News Archive, Campaign priorities

The College

  • Oluwadamilola Oladeru ’11 wanted to receive a well-rounded liberal arts education and to participage in a strong biology program. So she came to Yale. (Oct. 28, 2009) Read more.
  • With the continued support of generous donors, Morse College became the eleventh residential college to undergo renovation beginning in May 2009. Read more. (Oct. 20, 2009)
  • Isaiah DeLeon-Mares ’10 is considering law school and hopes to one day work for a non-profit. First, however, he is looking forward to more time at Yale. Read more. (August 19, 2009)
  • Yale kicked off the 2009 reunion season with two receptions recognizing alumni volunteers from the Yale Alumni Fund, Reunion Giving, and the Association of Yale Alumni. Read more. (July 14, 2009)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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’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.
  • A new professorship has been established in honor of Yale economist and former provost William C. Brainard by his friends and colleagues. (Dec. 19, 2008) Read more.
  • Casey De’Brian Gerald ’09 came to Yale as much for the people of his community as he did for himself. “Yale has been a great opportunity for me, but it’s meant a lot to my neighborhood too,” Casey said. (Dec. 12, 2008) Read more.
  • When Allen Zhang ’11 first came to visit Yale, he met students so passionate about their experience he couldn’t wait to become an Eli himself. “They were so helpful I immediately fell in love with the school.” Read more. (Oct. 29, 2008)
  • Yale College has received a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor to establish the Sharon Oster Resource Fund for Undergraduate Teaching and Engagement. Read more. (Nov. 12, 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 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)
  • An accomplished athlete and pianist, Susan Scanlon ’10 of Timothy Dwight College came to Yale from nearby Enfield, Connecticut. With interests in many different areas of science, including physics, chemistry, and biology, she has plans to pursue them all during her time at Yale. Read more. (June 24, 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)
  • Skawenniio Barnes ’10 says the students at Yale are genuinely happy, friendly, and laid-back.  That's just one of the many reasons she is glad she is able to attend Yale, with the help of a generous scholarship. Read more. (May 13, 2008)
  • When Mary Attardo ’11, a freshman from Staten Island, New York, decided to come to Yale, she was looking for a challenge. Read more. (February 27, 2008)
  • When Yale’s Chinese language debate team spent a week in Beijing representing the United States, the Richard U. Light ’24 Fellowship program played a critical role in their success. Read more.
  • With generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Yale University recently launched Open Yale Courses, an innovative project offering some of Yale’s most popular courses online and free of charge. Read more.
  • More than 150 alumni, friends, students, and faculty gathered for the recent rededication of Silliman College, marking a new beginning for the College, the eighth of Yale’s residential complexes to undergo a top-to-bottom renovation. Read more.
  • New York City, a longtime destination of dreams for Yale alumni, served as an ideal location for the latest Yale Tomorrow regional launch. Read more.
  • A party of more than 600 alumni, parents, and friends gathered in Coxe Cage November 17, 2007, to celebrate the top-to-bottom renovation of Yale Bowl, a national landmark now in its ninety-third season of gridiron action. Read more.
  • Jonathan Edwards College has embarked on a yearlong renovation. The renovation is part of a phased program to upgrade all twelve of the residential colleges. Calhoun College is the next in line. Read more.
  • An introductory course, funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, challenges students to think like working scientists and to have a personal stake in the outcome of their projects. Read more.
  • Davenport and Silliman masters Richard Schottenfeld ’71, ’76 M.D. and Judith Krauss ’70 MSN hosted a gathering to dedicate Robert M. Arnold Hall, the latest celebration in the continuing renewal of the Yale’s residential colleges. Read more.
  • More than 130 Yale Tomorrow Executive Committee and Campaign Committee members met for a campaign update and to discuss two prospective new residential colleges. Read more.
  • Trumbull College renovations complete, rededication celebrated. Read more
  • A centerpiece of Yale Tomorrow is financial aid. For talented students like Michael Noltemeyer, contributions in this area are more important than ever. Read more.
  • The Class of 2007 Senior Class Gift campaign was a resounding and record-breaking success. The class raised more than $27,000 from 80 percent of the class, beating the previous record for dollars raised.
  • Jill Abramson, managing editor of The New York Times, is teaching the advanced journalism seminar at Yale spring semester, 2007. Read more.
  • Professor of Music History Ellen Rosand wins an award that will allow her to create a Baroque opera company for Yale undergraduates. Read more.
  • A Yale art gallery program links students with works of art. Read more.
  • Yale College graduates launch company, tap global markets. Read more.
  • A Yale player and a Yale coach are invited to the International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championship. Read more.

