Join Maya Lin ('81, M.Arch. '86, D.F.A. '87), the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (AAAYA) New York Chapter, and YAAMNY at this spectacular eight-course banquet and celebrate the Lunar New Year with fellow Yale alumni, families & friends.  Cocktail reception, dim sum, Peking Duck Sliders and more!  Proceeds will benefit the AAAYA Yale Summer Community Internship Program.  Full details here.

The Development Committee is looking forward to an exciting year fulfilling its mission to promote and support the Yale Alumni Association of Metro New York and its commitment of civic minded service to enrich our community. We are planning another Benefit Soiree at an exciting new venue, a fascinating book release event, and many other wonderful new ventures. Please join us at our next meeting -- your presence, insights and constructive engagement are crucial to our efforts! Further details here; for more info or to RSVP please email Anne Nakaoka Moss at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . ALL ARE WELCOME!

This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  to crafting first-rate, thoughtful, and intellectually stimulating educational enrichment programs for alumni and the general public.  Graphic and web design, IT, social media, and audio/ video recording skills are especially of value. We also welcome overtures from alumni involved with educational or cultural institutions that may prove possible partners in developing enrichment programming.  Email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  with your interest and biographical information.

Participate in Project Cicero, an annual non-profit book drive designed to create or supplement school and classroom libraries for children in under-resourced New York City public schools.  YAAMNY's Public Service/Social Justice Committee is looking for 15-20 volunteers to sort books with fellow Yalies.  You can also donate books.  Click here for more info and register here.

YAAMNY's Arts Committee cordially invites you to a special performance of The Killing Room, a new play by Daniel Keene, one of Australia's most popular playwrights, commissioned by One Year Lease, and a talk-back with the director and actors. Special discounted tickets for $30 before March 5. For more information and to reserve tickets, click http://yaamnykillingroom.eventbrite.com/.

YAAMNY is delighted to welcome Yale alumni, friends, and family to Passport to Asia, an event showcasing a sampling of diverse Asian cuisines, cooking demonstrations by the French Culinary Institute and exciting musical talent.  Challenge your taste buds, satisfy your sweet tooth, try healthy zen options, and win raffle prizes! This event will benefit the American Cancer Society Eastern Division Asian Initiatives.  All details here.

YAAMNY and UnitedInsight would like to invite you to our one-day conference presenting award-winning negotiations educator Daylian Cain (professor at Yale School of Management), who has trained global Fortune 500 companies to outsmart their competitors. Learn when you should make the first offer, how much information you should reveal, take away persuasion and influence techniques to apply immediately in any scenario, and more! All details here.

The Yale Alumni Real Estate Association (YAREA) and YAAMNY cordially invite you to attend the YAREA National Real Estate Conference.  The program covers a wide variety of topics touching on the intersection of the real estate industry and Yale University.  Join a discussion and tour of Yale's West Campus expansion; a discussion of the current state of real estate investing; and a forum featuring prominent real estate leaders' thoughts on the future of the industry.  For more information and to register, please visit www.yale.edu/yalearea.

The YAAMNY Arts Committee provides a forum where alumni can learn from leading practitioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts and support those in the entertainment industry. Whether you have won a Pulitzer and travel by limousine or are pushing cabs between auditions, come share your ideas and help create a resource to assist us all in our work.  Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

Please join a special YAAMNY, Yale Club of Central NJ, Multi-Ivy League and Metropolitan Arts League event for a Performance & Talk-Back with members of the cast and crew of THE NEW GROUP's "Marie and Bruce," starring Marisa Tomei, Frank Whaley, Alison Wright and others.  There will be a happy hour before the show at Dalton's Bar & Grill for people to meet & talk.  All details here. The deadline for purchasing tickets in March 18!