Ages 18

Education Design Challenge: Mental Health in the Classroom

Do you want to practice those problem-solving skills before starting your internship or job this summer? Then register today for this year’s Education Design Challenge at the Yale SOM! The Education Design Challenge is a case competition where teams apply design thinking to solve a significant issue in education. This year’s event will be on Friday, April 14 at Evans Hall.
We will be working on a problem centered on mental health in the classroom. There will be cash prizes for the top 3 teams, swag for all participants, and breakfast and lunch for everyone.

"We Will Be Citizens: AIDS Activism and Global Health Justice" by Gregg Gonsalves, PhD

Dr. Gonsalves is an expert in policy modeling on infectious disease and substance use, as well as the intersection of public policy and health equity. His research focuses on the use of quantitative models for improving the response to epidemic diseases. For more than 30 years, he worked on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues with several organizations, including the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, the Treatment Action Group, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa.

The Line Graph and the Slave Ship: Rethinking the Origins of Data Visualization

In the world today, when we encounter a line graph or a pie chart, we tend to think of the role of visualization—if we think of it at all—as simply revealing the meaning of the data underneath. The reality, however, is that the act of visualizing data generates meaning in and of itself. In her talk, “The Line Graph and the Slave Ship,” Lauren Klein returns to the origins of modern data visualization in order to excavate this meaning.

Behind Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern”: Book Talk by Professor Jing Tsu

Professor Jing Tsu, the John M. Schiff Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at Yale, will deliver a talk about her new book Kingdom of Characters: The Language Evolution that Made China Modern.

Trumbull College Tea with Steve Wyche

As part two of The House’s Black History Month event series about the Kaepernick & America documentary, we will co-host a Trumbull College Tea featuring Steve Wyche, the reporter who broke the Colin Kaepernick story. He will share about his career in journalism, and the impact that the media had and continues to have on the Kaepernick saga and racial politics in general. This event is co-sponsored by Trumbull College and the Yale Journalism Initiative.

Kaepernick & America Screening & Discussion

Join us for a screening of the award-winning documentary Kaepernick & America. It was nominated as Best Sports Documentary by the Critic’s Choice Awards, was called “exemplary” in the New York Times, and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary explores the life of Colin Kaepernick, former NFL quarterback and activist, as he took a stance against racism and police brutality. Following the screening, there will be Q&A with the co-producers, director, and the reporter who broke the Colin Kaepernick story.

Financial Inclusivity: A Conversation with Women in Finance at Yale SOM

Please join Yale SOM’s Women in Management Club as we welcome three Yale and SOM alumnae to discuss their extensive backgrounds in the financial services industry: Diana Wagner ’95) from Capital Group, Jamila Abston ’17) from Ernst & Young, and Renee Greene ’21) from Goldman Sachs. The conversation will be moderated by SOM faculty members Alex Zentefis and Heather Tookes and will explore topics surrounding how to think about and navigate diversity, equity, and inclusion in finance.

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