Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 30, 2007|Volume 35, Number 23

From overhead, the Lanman Center in Payne Whitney Gym sported a pattern of blue and white squares when the 2007 Connecticut Open and Scholastic State Chess Championships were held there March 24 and 25.

The game of kings (and queens and bishops)

Hundreds of K-12 students from around the state spent time pondering their next move during the Connecticut Open and Scholastic State Chess Championships, held March 24-25 in the Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Many of the participants learned the game under the guidance of tutors from two of the tournament's sponsors: the Yale College Chess Club and Educational Technologies, a company founded by Jim Celone '83 B.A., which runs programs in 15 area schools promoting the teaching of chess as a means to developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The tournament was also sponsored by Achievement First, a non-profit school reform group.

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Website offers info on Yale's environmental, sustainability efforts

Centennial celebration to honor Paul Mellon

In her novel, student tells human story of Biafran War

Elizabeth Alexander wins inaugural Jackson Poetry Prize

New associate provost named: Cynthia Smith

Photographic archive offers multi-faceted portrait of America

'Lulu' at Yale Rep is tale of obsession, sexuality and violence

Study finds brain's 'default mode' is abnormal in schizophrenic patients

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Study shows financial barriers contribute to less follow-up care . . .

Exhibit reveals corruption behind the 'glitter' of East India Company

Inaugural symposium to explore transnational history of sexuality

Events to help prepare citizens for a public health emergency

The game of kings (and queens and bishops)

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