Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 2, 2008|Volume 36, Number 28|Two-Week Issue

Bulletin Board

Bodel Childcare Center to hold spring book fair

The Phyllis Bodel Childcare Center at the Yale School of Medicine will host its annual spring book fair to raise funds for scholarships.

The event will take place Monday-Friday, May 5-9, in the rotunda of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. The fair will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. It will feature children’s books, current bestsellers, cookbooks and self-help books, all at 50%-70% off the cover price. For more information, call (203) 785-3829.

The center is open to all children in the community. First priority is given to parents who are faculty, students or postdoctoral fellows at Yale School of Medicine. It is named in honor of Dr. Phyllis Bodel, the first director of the Office of Women in Medicine.

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Alumnus Stephen Pitti named new master of Ezra Stiles College

Former Norwalk mayor Alex Knopp chosen to head Dwight Hall

Study identifies factors that predict premature babies’ survivability . . .

Center celebrates decade of shaping graduate student life

Library acquires alumnus’ images of a changing Iowa

Staff member’s Mt. McKinley climb will support cancer research

Carlotta Festival showcases work of graduating playwrights

Celebrated writers will discuss their craft in Yale Library talk

Researchers trace chlorine’s irritative effect to a specific nerve receptor

Student Research Day to feature prize-winning presentations . . .

Inaugural James Weldon Johnson Fellow to research . . .

Researcher Kenneth Pugh, a reading specialist, is appointed . . .

Conference to explore psychosocial and physical dimensions of . . .

Memorial service for Dr. Steven C. Hebert

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