Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 28, 2001

Volume 30, Number 4

Yale will proceed with Tercentennial celebration

The University has announced that it will proceed with all the Tercentennial events scheduled for Friday-Sunday, Oct. 5-7, including the gathering in the Yale Bowl for the show titled "For God, for Country, and for Yale."

The weekend will also feature a symposium on Oct. 5-6, a Convocation on Cross Campus on Oct. 5 and the University's first Sunday football game on Oct. 7.

Among the speakers will be Yale alumni former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo.

University Secretary and Vice President Linda Koch Lorimer said the decision to proceed with the Tercentennial celebration in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks followed consultations with faculty, students and staff. She said the University administration also received numerous e-mail messages from members of the community in response to a request from President Richard C. Levin for comments and ideas.

"There was a remarkable consensus that all of the events planned for Yale's Tercentennial weekend should proceed," Lorimer said. She noted that one faculty member wrote, "I urge Yale to go ahead; the ability to keep the norm eventually replenishes the energy and drive that otherwise gets drained by traumatic events."

Lorimer said that a number of suggestions would be adopted to reinforce the Oct. 5 show at the Yale Bowl as a way for the campus to come together as a community. The show will feature student and alumni musicians and singers. Among the alumni who will participate are Sam Waterston, Tom Wolfe and Calvin Hill. A commemorative fireworks display will conclude the program. The 7 p.m. show will be preceded by exhibits, activities and performances on the grounds around the Yale Bowl beginning at 4:30 p.m. There will also be a variety of food items for sale.

The Tercentennial website is the source of up-to-date information on the Tercentennial weekend schedule and tickets. The administration will also continue to provide updates to the Yale community via e-mail.

FINAL TERCENTENNIAL WEEKEND

For a schedule of events taking place on the final Tercentennial weekend, click here.

For a listing of events scheduled to take place at the Yale Bowl on Oct. 5, click here.

For ticket information, click here.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Yale will proceed with Tercentennial celebration

Peabody's insects inspire fascination in scholars far and near

Talk by philanthropist surgeon to open United Way appeal

Service of Remembrance

J. Lloyd Suttle is appointed deputy provost

Benefit concert to help families of tragedy's fallen

Convocation to celebrate Yale's long tradition of theological education . . .

Grant supports professors' study of dwindling voter turnout

Panelists share experiences on matters of gender

Famed Bolshoi Theatre ballerina describes a life devoted to dance

Forest management certification program is launched

Students win grants for environmental research around the world

Insects are special of the day on Peabody Museum menu

Remembering the struggle

Trumbull Lecture will examine 1828 treatise on liberal education

Employee Day at the Bowl

Campus Notes