August 27: Over 300 cyclists gathered in Fairfield, Conn., for the SECOND ANNUAL CONNECTICUT CHALLENGE, a noncompetitive bike ride (www.ctchallenge.org) benefiting programs for cancer survivors at the Yale Cancer Center (YCC). Sponsored riders at this year’s event rode 25, 50 or 100 miles, raising $500,000 for the YCC.

1. Riders line up at the start of the event.

2. Connecticut Challenge cofounder Jeff Keith, of Westport, Conn., with Richard L. Edelson, M.D., professor of dermatology and director of the YCC.

3. From left: Aaron and Elizabeth Roberts joined their father, Kenneth B. Roberts, M.D., associate professor of therapeutic radiology, for the ride.

4. Yale Cycling Team members (from left) Curtis Eastin, Stephen Kriss, Anna Milkowski, Chris Ritacco, Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D., professor of political science, Bruce McGalliard (a friend of the team), David A. McCormick, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology, and Steven Felix took part in the Challenge.

September 20: A sold-out EVENING WITH JUDY COLLINS was held at Yale’s Sprague Hall to benefit Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY).

1. From left: The singer was escorted to a pre-concert reception in the President’s Room in Woodbridge Hall by Linda Koch Lorimer, J.D., vice president and secretary of Yale University, and Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, associate dean for faculty affairs and WHRY director.

2. From left: Richard C. Levin, president of Yale University and his wife, Jane Levin, join Collins at the reception.

September 20: The ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION, founded on St. Patrick’s Day in 1999 by three Irish-American executives, has raised over $20 million for childhood cancer research by holding head-shaving events that encourage solidarity with children undergoing chemotherapy treatments. During a visit to the School of Medicine, the foundation presented St. Baldrick’s supporter Jack Van Hoff, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, with a check for $25,000 to fund pediatric oncology research.

1. From left: Cheryl Davidson, Nina Kadan-Lottick, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, Van Hoff, Kathleen Ruddy, St. Baldrick’s executive director, Joli Lyn Gross and Peter Maloney.

2. The “shavee” team from St. Augustine’s Church in Seymour, Conn., included (from left) Dan Wasilewski, Cindy Hannon, Fr.Brian Jeffries and Linda Bojarczyk.

October 4: A dinner to support the CHILDREN’S HEALTH COUNCIL (CHC), a volunteer leadership group dedicated to raising funds to support research in the medical school’s Department of Pediatrics, was sponsored by David H. Dreyfuss, principal of Dreyfuss Integrated Communications Group and a CHC founding member, and his wife, Lauren Tarshis. The event was held at the Birchwood Country Club in Westport, Conn.

1. From left: Jonathan Lach, Albert Hallac and Dreyfuss.

2. Tarshis and Margaret K. Hostetter, M.D., chair and Jean McLean Wallace Professor of Pediatrics.

3. Andrew and Jennifer Kanter.

4. Standing, from left: Harold D. Bornstein Jr., M.D., and Maureen L. Bornstein. Seated, from left: Carol Hallac, Dave Evans and Albert Hallac.

5. Standing, from left: Leo Dreyfuss, Andrew Tarshis, Robert Biondi, M.D., associate clinical professor of pediatrics, and Pat Thornton. Seated, from left: Karen Tarshis, Penny Kaestli and Marie E. Egan, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and cellular and molecular physiology.