Casey Sumner
Casey Sumner
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Mysterious email calls for another YCC runoff
Looks like a Pundits prank. An email to students Wednesday afternoon lampooned the recent confusion over the Yale College Council presidential race.
Minority aldermen address city problems
Ward 28 Alderwoman Claudette Robinson-Thorpe delivered the Black and Hispanic Caucus’s annual State of the City Address Monday evening.
State Senate OKs death penalty repeal
Connecticut may soon become the 17th state to outlaw the death penalty.
Aldermen lend ex-offenders a hand
The Board of Alderman voted unanimously Monday night to make it easier for ex-offenders to obtain street vendor licenses from the city.
Lukewarm reaction to weight loss drugs
A new weight loss drug, which was recently approved by an FDA panel, has garnered mixed reviews from two Yale professors.
McMahon proposes middle class tax cuts
As the August primary election draws closer, the race for Connecticut's Republican Senate nomination is heating up.
Dilapidated HGS awaits renovation
As the Hall of Graduate Studies approaches its 80th birthday, the deterioration of the building has begun to take a toll on some of its inhabitants.
Transparency of financial markets questioned
More information may not always make markets work better, say two Yale professors.
Hot hand effect shown again
When bowlers talk about having hot hands, they may actually be onto something.
Calabresi ’51 MED ’55 honored at Cancer Center
In a lecture and ceremony Tuesday, the Yale Cancer Center honored Paul Calabresi ’51 MED ’55, a former Yale professor and pioneer in cancer research who passed away in 2003. As part of the Paul Calabresi Memorial Lectureship, Waun Ki Hong — the head of the department of cancer medicine at the University of Texas — spoke about new developments in cancer research to about 100 students and faculty at the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital.