In 1971 a student columnist noted with indignation that the students inducted that year included one black militant, a leading spokesman of last springs Mayday activities, [and] one of the organizers of the charity drive for New Haven. How, he asked, can some of the most outspoken defenders of the community last spring now be a member of a society that does nothing for the community?. Charlotte Abney has been awarded the SHS Award for Best Graduate Student Paper in History from the Society of Historians of Scandinavia and the Aurora Borealis Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper in Area Studies. At Borealis we never put financial results above safety, ethics or our values. [53] This was Yale's last all-male society; it has tapped women since the spring of 1992. The OPEX ("operational excellence") programme is introduced, improving working processes in order to proactively manage risks and change, and to enable employees to learn from incidents and share their knowledge and experience across the company. Berzelius is a secret society at Yale University named for the Swedish scientist Jns Jakob Berzelius, considered one of the founding fathers of modern chemistry. This initiative is part of Borealis and Borouge Water for the World commitment to contribute to making a difference to a global challenge. How long could the benefits of such interventions last? Before leaving for Japan, though, she visited her grandmother, a lively septuagenarian. Borealis and Borouge announce the launch of Anteo, a new family of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) packaging grades for the global packaging market. 1908-10 building's location, set off from the more active center of Yale's campus, lends privacy to Berzelius' members, and its unadorned largely blank exterior conveys to outsiders the deceptive sense that nothing much happens inside. Peter Denifl has distinguished himself throughout his professional life by his high scientific capabilities.Alfred Stern, Borealis Senior Vice President for Innovation and Technology. 183, Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Yale Class of 1952, pg. To give the fuddy-duddies their due, most secret societies throughout history, since the days of the first Freemasons, have been all male. Borealis invests EUR 7.8 million to convert a naphtha cavern to butane use in its Stenungsund, Sweden, steam cracker plant. [24][25] Five of the first six Yale Corporation elected Alumni Fellows were members of Bones. A persistent rumour has it that the stolen skull of the Apache leader Geronimo is among the relics that Skull and Bones keeps in its Tomb. What a freshman in 1914 had heard of societies from his preparatory school masters and a freshman in 1944 might hear from one of his numerous classmates whose relatives had attended Yale, a freshman in 1974, more likely than not from a public high school, with no previous Yale ties, would not hear at all, he wrote in 1978 in a history of his own secret society, Scroll and Key. The "Old Hall" was erected within months of the founding. It consists of a 600,000 tonnes per year (t/y) ethylene cracker and two Borstar polyethylene (PE) plants with a combined production capacity of 450,000 t/y. Box/folder number, Mss. Yale's Skull and Crossbones is arguably the most famous and well-known of all Ivy League secret societies. There is a sufficient veil of secrecy drawn around its mechanism, however, to class it with the secret societies, and this gives it a stability and respectability in Yale College circles that it might not have otherwise."[34] The society was managed similarly to finals clubs associated with the Sheffield Scientific School; however, it soon took on almost all aspects of the older societies. Head office opens in Lyngby, Denmark. Later, she planned to spend a semester in Japan, investigating why its residents have the worlds longest life spans. Honorary members are elected. Among other leadership roles, Suhail Al Mazrouei is also Energy Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Chairman of several other UAE and international companies. The resulting cut on her leg, though bloody, proved superficial. Together, Borealis and Borouge now have an annual polyolefin production capacity of 8 million tonnes. But no one ever based a horror movie franchise around the Princeton dining clubs. Updates? He waits until nearly the end of the book to mention that one of the undergraduate ringleaders in favor of admitting women was future Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee. Contributions to undergraduate life has been historically among the criteria for membership in Yale societies. [1][2], The alumni trust organization, the Colony Foundation,[3] owns the society's building. "Acqua per LAquila": Borealis and System Group - Centraltubi support the construction of temporary housing facilities in LAquila, Italy, after a devastating earthquake. A unique bottom-up process resulting in a new addition to the English language, Nimblicity combines the essence of "nimble" and "simplicity.". You cant create beliefs, but you can activate them, Dr. Levy said, by exposing people to words like active and full of life, instead of grumpy or helpless, to describe older adults. He could not believe I would hold back such irrelevant secrets the night before I faced possible death."