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Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 6:30 p.m.

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New arts dean takes office

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, August 28, 2009

As the first associate dean for the arts in Yale College, Susan Cahan has plans to both preserve and improve on Yale’s standing in the artistic world.

Cahan began her new duties Monday after being appointed in May, and said she spent the summer thinking about a new vision for undergraduate arts across the University.

“Over the summer, I thought a lot about Yale’s role as the school that offers, in my opinion, the best arts education in the country,” Cahan said in an e-mail message. “I noticed how often Yale graduates make the news. This inspired me and instilled a deep...

#1 By ayalie 10:17a.m. on September 8, 2009

Here's a project for Ms. Cahan: please, please, please push to get Hendrie Hall renovated. It is a disgrace and Yale should be ashamed to have that as its primary undergraduate music rehearsal space. That should definitely happen before Yale starts building any more residential colleges!

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