Levin’s aide ‘holds Yale together’
Regina Starolis has worked for each of the last six presidents of Yale and, according to Richard Levin, her current boss, “she quite literally knows everyone in this University.”
Floyd Abrams LAW '60 weighs in on cartoon Master's Tea
In case anyone was wondering what Floyd Abrams LAW '60 thought of today's Branford College Master's Tea, the University has put out a statement with the answer. The constitutional law expert says in the statement that the decision to invite Kurt Westergaard, the author of one of the controversial cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, to campus was consistent with Yale's mission to expose "students to the widest range of views, including highly controversial ones."
In Washington, Gore to speak at Yale-sponsored energy summit
The Other speakers set to address the summit, which focuses on green technologies, include former Vice President Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry '66. The event is one part of Yale's recent efforts to strengthen its ties to India and to establish itself as a leader in the study of climate change.
Cartoon controversy returns to campus
Jytte Klausen, the author of the book about the violence surrounding Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, and Kurt Westergaard, the original author of one of those cartoons, will be on campus Thursday.
Short on details, but big on value
The Greenberg Center, which officially opened last week and which provides additional space for the University to hold conferences with world leaders, is by no means a bad building — but it is not exactly luxurious, either.
Professor adds decorative touch to Yale campus
There was a time when New Haven was a major manufacturing center, when factories in town stayed busy making everything from rifles to Erector sets.
At Duke, Corporation looks to future
The fellows of the Yale Corporation spent the weekend at Duke University, where they learned about some of its strongest programs and discussed priorities for the next five years at Yale.
Political Science Department's 'diner' stays, for now
Amid all the uproar over demolition in preparation for the two new colleges, there has been relatively little attention given to the political science “diner” right in the middle of that site.
Yale accused of violating open-records law
The Yale Police Department’s job is to enforce the law. But now, its own officers are accusing the department of breaking it.
Endowment fell 24.6 percent, University says
The final results are in: Yale's endowment lost 24.6 percent of its value between July 1, 2008, and June 30.
Police: Fire alarm was unrelated to Le
The fire alarm that sounded at 10 Amistad St. on the day Annie Le GRD ’13 was murdered had nothing to do with her death, New Haven Police Department Chief James Lewis said Monday.
Lawyers call for probe of leaks
The public defenders representing Raymond Clark III say they want investigators to probe the sources of various leaks that have appeared in the media over the past two weeks.
No motive in Le’s murder
The body of Annie Le GRD ’13 was flown back to California this weekend as the authorities continued to search for a motive in her murder.
CLARK ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF LE
Raymond Clark III, a Yale animal lab technician, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with the murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, a 24-year-old doctoral student in pharmacology who authorities say was strangled to death at an on-campus research facility.
CLARK CHARGED IN LE GRD ’13 MURDER
Raymond Clark III was arrested this morning and charged with the murder of Annie Le GRD '13, authorities announced Thursday. New Haven Police Department Chief James Lewis said at a press conference that a warrant was issued for Clark’s arrest shortly after 8 a.m. Clark, 24, who worked at Yale as an animal lab technician, was taken into custody at the Super 8 motel in Cromwell, Conn., where he had been staying since yesterday. He is being held at the Union Avenue police station on a $3 million bond. He is set to appear in court on Oct. 6. Clark's job at Yale has been suspended and he is barred from campus, University President Richard Levin said in an e-mail message to students and their parents.
Double take: Warrants in Le case are sealed
Although Raymond Clark III was served four warrants Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in the investigation into the murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, the public has yet to see any of them.
DNA MATCHES; ARREST SAID TO BE NEAR
A DNA test has linked Raymond Clark III to the murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, and Clark is expected to be arrested this morning, according to a person familiar with the investigation. Authorities have previously called Clark, 24, who works at Yale as an animal lab technician, a "person of interest" in the case.