[42][43]. Dr. Levy, who is 55, credits her focus on aging to an after-college job at a psychiatric hospital in suburban Boston, a graduate fellowship in Japan and an errant crate in a Florida grocery store. View [index.HTML] for frames version", "Tomb raiders: The clubhouses of Yale's secret societies", Yale's Fraternities, Sororities and Societies, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berzelius_(secret_society)&oldid=1114928253, Student organizations established in 1848, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles lacking in-text citations from May 2017, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Vague or ambiguous time from January 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 9 October 2022, at 00:35. They test subliminal biases using computer programs that flash negative or positive words about aging so quickly that participants inadvertently absorb them. By selecting these three core areas, Borealis' Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities contribute to the following United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDG . Less clear is what precisely about that seismic cultural shift proved fatal. Borealis' Stenungsund crackers offer world-class feedstock flexibility as well as Europe's largest feedstock storage capacity. It also announces the rebranding of the Compact technology, which will now be known as Borceed. Waste & Resource Efficiency. Undergraduates walk past the brownstone tomb on High Street with no more interest than they walk past Yorkside Pizza. Yale partisans may be tempted to take delight in the fact that their school has not taken such a humorless stand against a venerable form of undergraduate socializing. Borealis invests EUR 40 million to upgrade the stream cracker in Porvoo, Finland. With its head office in Vienna, Austria, the company currently has around 6,800 employees and operates in over 120 countries. Borouge, a joint venture between Borealis and ADNOC, starts up a new, EUR 1.4 billion petrochemical complex in Ruwais, UAE. Borealis was formed in 1994 through the merger of Statoil and Neste. The fight that led to women finally being let into Skull and Bones in 1991 makes a gripping saga: keys to the tomb confiscated, lawsuits threatened, top-secret memos leaked and printed in the Wall Street Journal. It almost kills me, he wrote. 122 RANDLE: Calephelis borealis Biology VoU, nos.3-4 was about 250 feet distant from and about 35 feet above a permanent stream. Beginning in the 1850s, the Yale undergraduate student body grew more diverse. To maximise its impact, Borealis concentrates its social engagement on three areas: Education & Social Integration. The study found that median survival was seven and a half years longer for those with the most positive beliefs about aging, compared with those having the most negative attitudes. Neste sells half of its 50% share in Borealis to OMV, the Austrian oil and gas group, and the remaining half to the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi. Borealis launches its official homepage, www.borealisgroup.com. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. [16] Calliopean, Linonia, and Brothers in Unity existed respectively: 18191853, 17681878, and 17351868. Lead a winning team of sales executives who sell ONESOURCE Direct Tax & Indirect Tax & Statutory The Total Recordable Injuries (TRI) rate improved significantly from 1.4 in 2015 to 0.9 in 2016. Researchers in many other countries have replicated their results. We are showing our commitment to support the growth of our customers in Europe and strengthen our position as the leading supplier whilst increasing our integration economics and supply reliability. borealis yale society. Among undergraduates the fledgling group was known as the "Fox and Grapes" for the Aesopian fable of jealousy. We ask all men, as a question of right, which should be allowed to live? The new sales office is part of the company's expansion programme into Southeast Europe. Further embedding of environmental and social criteria in decision-making processes regarding innovation and investment projects. Borealis is one of the worlds leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European front-runner in polyolefin recycling. Some participants in the Baltimore study underwent regular brain scans, and some donated their brains for autopsies. They no longer have the cultural cachet they enjoyed in the days of John OHara and Dink Stover. 2023 - Borealis AG. Insiders and Outsiders in American Historical Narrative and American History, R. Laurence Moore, Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the. Borealis generated EUR 8.3 billion in sales revenue and a net profit of EUR 906 million in 2018. