Yale students and community volunteers at work, cleaning up the beachfront by Long Wharf.

A day at the beach

On a perfect autumn Saturday, a dozen Yale students -- undergraduate and graduate -- joined forces with New Haven's River Keeper Peter Davis and a handful of community members to clean up the beachfront by Long Wharf. By day's end, they had filled 43 bags that weighed 1,500 pounds. The junk included empty cans and bottles, odd socks and mittens, one headless stuffed animal, lots of fast-food packaging, styrofoam peanuts, and a large chunk of plastic that broke off a pier somewhere on Long Island Sound. The cleanup was organized by McDougal Center Fellow Elaine Lewinnek (left). An alumna of Yale College (JE 1995), Lewinnek was involved in community service as an undergraduate through Dwight Hall and taught in Hong Kong for the Yale China Association after graduation. Following a few years as a public school teacher and journalist in San Francisco, she returned to New Haven as a graduate student two years ago. "You have a chance to make a real difference in this town," Lewinnek said. Undergraduate volunteers included members of the Yale Student Environmental Coalition. T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S Class of 1954 Gives Yale $70 Million Wolfe returns to old hunting grounds George Mitchell: Peace in Northern Ireland is 'remarkably fragile and remarkably enduring' Study finds key areas of brain smaller in many premature infants ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS Donald Cohen named Sterling Professor of Child Psychiatry Pharmacology expert John Krystal is designated as Kent Professor Stephen Strittmatter is appointed to new Coates Chair in Neurology New initiative to explore issue of patients' adherence Former Connecticut College official is new associate secretary Irish poet Seamus Heaney to give reading of his work Event celebrates the life of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai Judge 'misread' Microsoft antitrust case, journalist says 'Master classes' help teaching fellows become stars in classroom McClatchy and Ruff honored for contributions to the arts Pianist Boris Berman to discuss 'the making of a musician' Divinity Dean Richard Wood is named president of international educational venture Yale Parents' Weekend October 20-22, 2000 Experts will discuss new research at annual women's health conference Events featuring Yale affiliates explore how art, medicine can converge A day at the beach April Bernard, award-winning poet and novelist, will read from her new work ISPS is seeking proposals for new field experiments in the social sciences Campus Notes In the News Yale Scoreboard Bulletin Home|Visiting on Campus| Calendar of Events|Bulletin Board Classified Ads|Search Archives|Production Schedule|Bulletin Staff Public Affairs Home|News Releases| E-Mail Us|Yale Home Page