Gloria Steinem currently studies the shared origins of sex and race based caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice. September 26, 2007)

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Gloria Steinem Visits Yale

Arthur Horwich talks about his research on the protein folding machinery in cells and its potential to cure neurodegenerative and other diseases.

Arthur Horwich: Protein Folding

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In this lecture, Mary Evelyn Tucker highlights the spiritual and ethical dimensions of the environmental crisis, arguing that the religious and environmental communities should make common cause in protecting the ecology of planet earth. Tucker is a research scholar and senior lecturer at Yale University, with joint appointments at Yale Divinity School, the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and the Yale Department of Religious Studies.

The environmental crisis as spiritual and moral crisis.

In this sermon delivered at Rhinebeck Reformed Church in Rhinebeck, NY, Willis Jenkins argues the case for a “civic restlessness” -- characterized by humility, mercy and justice -- that builds a culture of sustainability linking community and land. Jenkins is the Margaret Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, Yale Divinity School

Civic restlessness, sustainable communities, and the land.

he Alianza String Quartet (Sarita Kwok and Lauren Basney, violins; Ah-Young Sung, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello) was officially formed at Yale University School of Music in 2004, but has played together in various capacities for over three years. Composed of members from USA, Australia, Korea, and Russia/Spain, the ensemble is currently in residence as post-graduate associates of the Yale School of Music. They are coached and mentored at the School by the Tokyo String Quartet. The quartet made their debut at the Aldeburgh Festival, UK, the French Academy in Rome (Villa Medici, Rome) and the Aix-en-Provence Festival, France. While at these festivals the quartet were given the opportunity to work closely with composers Michael Jarrell and Jerome Combier, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and members of the Berlin Philharmonic and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The quartet also has extensive performance experience on the US East Coast with performances at Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufmann Auditorium 92nd St. Y in NYC, Juilliard’s Paul Recital Hall, and Yale University’s Sprague Memorial Hall and British Art Center. The Alianza String Quartet has worked intensively with the Juilliard String Quartet at the JSQ Seminar in 2005 and 2006. They have been semi-finalists at the 2006 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, 2005 Young Concert Artists and 2006 Concert Artist Guild competitions, and finalists at the 2006 Coleman National Chamber Music competition. The quartet also has a keen interest in contemporary music, premiering works by Combier and Jarrell in Europe this past summer. They have enjoyed working with faculty composers at Yale such as Ezra Laderman and Martin Bresnick, performing the quartets of both composers on New Music series concerts at Yale. Upcoming engagements include further collaborations with Laderman and Bresnick, appearances at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Whitney Humanities Centre, Schumann Festival at Cornell University, and recital performances along the east coast. The Yale School of Music, established in 1894, has a long tradition of leadership in the training of professional performers and composers. It is a graduate-professional school and the only school of music in the Ivy League. The school is highly selective, with approximately 200 students who come from the finest American and international conservatories and universities to study with a distinguished faculty. The school’s alumni are found in major positions in virtually every sphere of music making and administration. Given the strength and long tradition of Yale’s programs in chamber music and in the performance of music of our time, it is no surprise that Yale graduates have founded or joined the ranks of many prominent chamber and new music ensembles. Yale graduates also perform in most of the major American symphony orchestras, and voice alumni have enjoyed great success in joining professional opera companies throughout the world, with over a dozen Yale graduates on the artist roster of the Metropolitan Opera. Along with artistic accomplishment, Yale School of Music graduates have demonstrated strong leadership in guiding the course of numerous academic and cultural institutions. The School of Music engages in cooperative partnerships with several leading international conservatories and schools. These institutions include the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing, China), Korean National University of the Arts-School of Music and Seoul National University-College of Music (Seoul, Korea), Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Russia), Royal Academy of Music (London), and the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Budapest, Hungary). The Yale School of Music offers the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts, and Master of Music degrees, as well as the Artist Diploma and the Certificate in Performance. For more information, please visit www.yale.edu/music.

