University releases report on sexual misconduct
Report includes number of complaints. Twenty-nine Yale undergraduates brought sexual misconduct complaints to the University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct, Yale’s Title IX Coordinators and the Yale Police Department, according to the report.
Saybrook dean to step down
Will leave at semester's end. After 13 years helping Saybrugians, Saybrook Dean Paul McKinley DRA ’96 will step down at the end of the semester, he announced in a Tuesday email.
Language combinatorics: what matters more
Last Friday night, Mélodie, my roommate, asked if she could invite some friends over from our language school. Emphatically, I assured her she should. It was only my second day in Berlin and I was eager to meet a few friendly faces. It quickly became clear to me that there was no one language we all knew. But that didn’t seem to matter.
Top 5 Reasons why Lana Del Rey is (still) amazing and divine and shut up, I’m talking!
Have you heard of Lizzy Grant? No, you have not. How about her alter ego, Lana Del Rey? I know the name sounds akin to a fast food taco emporium but Lana is actually a veritable cultural sensation. Kind of like tacos, I guess.
NHPD leadership shuffle protested
Community activists want NHPD Chief Dean Esserman to reconsider his request that Assistant Chief Petesia Adger step down.
End in sight for YUAG renovations
A 14-year-long renovation project will draw to a close as the Yale University Art Gallery gears up to open its doors to visitors in December 2012.
Yale sees rise in applications
Yale has reported the highest percentage increase in applications across the Ivy League.
Trayless dining garners mixed reviews
Silliman College dining hall’s move to eliminate of trays this semester, following the lead the Trumbull and Morse/Stiles dining halls, is receiving criticism from students and dining hall staff.
Yale model back on track
The latest returns posted by Yale indicate that the University’s endowment model has gained momentum among its peers.
Sorority bids bring joy to Commons
Sororities welcome their new sisters. Starting Monday, a whole bunch of Yale women just gained a whole lot of sisterhood. After an intense weekend rush period, Yale's three sororities issued bids to their newest members Monday afternoon in the Woolsey Rotunda.
TENNIS | Bulldogs dominate at home
Despite not playing a match since October, the Bulldogs dominated on their home turf in the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center on Sunday.
W. HOCKEY | Elis blanked on home turf
It was an exhausting weekend for women’s hockey head coach Joakim Flygh. On Thursday, his first child, Josefin Francisco Flygh was born. The next night, he was at Ingalls Rink as the Bulldogs took on Harvard, the team he used to coach until coming to Yale two years ago.
O’ROURKE: Moon base not so crazy
Space Cadet
Newt Gingrich’s up and down campaign to be the GOP presidential nominee is likely to flame out today in Florida.
VAZQUEZ: Florida will be 2012’s kingmaker
Once again, all eyes are on Florida. As a Florida Republican, this has become routine to me. For the last month, the state with the third-greatest number of electoral votes has been the subject of intense campaigning on the part of not only GOP presidential hopefuls but also the president, who has visited Florida more times in January than he did in all of 2011.
TRACK | Bulldogs improve times at Terrier Invitational
Among teams from all over the East Coast, the men’s and women’s track and field teams scored well but did not take home any gold medals this weekend at Boston College’s Terrier Invitational.
Hot hand effect shown again
When bowlers talk about having hot hands, they may actually be onto something.
Study confirms antidepressant efficacy
Yale has weighed in on the side of antidepressants over placebos.
MCDONALD: Negative data is still data
Technophobia
I am exceedingly good at failing. Even though I’m getting my PhD in one of the best immunology departments in the world, the common thread running through my graduate school career has not been success, but failure. I’m not an anomaly, however. I am simply a scientist.
GYMNASTICS | Bulldogs tumble to Quakers
On Saturday, Jan. 28th, Yale lost in its home opener to the defending Ivy League Champions, Penn. The Elis scored 188.350, which could not match Penn’s 191.225. The Bulldogs started out strong on vault and bars but could not carry this momentum to beam, which resulted in the team’s three point loss.
News producer discusses media, politics
Though Richard Kaplan said he once dreamed of living in the White House as president of the United States, he settled for being president of two major news networks instead.
State legislators outline goals
The Yale College Democrats launched their statewide advocacy work Monday night, outlining the causes they plan to push in the state legislature’s upcoming legislative session.
East Haven top cop resigns amid scandal
East Haven Police Department Chief Leonard Gallo will resign Friday, East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. announced at a Monday morning press conference at Town Hall.
Med School rug exhibition helps children
Afghan rugs sellers arrived at the School of Medicine this week for a two-day exhibition.
Composer explores origins of Beatles songs
Composer and producer Scott Freiman ’84 used audio and video material from the Beatles, which he has collected over the course of several years, to analyze the origin and evolution of one the Beatle’s hit songs at an Ezra Stiles College master’s tea Monday night.
Fischer hunts exoplanets
In her 15-year career as a “planet hunter,” Yale Professor Debra Fischer estimates that she’s discovered at least “a few hundred” woulds outside our solar system, though she has long since stopped keeping track of the exact number.