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. We can shift them., https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/health/ageism-levy-elderly.html. We were creating something that nobody had ever created before. Borealis has successfully acquired a controlling stake in South Korean compounder DYM Solution Co. Ltd. With head offices in Vienna, Austria, Borealis employs approximately 6,900 employees and operates in over 120 countries. [11] The tradition continued of creating and sustaining a society if enough potential rising seniors thought they had been overlooked: Bones was established in 1832 after a dispute over selections for Phi Beta Kappa awards; Scroll and Key Society, the second society at Yale, was established in 1841 after a dispute over elections to Bones. Svein Rennemo becomes Chief Executive of the Borealis Group, succeeding Juha Rantanen, who had served as Chief Executive since 1994. According to some accounts, the society was formed after a dispute over elections to Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Robert N. Butler, a psychiatrist, gerontologist and founding director of the National Institute on Aging, coined the term ageism a half-century ago. Borealis is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and operates in over 120 countries with around 5,300 employees worldwide, generating EUR 7.5 billion in sales revenue in 2012. Borealis is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. Borealis takes over management responsibility for North Sea Petrochemicals (NSP) in Antwerp, a joint venture with Montell. The business model is also changed, with diversification of customers along the value chain. The largest of its kind in Europe, the new cavern will further optimise the plant's feed flexibility. Yale Library cannot provide high-resolution files, nor grant permission for use of copyrighted images. "[27][28] The Yale Daily News first appeared on January 28, 1878. Among the mementos in Dr. Levys small office at Yale is a treasured photo of her and Dr. Butler, who died in 2010. We are honoured to bring our expertise in polymer research to this prestigious Scientific Committee to help select recipients of this illustrious award. Why did young men like Kenneth MacLeish feel it was a matter of life and death whether they were admitted to the clubs? Borceed technology enables flexible materials exhibiting both plastic and elastomeric properties and is the platform supporting Borealis' Queo products. [46] It is near the former homes of the Fence Club (or Psi Upsilon, 224 York Street), DKE (232 York Street) and Zeta Psi (212 York Street). Borealis moves its head office from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Vienna, Austria, reinforcing its European footprint and positioning it strategically at the centre of Europe, and closer to its owners. We will carry on working according to the highest health, safety and environmental standards to further strengthen our position as industry leader. To end 2016 with such a result has been a remarkable journey of which all our people should be proud. They are less likely to develop psychiatric illnesses like anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts. Alzheimers disease. OMV acquires additional 39% stake from Mubadala, increasing its shareholding in Borealis to 75%. We started from a clean sheet. The Third Society's founding was motivated in part by sentiment among some young men that they deserved insider status. Ground-breaking ceremony of the USD 6.2 billion fourth Borouge facility, (Borouge 4) at the companys polyolefin manufacturing complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Total recordable injuries (TRIs) per million working hours drop more than 50% to 4.0 from 8.4 in 2001, thanks to a group-wide focus on safety. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. 1873, pg. A spirited defense of the society system appeared in the May 1884 issue of The New Englander, written and published by members of Scroll and Key. Borealis announces the start-up of commercial operations of a new ethane cracker at its 50/50 joint venture with TotalEnergies, Baystar in Port Arthur, Texas, with an annual production capacity of one million tons of ethylene. In July, the Committee on Unrecognized Single-Gender Social Organizations officially recommended a total ban. Read the full case study here. Production capacity at the Borstar polypropylene (PP) plant is expanded to 300,000 t/y, and OMVs nearby cracker in Schwechat, Austria, from 650,000 to 900,000 t/y. In Europe, Borealis is a market leader in base chemicals and fertilizers. Other sources conjecture that Russell modeled the society after European groups he encountered while studying in Germany. We have to actually implement them in practice because this is what truly circular thinking is about. Borealis inaugurates its newly-upgraded low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in Stenungsund, Sweden. Bush, and George W. Bushbecame U.S. presidents. Richardss microscopic view of his subject obscures the larger fact that Yales secret societies have long been in decline. The society is one of the reputed "Big Three" societies at Yale, along with Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key. Borealis completes sale of Norway-based petrochemical business to Ineos. 