Sakura Matsuri at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Meet fellow alumni while enjoying the festivities of the Japanese cherry blossom festival, or just strolling among the enchanting blossoms and marvelous gardens. Meet the group at the Taiko Drumming performance at 12pm, we will be holding a sign! The performance is at the Cherry Esplanade Stage - be sure to pick up a map on your way in!

Admission is $12 for adults, $6 for seniors and students, and free for children under 12. Buy your tickets at the entrance. More information and directions are on the website: http://www.bbg.org/exp/cherries/sakura.html

See you under the blossoms!

Be sure to RSVP WITH YOUR NAME AND YALE DEGREE TO This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  so that the organizers will know to be on the lookout for you in the park.

Thanks to YAAMNY Social Activities Committee members Elisabeth Enenbach '02 MA, '04 MPhil and J'HeaLee '88 MS, '94 PhD for organizing the event!

The YAAMNY Educational Programs Committee, in collaboration with the Arts and Entertainment Committee, is pleased to announce. . .

an afternoon presentation at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO, Brooklyn with photojournalist and Yale alumna Scout Tufankjian '00.

Scout's book Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History-Making Presidential Campaign is the story of Obama's historic journey from junior Senator to President of the United States. Scout was the only photographer to cover his entire nearly two-year campaign. USA Today praised "Tufankjian's arresting, often moving images." Popular Photography wrote: ". . . the quality of Tufankjian's images alone makes it a worthy photo book. The photojournalist followed Obama's campaign from its unofficial beginning to its victorious end, capturing striking, candid moments throughout."

The program will include a talk and Q&A session with an informal reception to follow. Friends and family are welcome. Space is limited! To register and view event details, go to: http://scout-tufankjian-yeswecan.eventbrite.com

For any questions regarding this program, please e-mail the Educational Programs Committee at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

The Association of Yale Alumni invites you to an extraordinary opportunity for alumni in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the New York City area: "Connect with Yale," a one day festival of faculty lectures, family activities, and facility tours. Extraordinary because of the wealth of activities and because the AYA is extending this opportunity to you at an incredibly affordable price: $15 for the day - or $45 if you include breakfast, lunch and an afternoon reception in Yale Commons.

As Yale historian George Pierson famously quipped, "Yale is at once a tradition, a company of scholars, and a society of friends." Come enjoy the tradition, listed to the scholars, and join your friends on May 2nd. Come for one event, or come for all!

Click here for full program details and to register. We hope to see you there!

The Association of Yale Alumni, the Yale Black Alumni Association and the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York invite you to

The Frank Austin Gooch Lectureship
"Next Generation Leadership in the New Millennium: The Future of Civil and Human Rights"
Benjamin T. Jealous, President of the NAACP

Please join fellow alumni, students and friends to hear from one of the nation's dynamic young leaders who, at the age of 35, is the youngest person to lead the 100-year-old civil rights organization. Light Reception 6-7, followed by lecture and Q&A from 7-8

RSVP by April 30
Seating is limited and on a first come first served basis. RSVP today to Linda Memmott at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript or 203-432-4699. Please include your name and Yale degree and any guest names.

The Arts & Entertainment committee in collaboration with the Open Music Ensemble, led by Philip Foster, Ph.D '74, (Art History) and M.S.L. '75 (Law), cordially invites you to an evening of musical meditations followed by dinner at a Tibetan restaurant.

The Open Music Ensemble will present the fourth and final presentation in the popular series "Musical Meditations." The Tibet House was founded at the request of the Dalai Lama to helppreserve Tibetan culture. The program will begin in silence. After a brief introduction, audience members will be invited to place their attention on the sounds and silences created for the group by the Ensemble or to engage in any practice they might prefer such as yoga or movement, while the musicians perform. There will be a short period of silence after which participants will be invited to share their experiences. For additional info, see www.myspace.com/openmusicensemble and www.tibethouse.org/component/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,70/extid,230/extmode,view/

Following the event, alumni are invited to dinner at a Tibetan restaurant. There are two restaurants in Manhattan: Tibetan Kitchen and Tsampa. Tibetan Kitchen requires reservations. If you would like to reserve for Tibetan Kitchen email Philip at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  by May 3.

Have you ever wanted to open a restaurant, start your own business, or manage your own brand? If so, don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dine and dish with one of Forbes Magazine's 40 Under 40! Kenny Lao, Brown '98, founder of Rickshaw Dumpling Bar, his partner and fellow NYU Stern School of Business alum David Weber, Yale '99 have garnered national attention for the unique dumpling bars (and dumpling trucks) that have sprouted up all around New York City. Together, Kenny and David will share their experiences in business, marketing practices, getting through tough times and how they turned their personal passions into a business and culinary success! Learn what it takes to launch a new business and succeed in one of the toughest restaurant markets.

Join us for an evening of complimentary beer, dumplings and other dishes, and network with other like-minded entrepreneurs! This event is open to alumni, current students, family, and friends.

Yalies make up more than half of the 60 folks who have registered thus far. There is space for 80 attendees, so use this link to register before tickets sell out.

This event is co-sponsored by the following organizations:
Brown University's Entrepreneurship Program
Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
NYU Stern School of Business

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK is proud to partner with the YALE CLUB of NYC and the Association of Yale Alumni to sponsor YALE DAY OF SERVICE, on May 16, 2009.

