Class Seminars

Class Seminars:  (See Future ZOOM Events page for upcoming seminars.)

– May 12, 2026 Julia Adams “Report of the Committee on Trust in Higher Education” at
http://yale1961.org/trust-in-higher-education/

– April 15, 2026 Per Espen Stokness “Climate Initiative” at  http://yale1961.org/per-espen-stoknes/

– January 14, 2026 Dr. Megan Ranney “Public Health” http://yale1961.org/dr-megan-ranney/

– December 17, 2025 Michael Brenes “The Rivalry Peril” http://yale1961.org/michael-brenes/

– November 12, 2025  Peter Salovey – A Conversation with Peter Salovey    There is no video of this talk.

– June 18, 2025  Tim Heaphy  “Charlottesville and January 6: What They Have in Common, and What They Say About America” http://yale1961.org/tim-heaphy

– May 14, 2025  Caleb Finch “Dementia Futures” http://yale1961.org/caleb-finch/

– April 16, 2025 Dean Jeffrey Brock “How Does Engineering Fit Into Yale’s Plans For The Future”
http://yale1961.org/jeffrey-brock/

– March 2025 Brian Morra “Aligning National Defense Budget” https://yale1961/org/brian-morra-march-2025/

– September 11  Bob Budnitz  “Environmentally Friendly Power Generation” https://yale1961/org/bob-budnitz/

– May 22, 2024 John Maurer “Churchill and the Struggle for World Power” https://yale1961/org/john-h-maurer/

– April 24, 2024  Mary Habeck  “The Polarization of American National Security Policy” http://yale1961.org/mary-habeck-apr-24

– March 20, 2024 Brian Morra  “From the Cold War to a Warm War…” http://yale1961.org/brian-morra

– February 21. 2024  Meg Urry  “Black Holes and Why They Matter” http://yale1961.org/meg-urry

– January 23. 2024  Lauren Noble  “Free Speech at Yale” http://yale1961.org/lauren-noble

– November 1, 2023 Jim Simon “Supreme Court Chief Justice Leadership Discussion” http://yale1961.org/jim-simon

– September 20, 2023 Colin Bradford “America & China – Crisis of Trust” http://yale1961.org/colin-bradford

– May 9, 2023  Marci Shore “Ukraine” http://yale1961.org/marci-shore

– March 19, 2023  John Paoletti “The Young Michelangelo” http://yale1961.org/paoletti-micheangelo

– March 14, 2023  Tom Davenport and Folkstream http://yale1961.org/tom-davenport

– January 24, 2023  Amor Towles Talk http://yale1961.org/amor-towles

– December 14, 2022  Professor Paul Bracken “New War Machines and Olde Nuclear Weapons” http://yale1961.org/paul-bracken-dec-22/

– November 21, 2022  Jay Carney “The Role of White House Press Secretary”
http://yale1961.org/jay-carney-talk

– September 21, 2022  John Paoletti “Learn my Language: Strategies of Medici Patronage in 15th Century Florence”
http://yale1961.org/john-paoletti-talk/

– May 18, 2022  Mary Habeck, PhD “Putin’s Russia” http://yale1961.org/mary-habeck-putins-russia

– April 27, 2022  Michael Auslin, PhD “The China Reckoning” http://yale1961.org/michael-auslin/

– March 16, 2022  Mac Farmer ’61, Gordon Gibson ’61, Herb Rothschild ’61: “Civil Rights in AL, LA, MS in 1960s & ’70s http://yale1961.org/civil-rights-in-1960s-70s/

– February 15, 2022  Marc Lapadula  Four Films that Changed America  http://yale1961.org/marc-lapadula/

– January 19, 2022  Joe Novitski ’61: Journalism Then and Now/The Changing Oceans http://yale1961.org/joseph-novitski/