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


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Findings may explain how
cancer spreads

Metastasis, the spread of cancer throughout the body, can be explained by the fusion of a cancer cell with a white blood cell in the original tumor, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers, who say that this single event can set the stage for cancer’s migration to other parts of the body.
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Students learning to blend economic savvy and environmental awareness in Zimmerman’s course

In this issue, we introduce a new feature, “The Creative Classroom,” looking at the ways some of Yale’s innovative instructors are inspiring their students to think and learn in new ways.
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Outreach programs showing city students science is ‘a pathway
to their future’

Daniel Santavicca, a doctoral student in applied physics, is conducting research on the high frequency electrical and electro-thermal properties of nanoscale devices in Professor Daniel Prober’s lab, but one day a week he sets that aside and coaches Paul Corona, a Hillhouse High School senior.
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Students demonstrate
energy-harvesting designs

Three mechanical engineering students demonstrated their energy-harvesting designs outside of Becton Applied Science and Engineering Center on April 25.
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Campus volunteers pitched in to paint, plant, clean up parks and city streets and support a wide range of area non-profit organizations during the annual Yale Community Service Day on April 26.
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O T H E RS T O R I E S

Alumnus Stephen Pitti named new master of Ezra Stiles College

Former Norwalk mayor Alex Knopp has been chosen to head Dwight Hall

Study identifies factors that predict premature babies’ survivability, disability

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, Farr Lecture

Inaugural James Weldon Johnson Fellow to research Harlem Renaissance

Researcher Kenneth Pugh, a reading specialist, is appointed president of Haskins Laboratories

Conference to explore psychosocial and physical dimensions of cancer survivorship

Memorial service for Dr. Steven C. Hebert

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In her course "Green Engineering and Sustainable Design," Julie Beth Zimmerman challenges her students to devise practical solutions to real-world problems.
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Stephen Pitti named master of Ezra Stiles College, his residential college during his student years at Yale.
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