Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 7, 2009 7:13 p.m.

News analysis: Early admit cutback levels field (12)

As a record-breaking flood of applications looms on the horizon, the Yale admissions office has worked to create more space for regular applicants in the class of 2013 by cutting back on the number of students admitted early compared to last year.

Y-NH to be smoke-free (1)

While Yale-New Haven Hospital makes no butts about its commitment to eradicating secondhand smoke from its premises, the pungent odor of tobacco lingered in the skywalk leading from the hospital’s entrance to the attached parking garage this past Saturday.

Murder on the rise in Elm City (2)

Although slightly fewer people were non-fatally shot in New Haven in 2008 than in 2007, the number of homicides in the city increased by 69 percent, according to figures released by the New Haven Police Department.

Cross Campus: 1.13.09 (1)

Bowing for Yo-Yo (2)

James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Diana Krall — these are but a few of the world-famous musicians who have collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, the celebrated cellist who will perform next Tuesday at the 44th Presidential Inauguration. Kevin Olusola ’10 would like to see his name added to that list, and he is nerve-wrackingly close.

From ‘fat and poor’ to thin and thrifty (3)

In the season of New Year’s resolutions and the country’s economic crunch, people may wish to start fresh — one calorie or dollar at a time. Sam MacDonald ’95 took the initiative to do just that five years after he graduated from Yale. At the time, he weighed 340 pounds and found himself $15,000 in debt, paying to fix a broken-down Ford Taurus, and, of course, settling...

University News

Online Exclusive

Clark documents will be released Thursday 11.06.09 (3)

Some court documents in the case of Raymond Clark III, who is charged with the murder of Annie Le GRD '13, will be unsealed Thursday, a judge ruled today.

City News

Around New Haven 11.06.09 11.06.09

Bill would extend employment benefits Connecticut workers will have an additional 14 weeks of unemployment benefits if President Barack Obama signs legislation the House of Representatives passed Thursday. The Senate also passed the bill, which Conn. Sen. Chris Dodd co-authored, on Thursday. The bill also for the first time extends homebuyer’s tax credit to cover...

Features

A ride on the bookmobile 11.03.09 (5)

At 2:30 a.m., around the time many Yalies finally tuck themselves into bed, Lenny Gaudino’s day is only beginning. On any given weekday, Gaudino is awake in the wee hours of the morning to start his daily routine with some light jogging.

Sci/Tech News

Yale hosts start-up boot camp 11.04.09

The Yale Office of Cooperative Research and the law firm Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati hosted a “Start-Up Boot Camp” for aspiring life science and technology entrepreneurs Tuesday afternoon at the Hope Memorial Building.

Art News

Gwathmey honored with professorship 11.06.09

When renowned architect Peter Eisenman entered the Yale School of Architecture’s Paul Rudolph Hall to teach “Formal Analysis” Thursday, his title was still the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design.