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A Nobel story
In the 111-year history of the Prize, Yale has been rich with the lore of Nobel laureates. But their journeys from the Elm City to Stockholm are far from predictable. “One never expects to win a Nobel,” George Akerlof ’62, like most laureates, will be quick to dispense. WEEKEND delves into the commonalities that have guided them to achieve the highest of all academic honors, and the aura around the laureates begins to demystify.
Yale Health Plan makes changes
Students under the full Yale Health Plan will have reduced medical costs starting August 1, 2011, Yale Health announced to students in an email late Tuesday afternoon. The result of recommendations given to the Provost’s Office by Yale Health’s Student Coverage Task Force, these improvements aim to address student concerns about medical costs, Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin said. The changes will decrease the cost of specialist medical care given outside of the Yale Health Center and implement a new payment system for prescription medications.
Yale hosts healthcare conference
One year after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last March, Yale hosted a conference Friday to discuss the post-reform landscape of the healthcare industry. Jointly organized by the Yale School of Management, School of Medicine and the School of Public Health, the Yale Healthcare 2011 conference, which is in its seventh year, brought together professionals from different sectors of the healthcare industry to examine challenges brought about by the reform and their possible solutions.
Briefly: Yale New-Haven Hospital
Over break, Yale New-Haven Hospital named its next Children’s Hospital executive director, was named one of the top 60 companies for executive women, and introduced iPads to their service provision.
BREAKING: CLARK GETS RECOMMENDED SENTENCE OF 44 YEARS
Raymond Clark III, the animal lab technician charged with the murder of Annie Le GRD '13, pled guilty to murder and attempt to commit sexual assault this morning in New Haven Superior Court. The recommended sentence is 44 years in prison.
Yale alums design careers
Passion for fashion? Getting a degree from Yale and working in the fashion industry is anything but a cliché. Certainly, our liberal art focused institution makes no “It-bag” entrance in terms of preparation for sartorial pursuits. But three alumni currently in the industry have found ways to, in the words of Project Runway’s Tim Gunn, “make it work.”
Possible smoking ban to affect New Haven
As the Yale community debates the possibility of a campuswide smoking ban, the question of how such a ban would affect New Haven residents remains unanswered.
NBC launches climate change series at Yale
The neon blue and orange lights of the NBC peacock flooded Kroon Hall Tuesday night for the filming of a townhall meeting on climate change moderated by the Nightly News veteran Tom Brokaw.
Yale mulls smoke-free campus
A committee comprising Yale HEALTH officials, faculty, staff and students is investigating whether a campuswide smoking ban is feasible at Yale. The “Tobacco Free Yale Workgroup,” which plans to survey the Yale community “soon” in order to assess the number of smokers on campus, is also researching programs that could be put in place to support smoking cessation, director of Yale HEALTH Paul Genecin said.
