News highlights

With your support, the Yale Tomorrow campaign is helping to advance the University’s mission of education, research, and the preservation of knowledge. Read on for the latest news about the campaign and its impact on faculty and students around campus.

  • Elliot Eaton ’11 is grateful for the financial aid that allowed him to take advantage of Yale's unparalleled academic, co-curricular, and study abroad opportunities. Read more. (July 1, 2009)
  • On May 29, 2009, Yale University celebrated the inauguration of the Prospect Street Windmill Project. Read more. (June26, 2009)
  • The papers of William F. Buckley, Jr. ’50 are now part of Yale University’s permanent collection, thanks to the generosity of his son, Christopher T. Buckley ’75. Read more. (June 26, 2009)
  • Robert J. Schoelkopf, professor and researcher in the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science, is noted for his work on quantum transport, single-electron devices, and charge dynamics in nanostructures. Read more. (June 19, 2009)
  • Yale School of Drama has announced that the New Theater, a 200-seat, state-of-the-art performance venue located at 1156 Chapel Street, was renamed the Frederick Iseman Theater in a dedication ceremony on May 30. Read more. (June 10, 2009)
  • On May 7, 2009, Yale University celebrated the dedication of Kroon Hall as the new home of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. More than 170 alumni, parents, and friends gathered in the building’s Burke Auditorium for the event. Read more. (May 22, 2009)
  • Harold W. Attridge has been appointed as the first Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean of Yale Divinity School (YDS). (May 20, 2009). Read more.
  • The Sterling Fellows, a society of Yale’s leadership donors, convened May 5, 2009, at New York City’s Rockefeller Center for their ninth gathering. Whitney MacMillan ’51, who chairs the fellowship, joined Provost Peter Salovey ’86 Ph.D.  in the Rainbow Room to host a dinner and musical celebration.(May 18, 2009). Read more.
  • On April 13 and 14, 2009, more than seventy members of the Yale Tomorrow Campaign Committees met in New Haven for a Campaign update and an in-depth discussion about plans for West Campus and the new residential colleges. (April 27, 2009). Read more.
  • Amandla Ooko-Ombaka ’10, a junior in Branford College, says she is most productive when she is happy. Judging from her impressive résumé, which overflows with both academic and extracurricular accomplishments, Amandla is very happy here at Yale. (April 22, 2009). Read more.
  • Yale University has dedicated the John and Theresa Mazzuto Field, a multi-use practice facility adjacent to Yale Field. (April 17, 2009). Read more.
  • Yale’s undergraduate program prepares students who go on to make incredible contributions to the world. Andrew Youn ’00 is no exception. (April 8, 2009). Read more.
  • The Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, in partnership with the Fair Haven Community Health Center, has received the first Donaghue Program for Research Leadership grant from The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Foundation. (Jan. 14, 2009) Read more.
  • Recent gifts to the Yale University Art Gallery are helping to support an important part of arts education at Yale: direct engagement with a wide selection of art from around the world and across centuries. (Jan. 2, 2009) Read more.
  • The Yale Tomorrow campaign supports sweeping changes now under way for science and engineering at Yale. Read more on the Science and Engineering page. (Sept. 19, 2008)
  • Yale Tomorrow hosts gatherings of alumni, parents, and friends from around the world. Now, an online scrapbook chronicles these Campaign events and milestones. Read more. (January 17, 2008)
 
 
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