Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 17, 2004|Volume 33, Number 3

Yale to give matching grant of $100,000
to United Way's 'Success by 6' program

President Richard C. Levin has announced that the University will provide a matching gift of $100,000 for contributions to the 2004 United Way of Greater New Haven campaign at Yale.

This challenge gift -- the first in the University's history -- is designed to encourage members of the Yale community to become first-time donors and to inspire those who already support United Way to increase their level of giving.

News of the University's matching grant came shortly after the goal for this year's campaign was announced. The University's $1 million goal marks the first million-dollar campaign for United Way of Greater New Haven and almost doubles Yale's campaign contribution from last year ($566,000).

Yale's matching gift will be invested in United Way of Greater New Haven's Success By 6® initiatives, which works to ensure that all children in the greater New Haven community and the region have the tools they need to succeed in school regardless of social or economic background.

Hart Caparulo, president and chief professional officer of United Way, said: "We are thrilled that Yale has made this commitment to United Way of Greater New Haven and to our community, and are excited about announcing our very first million-dollar campaign. This outstanding leadership by Yale is also demonstrated in the deep level of involvement of Yale faculty on United Way's Success By 6 advisory board. We look forward to meeting, or even surpassing, this outstanding goal." Another supporter of Yale's endeavor to reach its million-dollar mark is John Pepper, former chief executive officer and chair of Procter & Gamble, and current vice president of finance and administration at Yale.

Pepper noted that the University has to make a real impact in the community through the United Way campaign.

"I am especially glad to be working on this year's United Way campaign because of our new initiative Success By 6®," he said. "I've seen this program work. It is a nationally proven model aimed at ensuring that all of our children are ready to learn when they enter school. We ask for your special help this year in putting into place a program desperately needed by thousands and thousands of youngsters in this community ... youngsters who truly will be our future.

"With our 13,000 women and men at Yale, we have a great opportunity to do more -- more for our community, for the people who live and work here; more for the people who really need our help," added Pepper. "Together, by choosing United Way, we can make an investment today that will improve lives tomorrow."

More information about this year's United Way campaign is available at www.uwgnh.org/yaleu.cfm or www.yale.edu/learningcenter/unitedway.

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

Yale employee's new home is the result of . . .

Neurologist Lo wins Presidential Early Career Award

Exhibit explore mysteries of the giant squid

Series will introduce new World Fellows to Yale community

Levin reports improvements in U.S. visa procedures

Grant funds study exploring the link between . . .

Yale professor's watercolors featured in JE exhibit

Bruce Carmichael is appointed an assistant provost

In Focus: Department of Surgery

Renowned writer Norman Mailer to make campus appearance

Scholars will examine the iconic career of pop star . . .

Life is portrayed as a messy affair in Rep's 'Clean House'

Fast-paced opera 'thriller' will make its American debut at Yale

Yale to give matching grant of $100,000 . . .

2003-2004 Yale United Way Donors

Artist's paintings explore common human bonds

Conference to celebrate birth of the 'founder of humanism'

Researchers find that the media's science reporting is politically biased

Grants will support two ongoing preservation projects at Yale Library

President appoints search committee for next dean of the School of Nursing

Study: Drug aprotinin reduces risk of stroke . . .

Yale scientists bring quantum optics to a microchip

IN MEMORIAM