Join us at DanceHaven: A Celebration of Vernacular Dance presented by Yale Schwarzman Center and created in collaboration with “Queen of Tap,” Yale Schwarzman Center artist-in-residence Dormeshia (co-curator/producer), Divine Rhythm Productions (producer), and Yale College senior Gabrielle Niederhoffer.
Dr. Teresa Chahine, Yale School of Management’s inaugural Sheila and Ron ‘92 B.A. Marcelo Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship and author of Social Entrepreneurship: Building Impact Step by Step will interview Daisy Rosales, founder and Executive Director of Brio Health Global. Brio advances global mental health and wellbeing by designing mental health initiatives with local community organizations and leaders.
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.
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.
A 3-day Retrospective and Tribute to the Renowned Cuban Actor and Director Jorge Perugorría
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.
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.
Come see YGC, RB, WORD, Sabro, Desta, Dzana, the Kappas, and more!
Lost Tribe, Broken Tribe, One Tribe–
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.
