Past Events

May 3, 2017
Film Screening of "Resettled: New Haven's Refugee Community"

The Politic’s first documentary, Resettled: New Haven’s Refugee Community explores New Haven’s refugee community and advocates in a shifting political landscape. It also features the voices of resettlement coordinators, community activists, and young refugees from Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iraq, all of whom now live in New Haven.

Photo Editor, The New York Times
May 2, 2017
"The Evolution of the Media Industry: A Photo Editor Perspective"
Scientist and Writer
April 27, 2017
Being Queer in STEM: An Interactive Discussion
Documentary Filmmaker
April 23, 2017
“Screening of Tlaxcala Dreams”

Cosponsored by RITM and Film & Media Studies

April 21, 2017

About this Event

Featuring Radiolab’s Molly Webster, This Week in Virology’s Kathy Spindler, Nautilus’ Michael Segal, and FiveThirtyEight’s Maggie Koerth-Baker.

Lunch will be provided.

Please visit the YSJS FaceBook page for more information and a schedule of events: facebook.com/ysjs201.

A Poynter Fellowship in Journalism Symposium
April 20, 2017
Featuring:

Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology
Meg Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy
David Hafler, William S. and Lois Stiles Edgerly Professor of Neurology and Professor of Immunobiology; Chair, Department of Neurology

Moderated by:

Carl Zimmer, Science writer, author of New York Times’ Column “Matter”
Alison Snyder, Science Editor, Axios

In the era of “post truth” and fake news, what are the implications for science? When is a fact a fact? What is the relationship between truth and the pursuit of scientific knowledge? How can breakthroughs in science be communicated to a public that polls suggest has grown more leery of expertise? Two days before the March for Science, these and other related to science communication will be explored in an unusual forum featuring interviews with three of Yale’s great professors: Dan Kahan, Meg Urry, and David Hafler. Their experiences underscore the difficulties facing scientists in a mistrustful and partisan age.

watch the video of the symposium

Emmy Award-Winner and ABC News Producer
April 18, 2017
A conversation with Kyle Gibson on her decades covering the world, including her acclaimed reporting live from the massacre in Tiananmen Square, and the story of how Kyle and her cameraman secretly filmed the historic confrontation between the citizen and
Founder, Zone9
April 15, 2017
“Social Justice in Africa”

Please visit yaapd.org for more information.

Columnist, The Guardian; Contributor, This American Life
April 13, 2017
“Being a Funny Woman: Comedy in the Age of Trump.”
Retired Admiral for the US Navy and Spokesperson for the US Department of State
April 13, 2017
A conversation with John Kirby and Kyle Gibson, award-winning journalist and Founding Executive Producer and Managing Editor of the Women in the World Summit

Kyle Gibson is an award-winning journalist, writer, producer, and Emmy award winner. She was also a longtime producer for ABC News, where she covered stories from around the world during the final decade of the Cold War.