Cornell grad union fails in NLRB vote
Cornell University graduate students resoundingly defeated a unionization proposal in a two-day election last week, disappointing the leaders of would-be graduate student unions at other private universities. Cornell's teaching and research...
Yale enrolls Ivies' highest percentage of black frosh
Yale enrolled a higher percentage of black students in its freshman class than any other Ivy League school, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Yale placed fifth overall in the study of 25 top...
Yalies join thousands protesting for peace
WASHINGTON -- When her bus arrived in Washington, D.C., at 8 a.m. Saturday, Anne Abrams headed straight for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. She paced off the steps from one end to the other. She knelt down and read the cards placed at the base of the...
Prof praises changes in Iranian academics
When Tehran University of Medical Sciences professor Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam was a medical student in Shiraz, Iran, he and his male peers were not allowed to talk to girls unless "it was a very important or vital issue." He and his classmates were...
Tuition increase smaller at Yale, new study finds
Yale's tuition increased by a smaller percentage last year than the tuitions at most other U.S. schools, according to the College Board's Trends in College Pricing report released last week. The cost of a Yale education remains significantly higher...
Med school officials await accreditation decision
Medical school officials are still waiting to learn whether Yale's general surgery residency program will receive reaccreditation, after the accreditation council failed to announce a decision last week as expected. The Accreditation Council for...
AYA assembly focuses on undergrad curriculum
Though they finished their Yale course requirements years ago, about 300 alumni spent the weekend poring through the Blue Book to select 36 classes to take. The exercise was part of this weekend's Association of Yale Alumni assembly, which focused on...
Heater fire causes minor damage to new poli sci building
A fire that started in the ceiling of 8 Prospect Place Friday damaged the ceiling, carpets and walls of the new building, Political Science chairman Ian Shapiro said Sunday. The fire came just one day after 8 Prospect Place was inaugurated as the swing...
Restaurant offers fine fare at low cost
The moment the doors of Gastronomique, a new restaurant on High Street, are opened, an aroma not easily found in a Yale dining hall fills the senses. Rotisserie chicken with risotto, salmon gravlox on pumpernickel, and butternut squash soup are being...
Expert speaks on 1980s Japanese kidnappings
With the North Korean government recently admitting to kidnapping Japanese citizens throughout the 1980s, University of Hawaii sociology professor Patricia Steinhoff -- who has had direct contact with the kidnappers -- offered a personal perspective of...
Singer captivates with music, lecture
Magdalen Hsu-Li's story is complicated: she is a bisexual Asian-American who grew up in the South, and her music blends alternative, acoustic, pop and folk. Her gig at Yale, though, was simple: she performed songs from her new album and answered...
Duke Ellington Fellowship celebrates 30 years with jazz
The columns in Woolsey Hall swung to the melodious sounds of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band Friday as the group performed to a sold-out crowd of both New Haven residents and Yalies. The concert was held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Duke...
State agencies to assist Willimantic in heroin fight
The Connecticut governor has put the state police and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services at the disposal of officials in Willimantic to combat heroin trafficking and addiction. Gov. John G. Rowland has instructed the commissioners...