284 - 327, "The Solution of Wolf's Head (1883 - 1888)" pp. Skull and Bones, secret society of senior (fourth-year undergraduate) students at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, that was founded in 1832. Borealis Borlink cables will be implemented in the northern part of the SuedOstLink and along the entire SuedLink corridor, thus facilitating the transmission of renewable energy in Germany from north to south with minimal loss. At the Wire Dusseldorf trade fair, Borealis and Borouge launch Borlink, a step change innovation in the power and cable industry. Each fall, Becca Levy asks the students in her health and aging class at the Yale School of Public Health to picture an old person and share the first five words that come to mind. A look inside Yale's secret societies and why they may no longer matter. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Borealis believes in progress. 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Strictly speaking, the Yale senior societies are not fundamentally different from the exclusive social clubs found at every other Ivy League school. Project Stop's first city partnership in Muncar achieves all financial, governance and technical targets, and starts its autonomous phase managed solely by local government and the community. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Borealis and Neste begin strategic co-operation to accelerate circularity and bioeconomy in plastics. The society has always kept its affairs secret, but for many years it publicized its membership roster. The incident prompted Dr. Levy to contemplate how cultural values and peoples own ideas about age might affect them. Founded in 1848, 'BZ', as the society is called often, is the third oldest society at Yale and the oldest of those of the now-defunct Sheffield Scientific School, the institution which from 1854 to 1956 was the sciences and engineering college of Yale University. Corrections? A Roman fasces had been considered as a design element for the pin. 2023 - Borealis AG. Mere egalitarianism was never the problem, since left-wing political commitments rarely stopped anyone from accepting admission to a society, even when outsiders accused them of hypocrisy. John Taylor becomes Chief Executive of the Borealis Group in April, succeeding Svein Rennemo, who had served as Chief Executive since 1996. Statoil retains its 50% share. Alas, without the juicy details, Skulls and Keys amounts to little more than a succession of anecdotes, some more interesting than others. A. Conger Goodyear Papers, 1683 - 1964 (bulk 1885 - 1964), Research Library, Buffalo History Museum, The Five Roles of Robert Maynard Hutchins, DePaul University Libraries, Volume 42 Issue 2, Winter 1992, DePaul Law Review, Article 9, Jeffrey O'Connell, Thomas E. O'Connell, footnote 62, Andrews, John, The Founding of Wolf's Head Society, Lancaster Press, pg. Launched in 2017 by Borealis and SYSTEMIQ, Project STOP (Stop Ocean Plastics) works with cities to create effective waste management systems that eliminate plastics leakage into the ocean and creates circular systems in Southeast Asia. Theyre malleable. The Base Chemicals business group, which includes feedstocks and olefins, phenol and aromatics as well as melamine and fertilizer, is formed. Juniors are notified of their selection by a society member who ritually claps them on the shoulder. 47, Yale University Banner and Pot Introduced to industry partners at the 2014 Cigr Session in Paris, the new BorlinkTM grade supports extruded DC transmission at extra high voltages. Austrias Minister of Economy and Labour inaugurates the plant. Among 100 older people (whose average age was 81), those exposed to implicit positive age stereotypes weekly for a month scored better on tests of gait, strength and balance than control groups did. [5], Architectural historian Scott Meacham cites both Berzelius buildings in his study of Yale and Dartmouth society and fraternity architecture. My Harvard, My Yale, Diana DuBois, editor, This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 01:17. [23], The faculty and administration were dominated by alumni of Bones, numbering four out of five faculty members between 1865 and 1916. Four Innovation Centres are devoted to developing the next generation of polyolefins. Borealis realised a very strong safety performance in 2016. Borealis acquires PCD Polymere from OMV, the Austrian oil and gas group, becoming the fourth-largest polyolefins producer in the world. Over EUR 400 million has been invested in these facilities