Yale Postdoctoral Trainees

Developers Lunch-and-Learn: Accessibility in 2024: Trends and Future Guidelines

Please join us on Tuesday, April 9, from 12 – 1:15 pm to learn about the latest trends and updates from the accessibility community. We will cover the WebAIMs 10th screen reader user survey results, provide an update about WCAG 3 and review the latest in mobile accessibility.

Learning Objectives:
Provide developers with updated skills to make sure accessibility is integrated into development work
Outline the trends and future accessibility guidelines coming our way to help developer proactively make considerations for their work.

A Conversation with Christian Nunes, President of NOW

Please join the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy for a conversation with Christian Nunes, President of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Nunes will discuss the Equal Rights Amendment, coalition building, and her work advocating for immigrant rights and mental health policy. Kaete O’Connell, lecturer and assistant director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, will moderate the conversation.

West Campus Wildlife Walk - Spring Buds

Join hosts at the Yale Peabody Museum for a walk of around 1.5 miles to check out bursting spring bulbs! Meet in the West Campus Conference Center Lobby. Stout footwear advised. Rain cancels.

What Is Reparative Metadata?: Illustrations & Considerations

Curious about what working with data can look like in cultural heritage? Interested in learning about how data holders reconcile institutional histories and disciplinary conventions with changing ethical commitments? Not sure you know exactly what reparative metadata is? Join us virtually to hear from five Yale Library experts about their work in reparative metadata at every level, from implementing local changes with code to updating shared international standards, followed by a panel discussion.

Exhibition of New Haven Black Artists

Featuring work by Faustin Adeniran, Jasmine Nikole, Kwadwo Adae, Moshopefoluwa “Mo” Olagunju, and Marquis Brantley.

Exhibit is in Art Gallery (basement of Trumbull College)
Enter main gate of Trumbull College (241 Elm Street). Go in the double doors immediately on the right. Downstairs to the basement level.

3rd Annual Symposium for Disability and Accessibility at Yale

70 years after Brown v. Board of Education: At the Nexus of Blackness, Disability and Education

Yale School of Art - Art & Activism: Rashida Bumbray & Jamal Cyrus in Conversation

Yale School of Art hosts their first Art & Activism conversation series that brings together world-renowned and courageous artists with academic leaders from the Arts to converse on societal matters that impact our nation. In this inaugural segment of this series, we welcome our keynote speakers, Curator Rashida Bumbray in conversation with Artist Jamal Cyrus, moderated by Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Director of Graduate Studies, Yale SOA Graphic Design.

Co-hosted with the Yale School of Architecture

Colloquium on Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Jen Wong YC '96, Chief Operating Officer of Reddit

Please join the Program on Entrepreneurship at the Yale School of Management for a lively conversation with Reddit’s Chief Operating Officer, Jen Wong YC ’96 after their recent IPO. Jen will talk about how she has helped manage and build one of the largest online communities while driving advertising growth and revenues.

Recently listed at number 1 on Fast Company’s Queer 50, Jen was also included in the Gold House’s A100 List that honors the most impactful Asians and Asian American & Pacific Islanders in culture every May for API Heritage Month.

Las Madres de Berks Film Screening

Las Madres de Berks is a documentary film on the stories of four mothers detained with their children at Berks Detention Center. Following the screening, lead organizer Jasmine Rivera will talk about Shut Down Berks, the movement that closed the prison in January 2023.

8th Annual WWN Recognition Award Ceremony

On behalf of the Working Women’s Network (WWN) and Executive Sponsor Joan O’Neill, we would like to invite you to join us for a hybrid celebration of our 2024 Recognition Award recipients. The 8th Annual WWN Recognition Award Ceremony will recognize five women who have been exemplary members of the Yale community: Aley Menon (Trailblazer), McKenzie Granata (Heroine), Mya Fisher (Visionary), Lori Rasile (Community Catalyst), and Victoria D’Agostino (Worklife Champion). Congratulate this year’s recipients on our kudoboard.