Click here to go to the main Yale Day of Service website to register

On this day, thousands of Yale Alumni, family members and friends will gather to volunteer for meaningful events and projects stemming from the laborious (sprucing up parks, planting gardens & painting) to the more intellectually stimulating (reading books to children, assisting with job applications & college applications) throughout the New York City Area as well as around the globe.

As an additional incentive, there will be prizes for several lucky volunteers whose names are drawn by activity leaders on May 16. Prizes include:
   * an iPod Shuffle (donated by YAAMNY)
   * one free night at the Yale Club of New York City, including breakfast (donated by the Yale Club of New York City)
   * a dinner for two at Bay Leaf Indian Brasserie (donated by Uday Gupta, Yale SOM '08)

If you cannot donate your time or talent at one of the many Yale Day of Service volunteer activities, please consider a tax-deductible gift to sponsor another alum at sites that need supplies or fundraising. Go to http://yaamny-donation.eventbrite.com/ to make a contribution.

Sign up now! Click on the link above for all the details.

The Educational Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York is engaged in planning educational enrichment programs for New York City area alumni. If you are interested in crafting first-rate, engaging, and intellectually stimulating programs with fellow Yale alumni, you are warmly invited to the join the Committee. If you would like to join, please contact the Committee at: yaamnyeducation@yahoo. All are welcome.

Are you considering re-entering the work force?
Develop a game plan that works for you!

Weil & Wein is proud to host a roundtable discussion for Yale alumni and guests designed to:

• Jump-start your career search
• Define your career objectives
• Identify your professional skill sets
• Reconcile personal, professional, and financial goals

The program is designed for off-ramped professionals with significant (5+ years) work experience who are seriously considering returning to the work force. The roundtable discussion will be led by Susan Weil (Yale SOM '88) and Terri Wein, Co-Founders of Weil & Wein, a professional career coaching and consulting firm.

Attendees must register in advance by clicking here. The program is limited to 25 attendees, and the fee is $25.

In these precarious times, its more important than ever that we all have someone to lean on to get through this period successfully. Keith Ferrazzi '88, nationally recognized keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Never Eat Alone, is launching his new book Who's Got Your Back.

Whether you want to:

• Deepen your current relationships or build new ones;
• Learn team-based formats for refining goals and work-plans;
• Develop tools to identify and overcome career-crippling bad habits;

Who's Got Your Back will give you the roadmap that you have been looking for to achieve the success you deserve.

This is the perfect opportunity to reach out to clients, associates and friends with a generous offer and invite them to join you at the event. Keith's dynamic and highly interactive session will help you deepen those bonds, which can make such a difference to your family relationships, your friendships and your bottom line at the office. You will also be able to establish new connections with prospects you meet at the event.

Space for the event is limited, so please reserve your space now.

YAAMNY will host a private alumni event before Keith speaks to the general audience. Please stay tuned for details and sign-up.

The Educational Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York, the Yale School of Management Alumni Association, and Columbia University's Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Department present ....

"The Global Economic Crisis: The U.S. in a Volatile World"
Professor Paul Bracken '82 PhD
Professor of Management & Professor of Political Science at Yale University

Financial shocks on Wall Street have spilled over into global economics and politics. Major economic problems are hitting not only the United States, but also Europe, China, India, Russia, and Japan. Generational tensions (Europe), rising unemployment (China), nationalism (India), stagnation (Japan), and frustrated ambitions (Russia) are accelerating the creation of a new international order. In this lecture Professor Bracken explores these challenges and looks at what they mean for America's national security as well as the future of the U.S economy.

Professor Bracken's lecture will be followed by Q&A and an informal reception. All are welcome to enjoy this educational enrichment opportunity, to be held at Davis Auditorium in Schapiro Center on the campus of Columbia University.

Early registration is strongly encouraged. Tickets are $12 before May 20, and $15 on or after May 20. Register today by clicking here.

YAAMNY is hosting the first-ever alumni trip to Iceland for the August 22nd marathon, half-marathon, 10K, and 3K races and to see glaciers and volcanic craters, walk on ancient lava flows, swim in geothermal pools, visit other scenic sites, and participate in local cultural activities. For information about the races in Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, click here. For more information on Iceland, visit: www.icelandtouristboard.com.

If interested, please email My ( This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ). Alumni from various cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago and Miami, have already reserved their trip package. Yale alumni based in Iceland, including the Minister of Business Affairs and a University of Iceland professor of environmental studies, have agreed to speak at the welcome dinner. The trip costs only about $2000 (including international and domestic flights), which is an amazing deal.

On a separate but related note, we've started a Yale Alumni Running Group. If you'd like to join Yalies to do some runs, check out the following Facebook Yale Alumni Running Group to get details: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=80553446143

"Yale Alumni Runners" shirts are available for purchase on the following site: http://www.campuscustoms.com/yalealumnirunners/ 

Your Iceland Marathon trip leaders,
My Luu, BA '96 and Ajit Pai, M.Arch and MBA '99

P.S. We welcome alumni of all ages from Yale College and the graduate/professional schools to participate. Alumni who have already signed up include those from Yale College,the School of Management, the Divinity School, and the School of Architecture. We also encourage you to consult a physician before starting any new exercise regimen as there might be potential risks depending on your health, for which YAAMNY holds no responsibility.