The Poorvu Center is marking an important milestone this year: our 10th anniversary! Join us in a year-long celebration of teaching and learning excellence at Yale and help us shape the future of education.
We will host events open to the entire Yale community throughout the 2024-25 academic year. Please visit this page often for announcements and updates!
Cake & Celebration
Every month, students, faculty, staff, and visitors are invited to reflect on a question about teaching and learning by posting notes to a community board. On the dates below, there will be cake to launch that month’s new question! Celebrations take place both in the Poorvu Center lobby at 301 York St. and at Poorvu North in the lobby of Kline Tower.
September 6 - 20 at the Poorvu Center
Our September activity is to share what you liked best about being 10 years old. Visit us at the Poorvu Center to reminisce about that time in your life, leave a message, and be inspired by others in your community! If you think the board looks festive and fun in this picture you should see it in person!
Upcoming Cake Celebrations!
Friday, October 4 | Friday, November 1 | Tuesday, December 3 | Wednesday, January 8| Tuesday, February 4 | Tuesday, March 4 | Wednesday, April 2 | Thursday, May 1
Video Reflections
Once a week, on a pop-up basis, community members visiting the Poorvu Center will be invited to record a quick video reflection about teaching and learning.
Workshops and Events
Throughout the academic year, the Poorvu Center will host four public discussions of teaching and learning, organized around the following themes:
October 22: Faculty Innovation in Teaching (introduced by Peter Salovey)
A faculty panel will reflect together on how college teaching has changed over the past ten years, using examples from innovations and adjustments they have made in their own classrooms, how they have supported others in their teaching, and the resources they have tapped to do so—at the Poorvu Center and beyond. We will then open up the discussion to reflect together on how we can be ready for teaching in the next ten years.
