Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 19, 2004|Volume 32, Number 22

Andrew Rodriguez, age 12, and Corey Moore, age 8, of the MicroSociety Magnet School in New Haven used a solar cell to power a toy carousel in their entry for the annual citywide science fair, just one of several events that brought city schoolchildren to campus during spring break.

They came ... they saw ... they learned

While Yale students were on spring break, the University played host to thousands of New Haven schoolchildren who were taking part in a variety of programs

The "Will Power!" program, sponsored by the Yale Repertory Theatre and the School of Drama, brought middle and high school students to campus the week of March 8 to attend performances of "King Lear." After the shows, the students had the opportunity to talk with members of the cast and technical crew.

The Peabody Museum of Natural History's annual Paleo-Knowledge Bowl, held March 13 and 14, brought teams of 4th-, 5th- and 6th-graders together to compete while demonstrating their knowledge of The Age of Dinosaurs.

On March 3, Connecticut United for Research Excellence and Yale launched the Connecticut BioBus Honors Program at Yale University. Medical students led tours of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and a variety of research laboratories at the Anlyan Research Center, where participants learned about magnetic resonance images, the physiology of taste, the role of genetics in disease, the role of radiology in medicine, neurological research, and other current topics in bioscience research.

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

Yale scientist on team that discovered new planetoid

Robert Blocker has been reappointed to third term . . .

Center to foster research on cerebral cortex

Bulldogs' Nate Lawrie busy preparing himself for NFL Draft

Political scientist Ian Shapiro named YCIAS director

Zbigniew Brzezinski . . . to present talk on campus

Magic, comic mayhem prevail in re-telling of old tale

'Digital Cops in a Virtual Environment' will explore . . .

Conference to consider 'The Future of Secularism'

Exhibit features works by artist who combined fact and fantasy . . .

NIDA director discusses complicated causes . . . of drug addiction

Castle Lectures to explore materialism in today's culture

English faculty to present staged reading of 'Pentecost'

'Enclave' to explore architectural aspects of ports of commerce

In Focus: Office of Cooperative Research