Amy Kaplan
Amy Kaplan
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Levin, Commission on Intelligence meet in D.C.
Yale President Richard Levin is in Washington, D.C. joining a group appointed to investigate U.S. intelligence on Iraq by U.S. President George Bush '68. The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass...
Campaign to seek Congress' aid on tuition
Columbia University students recently announced plans to mobilize a campaign encouraging students at universities -- including Yale -- to lobby the U.S. government to adopt an act that would ease the burden of rising college tuitions. Through the...
Prof's son freed by Iraqi captors
Micah Garen held for 9 days after kidnapping
When kidnappers were holding professor Alan Garen's son Micah hostage in Iraq this summer, Yale stepped in to support the Garen family and aid efforts to free Micah Garen. Micah Garen, 36, a journalist, was working on a story in Nasiriyah when he was...
China moves to Rule of Law
Law Center works with Chinese scholars to reform legal system
The recent arrival of visiting Law School professor Xu Zhiyong marks a new chapter in the history of collaboration between Yale and China. During the year, Xu and other professionals involved with Chinese non-government organizations will work with...
Univ. forges ties with Chinese schools
A convoy of Yale administrators visited Beijing late last week to discuss new undergraduate academic collaborations with Chinese universities, acting in line with a broad plan to establish "sister school" relationships with universities around the...
At Yale, Labor Day is just another Monday
University calendar ignores federal holidays
While the online away messages of students at other universities last Monday -- Labor Day -- may have read "At the beach," or "Barbecuing in the courtyard," the messages of some Yale students read "In class." Students at some of the University's peer...
Women yet to reach presidency
Historically, the University's female provosts have gone outward to move upward
Thirty-three years ago, Yale graduated its first class of women. Since then, women have ascended the University's ranks, and some eventually assumed top posts at the University before departing to lead other institutions. As Yale Provost Susan...
Chinese leaders learn about U.S. higher ed.
As part of Yale's efforts to bolster its status as a global institution, the University recently hosted an academic administration program for officials from some of China's top universities. The University Leadership Program, which was sponsored by...
Process for granting visas improve
Yale administrators work to smooth entry of foreign graduate students
After negotiating this summer with the U.S. government, Yale administrators said the speed and quality of the nation's visa-granting process has improved, smoothing this fall's entry of international students into the country. But two University...
Levin calls for visa reform
Yale University President Richard Levin outlined his new efforts to combat the current problems with the United States' visa-granting system for international students who wish to study in America in an e-mail he sent to the Yale community Monday.