Jeffrey Sherwood
Jeffrey Sherwood
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Around New Haven: Schools to improve by 2012
Last year the New Haven school district was named one of 12 Connecticut districts that the No Child Left Behind Act deemed “in need of improvement.”
DeStefano, Calder meet young elects
Although they only account for 4.8 percent of all American elected officials, office-holders under the age of 35 showed this week that they are still determined to be effective leaders.
Twarek looks to simplify UOFC bureaucracy
With two years of experience as a UOFC board member, Bryan Twarek ’10 has been planning to run for the chair position all year.
Marr envisions funding as ‘customer service’
In running for chair of the UOFC, Matthew Marr ’10 hopes he can add more of a personal touch to the organization’s operations.
Xu plays up organizational, logistical skills
It was simple curiosity that led Anne Xu ’09 to become a liaison for the UOFC this year. After encountering financial difficulties with the Yale Classical Society, which she founded, Xu began to wonder how the UOFC really worked.
SOM student wins Cannes fellowship
For many Yale students, the choice between spending the summer relaxing in an exotic locale and enhancing their resumes with a fast paced internship is not an easy one. But Drew Skelton SOM ’09 will get the best of both worlds. He simply does not have to choose.
DeStefano, lacking state money, focuses on crime
A day after the State Senate Appropriations Committee set aside less state funding for New Haven than anticipated in Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s proposed city budget, DeStefano remained focused on pitching his plans to target crime through city spending at his second community budget meeting.
Alumni take ‘Taxi’ to Oscar’s red carpet
For Executive Producer Donald Glascoff ’67, the Oscar he received Sunday night for best documentary is more than just a pretty statuette — it is also a vindication of his decision to abandon, mid-life, his career as a lawyer and take up public-service filmmaking on a whim.
Mayor defends downtown ‘infill’
Some 30 Elm City residents and officials met in the Edgewood School Library Wednesday night for Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s third go-around at making a case for long-term economic development in downtown New Haven.
Compared to faltering fellow units, Univ. Press a success
The idea for a printing press based in New Haven dates all the way back to a 1753 letter written by Benjamin Franklin. In July of 1908, plans were finally codified for a small, privately owned publishing firm — the Yale University Press. And now, 100 years later, the Press is one of the most successful academic publishing houses in the United States.