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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Kicks Off 2024-25 Season at December 4 Gala

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater‘s 2024-25 season celebrating the life and legacy of Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison kicks off on Wednesday, December 4 at 7pm with a star-studded Opening Night Gala, including a performance at New York City Center and party at Ziegfeld Ballroom. The event’s co-chairs are Emily & Len Blavatnik, Jack Pitts, Dr. Danielle Robinson & Reverend Dwayne McClary, Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach, Joan & Sandy Weill, and Pamela D. Zilly & John H. Schaefer;

Meet the Presenters: Yale Innovators Announced for the 2024 Yale Life Sciences Pitchfest

Yale Ventures is pleased to announce the 34 Yale faculty members who have been selected to present at the Yale Life Science Pitchfest on December 5, 2024. The event will showcase groundbreaking research in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health, with presenters delivering 5-minute pitches followed by 3-minute Q&A sessions with a panel of judges. The annual event, hosted by Yale Ventures, serves as the semifinals for The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, an accelerator fund dedicated to advancing the commercialization of applied research and technology in the life sciences.

Richard Flanagan’s Question 7 Wins The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan is tonight named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024. The winner was announced by Chair of Judges, Isabel Hilton, at a ceremony hosted in London and generously supported by The Blavatnik Family Foundation. The announcement was streamed to readers around the world via the Baillie Gifford Prize social media channels. With his win, Flanagan becomes the first author to ‘win the double’ of the Booker Prize for Fiction and the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.

Creative Sparks: How the Mughal Empire Made Opulent Art with Power

Just how wealthy and powerful the Mughal emperors were is demonstrated in a new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, which can afford to offer the best known physical remnant of the empire, the Taj Mahal, only passing mention among a galaxy of remarkable paintings, illustrated manuscripts, textiles, carpets and spectacular objects made from precious stones and metals, some of which have rarely been displayed before. The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence is supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

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