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About Yale University

Learn about the University's major initiatives and events and hear Yale's leaders discuss their roles in helping the University to fulfill its mission to create, preserve and disseminate knowledge.

Episodes

  1. 04/07/2009

    Science Saturdays: Yale Outreach Program Gets Children of All Ages Hooked on Science

    Ainissa Ramirez describes the upcoming attractions in Yale's Science Saturdays, a program that uses "doughnuts, demonstrations and dynamic lectures" to make science fun and accessible.

    4 min

  2. 10/20/2008

    A Sense of Wonder: Yale Graduate School Matriculation Address 2008

    Jon Butler, Dean of the Yale Graduate School, delivers the Graduate School Matriculation Address to the incoming class on August 28th, 2008. He offers some words of wisdom as the students embark on their journey in graduate school and encourages the new students to cultivate their capacity for wonder.

    1 sec

  3. 06/09/2008

    e360: Yale's Environmental Online Magazine Makes Its Debut

    Colleen Shaddox sits down with Roger Cohn, Managing Editor of e360, to discuss Yale's newest online magazine offering authoritative opinion, analysis, reporting and debate on global environmental issues.

    1 sec

  4. 11/09/2007

    Sustainability at Yale

    Julie Newman, Director of Yale's Office of Sustainability, is interviewed about the University's Sustainability initiative.

    1 sec

  5. 11/01/2007

    Building on Yale's Traditions for a Sustainable Future

    Professor James Axley, Professor of the Yale School of Architecture and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies speaks on Yale's future in sustainability at "The Greening of Yale and Beyond" Symposium.

    2 sec

  6. 08/26/2007

    Yale College Undergraduate Admissions

    Yale College Dean of Admissions, Jeffrey Brenzel, discusses the process of Undergraduate Admissions.

    2 sec

  7. 08/06/2007

    Yale's Endowment Investment Strategy

    David Swensen, Chief Investment Officer for Yale University, adjunct professor in the School of Management, and lecturer in Economics, gives a lecture on Yale's endowment investment strategy.

    13 min

  8. 08/06/2007

    The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer anchor Margaret Warner interviews Yale President Levin

    Margaret Warner interviews Yale President Richard Levin on a broad range of issues from the role of a university president to the expansion of Yale globally, especially China, from the environment to the management of Yale's endowment.

    1 sec

  9. 08/06/2007

    Yale and New Haven: Cultural Revitalization

    Michael Morand, Associate Vice President of New Haven and State Affairs, discusses the relationship between the city of New Haven and Yale University.

    1 sec

  10. 08/06/2007

    2006 Matriculation Address to Entering Graduate School Students

    2006 Matriculation Address to Entering Graduate School StudentsJon Butler, the Dean of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Howard R. Lamar Professor of American History, addresses the 2006 Class of Graduate School students from Yale University's Sprague Hall.

    12 min

  11. 08/06/2007

    The New Haven Renaissance

    The New Haven RenaissanceBruce Alexander, Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development describes the renaissance in New Haven that has resulted from the productive partnership between Yale University and its host city.

    1 sec

  12. 08/06/2007

    Yale University welcomes President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China

    President Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, delivers an address at Yale University.

    3 sec
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