Branford dining woes continue
Lunch in Branford College is a rare event these days. That's because it never happens. Two months into the school year, Branford's dining hall is still not fully operational, and with construction hang-ups all over the college, students are up...
Search begins for deans, masters
With a quarter of Yale's current crop of residential college masters and deans leaving by the end of the year, there are several important holes to fill in the Yale community. Two deans are leaving at the end of this semester, and another dean and...
Studios fling doors open
This week City-Wide Open Studios is putting 350 New Haven artists on the map. The organization takes local artists' work and provides exhibition space all over the city in a three-week celebration of the Elm City's art. The opening...
Columbus Day under assault
About 50 members of the Yale community joined together at the Women's Table last night to encourage students to "Rethink Columbus Day." The Association of Native Americans at Yale, in conjunction with the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, the...
United Way cuts $63K in Q House funding
As if it didn't have enough problems. The United Way of Greater New Haven will withhold $63,000 in funding next year from the Dixwell Community House, known as the "Q House." While the amount is less than 10 percent of the center's budget, the cut is...
Yale panel debates issues in medical ethics
What is the definition of death? Who decides if research can be conducted on children who cannot voice their opinions? These are the types of questions that were addressed in Friday's Bioethics Symposium at Yale. The Yale Bioethics Group hosted a...
Fellowship season goes into full swing
A few days after his Rhodes Scholarship endorsement interview, Josh Chafetz '01 said it is important to maintain a sense of perspective throughout the fellowship process. "Many extremely qualified people applied for very few spots," said Chafetz, who...
Clark Terry stirs it up at Sprague Hall
Clark Terry, former trumpeter in Count Basie's and Duke Ellington's bands, performed with his quintet Friday night to an amiable and appreciative crowd. The concert, which was held in the elegant Morse Recital Hall of Sprague Memorial Hall...
Web site created for student affairs
Take heed, YaleInfo, there's a new web portal in town -- and its name is www.yale.edu/studentaffairs. In the planning stages since last spring, this new Web site was created by Yale's Office of the Dean of Student Affairs to provide one-stop access to...
City gets federal funds for mall trolley project
The city is one step closer to having trolleys return to its streets. Congress will give New Haven $1 million next year to help the city develop an electric trolley system to connect the planned Galleria at Long Wharf mall with downtown and West Haven.
