For those who might be visiting us for continuing education or to interview for positions, we have put together this very abbreviated summary of the New Haven area. Please note that this is not a scientific or comprehensive survey of  "living in and around New Haven". All the observations made here are personal ones by some of the faculty in the Department of Laboratory Medicine. There are a large number of more complete sites summarizing New Haven which are available on the Web as well as a number of excellent print guides; many of these are listed under "Geography and General Information" and/or under "Print Guides to New Haven."