Yale Postdoctoral Trainees

How to Support Mental Health in Family and Friends

From time to time we all have friends or family who suffer with low mood. When low mood persists,
it is hard to know what to do, especially when you worry about making things worse. This is not a program about your mental and emotional health, but it is about the very positive role you can play in other’s
wellness. Because you are probably not a doctor or health professional, there are limits to the
support you can provide, so it is important to know those boundaries. Then, once you understand

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.

Rockin' Out With A Radio City Rockette

Did you know that besides appearing at Radio City Music Hall, the Radio City Rockettes have appeared in thousands of stage spectaculars, including entertaining the troops during wartime? Have you ever wondered what life as a Radio City Rockette is like? Come hear our very own Jennifer Harrison Newman, Associate Artistic Director at the Schwarzman Center, share her experience and stories as a Rockette. Come with questions and be ready to dance! (No experience kicking eye-high required).

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.

Yale Concert Band "Pre-Commute Mini-Concert" for the Yale Community

Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director.
Our students want you to hear them play in the Yale Concert Band, without you having to come back to campus after a long day of work! Announcing the “Pre-Commute Mini-Concert” on Tuesday, February 21 at 5:15 p.m. – a 45-minute free concert in Woolsey Hall at the end of the work day.
Come for one or all of the four compositions on the short program:

Developers Lunch-and-Learn: Accessibility

The topic for this session is Testing for Accessibility Part II, which includes an in-depth look at some of the techniques covered in the first Testing for Accessibility training, with additional tips and methods for a comprehensive review.

Big Man: An Incredible Journey from Mississippi to Hollywood Community Conversation about Race and Book Discussion

Please join us at the Yale School of Management or via Zoom for an engaging discussion about Black History as Tim Shea will be talking to Zoë Chance, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Yale SOM about his new book “Big Man: An Incredible Journey from Mississippi to Hollywood”. Big Man is a story about the life of Willie Harris, a man who was raised as a sharecropper on a cotton plantation in Mississippi during Jim Crow, served in the U.S. Air Force, and went on to become one of the leaders of the Black Stuntmen’s Association (BSA) in Hollywood in the 1970s.

Poynter - Margaret Brown: "We Won. We are Still Here:' Black Resistance and Dignified Self-Determination in Africatown, Alabama

Africatown is a tight-knit community just north of Mobile, Alabama. Many of its residents are the direct descendants of more than 100 Africans who were brought to America in 1860 as captives on a ship known as the Clotilda. The international slave trade had been outlawed in the United States decades earlier in 1808, but the Clotilda illegally set sail, galvanized by a bet that enslaver Timothy Meaher would not be able to do it.

DAY Happy Hour

Join DiversAbility at Yale (DAY) for our next Happy Hour on Thursday, March 16th from 5-6:30 pm at 80 Proof American Kitchen & Bar in New Haven (196 Crown Street). This is an informal opportunity to meet and greet with DAY members while enjoying complimentary appetizers.