Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 5, 2004|Volume 33, Number 10

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS
Special supplements of the Yale Bulletin & Calendar, including 'Building Strength in Biomedicine' and 'University Information,' are now available on-line.

Yale scientists honored for their research

Three Yale faculty members -- Ronald R. Breaker, Andrew D. Hamilton and Karl Ulrich Mayer -- have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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'Future of Animal Law' to be explored

Attorneys, law students and professors from across the country will convene at the Law School, Friday-Sunday, Nov. 5-7, for "The Future of Animal Law," a conference exploring how U.S. law is evolving to reflect Americans' changing attitudes about animals.
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In Focus: Epidemiology & Public Health

Dean Michael Merson recalls a time over a decade and a half ago when a committee was formed to examine the question of whether the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) should be closed.
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O T H E RS T O R I E S

Yale senior starts to drive, using vegetable oil as his fuel

Grant to fund study of long-term effect of drug use on teenagers

Electronic records may improve care of children with asthma

Kaplan honored with election to the Institute of Medicine

Lecture to look at 'Iraq and the Shadow of Vietnam'

Janet Reno to be keynote speaker at Law School symposium

Study: More exercise programs for breast cancer survivors needed

U.S. and Russian organizations unite to fight AIDS epidemic in St. Petersburg

Study: Risk of developing disabilities rises 60-fold in elderly after hospitalization

Concert Band will stage 1943 Glenn Miller radio broadcast

Calhoun College to host talks by poet and Yale World Fellow

New tree a symbol of support needed to fight cancer

Campus Notes

In the next YB&C

Yale to pay fee for students seeking visas

The presidential election is topic of Poynter Lecture by CNN anchor

Pictured above is an image from one of the six 1943 Woolsey Hall radio broadcasts of "I Sustain the Wings" by Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Band.
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Giovanni Zinn (right) sits in the green Chevy truck he converted to run on vegetable oil. Chemistry Machine Shop instructor David Johnson (left) helped him with the project to create a more environmentally friendly vehicle.
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