Gillian Gillers
Gillian Gillers
Recent Stories
Cowboy hopes to lasso Neb. seat
Democrat Kleeb GRD '01 '03 faces tough fight in heavily Republican home district
Handsome, 6'3 and clad in jeans, cowboy boots and a purple dress shirt, Scott Kleeb GRD '01 '03 strode onto Yale's campus last week to talk about his congressional campaign. In his six years as a graduate student, Kleeb, 30, inspired admiration from...
City schools grapple with 'No Child' rules
Her blank face looked up, confused: No, fourth-grader Amarilis Villa said, she did not know what No Child Left Behind meant. She did not know that her school, Hill Central Music Academy, had been labeled "in need of improvement" under that federal law...
Students shaken in the wake of Katrina
Many await news about their families and homes
Hannah Burnett's '08 house in Ocean Springs, Miss. is gone. Gone are the sets of classic books that Burnett's father read to her when she was young. Gone are Burnett's paintings that hung on the walls, the rosebushes in her backyard, and the big...
Annex struggles to teach city's troubled students
High school teacher Lorraine Dotts put butterfly stickers on her classroom door to represent this year's theme: metamorphosis. Dotts wants students to change. She wants them to get better grades, increase their attendance, and improve their attitude.
A day in the life: Chad Kritzberger
Without forgoing pizza breaks, devoted Catholic settles into his studies for the MCAT test
Chad Kritzberger '06, an outdoorsman and a devout Catholic from Hudson, Ohio, has spent the past several weeks cramming for the MCAT this Saturday so he can attend medical school. When he is not studying, this Pierson College molecular, cellular and...
A day in the life: Julie Gonzales
Member of the Moimento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan turns to activism on campus
Julie Gonzales '05 is about to graduate, but this Texan, a member of Silliman College and a double-major in history and in ethnicity, race and migration, has not slowed down yet. A member of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan at Yale, or...
A day in the life: Jason Ray
Active in the theater scene, Georgia native ponders his future career plans
Jason Ray '06 has no trouble staying active on Wednesdays, even though he has only one class. A theater studies major from Glennville, Ga, Ray acts in three or four theater productions a year, holds two part-time jobs and sings in the Yale Gospel...
A day in the life: Joslyn Woodard
Member of the track team balances early morning with pre-med plans
Joslyn Woodard '06, a native of Irvine, Calif., lives off-campus but is affiliated with Trumbull College. A sprinter and jumper on the women's track team, Woodard won honors as the top female athlete at the Indoor Ivy League Championship this year.
Wilbur Cross students tackle Yale coursework
High school program gives local teens taste of college
With plastic bags tied around his legs and feet to keep them dry, Noah Bate crinkled as he bolted out the door of Wilbur Cross High School, hopped on his bike and sped toward Yale's campus in the rain. Within minutes of finishing a high school exam...
Payne Whitney breeds sharp shooters
Elementary school teacher Christine Chen knew that she and her husband, a Yale graduate student, would keep shotguns in the house once they moved out of University housing. She wanted to know how they worked. Yanping Li GRD '08 spent one month training...