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"That's My Kind of Data": The Love Data Week Keynote

In this Love Data Week virtual keynote event, a panel of multiple data experts will discuss their affinity for and experience with various data types, including geospatial and qualitative data. They’ll talk about the rewards and challenges of working with data, sharing advice for those interested in similar work. We are thrilled to be joined by the following panel guests:

Allison Jauré (nee Tong)
Raesetje Sefala
Jessa Lingel

Black History Month: "The Political Determinants of Health" with Daniel E. Dawes | Spring YSN Centennial Conversation

As part of Black History Month and ongoing Yale School of Nursing (YSN) centennial celebrations, the YSN Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (ODEIB) invites you to the next lecture in the Better Health for All speaker series: “The Political Determinants of Health” presentation by author Daniel E. Dawes on February 8. Join us for a discussion and book signing at 3 pm in YSN Room 11701 and then for a reception in the first-floor Hub space at 5 pm. The first 50 registered in-person attendees will receive a free copy Dawes’ book. This event will also be offered virtually.

Clara Mejia Orta, "Essential NOT Disposable: Oral Histories of Meatpacking Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Join us for a conversation with Clara Mejia Orta, a fourth year PhD student in the History department, as she discusses her project “Essential NOT Disposable: Oral Histories of Meatpacking Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Presented as part of the Public Humanities Working Group (PHWG).

Wonderful Books and Where To Find Them

The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to bring you this book book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! Join us in person in the Children’s Room of the Ives Main Library. Saturday, February 10th,the book is Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan’s Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal by Karyn Parsons | Black History Month

Learn about the inventor of the traffic light, and create
your own tissue paper traffic signal.

Cinemix Film Screening: Perfect Days

Perfect Days (Wim Wenders, 2023, DCP, 123 mins)

Wenders’s latest is “a sublime validation of the ordinary, a film replete with grace, harmony, and hope that overwhelms and engulfs you in its humane world” (Namrata Joshi). This current Best International Feature Oscar nominee stars Kōji Yakusho, who won Best Actor at Cannes for his role as a Tokyo toilet cleaner. The Kinks, Otis Redding, Nina Simone, and—of course—Lou Reed grace the soundtrack. In Japanese with English subtitles. DCP courtesy NEON.

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