Speeches
September 14, 2023 Honoring the Rev. James W.C. Pennington and the Rev. Alexander Crummell |
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August 21, 2023 Slow Down and Fix Things Opening Assembly Address, Yale College Class of 2027 |
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May 21, 2023 Engage! Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2023 |
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October 27, 2022 A Home for the Humanities Humanities Quadrangle Dedication |
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October 15, 2022 Jackson School Dedication Ceremony |
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August 22, 2022 Pursuing Truth at Yale Opening Assembly Address, Yale College Class of 2026 |
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May 22, 2022 On Intellectual Humility Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2022 |
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May 14, 2022 Congratulating the Graduates of 2020 and 2021 Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2020 and Members of the Class of 2021 |
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April 30, 2022 50th Anniversary of the Afro-American Cultural Center Bouchet Ball & Awards Ceremony |
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February 27, 2022 Vigil for Peace Vigil for Peace |
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October 28, 2021 Yale and Slavery in Historical Perspective Annual Conference Hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Center |
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August 28, 2021 When the World Is on Fire Yale College Opening Assembly Address, Class of 2025 |
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May 24, 2021 Gifts from Our Teachers Congratulating Yale's 2021 graduates |
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August 29, 2020 Compassion and Cooperation for Change Yale College Opening Assembly Address, Class of 2024 |
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May 18, 2020 Caring for Our Neighbors Congratulating Yale's 2020 graduates |
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October 29, 2019 Dedication of the Yale Science Building Celebrating the Grand Opening of the Yale Science Building |
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August 24, 2019 A Culture of Curiosity Yale College Opening Assembly, Class of 2023 |
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June 20, 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Honorary Degree Acceptance Vytautas Magnus University Honorary Degree Ceremony, Kaunas, Lithuania |
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June 4, 2019 2019 Reunions President's Update |
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May 17, 2019 What are You For? Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2019 |
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May 3, 2019 New Haven and Yale: Three Centuries of Partnership New Haven Chamber of Commerce 225th Annual Meeting |
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April 16, 2019 Miller Hall Dedication Dedication of Miller Hall |
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August 25, 2018 Our Yale Citizenship Yale College Opening Assembly Address, Class of 2022 |
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May 20, 2018 Drawing a Larger Circle Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2018 |
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October 6, 2017 New Colleges Dedication Dedication of Benjamin Franklin College and Pauli Murray College |
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September 24, 2017 The Inauguration of Elizabeth Bradley as the President of Vassar College The Inauguration of Elizabeth H. Bradley as the Eleventh President of Vassar College |
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September 5, 2017 Dedication of Grace Hopper College |
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August 26, 2017 Thinking Like a Fox Yale College Opening Assembly Address, Class of 2021 |
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May 20, 2017 Strangers in a Strange Land Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2017 |
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August 27, 2016 Countering False Narratives Freshman Address, Yale College Class of 2020 |
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May 21, 2016 Membership in a Community: Speaking, Listening, Finding Common Ground Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2016 |
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October 11, 2015 Transcending Boundaries: A New Variation on the Liberal Arts Ideal Yale-NUS Inaugural Symposium on International Liberal Education |
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August 29, 2015 Launching a Difficult Conversation Freshman Address, Yale College Class of 2019 |
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May 16, 2015 Repair the World! Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2015 |
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April 30, 2015 The Echoes of History ROTC President's Review |
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April 16, 2015 Peering Into the Future: A More Accessible Yale New Residential Colleges Groundbreaking Ceremony |
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November 14, 2014 Teamwork, Synthesis, and Impact: Entrepreneurship, the Yale Way Association of Yale Alumni Assembly 2014 |
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October 14, 2014 Yale: Past, Present, and Future Founders Day Celebration on the Cross Campus |
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August 23, 2014 Free Expression at Yale Freshman Address, Yale College Class of 2018 |
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May 18, 2014 On Gratitude Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2014 |
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April 9, 2014 New Haven and Yale: On Common Ground Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting |
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October 13, 2013 Inaugural Address: Our Educational Mission Presidential Inauguration, Woolsey Hall |
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August 24, 2013 'Yale and the American Dream' Freshman Address, Yale College Class of 2017 |
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May 24, 2009 Just Do It Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Convocation Address |
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August 30, 2008 A Contrarian Education Freshman Assembly, Yale College Class of 2012 |
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September 1, 2007 The Pursuit of Happiness Freshman Assembly, Yale College Class of 2011 |
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September 2, 2006 Thinking in New Ways Freshman Assembly, Yale College Class of 2010 |
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August 27, 2005 Beyond Caricature Freshman Assembly, Yale College Class of 2009 |
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August 24, 2004 Creative Places Freshman Assembly, Yale College Class of 2008 |
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August 26, 2003 On Finding Your Passion (Within Reason) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Matriculation Address |