Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 18, 2008|Volume 36, Number 26

Jenna Spinks ’11 decorates the cheek of Shanyla Sheppard, age 4.

Communing

Yale and New Haven community members came together to enjoy the springlike weather — and each other’s company — on Communiversity Day, April 12.

Below: Yale senior Kevin Bock conjured up a "Soap Explosion" as part of a demonstration by Demos, an undergraduate organization devoted to making science fun for youngsters. The phenomenon occurs, Bock explains, when two liters of liquid nitrogen in a bucket are rapidly heated and expand to 1,500 liters of gaseous nitrogen. The plume is water vapor formed as the nitrogen cools the air and a few soap bubbles "add to the effect," he says.

Photos by Michael Marsland.

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

Yale creating School of Engineering & Applied Science

Changes mean more scholarships, fewer loans for medical students

Alumni to take part in day of service in communities . . .

Campus community is invited to take Sustainability Pledge

Yale's Growing 'Green' Initiatives

Former provost and Peabody director wins the Verrill Medal

Carson Scholarships recognize achievements of local students

Noted Al Jazeera journalist discusses stereotypes during . . .

Terrorism still a grave concern for the U.S., . . .

Loan program to aid international graduate/professional students

Symposium will explore relationship of art, humanities and medicine

Perlotto to head both student and athletic medicine at YUHS

Communing

In Memoriam: Jean Boorsch

School of Management joins consortium that promotes diversity . . .

Author of ‘The Omnivore’s Dilemma’ is next Schlesinger Visiting Writer

Symposium to examine the potential benefits of genetically . . .

Campus Notes