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Corporation meets amid labor tension
New senior fellow Pepper '60 to preside over first meeting of academic year
The Yale Corporation, the University's highest policy-making body, convenes on campus this weekend for its first meeting of the academic year, under new leadership and with new fellows. This weekend's meeting is marked by the attendance of newly...
Corporation campaign rules will not change
Trustees decide against restrictions after receiving alumni feedback
In a letter mailed to alumni Thursday, the Yale Corporation announced that no restrictions would be placed on campaigning for the University's highest policy-making body. The decision comes three months after former Corporation senior fellow Kurt...
Community gathers to remember
Braving gusts of wind that threatened to extinguish their flickering candle flames, more than 400 people gathered on Cross Campus last night to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history. Yale President...
Yale delegation strengthens ties with Mexico
In a May visit to Mexico, Yale President Richard Levin announced a joint scholarship program for Mexican doctoral students, but the Mexican press was more interested in one of Levin's fellow travelers. The Yale delegation's trip was particularly...
Corporation candidacy rules may be changed
Response forthcoming on Schmoke's proposal to ban campaigning
In the wake of last May's heated Yale Corporation election, possible changes to Corporation bylaws regarding candidate campaigning may be announced in late September following the solicitation of alumni feedback. Responses to a June letter by departing...
Learning alliance to grow
Officials at the joint e-learning venture operated by Yale, Stanford and Oxford universities are hoping that the brand appeal of the three institutions will prove to be a winning combination for some new customers. AllLearn, the three schools'...
PepsiCo's Nooyi selected as new trustee
While the election of Maya Lin '81 ARC '86 to the Yale Corporation came after a tumultuous campaign, another woman will soon be taking her seat at the boardroom table with little fanfare. Indra Nooyi SOM '80, the president and chief financial officer...
Lin trounces Lee in Corp. election
In May's Yale Corporation election, alumni elected Maya Lin '81 ARC '86 to the University's highest policy-making body over the Rev. W. David Lee DIV '93 by a wide margin, ending the most controversial and contentious Corporation election in University...
FBI to investigate Princeton admissions hacking incident
Princeton admissions official put on leave for duration of probe
The Federal Bureau of Investigation will examine charges that Princeton admissions officials gained repeated, unauthorized access to the admissions decisions of 11 Yale applicants by hacking into Yale's online admissions notification system.
Princeton officials broke into Yale online admissions decisions
Yale to inform law enforcement officials of alleged network, privacy breach
Princeton admissions officers gained repeated, unauthorized access to the admissions decisions of 11 Yale applicants in early April by exploiting Yale's new online admission notification system, Yale and Princeton officials said Wednesday. A...