When: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Where:
   New Haven Free Public Library, Community Program Room
   133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06511
   (Location is wheelchair accessible)
Tags: class, community, family, medicine, science, talk

Description: Science in the News will focus on the power of brain imaging. Yale neurobiologists will discuss cutting edge techniques to reveal not just how your brain looks, but also what you’re thinking. The presentations are geared specifically for non-scientists of all ages.

Open To: General Public
Admission: Free
Contact Information:
   Yale Science Diplomats
   
   sciencediplomats@gmail.com

When: Sunday, June 16, 2013 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Where:
   Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (BRBL)
   121 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06511
   (Location is wheelchair accessible)
Tags: 50th_Anniversary, architecture, arts, community, humanities, other, talk, tour
Reserve a space through the International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Description: As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library invites Festival goers to take a look inside the Beinecke Library, one of the world's largest buildings devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts.

Admission: Tickets/Registration

When: Saturday, June 15, 2013 3:00 PM
Where:
   Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG)
   1111 Chapel St., New Haven, CT 06510
Tags: arts, community, talk

Description: Recipients of the State of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Awards from the worlds of music, poetry, visual arts and more will reflect on their own work, what it means to create locally, and the ways in which they engage with regional, national and international networks that foster creative talent while maintaining a home base in the state of Connecticut.

The conversation will be moderated by Jock Reynolds, the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University Art Gallery.

Location: First Floor, McNeil Lecture Hall


This event is part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Learn more: http://artidea.org.

Open To: General Public
Contact Information:
   
   
   

When: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:30 PM
Where:
   Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG)
   1111 Chapel St., New Haven, CT 06510
Tags: arts, community, talk

Speaker/Performer: Tanya Pohrt, the Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow, American Decorative Arts
Description: Gallery talk will reexamine the sculpture’s early history and reception to consider its enduring appeal.

Open To: General Public
Admission: Free
Contact Information:
   
   
   

When: Friday, April 5, 2013 - Friday, October 4, 2013 (All day)
Where:
   Sterling Memorial Library (SML), Memorabilia Room
   120 High St., New Haven, CT 06511
    inside 128 Wall Street entrance
Tags: arts, community, exhibition

Description: Exhibition celebrates accomplishments during the presidency of Richard C. Levin on the occasion of his stepping down from office. Photographs, memorabilia, correspondence, speeches, and printed ephemera from Richard C. Levin Presidential Records in Manuscripts and Archives and photographs from the Office of Public Affairs and Communications document selected noteworthy milestones during his 20 years of service as president of the University.

Open To: General Public
Contact Information:
   
   
   

Four Yale students have been selected as Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI) Fellows, and will work with country delegations attending the GHLI Conference, to be held June 9–14 at the University.

A delegation from Yale Cancer Center (YCC) went to Capitol Hill on May 16 to stress the life-saving urgency of continuing to fund National Institutes of Health cancer other biomedical research during these difficult budget times.

There has long been concern that people with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) should not participate in any kind of strenuous sports activity for fear that their devices could fail. But a new Yale study finds that many athletes with ICDs can engage in vigorous and competitive sports without physical injury or failure to stop cardiac arrhythmia, despite ICD shocks that may occur to the heart during athletic activities.

Jaehong Kim, newly named as the Barton L. Weller Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, is nationally and internationally recognized as a leader in the field of environmental nanotechnology and water quality engineering. His post is effective July 1. 

When: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Where:
   Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale (STM)
   268 Park St., New Haven, CT 06511
Tags: arts, class, community, exhibition

Speaker/Performer: Undergraduate Art at Yale: Reception
Description: A group show in the gallery at Saint Thomas More. Refreshments in the afternoon on Commencement Monday.

Open To: General Public

When: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Where:
   Greenhouses at Marsh Botanical Garden, All Greenhouses
   227 Mansfield Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Tags: community, family
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Description: Marsh Botanical Garden will open the doors to the greenhouses for the first time on a Saturday. Volunteer docents will be on hand to answer questions.

Open To: General Public
Admission: Free
Contact Information:
   Eric Larson
   203-432-6320
   eric.larson@yale.edu

As graduating students are being celebrated for all of their accomplishments during their time on campus, YaleNews pays tribute to their teachers on our new website, “Spotlight on the Yale Classroom.”

Schools that implement strong nutrition standards for snacks sold at school increase student meal participation and school revenue, according to a study by the Yale Rudd Center and the Harvard School of Public Health. The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, provides support for efforts to implement strong national nutrition standards for all food sold at school while promoting student participation in the National School Lunch Program. 

Andong He saw a phenomenon at work in his breakfast bowl that he couldn’t explain. It prompted this question: How does cereal shape influence the way cereals floating in the milk join?

Cancer immunotherapy is showing promise in treating patients with a variety of advanced, metastatic tumors, as evidenced by two newly unveiled studies from Yale Cancer Center. 

Dr. Lieping Chen, newly appointed as the United Technologies Corporation Professor in Cancer Research, focuses his research on developing new treatment options for cancer. His laboratory discovered the B7-H1/PD-1 immune inhibitory pathway and established the principle of cancer therapy by blocking this pathway.

Dr. Roy S. Herbst, recently designated as the Ensign Professor of Medical Oncology, is nationally recognized for his leadership and expertise in lung cancer treatment and research. His primary mission is the enhanced integration of clinical, laboratory, and research programs to bring new treatments to cancer patients.

A new Yale study looks at the scope and consequences of a burgeoning health problem in the cities of the U.S. Northeast: concurrent infection with both HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV). The study appears online in the May 14 issue of the Public Library of Science (PLoS One).

Those moments in life when you are most fully engaged have a common element — you  let go of all concerns, resentments, and thoughts of yourself, says Yale psychiatrist Dr. Judson Brewer, who asserts that people can improve their performance and even quit smoking through a technique called neurofeedback.

Each year, hundreds of New Haven students take part in Yale science programming on campus and in their classrooms through faculty and student outreach initiatives and school events. But measuring the collective impact of these opportunities has been a recent development.