For the Class of 2008, celebration, loss and an exhortation to dream

Graduates remember and honor a classmate, catch a glimpse of a former Beatle and hear from an illegal alien and migrant worker who persevered to become a neurosurgeon.
more…

The invisible hand of public health

The 108 graduates of the School of Public Health have their work cut out for them …

A fallen classmate’s lasting legacy

As the 96 members of the Class of 2008 processed to Old Campus for Commencement…

Student curiosity on display at
Student Research Day

At a poster session, students in medicine…

more top stories…

Photos of the week

Keeping patients in stitches

Submit your photo…

Eight years ago, a group of about 25 women, calling themselves the Art Place Quilters at Yale, set out to make the ambience of the Yale Physicians Building less clinical and more homey. Building on the theme “the fabric of our lives,” the craftswomen created a quilt that would be displayed in the building’s first floor. The enthusiastic response to that project persuaded the women to keep making quilts.

The fruit of their labor can be viewed across the medical campus. An “I Spy” quilt will go on display in September, when the Child Study Center opens its new offices. Other quilts can be seen at the mother’s room in The Anlyan Center, Sterling Hall of Medicine, the Howard Avenue Garage, and the Yale Physicians Building.

Sponsored by YSM Facilities, Art Place Quilters is composed of women from across the university as well as the community. Members take on about three or four projects a year. Most recently, they began making lap quilts for veterans, including those who fought in the Iraq war, who have come to the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven for dialysis or chemotherapy. They’ve made about 25 quilts so far.

Some of the quilters involved with this on-going project are, from left to right, Sharon Croteau, Barbara Tracy, Lorraine F. Roseman, Jean LaCamera, Sue Turbert and Kim Roberts.

If you’d like to become involved, email Lorraine Roseman at lorraine.roseman@yale.edu. Quilters of all skill levels are welcome.