In 2007, Yale purchased the 136-acre Bayer Healthcare campus. With 434,000 square feet of prime laboratory space, the complex is a golden opportunity to expand Yale’s research programs. Now the University is launching a series of interconnected institutes to make tomorrow’s breakthrough discoveries. http://www.yaletomorrow.yale.edu/westcampus/index.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:43:21 -0400 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:41:24 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com In 2007, Yale acquired the 136-acre West Campus, former home of Bayer HealthCare. Just seven miles from Yale’s main campus, the complex includes twenty buildings, about 1.6 million square feet in total, with 434,000 square feet of laboratory space configured for research in chemistry and biology. In addition to science labs, the campus has a power plant, generous warehouse space, office space, a childcare center, 2,750 parking spaces, and significant undeveloped space to permit new construction. Woods and wetlands accommodate outdoor education programs for local schools, and space exists for Yale to establish its own rail access. This ready-made research campus will be used to accelerate scientific discovery, especially in the biomedical sciences. It also holds great promise for Yale’s collections and programs in the arts--areas of signature strength for the University. The potential of this site is tremendous, providing a platform for the University to launch new initiatives in research, teaching, and public outreach. The daycare is already in use, and Yale’s museums have begun to store materials in the West Campus’s ample warehouse facilities; long-term plans include specialized centers for preservation, digitization, browseable storage, and special exhibits. Moving forward, the University is assessing the possibility of accommodating clinical programs of the School of Medicine. http://www.yaletomorrow.yale.edu/westcampus/pdfs/wc_statement.pdf D42CE2A4-5640-4980-8CDA-FF9949C12DAE Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:41:24 -0400 The development of West Campus is about the discovery and translation of knowledge that can improve human health and quality of life. And as institutes and laboratories take hold there, donors are helping to secure new resources so that the quality of science is enhanced on every level. Yale Tomorrow seeks new endowment and capital funding to strengthen every part of its biomedical research effort--facilities, equipment, programs, faculty, fellowships, and more. http://www.yaletomorrow.yale.edu/westcampus/support/index.html B89675B8-0CEE-48C2-A8F9-0F606BC7AF74 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:29:12 -0400 In 1979, a grassroots organization began videotaping and collecting accounts from survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust. Today, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies contains more than 4,400 interviews and resides under Yale’s care in Sterling Memorial Library. Although videotape was state-of-the-art at the time the project began, now, after only a generation, it is nearly obsolete. To ensure the testimonies endure and remain accessible to the widest possible audience, Meg Bellinger, director of Yale’s new Office of Digital Assets and Infrastructure, and Joanne Rudoff, archivist for the Fortunoff collection, plan to digitize them all. http://www.yaletomorrow.yale.edu/westcampus/arts/arts_digitizing.html 8BAAE9E3-665C-42B4-9A8D-3F5AD15A0967 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:39:11 -0400 In an interview with Yale Alumni Magazine, President Richard C. Levin recalls how this historic purchase came about and reflects on the implications for the University. http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2007_09/q_a.html 22799717-4C11-4108-966C-9DAB2AD66CD9 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:38:11 -0400 President Richard C. Levin has named Professor Michael Donoghue as the first Vice President for West Campus Planning and Program Development. "Michael’s background as both a leading scientist and a museum director makes him uniquely qualified for this newly created position," Levin said of Donoghue, the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, who recently completed a five-year term as the director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Levin said Donoghue would be responsible for developing an overall blueprint for programmatic initiatives on the West Campus, working with faculty to develop specific details of new research programs and core facilities, and coordinating the program for library, museum and other initiatives there. Donoghue’s appointment is for three years, at which time Levin said programs at West Campus should be established to the point that they will be governed through normal academic channels, most likely ending the need for the vice presidency. http://www.yaletomorrow.yale.edu/westcampus/news/wcvp.html E7B12BA1-4ECE-4AF8-950C-F95F1A26C84F Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:37:00 -0400 Lars J. Brandén, Ph.D., calls himself a "jack-of-all-trades"--a description that says much about his job as the inaugural director of Yale’s Center for High Throughput Cell Biology (HTCB). Brandén came to Yale with a unique résumé and an invaluable mix of experiences spanning gene therapy research at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and proteomics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In his most recent post as associate director of chemical genetics and director of the Columbia MLSCN at Columbia University’s Salzberger Genome Center, he launched a facility for high-throughput screening of compounds in cell-based assays--an equipment-intensive process that has positioned Brandén on the cutting edge of biomedical technology. http://www.yaletomorrow.yale.edu/westcampus/scimed/larsbranden.html B1C5FC40-3B59-4BC8-8B79-02E518CB96D8 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:35:58 -0400 Yale University is internationally renowned for its contributions to the arts and invaluable collections. The recent acquisition of West Campus, located just a few miles from downtown New Haven, presents an opportunity to extend this influence. With more than 600,000 square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space, the new 136-acre complex is a veritable blank slate for innovation and has inspired grand plans from the University Library, its arts schools, and museums. Yale boasts the world’s seventh largest library system, with over 10 million volumes in 21 libraries, including Sterling Memorial Library and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. It has outstanding collections in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Center for British Art, Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. These holdings are diverse, yet they all share common needs in terms of preservation, storage, and access. http://www.yaletomorrow.yale.edu/westcampus/arts/arts_collections.html C921DB0E-6708-434C-9381-BE0B98AF1C6E Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:34:05 -0400 With the acquisition of the former North American headquarters of Bayer Healthcare in 2007, Yale University expanded its education and research infrastructure by more than 50 percent. The 136-acre property sits just a few miles from downtown New Haven and features twenty buildings with more than 434,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space. Now known as West Campus, this historic acquisition complements the University’s already robust investments in science and medicine and promises to catapult Yale forward to the leading edge of biomedical discovery. "Yale is in the midst of a boom in the expansion of its science and medical facilities," said President Richard C. Levin. "The addition of this ready-made, state-of-the-art research space will allow that growth to accelerate at an unprecedented level--potentially making it possible for Yale scientists to develop new discoveries, inventions, and cures years earlier. The laboratories at the West Campus will enable us to undertake research programs that we would not have had space to develop for a decade or more." http://www.yaletomorrow.yale.edu/westcampus/news/historicacquisition.html 61ECFFB9-4802-4708-ADF2-7672E5E11EF9 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:30:25 -0400