Cadaver ball marks end of first-year anatomy course

On March 24 about 200 revelers gathered at the New Haven Lawn Club to celebrate the end of the first-year anatomy course in an annual ritual known as the Cadaver Ball. A longstanding tradition at medical schools around the country, at Yale the celebration is held in conjunction with a service honoring the individuals who have donated their bodies to the medical school. Those attending the ball included faculty; most first-year medical students; and students from other classes and from the public health and graduate school departments. Bryan Hong, one of the organizers of the ball, danced with his girlfriend, Laura Hahn.

—John Curtis