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.

• The Yale Tomorrow campaign supports sweeping changes now under way for science and engineering at Yale. Read more on the new Science and Engineering page. (Sept. 19, 2008)
• With recent changes in the financial aid policy, Diana Tucci ’09 —like all Yale College students receiving scholarship support—will contribute significantly less toward her tuition costs. Read more. (Sept. 15, 2008)
• Robert Blocker, dean of Yale’s School of Music, has announced the appointment of Wing Ho as the first Class of ’57 Visiting Professor of Music Education at Yale. Read more. (Sept. 15, 2008)
• Robert A.M. Stern Architects has been selected to design the two new residential colleges of Yale College, President Richard C. Levin has announced. Read more. (Sept. 4, 2008)
• Upholding a great tradition of undergraduate education, the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc. has made a major contribution to the Writing Center at Yale. Read more. (August 25, 2008)
• Professor Larry Samuelson is an expert in microeconomic theory, game theory, repeated games, and the evolutionary foundations of economic behavior. Read more. (August 6, 2008)
• President Richard C. Levin recently traveled to Greece to participate in the Great Ideas series administered by the Fulbright Foundation of Greece and the American Embassy. Read more. (July 28, 2008)
• Thomas Barry ’66 has traveled all over the world. But it was a job exchange program to Chile during the summer before his junior year at Yale that inspired his life-long passion and interest in global affairs. Read more. (July 1, 2008)
• The David Paterson Golf Technology Center, a new facility to enhance the training and performance of the men’s and women’s teams, was formally dedicated. Read more. (June 27, 2008)
• Research projects by two investigators have been given a boost with awards from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation for Health-Related Research. Read more. (June 26, 2008)
• On June 6, 2008, the Yale Corporation approved the construction of two new residential colleges. This historic decision opens Yale College to a greater number of students than ever before, even as related investments add new capacity for teaching and research across the campus. Read more. (June 7, 2008)
• The School of Medicine has announced the creation of the David J. Leffell Prize for Clinical Excellence, an annual award. Read more. (April 11, 2008)
• With a gift of $10 million to the School of Medicine, Roz Milstein and Jerry Meyer are helping to expand the School’s research and treatment programs in melanoma. Read more. (April 11, 2008)
• Yale School of Drama has received a $3.235 million gift from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation, Inc., to establish an endowed scholarship fund. Read more. (January 23, 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)
• The Campaign Annual Report 2006-2007 recognizes and celebrates giving to the Yale Tomorrow campaign during the 2006-2007 fiscal year. Read more. (December 12, 2007)