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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)

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

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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.

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, Juillia

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

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

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Yale Dean of Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel discusses undergraduate college 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.

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.

Janine Evans, MD, provides an introduction to clinical research processes, using the development of the Lyme Disease vaccine (Lymerix) as a case example. She also discusses her role in the human clinical trials for the Lyme vaccine at Yale School of Medicine from 1994-7. Yale was one of 31 medical sites in 10 states that participated in these trials.

Carmela Cuomo discusses the possible causes of the spectacular dieoff of the American Lobster in Long Island Sound, and the consequent collapse of the lobster harvesting industry, in 1999. The cause is the subject of much debate, and is probably the result of a number of factors including warming ocean currents, pollution, and invasive species. The oceanographic and geological structure of the Sound, together with its temperate climae and proximity to one of the most developed metropolitan areas in the world, make it an ideal laboratory to study the complex effects of global change at a local level.

Peter Frankl, professor of piano at the Yale School of Music, celebrated his 70th birthday with a concert on the Horowitz Piano Series that featured piano concertos by Mozart for 1, 2, and 3 pianos. For the concerto for Three Pianos in F major, K 252, he was joined by colleagues Boris Berman and Claude Frank. He then performed the Concerto for 2 Pianos in E-flat, K. 365, heard here, with Robert Blocker, pianist and Dean of the Yale School of Music. The program concluded with Mr. Frankl's performance of the Piano Concerto in B-flat, K. 595. The entire program was conducted by Shinik Hahm and members of the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale. The concert took place before in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall, which was sold out for the occasion, on October 14, 2005. PDF versions of the printed programs for concerts featured in Yale School of Music podcasts are available at www.yale.edu/music/ysm.

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.

The Yale School of Management has just completed its first academic year with an innovative and exciting new M.B.A. Curriculum. Dean Podolny describes the curriculum in this introduction to the Yale School of Management.