String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"

This podcast was recorded at the 2007 Yale Football Media Day.

2007 Yale Football Preview with Head Coach Jack Siedlecki

A netcast from the Center for Language Study's "Language and Culture" series. Risa Sodi, Senior Lector II, Language Program Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Italian Department at Yale University, answers questions about the experience of Jews in Italy, from the founding of the Italian Jewish community two thousand years ago to the Holocaust. Part 1 of 2. Robin Ladouceur, Ph.D. is the interviewer. (June 20, 2007)

Italkim: The Jews of Italy

This performance was part of Aaron Hill's Master of Music recital, and took place in Morse Recital Hall at the Yale School of Music. Mr. Hill's teacher at the Yale School of Music is Stephen Taylor. For a program of this concert in PDF format and for additional podcasts, visit www.yale.edu/music/podcast. For additional information about Music at Yale, please visit www.yale.edu/music.

Mozart: Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello in F Major, K. 370

The Yale Brass Trio features three members of the Yale School of Music Brass faculty: Allan Dean, trumpet; William Purvis, horn; and Scott Hartman, trombone. These are selections of fifteenth-century compositions from the Trio's February 2, 2007, faculty artists concert in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall. Heinrich Isaac: Si Dormiero, Jay pris [pree] amour, and Der Hund. Three selections from the Glogauer Liederbuch (anonymous): Das Jagerhorn, Das Enterpris, and Das Ratten Schwantz, Part 3. For a PDF version of the concert program, photos, and additional podcasts, please visit www.yale.edu/music/podcast.

Brass Music from the Fifteenth Century

This performance of the Concerto for Clarinet and Strings by faculty composer Ezra Laderman features two of the School’s distinguished artist faculty: clarinetist David Shifrin and conductor Ransom Wilson. The concerto was premiered by Shifrin in 1995, and the composer made significant revisions to the string score in the last movement in 2006. This concert recording of the work from February 8, 2007 is the first performance of the revised version. The concert was part of the New Music New Haven series, under the artistic direction of Aaron Jay Kernis, and took place in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall. The recording engineer was Eugene Kimball. For a PDF version of the complete program for this concert and for additional podcasts, please visit www.yale.edu/music/podcast. For more information about Music at Yale, visit www.yale.edu/music.

Ezra Laderman: Concerto for Clarinet and Strings

Dr. Yu will speak (in Mandarin) about his research on the epidemiological factors that lead to the development of pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers in the United States, and endometrial cancer. He is working with international collaborators, including colleagues at Shanghai University.

Herbert Yu: Researching Epidemiology of Pancreatic and Endometrial Cancers (In Mandarin)

Yale Dean of Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel discusses undergraduate college admissions.

Undergraduate Admissions

A netcast from the Center for Language Study's "Language and Culture" series. Nina Garrett, Director of Language Study at Yale University, discusses foreign language study issues important to high school students as they prepare for college. This conversation covers such issues as how students can best prepare for language study at the university level, the role foreign language study plays in the context of globalization, how to combine language study with a major field of concentration, and how high school language study differs from college language study. Robin Ladouceur is the interviewer.

Language Study in High School and College

Aaron Copland, (1900-1990) major figure in American composition and leader in the promotion and establishment of American music, was interviewed by Vivian Perlis for Yale’s Oral History American Music Project (OHAM) between 1975 and 1978. Excerpts appear in Composers’ Voices from Ives to Ellington, CD and book publication by Vivian Perlis and Libby Van Cleve, Yale University Press, 2005. (See: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=0300106734) Included are comments on: Nadia Boulanger, jazz influence, Koussevitzsky, Stravinsky, twelve-tone methods, film music, Martha Graham, Appalachian Spring, and artistic inspiration, with short musical excerpts mostly recorded at the Yale School of Music. For information about music samples and interview transcript, see OHAM website: www.yale.edu/oham/. This podcast was derived from the publication’s second CD, Track 11. For additional Music at Yale podcasts, visit www.yale.edu/music/ysm.

Aaron Copland, from historic interviews

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