2024 Wilbur Cross Medal Lectures
Four alumni of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will be honored with Wilbur Cross Medals in recognition of their exceptional scholarship, teaching, and public service. The awards are the highest honor the school bestows on alumni.
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2024 Wilbur Cross Medal Lectures
The university community is invited to the medalist lectures on Monday, October 7
“Epigenetic Inheritance - Models and Mechanisms”
Anne Ferguson-Smith ’89 PhD, Biology Executive Chair, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics, University of Cambridge October 7 at 4 pm O.C. Marsh Lecture Hall of the Yale Science Building, 260 Whitney Ave
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know: On the Concept of Social Capital”
John Guillory (’79 PhD, English Language and Literature), the Julius Silver Professor of English, New York University on October 7 at 3:30 pm in Room L02 of the Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York St
“The Transformative Power of Education: From Factory Floors in China to Academic and Entrepreneurial Success in the U.S.”
Kai Li (’86 PhD, Computer Science), Paul M. Wythes ’55, P’86 and Marcia R. Wythes P’86 Professor, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University on October 7 at 3:30 pm in Rosenfeld Hall, 109 Grove Street
“James C. Scott: In a Field of His Own”
in memory of James C. Scott ’67 PhD (Political Science), the Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University with joint appointments in Anthropology, and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Lecture to be delivered by: Nancy Lee Peluso, Professor of the Graduate School in Society & Environment, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley; and Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and of Global Affairs, Yale University on October 7 at 4 pm at Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.