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October 12, 2007|Volume 36, Number 6


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Apple Galette workshop

The Sustinable Food Project will host its annual apple galette workshop at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16.

The event will take place at the Yale Farm, Edwards Street, between Prospect Street and Whitney Avenue. Melina Shannon-DiPietro, co-director of the project, will teach participants the process of making a galette, from composing the dough to choosing which kinds of apples are best for baking. Shannon-DiPietro will use apples from High Hill Orchard in Meriden while demonstrating two classic galette recipes. The workshop is open to all, but those interested in attending should R.S.V.P. to laura.hess@yale.edu.


Winter clothing donations

The Office of International Students and Scholars, Graduate Student Life at the McDougal Center, and University Health Services are currently sponsoring their fifth annual “How to Survive a New England Winter: Cold Clinic and Winter Coat Giveaway.”

Community members may donate “gently-used” coats, hats, mittens, scarves, boots, gloves and sweaters for men, women and children. Items may be donated at the International Center, 421 Temple St.; the McDougal Center, Hall of Gradaute Studies, Rm. 123, 320 York St.; and the School of Nursing student lounge, 100 Church St.

The final day for donations will be Monday, Oct. 22. Donated clothing will be made available to new international students and scholars, many of whom are experiencing winter for the first time. Any unclaimed clothing will be donated to a local charity.

For more information, send e-mail to abigail.borchert@yale.edu.


Free drawing classes

The School of Art is offering free open life drawing classes to members of the University community.

Sessions take place 8-10 p.m. on Tuesdays in Rm. GO-1, 1156 Chapel St. Material and model will be supplied.

For more inforrmation, send e-mail to samuel.messer@yale.edu.


Library information session

The University Library’s Standing Committee on Professional Awareness and Diversity Council are sponsoring a library school information session and reception on Thursday, Oct. 18, 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Sterling Memorial Library lecture hall.

All members of the University community considering or interested in a career as a librarian, archivist or information manager are invited to learn more about these professions. Representatives from local and area library school programs including Drexel eLearning/Drexel, Long Island, and Southern Connecticut State Universities, Simmons College, and the Universities of Illinois and Rhode Island will be attending. Literature and alumni representatives who work in the Yale Library will also be available from the Universities of Arizona, Hawaii, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Wisconsin-Madison and Catholic, Syracuse and Indiana Universities.

Alice Prochaska, Yale University Librarian, and Edward Harris, dean of the School of Communication, Information and Library Science at Southern Connecticut State University, will make brief keynote remarks.

Information about Yale employee tuition assistance will be available and light refreshments will also be served. For more information call (203) 432-8061.


Recyling open house

Yale Recyling will host an open house at its Fair Haven facility on Friday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m-2 p.m.

Members of the University community will have the opportunity to choose free furniture and office supplies; learn about Yale’s collection program for surplus and how it donates back to charities or Yale departments; and enjoy snacks provided by the Yale Catering/Sustainable Food Project.

Attendees may catch the bio-diesel shuttle as it loops past Phelp’s Gate, Sterling Hall of Medicine or the parking lot entrance at the corner of Whitney Avenue and Hum­phrey Street.

For more information, call (203) 432-6852.


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

New facility is place where ‘future of medicine’ can unfold

Facility balances researchers’ needs with environmentally friendly features

Alumnus’ gift supports ‘critical’ work at F&ES

Yale affiliates to exhibit photographs, games and paintings at art festival

Yale’s United Way fundraising goal set at $1.2 million


SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWS

Museum honorees to ponder ‘The Future of Life on Earth’

‘The Greening of Yale and Beyond’ is topic of symposium

Symposium to examine the intersection of faith and politics

‘21st Century Democracy’ is the theme of Law School reunions

IN MEMORIAM

Exhibit examines post-war effort to halt the spread of communism . . .

Campus Notes


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