2011 - Economics

Welcome Yale Alumni in Economics

You are warmly invited to a special weekend in New Haven for alumni of the graduate programs in Economics and IDE
 

-- see old friends, colleagues and mentors

-- attend a conference, featuring alumni as panelists, focused on the influence of economics developed at Yale on the profession, the economy, or both

-- tour the new 136-acre West Campus, straddling the towns of Orange and West Haven, to see the array of facilities already in use for medical and scientific research at Yale, and for conservation of art and other collections

-- hear Robert Shiller speak on “The Yale Tradition in Macroeconomics”

-- enjoy special tours in the Yale Art Gallery, and a bus tour highlighting new construction and renovations on central campus

-- enjoy festive meals and receptions with fellow alumni in Economics from all eras

Friday, April 8 -- Sunday, April 10, 2011

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Friday, May 4
Pre-Conference Events

10 AM - 12:45 PM

West Campus:  Bus Tour, Detailed Briefing and Lab Tours

 

Christopher Incarvito, Director of Research Technology, West Campus
Shrikant Mane, Director, Yale Center for Genome Analysis (YCGA)
Mike Kinch, Managing director, Yale Center for Molecular Discovery (YCMD)

 

For details, click here.

2:00 - 4:00 PM

Open House events on the medical campus and on Science Hill:

 

Cell Biology
Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Genetics
Immunobiology
Pharmacology
Early in the first hour, Carolyn Slayman (Sterling Professor of Genetics, Deputy Dean at the School of Medicine, and Professor of Physiology) will welcome alumni and give an update on recent changes at the Medical School.  Afterwards, informal tours of selected labs and newly-restored research facilities will be led by students and faculty.  Refreshments will be available throughout.
SHM C-103 (Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Greetings, conversation, refreshments and a graduate student poster session with students from all four departments.
KBT Ground Floor Lobby (Kline Biology Tower, 219 Prospect Street)
Friday, May 4
CONFERENCE

 4:30 - 5:00 PM

Welcoming Remarks
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall
1111 Chapel Street (enter from High Street)

 

Thomas Pollard
   Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
   Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and
   Developmental Biology
 

Richard C. Levin '74 PhD (Economics)
   President of the University
 

Robert Alpern
   Dean, School of Medicine

 5:00 - 6:15 PM

Keynote talks on "Biology's History at Yale"
 

Peter Moore '61 BS
   Sterling Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
   Professor of Molecular Biophysics and 
   Biochemistry
 

Richard Lifton
   Sterling Professor of Genetics
   Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology

6:30 - 7:30 PM

Reception
University Commons
Corner of College and Grove Streets

7:30 PM

Dinner
University Commons
 

Musical entertainment by The Citations, the Graduate School’s a cappella singing group
   
Saturday, May 5
  

9:00 - 10:15 AM

Evolution, Diversity and the Public
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall
1111 Chapel Street (enter from High Street)
 

MODERATOR
Jeffrey Powell
     Yale University
 

PANELISTS
Nora Besansky '90 PhD – EEB
     University of Notre Dame
Michael Donoghue
     Yale University
Thomas Lovejoy '64 BS, '71 PhD – EEB
     The Heinz Center for Sciences, Economics and the
     Environment, Washington, D.C.

10:15 - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11 AM - 12:30 PM

New Directions for Cellular and Molecular Biology
 

MODERATOR
Scott Holley
     Yale University
 

PANELISTS
Susan Baserga '80 BS, '88 MD/PhD – Genetics
     Yale University
Rebecca Burdine '97 PhD – Cell Biology
     Princeton University
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa '95 PhD – Genetics
     Johns Hopkins University
Thomas Steitz
     Yale University
Sandra Wolin '85 MD/PhD – MBB
     Yale University

12:45 - 2:15 PM

Lunch
The Graduate Club
155 Elm Street (between College and Temple Streets)

2:30 - 3:45 PM

Biological Sciences in the Private Sector
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall
1111 Chapel Street (enter from High Street)
 

MODERATOR
Ronald Breaker
     Yale University
 

PANELISTS
Larry Gold '63 BS – MBB
     University of Colorado, Boulder
     Somalogic, Boulder, Colorado
Jonathan Rothberg '91 PhD – MCDB
     Ion Torrent, Guilford, Connecticut
Jeffrey Settleman '89 PhD – Genetics
     Genentech, San Francisco

3:45 - 6:00 PM

Free Time

6:00 - 7:30 PM

Cocktail Reception on Science Hill
Kroon Hall, Knobloch Environment Center (Third Floor)
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
195 Prospect Street

BRIEF REMARKS
Peter Salovey '86 PhD (Psychology)
     Provost of the University

Tours of the sustainability features of Kroon Hall will be offered before and during the reception (at 5:15 and at 6:00).
Sunday, May 6
  

9:30 - 10:45 AM

Scientific Publications:  Present and Future
William L. Harkness Hall, Room 201 (Sudler Hall)
100 Wall Street (enter from the Cross Campus side)
 

MODERATOR
Craig Crews
     Yale University
 

PANELISTS
Pietro De Camilli
     Yale University, and editorial board,
     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Emilie Marcus '92 PhD – MCDB  
     Cell Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thomas Pollard
     Yale University, and editorial board, American
     Society for Cell Biology
Annette Thomas '93 PhD – MCDB
     MacMillan Publishers, London, England

11:00 AM

Farewell Brunch
Yale Law School Dining Hall
127 Wall Street
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