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Peruvian president calls for artifacts' return
If Yale doesn't return the artifacts that explorer Hiram Bingham brought to New Haven from Machu Picchu in the early 1900s, Peru's president, Alan Garcia, said he will consider the University no better than a common thief.
Free speech a concern for Yale-Singapore college
As Yale advances its plans to build a joint liberal arts campus in Asia with the National University of Singapore, some critics have questioned whether the autocratic government’s policies will compromise academic freedoms.
Profs seem receptive to Yale-NUS
But only about 25 attend faculty meeting to discuss college in Singapore
After a faculty meeting on the proposed Yale-NUS College drew few attendees, University President Richard Levin said professors have not been raising concerns about the project.
In Pierson, master’s departure to coincide with tightened budgets
Students say Pierson Master Harvey Goldblatt sparred with administrators over cuts to the college’s budget, which Goldblatt had built up with programs for Pierson students.
Yale, Singapore plan new liberal arts college
Univ. awaits NUS budget, Yale faculty input before decision
The new Yale-NUS College would have a governing board made up of Yale and NUS appointees but would grant degrees from NUS, not Yale.
Life in photos
When Peter van Agtmael ‘03 thinks about his convalescence, he pictures himself sitting in a rocking chair, looking through millions of photographs. “Photography is my diary,” he said over the phone this week. It’s also his way of exposing the American public to the brutalities of war.
Singapore’s education minister to visit campus
Since 2009, Yale has consulted the National University of Singapore on a proposed liberal arts college in that country. The minister will hear a panel of undergraduates in Jonathan Edwards College.
New Peruvian minister prioritizes artifacts’ return
Univ. hopes to negotiate with official
Peru’s new minister of culture is prioritizing returning Machu Picchu artifacts housed at Yale.
Tropical storm to hit New Haven today
Yale has a contingency plan for hurricanes and is unlikely to cancel classes due to the storm, University President Richard Levin said.
Palestinian representative calls Yale conference 'anti-Arab'
A representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization has accused the Yale of hosting right-wing extremists at a recent conference on anti-Semitism. Two of the three speakers singled out denied the charge, and the University says it honors academic freedom.