Yale Bulletin and Calendar

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

University employee Lori Charette of the School of Medicine and freshman Matt Meizlisch plant a tree on the grounds of the Eli Whitney Museum during Yale Community Service Day.

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.

Photos by Michael Marsland

Among the Yale volunteers who gave a fresh coat of paint to the Creative Arts Workshop were (from left) Elaine Sullivan '10, Matt Marr '10 and Catheri

Farah Refai of the Department of Genetics helped organize the literary offerings at New Haven Reads.

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

Findings may explain how cancer spreads

Students learning to blend economic savvy and environmental . . .

Outreach programs showing city students science is . . .

Students demonstrate energy-harvesting designs

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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

Yale Books in Brief

Campus Notes