Amy Wang
Amy Wang
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Teacher helps students make sense of sex
As a teacher in New Haven's unique sex education program, Mickey Kavanagh has established herself as the best in her field. Kavanagh, who has been a sex educator in New Haven's Social Development Program for over a decade, was recently selected as sex...
NYPD to visit Yale today in new recruitment drive
Department is looking outside the 5 boroughs
A team of NYPD officers will come to campus today for a recruitment forum as part of an increased effort to attract students from several top Northeastern colleges. "We feel that by including the Ivy League schools we would be able to get some of the...
Hospital to lead effort on health care access
Yale-New Haven Hospital has been awarded nearly $1 million by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop a model that will address the growing health care needs of people who are uninsured and underinsured. The funds will be used to...
Robotic dogs to detect levels of radiation
Thanks to Natalie Jeremijenko, some Yalies may soon find themselves wading ankle-deep in garbage. A lecturer in Yale's Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jeremijenko recently proposed releasing specially equipped robotic dogs to detect radiation...
Yale alum heading city's tax assistance program
There's a lot of money to be had from the government, and Rob Smuts '01 wants New Haven residents to know about it. Smuts, a policy analysis assistant to Mayor John DeStefano Jr., is heading a program to ensure that the city's taxpayers use...
New coach's style excites w. rugby
With the hiring of a new head coach, the women's rugby team looks to develop a more modern game and return as a stronger force in the fall season. John Broker, formerly an assistant coach of the New Haven Rugby Club, has been working with the team...
YES awards $2,000 to competition winners
The two winners in the Yale Entrepreneurial Society's second annual Y2K competition both aim to improve education, albeit in different ways. YES named the winners of the 2001 Y2K competition Saturday afternoon at Linsly-Chittenden Hall. Educational...
Old corset factory turns apartment complex
Toward the end of the 19th century, New Haven's Strouse, Adler factory employed nearly 2,000 people, churning out corsets that promised females 18-inch waists and hourglass figures. Now, the building is the site of the largest single-residential...
State 'Blue Book' dedicated to Bingham
For most Yalies, the name Bingham means a dorm tucked away in the corner of Old Campus, home of the freshman lounge and a place to do laundry. Few realize that it is the name of a prestigious Connecticut family that includes among its members an unsung...
G&G, hit by retirees, Lasaga, rebuilds on 5 new hires, with possibly more to come
After a tumultuous period, Yale's geology and geophysics department is looking to re-establish itself with five new hires. Joining the faculty this year as junior professors are Steven Sherwood, previously of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and...