Las night, Maria Konnikova joined Davenport to discuss her two books– The Confidence Game and an in-progress book about poker. She was met by an enthusiastic audience. Ms. Konnikova was inspired to write her book, The Confidence Game after watching a movie about a clinical psychologist who falls for a con. She told the audience, “There is a con for every single one of you, if the right conman finds you.” In preparation for her […]
On Monday night, Davenport alumni Carter Simonds (‘99) shared an evening with Davenport students by delving into the topic of finance. Head John Witt ‘headed’ the discussion with questions concerning undergraduate life at Yale that led Simonds to her career path, mentors and the importance of personal relationships, useful skills and habits that Simonds developed throughout her professional and personal life, and what specifically makes finance fulfilling. Simonds also shared her thoughts on the modern […]
“It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves“ – Thornton Wilder Happy Monday, Gnomies! Congratulations on making it this far in the Spring semester! We hope that after an invigorating Spring Fling weekend full of music, merriment, and good food, that you have the energy to finish off the semester strong. As you begin finalizing your papers and preparing […]
This year, the Class of 2018 has shared their academic passions ranging from film to astrophysics to circus to politics at our weekly Mellon Forums on Tuesday nights. Last week, Tresa Joseph and Chi Tong closed out this year’s series of interesting talks. Tresa Joseph, a Political Science major, presented her research on justice reinvestment as a way to solve the issue of prison overcrowding. She focused on Connecticut’s attempt to implement justice reinvestment, which […]
Mellon Forum: George Gemelas & Cyrus Duff Davenport seniors George Gemelas and Cyrus Duff presented on their academic and extracurricular senior projects this week. George Gemelas, an Ethics, Politics, & Economics major, talked about the nationwide student movement he has been working on for the past year, Students for Carbon Dividends (S4CD). In discussing this year-long project. George highlighted the importance of human connection in making someone else passionate about one’s own passions. He described […]
Enjoy this early Artistic Gnomies post, so that you don’t miss any of your friends pre-reading week performances! opera x metamorphoses Featured Gnomies: Ayotunde Ifaturoti ‘18, Cara Washington ‘18 The Opera x Metamorphoses is a multi-genre devised theatre piece based on four tales from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. This project is primarily an exploration of relationships: between desire and circumstance, spiritual and physical, god and mortal, sister and brother, dream and reality. See them perform: April 27 […]
Gnomie Carlin Hagmaier ’19 is a star on the field and off! She contributed to both of her softball team’s stellar victories against Brown this past weekend. Saturday, her single contributed to the team’s 5-0 win. On Sunday her double helped Yale to pull ahead and defeat Brown 3-2. Carlin was also named to The Ivy League Honor Roll this week!
Our featured Davenport alum this week is John Caserta, Class of ’01! After graduating from Yale in 2001, Mr. Caserta went on to serve as a risk analyst for Marsh & McLennan. In 2005, John established Caserta & de Jongh, LLC, a financial planning practice and now serves as Managing Director. Besides staying connected to Yale by sharing his passion for financial literacy and education through his on-campus talks on intelligent financial decision-making, Mr. Caserta […]
Photo by Simone Gutkin You can read more at: https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/04/23/davenport-unveils-dining-hall-portrait/ Photos by Simone Gutkin
The Grammy-wining Lost Bayou Ramblers are the premier Cajun band in the country. Formed in Louisiana in 1999 by brothers Andre and Louis Michot, the band performs a dynamic range of traditional and contemporary styles from roots cajun music, swing, to what some reviewers have called punk and psychedelic Cajun. The Ramblers have toured across North America and Europe and have collaborated with Scarlett Johansson, Arcade Fire, Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes), Rickie Lee Jones, Dr. […]
The Faces of Davenport: Yesterday & Today 