Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 26, 2007|Volume 36, Number 8

Yale Physics Olympians build bridges beyond the problem sets.

Physics is team sport in Yale ‘Olympics’

The emphasis was on physics (as opposed to physical) prowess when teams of high school students gathered on campus for an “olympic” event on Oct. 20.

The Yale Physics Olympics, now in its 10th year, allows the students both to showcase their own knowledge of physics and to learn new principles by designing solutions to five experimental problems — such as building structures that can withstand heavy pressure — using only simple equipment and their imaginations. This year, over 50 teams of four students each from 40 schools in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York participated.

Yale student and faculty volunteers make the event possible.

Weighing possibilities for measuring unknown weights.

Team T-shirts tell the tale.

Peter Parker, program coordinator, announces awards.

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

Biggest ‘small’ black hole discovered

Study reveals Legionnaire bacteria’s survival ‘trick’

Yale must take lead in promoting a ‘green’ future, says Levin

Working for a living: Scholar explores difference between ‘callings’ . . .

Bring in the books

Yale’s longest-serving master reappointed for two more years

New director to take helm at Yale Center for Language Study

Yale World Fellows discuss social change in Latin America

Chubb Fellowship to host reading by former U.S. poet laureate

Yale singers will present a selection of popular opera scenes

School of Drama to stage Brecht’s first play, ‘Baal’

Conference will commemorate 25 years of Holocaust archives

Rarely staged sequel to ‘Beggar’s Opera’ . . .

Panel to explore world of ‘Shakespeare the Thinker’

Changing students’ food habits and attitudes is focus of summit

Music of Charles Ives will highlight second

Ceremony to honor memory of former YDS faculty member

Physics is team sport in Yale ‘Olympics’

From the United Way: ‘A Tale of Building Self-Esteem’

Campus Notes