Yale Climate Day 2019

April 29, 2019
Yale Climate Day 2019

An All-day Campuswide Climate Summit

May 1, 2019

8:30 AM - 5 PM

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave, New Haven

 

CALL FOR POSTERS & PHOTOS!

Yale Climate Day is hosting both a poster session and a photo contest to showcase current University work on climate change and to encourage campus networking around this theme. The session will be held throughout the ground floor of the Yale Peabody Museum from 3-5 PM followed by a cocktail reception and awarding of top prizes for posters and photos.  Submit poster proposals and photos online no later than 11:59 PM on Tuesday, April 23: bit.ly/YCD2019

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