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July 14, 2006|Volume 34, Number 31|Seven-Week Issue


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SOM gets largest single donation
in its 30-year history

The School of Management (SOM) has launched the Yale Center for Corporate Governance and Performance (YCCGP) with $20 million in gifts and commitments from individuals and corporations, including the single largest donation in the school's history -- a $10 million gift from David Nierenberg, a 1975 graduate of Yale College and a 1978 graduate of Yale Law School, and his wife, Patricia.
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Program to boost conservation
in developing world

An environmental leadership and training program designed to promote biodiversity conservation in tropical forests in Asia and Central and South America has been established at Yale with a $4.8 million gift from the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund.
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Study: Job loss near retirement doubles heart attack risk

Involuntary job loss near retirement more than doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke, researchers at the School of Medicine report in a major national study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Union, management working together to improve workplace culture through Best Practices initiative

When Yale managers and union representatives gathered around a table this spring to assess the success of a new initiative to improve workplace culture, they came to the same conclusion: Best Practices is already producing impressive results.
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O T H E RS T O R I E S

Yale pledges full cooperation in federal review

School of Nursing to launch Ph.D. program

In honor of family's gift, facility has been renamed the McNay Family Sailing Center

Students work to enrich Elm City on summer fellowship


MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWS


'To Know the Dark' exhibit features American artists' visions of the night

Study: Self-esteem a major factor in love-hate relationships

Pilot Pen Tennis tournament to debut instant replay technology

Library exhibit marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the groundbreaking Janus Press

Evidence of ultra-energetic particles found in jet from black hole

In YSN study, Iraqi nurses cite a need for new hospitals, English-language training and greater respect

Northeast's mercury levels linked to power plant activity

SurExam in China to commercialize blood test for ovarian cancer

Oncolys BioPharma in Tokyo to develop novel anti-HIV treatment

Rudd Center's new blog encourages discussion of food-related issues

This New House

Vladimir Rokhlin honored by the IEEE for his invention

Olympian swimmer Mike Austin donates his gold medal to Yale

Acclaimed director Lloyd Richards, nurtured new playwrights

Yale chemistry student chosen by DOE to meet with Nobel laureates

Chinese archivists to meet with Yale librarians

Yale Books in Brief

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A School of Architecture student takes measurements for a window frame at the site of this year's First-Year Building Project: a three-bedroom house in the Dixwell neighborhood.
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A new exhibit at the Yale Art Gallery will feature everything from peaceful moonlit scenes to nighttime terrors.
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