alumni Thomas Cole '71 and William Howze '67 in a film screening and discussion of The Strange Demise of Jim Crow, a documentary chronicling desegregation efforts in Houston, based…
January 27, 2011
Barry Scheck and Innocence Project Featured in New Film ‘Conviction’
The Innocence Project and our classmate Barry Scheck, the Project's co-founder, are featured in a new movie, Conviction, that opened this month. As described in a media release from Royce Carlton: Attorney and DNA expert Barry Scheck is co-founder of the Innocence Project, dedicated to exonerating…
October 25, 2010
Eileen Shim Again Named Henry Scholar
Congratulations to Ji Hye (Eileen) Shim '12, who won scholarship support last year from the William A. Henry III '71 Scholarship Fund and has been named a Henry Scholar again this year. Carol Hobbs, Yale's Recording Secretary, wrote recently to Gail Henry: For 2010-2011, the Henry Fund is again…
October 25, 2010
Martin Rubin on ‘Jet Age’ by Sam Howe Verhovek
The Washington Times Friday, October 8, 2010 Sam Howe Verhovek, Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World New York: Avery. 272pp. $27.00 Illustrated. Reviewed by Martin Rubin We’ve all become so used to the quick march of technological innovation that it is salutary for readers…
October 11, 2010