Updated: Friday, July 30, 2010 1:44 p.m.
University President Richard Levin will serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, The White House announced on Monday.
When the University of Pennsylvania named then-Yale Provost Judith Rodin its president in December of 1993, much was made of the fact that a woman had finally risen to the top post at an Ivy League school. “I think it’s about time,” Rodin said at the time.
BETHANY, Conn. — Bethany is small, says its First-Selectman Derrylyn Gorski — so small in fact, that the town of 5,600 relies on its neighbors to get by. Several years ago, Gorski said, Bethany officials realized it could not afford both a street sweeper and a catch basin cleaner (an elephant-like vacuum used to clean storm drains). The solution, Gorski says, was to work...
No more than 100 University workers will be laid off before departmental operating budgets are finalized, Vice President for Human Resources and Administration Michael Peel said.
Police used a stun gun to subdue an unruly man outside Toad’s Place shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met Tuesday to discuss Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh’s nomination as legal adviser to the Department of State. While praise for Koh’s academic career and prior public service came from both sides of the aisle, Republican senators grilled Koh on how he would reconcile international statutes with American law, a...
State police are leading the investigation into how Yonglu Che ’13 was struck by a Yale Police car last Sunday. Che is recovering and reportedly in good spirits.
The bar's owner said his landlord asked him to leave to make room for the expansion of Main Garden, the Chinese restaurant next door. The landlord, Teun Pang Chan, said only that he is in negotiations with a small group of parties interested in Rudy’s current location.
The Yale women's crew varsity eight boat took first place in the NCAA Championship Grand Final in Gold River, Calif., on May 30 with a time of six minutes and 24.75 seconds. Yale rowed a quick first 500 meters in Lake Natoma to grab the lead, holding on to beat the University of Virginia by two seats. It was the third time in four years that the Yale first varsity boat...
Many of professors are in “dual-career” marriages, and the University makes an effort to find a place at Yale for each spouse.
Bjorn Lomborg spoke about climate change in Linsly-Chittenden Hall on Wednesday. But some audience members said they thought the staged nature of the talk, which was filmed for a documentary, stifled Lomborg's discussion of the issues.
The donations, from the Minnesota-based Robina Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will support the Yale Center for New Theatre, a program founded in 2008 by the Yale Repertory Theatre and the School of Drama.
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