The Arts

  • Pritzker-Prize laureate and Yale School of Architecture alumnus Norman Foster and his family have donated $3 million to Yale School of Architecture to fund a visiting professorship in his name. Read more. (Oct. 8, 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.
  • Thanks to the generosity of John W. ’67 and Susan Jackson, visitors to the Yale University Art Gallery have a new opportunity to experience the work of 20th century master artist, Pablo Picasso. (Feb. 11, 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.
  • 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)
  • 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.Yale attracts the nation’s most talented students to its arts programs, graduating the dramatists, musicians, artists, and architects who define the best of America’s culture.
  • Endowed financial aid is a growing part of this great Yale tradition. Read more.
  • Yale School of Drama Dean and Yale Rep Artistic Director Bundy discusses accomplishments, goals, and Yale Tomorrow campaign. Read more.
  • A fellowship established through a gift from Richard J. Franke ’53, brings distingushed visitors to the Whitney and promotes scholarly exchange. Read more.
  • A generous gift from Jeffrey H. Loria '62, noted collector and art dealer, will fund construction of a new building. Read more.
  • Endowed fund to support a major new publishing series of foreign literatures in translation. Read more
  • The newly renovated Louis Kahn building offers an improved experience, with many recent acquisitions on view for the first time. Read more.
  • Professor of Music History Ellen Rosand wins an award that will allow her to create a Baroque opera company for Yale undergraduates. Read more.
  • A Yale art gallery program links students with works of art. Read more.
  • Chamber choir specializes in music from before 1750 and the last hundred years. Read more.

The Sciences

  • On October 16, Yale dedicated the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical, and Engineering Sciences. (Oct. 30, 2009) Read more.
  • Donors Joel ’54 and Joan Smilow joined with Yale and city leaders October 21 to dedicate the Smilow Cancer Hospital. (Oct. 23, 2009) Read more.
  • Yale’s Thomas Steitz is one of three winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more. (October 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)
  • The Michael J. Fox Foundation has awarded $125,000 to Yale biomedical engineers Mark Saltzman and Michael Levene for research aiming to overcome obstacles to drug delivery in regions of the brain affected by Parkinson’s disease (PD). (June 2, 2009) Read more.
  • The Challenge Fund for Public Health at Yale was created to advance a program of teaching, research, and leadership that improves the health of individuals and populations around the globe. 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. Read more.
  • Research collaboration among scientists working in the traditionally unrelated fields of biology, physics, and engineering has gained new momentum at Yale, thanks to a gift from Dr. Raymond and Beverly Sackler. Read more. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  • With a goal to stimulate environmental entrepreneurship, the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation recently established the Sabin Environmental Venture Prize at Yale. Read more. (Oct. 17, 2008)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • More than sixty members of the Yale Tomorrow Campaign Committees met to discuss how the new West Campus will affect Yale and the Campaign. Read more. (May 5, 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)
  • A contribution of $2.5 million has endowed a fund in the School of Medicine in honor of William Orthwein, a 1938 graduate of Yale College. Read more.
  • John E. Borowy ’50 M.D. leaves a legacy that will benefit medical students for years to come. Read more.
  • An introductory course, funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, challenges students to think like working scientists and to have a personal stake in the outcome of their projects. Read more.
  • On May 3, Yale University broke ground on a new home for the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, a facility that will be a model for “green” architecture worldwide. Read more.
  • Annual black-tie benefit supports creation of clinical trials unit within hospital. Read more.
  • The Yale PET Center provides a fast, accurate way to take pictures of the living brain and other parts of the body. Read more.
  • Alum’s $2.5 million gift spurs study of Alzheimer’s. The gift will support the School of Medicine's Yale Scholars Initiative. Read more.
  • Provost Andrew Hamilton has announced that Paul Fleury, dean of Yale Engineering, will be the new director of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering (YINQE). Read more.
  • Yale scientists are lifting the veil on the human brain thanks to new imaging tools that show its workings in detail and in real time. Read more.
  • A course on evolution, ecology and behavior is designed to teach students how to ask good questions. Read more.
  • Yale alumnus Thomas C. Israel '66 makes an unrestricted gift to the School of Medicine, carrying on a tradition begun by his late father, Adrian C. “Ace” Israel '36. Read more.
  • Two Yale professors use cutting-edge research tools to tackle genetically complex human disorders like age-related macular degeneration and Crohn's disease. Read more.
  • The new PET Research Center allows researchers and clinicians to more quickly identify and treat disease. Read more.
  • A new paper co-authored by Eric Sargis, a Yale researcher and an assistant curator at the Peabody Museum, reconstructs the base of the primate family tree. Read more.
  • Yale biologists are trying to trap viruses in habitats that force their extinction, according to a new report in Ecology Letters. Read more.
  • The proposed Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven builds on a 30-year legacy of achievement. Read more.
  • An interdisciplinary “center without walls” provides cutting-edge technologies and research opportunities to departments across the University. Read more.

