Yale School of Public Health to become independent school

Yale School of Public Health to become independent school

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from Becker’s Hospital Review Cailey Gleeson (Twitter) – Friday, February 25th, 2022 The Yale School of Public Health will transition into a self-supporting, independent school, and its leaders have pledged $150 million of endowment toward the school’s teaching, research and practice, they said Feb. 24. The organizational changes were based on input from the school community through listening sessions, meetings and written correspondence over the past few months, they said. The school has operated as a department within Yale’s…

Leaning into Taxes!

Leaning into Taxes!

ByBruce Bolnick

Editor’s Note: It’s time to share our Second Acts, new commitments or zig/zags that might delight or challenge classmates. It’s a new section called “Onward,” and here’s the first one. (Send yours!)

Want an excellent mental challenge to hold off cerebral atrophy?! Here’s one you might want to consider. First, a bit […]

Nathan Chen wins figure skating gold

Nathan Chen wins figure skating gold

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from The Guardian  as Nathan Chen wins figure skating gold for US and Olympic redemption Chen, 22, holds off Japanese rivals Kagiyama and Uno Puts to rest demons of catastrophic 2018 Olympic debut Bryan Armen Graham at the Capital Indoor Stadium @bryanagraham Thu 10 Feb 2022  Nathan Chen left no doubt, making good on his long-held promise to finally take hold of figure skating’s ultimate prize. The world’s most dominant skater over the past 47 months…

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Class Colloquium 13: Depression, a discussion with Dr. Jerry Rosenbaum, March 9th at 1:30 pm EST

ByArthur Segal

What IS “Depression” anyway?   Not the economic one — the psychological one.  And what is going on when Depression hits later in life, in your 70s?

Our guide will be a world-class expert, classmate Jerry Rosenbaum, MD, who served as former Chief of Psychiatry at Mass General. (See his incredible resume for more.)  Jerry will share the latest understanding of clinical depression in septuagenarians and report on promising new therapeutics (including psychedelics). Register now for March 9th at 1:30 pm EST.

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Class Notes – Jan/Feb 2022

ByDaniel Seiver

Your scribe is saddened to report that Bobby Haas passed away in September. I discovered his aerial photography long after Yale; my copy of Through the Eyes of the Vikings (National Geographic, 2010) has had a prominent place in our living room for a decade. The photographs are truly stunning. (National Geo reminds readers that “All of the royalties from his photographic work go to nonprofit foundations and wildlife conservation organizations throughout the world.”) Classmates…

Yale researchers develop Lyme disease vaccine

Yale researchers develop Lyme disease vaccine

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from Martha’s Vineyard Times By  Eunki Seonwoo  | December 20, 2021 Clinical trials have not been done, but it does hold promise. Researchers from Yale University have developed a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine against “Borrelia burgdorferi,” commonly known as Lyme disease, according to Yale Daily News. The vaccine has been tested on guinea pigs but has not undergone clinical trials yet, so its effectiveness on humans remains uncertain. The paper was originally published in the medical…

Yale Going Remote for Final Exams, Students to Leave

Yale Going Remote for Final Exams, Students to Leave

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from NBC Connecticut Published December 19, 2021 • Updated on December 20, 2021 at 6:56 am  Yale University officials are encouraging students to leave early for the fall semester as final exams will be online amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The university said they haven’t directly experienced an increase in cases like other universities have, but they want to allow students the option to go home early. “Although the risk of transmission during in-person examinations is small, we want…

The Beatles: Get Back—an Experience or a Memory?

The Beatles: Get Back—an Experience or a Memory?

ByJohn O'Leary

It’s the holidays and once again I’m arguing with classmates and friends about the latest Beatles’ release!  Plus ça change.  This time, it’s about Peter Jackson’s 8-hour miniseries on Disney+, studying the Fab Fours’ creation of the Let It Be album.

Back in our school days, The Beatles seemed to dominate our Decembers, beginning in freshman year when Rubber Soul could […]

A sea story, sort of, about Watergate and January 6th

ByCharles Sheldon

This weekend I’m thinking about Watergate, the scandal that began when some operatives burgled a Democratic office and got caught. That happened in the run-up to the 1972 election, which Nixon won hugely, in June I believe. I was fishing then, off New England, chasing offshore lobster in Lydonia Canyon out on the edge of the shelf, maybe 120 miles from Nantucket. My skipper, Sten, who passed away in 2000, was an avid reader of…

Four Yalies to study in China as Schwarzman Scholars

Four Yalies to study in China as Schwarzman Scholars

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from Yale News By Susan Gonzalez | December 10, 2021 Two Yale seniors and two alumni with an interest in fostering peaceful and prosperous relations with China are among the 151 individuals selected as 2023 Schwarzman Scholars for graduate study in China. Seniors Jasper Boers and Sharmaine Koh Mingli and alumni Liam Arnade-Colwill ’19 and William Ge ’17 were chosen from 3,000 applicants for the prestigious fellowships, which support graduate study for a master’s degree…