in order to fulfil growing worldwide demand for innovative wire and cable products. Borealis introduces the Borealis Ethics Policy, providing guidance on how to do business according to high ethical standards and in alignment with company values. The club chooses 15 new members to join each year. ", Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}411847N 725520W / 41.3130N 72.9221W / 41.3130; -72.9221. Dr. Levy and her team measure attitudes about aging in a variety of ways. Outsiders refer to the building as a 'tomb', the customary appellation for a secret society structure at Yale; however, many BZ members refer to their building as "The Hall." The company already has a long-term collaboration with Ecoplast and this acquisition is the next logical step in building our mechanical recycling capabilities. I am sure that many people who started the journey with Borealis in 1994 would never have dreamt that one day, we would have a net profit in the 10-figure range. Jul/Aug 2014 Mark Ostow View full image Keeping track of the dozens of senior societies at Yale is not easy. The founding defeated the last attempt by the administration or the student body to abolish secret or senior societies at Yale. OPEX is set to improve leadership and technical skills throughout the company. 1319. We are happy to welcome our new colleagues in Geleen to the Borealis Group and look forward to a successful integration. Agreement propels Borealis towards goal of sourcing 50% of total electricity in major business areas from renewables by 2030 and reducing its indirect carbon dioxide emissions. Membership is still sought after by the ambitious for networking purposes, but the secret societies have lost their glamor. 109, Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT, Class of 1924, pg. They use questionnaires or the same five-word exercise she gives to her students. The Borealis Supervisory Board announces the appointment of Thomas Gangl as new CEO of Borealis AG. Total, Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Inc. announce a joint venture in petrochemicals on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The younger brother of the poet Archibald MacLeish wrote a letter to his fiancee in 1917 complaining about how depressed and humiliated he felt at having been passed over by all of Yales secret societies. Even though toddlers already have negative stereotypes about age, theyre not set in stone, Dr. Levy said. The company named Bayport Polymers LLC (Bay-Pol) is 50% owned by Total and 50% owned by Novealis Holdings LLC, a joint venture between Borealis and NOVA Chemicals. In 2020, Borealis refreshed its Sustainability Strategy to support Borealis' new Group Strategy and Purpose, and to address the assessed concerns and expectations of its stakeholders. [32], The two older societies suffered by comparison with Wolf's Head. The company reduces its European footprint from seven sites in 2001 to four operational hubs: Scandinavia (Norway and Sweden), Belgium, Central Europe (Austria and Germany) and Finland. Over the years, Borealis has developed from its early Nordic roots to an international company with a strong presence primarily in Central Europe and the Middle East. With an investment of EUR 140 million, the project is finished under budget and with a good safety record. [2][3][4] Some past members have gained prominence in athletics, business, the fine and literary arts, higher education, journalism, and politics. [44] Scroll and Key did likewise; it opened its tomb in 1869 more than two decades after the society's founding. Borealis launches the Borealis Social Fund, dedicated to making a contribution to enhancing the welfare of the communities in which it operates. The dedicated automotive polypropylene (PP) compounding plant will help Borealis secure its position as a local supplier to automotive OEMs and their Tier partners in North America. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Male society members are called Bonesmen, and many have ascended after graduation to positions of prominence in business or government. Yale's secret societies often seem shrouded in mystery. The fund promotes social projects in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. To regain profitability, Borealis updates its strategy and sets the goal of becoming a leading, profitable and integrated polyolefins supplier. Annual Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Awards are launched. Richards, David Alan. Padlocks secure the front doors of the Skull and Bones societys meeting hall, known as the Tomb, on Yales campus in New Haven, Conn. (DAVID ROBERTS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST), Skull and Keys, by David Alan Richards (Pegasus Books). It inspired me to want to understand the psychology of aging, she said. First joint appearance for Borealis, Borouge and Nova Chemicals at the 2010 K Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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