Yale researchers have identified a drinkable cocktail of designer molecules that interferes with a crucial first step of Alzheimer’s and even restores memories in mice, they report Jan. 2 in the journal Cell Reports.
The binding of amyloid beta peptides to prion proteins triggers a cascade of devasting events in the progression of Alzheimer’s — accumulation of plaques, a destructive immune system response, and damage to synapses.
Ken Brown writes: “Over the weekend of October 20th, 6 members of our class with 3 spouses attended a weekend in Charleston, SC. Last November, Ben Slotznick and Ian Glenday from the class of 1970 approached me with the idea of a joint class of 1969, 1970, and 1971 off- site mini-reunion. The thought was that, given the relatively few Yale alumni in the southeast, getting 3 classes to participate would ensure a good crowd. …
Editor’s Note: The author is a member of our Class and a lecturer in political science at Yale College.
In case you are interested, here’s a glimpse at what Yale undergrads are thinking about our political prospects today.
A Portland, Oregon man — and 2006 graduate of Yale University — has become the first person to traverse Antarctica alone, unassisted in any way by wind or with additional supplies
Colin O’Brady, of Portland, finished the bone-chilling, 930-mile (1,500-kilometer) journey as friends, family and fans tracked the endurance athlete’s progress in real time online. The trek was previously deemed impossible.
ISPS was founded in 1968 to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the social sciences. Today, the institution sustains a vibrant network of scholars and students interested in shaping public policy. It directly sponsors research by its resident faculty, research fellows, and non-affiliated faculty working in the social sciences in a variety of areas, including health care policy, race and inequality, and political polarization.
AYA to YAA: Yale Alumni Association announces new name, visual identity, and website
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Our character, strength, and values come from our diversity and our commitment to a culture of inclusion and equity. We encourage and empower our alumni to create, participate, and lead, in ways that are personally meaningful and valuable to the community.
Our mission is to enhance and renew the lifelong Yale experience for all alumni, whoever they are and wherever they may be. We strive to inspire new ideas, affiliations, friendships, professional fulfillment, and acts of service, around the world.
From Yale Press Release. Beinecke Library acquires papers of humorist David Sedaris By Michael Morand december 10, 2018 The guide that David Sedaris was given when he worked as an elf at Macy’s, an experience that inspired his breakthrough essay “The Santaland Diaries.” (Photo credit: Tubyez Cropper) The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library has acquired the papers of David Sedaris, noted American humorist, author, and essayist. Sedaris, who grew up in Raleigh, North…
When someone decides to run for Governor of Wisconsin almost fifty years after graduating from college, a decent respect to the opinions of my friends requires that I explain my motivation. Many of my classmates were generous in supporting my candidacy, and I thank all of you for that. I had served as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin long ago, in the early eighties, and have been a candidate for office in Wisconsin…
One of the more interesting submissions I received following my request for classmates to send me artifacts from our days at Yale, was a 3-minute, 16mm film Steve Bemis created for Art 50b, a second semester, senior year seminar. The film shows his roommates, Ralph Schmidt and Mabry Rogers, playing squash, set to an Erroll Garner jazz soundtrack.
Check it out.
At our Freshman Assembly in Woolsey Hall, held at the end of that frenetic first week of moving in, buying used furniture, getting new books, and meeting scores of new people, we gathered to hear Kingman Brewster address us as Yale men for the first time. Among other things, he observed: “You’ll notice something unusual about this place: About half the students walk around as if they own the place. The other half walk around,…
“The most talented, driven Americans chased the American dream — and won it for themselves. Then, in a way unprecedented in history, they were able to consolidate their winnings, outsmart and co-opt the government that might have reined them in, and pull up the ladder so more could not share in their success or challenge their primacy.”
from the dailycaller.com FLASHBACK: That Time George H. W. Bush Met Babe Ruth While Playing Baseball At Yale By Evie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter|Dec. 1st, 2018 Former president George H. W. Bush passed away Friday at the age of 94 after a life full of historic experiences — including meeting famed baseball player Babe Ruth before anyone knew Bush would become the 41st president of the U.S. Bush was captain of the…
Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about our email discussion tool, the 1969 Listserv. It’s an easy way to talk with the class as a whole. How to join. How to use it. How to manage it — the whole works, all here.
You have recently joined a book club.
Before each meeting, one member of the literary collective sends an email to the club secretary offering a few thoughts on the assigned text. This month, it’s your turn to compose the brief review.
A new study suggests that the words you use may depend on whether the club secretary’s name is Emily (“a stereotypically White name,” as the study says) or Lakisha (“a stereotypically Black name”). If you’re a white liberal writing to Emily, you might use words like “melancholy” or “euphoric” to describe the mood of the book, whereas you might trade these terms out for the simpler “sad” or “happy” if you’re corresponding with Lakisha.
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau has entertained millions with his Pulitzer Prize-winning strip “Doonesbury,” but he never expected it to be his career when it started 50 years ago, he says in an interview with his wife, “CBS Sunday Morning” anchor Jane Pauley, to be broadcast December 2.
“It was more or less an accidental career,” Trudeau said. “It didn’t seem to me that I was going to be bound to this thing, for any extensive period of my life – and here it is, 50 years later.”
(Update: 1/10/2019: Yale Daily News reports that the plan was illegal and will be abandoned.) Yale University students who want to use the “morning-after pill” soon will have the emergency contraception available via vending machine, the Yale Daily News reports.
The YDN reports that the machine will be “installed in Silliman’s Good Life Center” prior to winter break. The so-called “wellness-to-go” machine also will sell other “over-the-counter medications, condoms” and lubricants, YDN reports.
