Anna Parks
Anna Parks
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Squash in the City
The regulars, alums with tufts of grey hair pulled back behind Yale insignia sweatbands and varicose veins peeking out of their tube socks, seem a little befuddled by the noise coming from the courts. Above the familiar smack of a hard, black squash ball, the squeals of 33 New Haven middle-school students in their fourth week of squash lessons ricochet off the walls.
Up the Hill - Do You Believe in Medicine?
Experts estimate that by 2020, the United States will have a deficit of 85,000 physicians, with a disproportionate shortage of doctors willing to care for the poor.
Often overlooked, Gibbs was Yale's great chemist
Chemistry professor Jonathan Parr makes it a point to spend some time in his CHEM 114 general chemistry class lecturing on "the least well-known person from the 1800s who deserves to be well-known." Though this title could be applied to a great number...
Eli thespians come together at Cabaret
It's no secret that acting is a tough business. Those Yale School of Drama graduates who have ventured out into the real world of New York theater know that Yalies are not immune to the plight of the starving artist. "As much support as you're given...
Calhoun successfully offers edible food, via your travail
There are very few places in the world where one can encounter a true Renaissance man -- director of New York plays, future residential college seminar professor expounding on the semiotics of dating, and, most importantly, a purveyor of perfect Beef...
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With his inbox overflowing with 50 e-mails a day, his professors posting vital readings online and a small private business to manage on the side, Clark Gillam, a freshman at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, said he...
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Just weeks after the discovery that South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk forged what would have been influential stem cell research data, Yale announced it will join forces with Wesleyan University and the University of Connecticut in an attempt to...
Cancer link to diet soda disputed
For some devotees, nirvana can be found in a can of diet soda. "In the afternoons, a cold Diet Coke just makes me feel better," said Samantha Wilson '07, one of millions of Americans who consume a combined 13.15 billion gallons of carbonated beverages...
Orgo: myths and molecules
With rumors of weekly homework assignments comprised of hundreds of problems, intense competition and nearly impossible tests, organic chemistry has the reputation of being a dream-killer for many undergraduates who aspire to attend medical school.
Pastry tour mines flaky worlds
Not many Yale students have faced the challenge of remaking a buffet of desserts after tipping over a pot of chili on top of a day's work. Stephen Wirth '09, former executive pastry chef at a country club in Whitefish, Mont., knows this situation...