Amy Ramirez
Amy Ramirez
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Technology doesn’t always click
Architecture student Zheela Qaiser ’11 used the high-tech laser cutter at Paul Rudolph Hall for the first time last week. Though she was thrilled to work with the robotic “computer-numeric-controlled machine,” Qaiser said she is not a convert to the superiority of gadgets over the pencil.
ART REVIEW | ‘Spectacle’ causes headaches
Upon entering the art gallery inside the School of Art’s 32 Edgewood Ave. Gallery, viewers should be cautious: Sirens, jarring beats and screams will ring through your ears for the duration of your stay.
ART REVIEW | Under the veil, feminist visions
In a new art exhibit at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, a group of Muslim women artists tactfully inverted Western stereotypes about women in the Middle East. The exhibit, “Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the Islamic World,” which opened on Sept. 1, displays art from the collection of the Royal Society of Fine Arts of Jordan. Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan created the show and it is sponsored by Yale’s Council on Middle East Studies.
Prisoners face high risk for heart disease
Prison inmates are not just at increased risk for infectious diseases like HIV, as previous studies have shown, but also for heart-related conditions, new Yale research has found.
Yalies elected to statewide College Democrats posts
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Connecticut College Democrats held its annual elections Sunday, choosing two Yalies to its executive board amid heated debates.
‘Raise the Age’ could aid minors on trial
Many state leaders are calling for a change in Connecticut courts: Minors should no longer be tried as adults.
Digitization uncovers souvenirs of Yale’s past
While members of the Digitization Project at Yale flipped through old library books to ensure they would withstand scanning, staff members discovered snippets of Yalies’ lives that were accidently left between the pages of the books.
Study: Americans buy green to save environment
Despite the current economic crisis, its seems Americans are willing to spend green to go green.
Abrams talks law, sacrifice
Great lawyers are not merely eloquent speakers or those who risk personal safety for a case, but rather custodians of the rule of law who are willing to put their careers on the line, Floyd Abrams LAW ’60 argued Thursday.
Researchers discover new genetic syndrome
Just as the discovery of penicillin was serendipitous, so too was the new genetic syndrome discovered by two Yale researchers originally investigating abnormal blood pressure.