The World

  • A cohort of eleven students, the first participants in a new Bulldogs program, returned to Yale this September sharing a novel perspective of Israel. Read more.
  • Thanks to Dr. Abigail E. Disney ’82 and her husband, Pierre N. Hauser II ’82, students from developing countries have an opportunity to study at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Read more. (Oct. 8, 2009)
  • On September 21, 2009, Yale University welcomed Maurice Greenberg and other guests to the dedication of a new facility made possible through his leadership gift to Yale. Read more. (Oct. 2, 2009)
  • President Richard C. Levin announced that Yale has received a $50 million gift to establish the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. (April 3, 2009). Read more.
  • 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 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Hellenic Studies at Yale will be the major source of funding for the Hellenic Studies Program at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. Read more. (May 28, 2008)
  • When Yale’s Chinese language debate team spent a week in Beijing representing the United States, the Richard U. Light ’24 Fellowship program played a critical role in their success. Read more.
  • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will donate $10 million to support the China Law Center, an interdisciplinary center in the Yale Law School. Read more.
  • Yale hosted the seventh annual gathering of the Sterling Fellows, the University’s most generous donors. Read more.
  • President Richard C. Levin will lead a delegation of Yale students, faculty and administrators to China this spring at the invitation of President Hu Jintao of China. Read more.
  • When members of the Yale School of Management first-year class traveled recently, it helped them prepare for their first assignment of the spring term. Read more.
  • Maurice R. Greenberg, through his family foundation and The Starr Foundation, are each donating $25 million to Yale. Read more.
  • Yale Professor Jack Balkin explains how blogs are changing the nature of legal discussion and legal education. Read more.
  • President Richard C. Levin calls on large organizations around the world to take action to address global warming. Read more.

Other News of Interest

  • On May 29, 2009, Yale University celebrated the inauguration of the Prospect Street Windmill Project. Read more. (June26, 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.
  • Alumni, parents, and friends gathered in Seattle for the latest celebration of the Yale Tomorrow campaign. Located at the ACT—A Contemporary Theatre on Union Street in downtown, the event was hosted by President Richard C. Levin ’74 Ph.D. and Corporation Fellow Mimi G. Gates ’81 Ph.D. (March 11, 2009). Read more.
  • In summer 2008 construction began on the new University Health Services Center, a state-of-the-art facility that will support Yale’s ability to provide healthcare to students, faculty, and staff. Read more. (Nov. 25, 2008)
  • Yale University has officially dedicated the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center as the new home for varsity tennis. Read more. (Nov. 25, 2008)
  • Thanks to the generosity of many alumni, parents, and friends, the Yale Tomorrow campaign is helping to transform the University landscape. Read more. (Oct. 14, 2008)
  • The Yale Alumni Fund, Reunion Giving, and the Association of Yale Alumni hosted receptions to recognize the dedicated work of alumni volunteers. With more than 100 guests in attendance at each gathering, these events preceeded the May 29-June 1 and June 5-June 8 reunion weekends. Read more. (July 15, 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 on May 3. Read more. (June 27)
  • Yale recently hosted the eighth annual gathering of the Sterling Fellows, a society of the University’s most generous donors. Read more. (May 13, 2008)
  • On the Warner Bros. Studios lot, Brownstone Street was transformed to receive guests for a March 17 celebration of the Yale Tomorrow campaign. Read more. (April 3, 2008)
  • On February 29, Yale alumni, parents, and friends gathered at the spectacular Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for the latest Yale Tomorrow campaign regional launch. Read more. (March 24, 2008)
  • The 2008 Senior Class Gift campaign was a tremendous success, with a 74 percent participation rate and more than $26,600 raised. Read more. (March 19, 2008)
  • To celebrate the establishment of the Hines Endowed Fund for Advanced Sustainability in Architectural Design, Yale School of Architecture will host a major symposium on April 4–5 reexamining fundamental assumptions of sustainable design. Read more. (February 27, 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)
  • 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.
  • Frederick Frank has announced a $5 million bequest to create a new professorship in the Yale School of Management. Read more.
  • Work has begun on the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center, a new facility being funded by gifts from Samuel J. Heyman ’60 and the estate of Joseph F. Cullman III ’35. Read more.
  • A gift from investor David Nierenberg ’75, ’78 J.D. and his wife Patricia will support the new interdisciplinary Millstein Center at the Yale School of Management, as well as an endowed professorship. Read more.
  • The numerous accomplishments of Yale Alumni Fund and Reunion Gift Committee volunteers were recognized during two celebrations that kicked off the 2007 reunion weekends. Read more.
  • Yale alumni Nicholas F. Brady and Charles B. Johnson have provided a generous gift to fund the teaching and research of an expanded Grand Strategy Program for 15 years. Read more.
  • Planned gifts, featured in the new section of our website, provide the resources that create extraordinary opportunities and preserve Yale's future. Read more.
  • Yale School of Management introduces innovative curriculum.
  • Campaign Report 2006 highlights tremendous outpouring of donor support. Read more.
  • Lectures from the Yale Tomorrow launch, featuring experts from Yale, are available now as podcasts. Read more.
  • President Levin's case statement, along with several others, have been posted in the campaign library. Read more.
  • President Levin announces public phase of Yale tomorrow. Read more.
  • On Sept. 30, Yale launched Yale Tomorrow, a five-year, $3 billion campaign to build the future of the University. Read more.