Police monitoring motel where Clark is staying
New Haven Police Department officers are surrounding a Super 8 Motel in Cromwell, Conn, where Raymond Clark III, a person of interest in the murder of Annie Le GRD '13, is believed to be staying. In an interview, Cromwell Police Department Captain Roy Nelson said "our officers are aware of that and we are assisting them in any way that we can." Nelson said he did not know whether an arrest was imminent. Cromwell is less than 10 miles from Middletown, Conn., where Clark has an apartment and where authorities detained him on a pair of search warrants Tuesday evening.
Clark released after complying with warrants
Raymond Clark III, the person of interest named in the investigation into the murder of Annie Le GRD '13, was released from custody at 3 a.m. after complying with the two search warrants served last night, New Haven Police Department spokesman Joe Avery said. Avery said he does not know Clark's current whereabouts. The warrants, to search Clark's house and take DNA samples, have been sealed and are not publicly available, State's Attorney Michael Dearington said, because their release could compromise an ongoing investigation. "This goes on all over the country, there's nothing unusual about it," he said. "It's as commonly accepted as the validity of the U.S. Constitution."
EMPLOYEE DETAINED; POLICE CALL HIM 'PERSON OF INTEREST'
Raymond Clark III, an animal lab technician who works for Yale, has emerged as a person of interest in the investigation into the murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, law enforcement officials said Tuesday night. Police said they served two warrants Tuesday night — one to search Clark’s residence in Middletown, Conn., and another to take DNA samples from his body. Still, police did not call him a suspect and did not serve Clark, 24, with an arrest warrant.
POLICE DETAIN YALE EMPLOYEE SUSPECTED IN KILLING
Warrants were issued Tuesday night to search the home of a 24-year-old Yale animal technician who is a suspect in the killing of Annie Le GRD ’13 and to obtain a DNA sample, the New Haven Police Department announced at a hastily convened press conference tonight. Raymond Clark III, 24, worked in the same laboratory as Le, whose body was found in the basement of 10 Amistad St. on Sunday. Clark was not arrested and will be released once physical evidence has been obtained, NHPD Chief James Lewis said.
Suspect, his two relatives and fiance stay home from work
A suspect in the murder of Annie Le GRD '13 did not show up for work today and neither did his sister, brother-in-law or fiancé, all of whom work for Yale. A medical campus employee who is privy to developments in the investigation said in an interview that the four all stayed home today. The suspect, who works in Yale's Animal Resources Center, could not be seen at his Middletown apartment this afternoon.
Killer likely works in Amistad Street laboratory
The authorities are focusing their efforts on several individuals — including a laboratory technician — known to have been in the basement of 10 Amistad St. at the time when Annie Le GRD ’13 was murdered, according to three sources familiar with the investigation.
A crime scene, unsealed
On Friday, about 72 hours after Annie Le GRD ’13 was last seen entering 10 Amistad St. through its front doors, two Yale Daily News reporters walked through that same entrance. They showed their Yale identification cards to a security guard and took the elevator down to the building’s basement. What turned out to be the scene of a homicide had not yet been closed off to Yale faculty, staff and students.
BODY IDENTIFIED AS ANNIE LE GRD ’13
The body found at 10 Amistad St. has been identified as the remains of Annie Le GRD ’13, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Connecticut. The manner of death has been classified as a homicide, though the office declined to release the cause of death in order to facilitate the ongoing investigation into Le's death. The cause of death will be released tomorrow at 3 p.m., according to the office.
FEMALE BODY FOUND AT 10 AMISTAD ST.; POLICE SUSPECT IT IS ANNIE LE GRD ’13
Five days after Annie Le GRD ’13 was last seen, the authorities found what they believe to be her body on Sunday behind a basement wall in the Yale research facility at 10 Amistad St. The case is now classified as a homicide and will be investigated primarily by the New Haven Police Department.
FEMALE BODY FOUND AT 10 AMISTAD ST.; POLICE 'ASSUME' IT IS ANNIE LE GRD ’13
Levin: 'The identity of the woman has not yet been established'
Investigators have found the body of a female inside a wall in the basement of 10 Amistad St., the building where Annie Le GRD ’13 was last seen, authorities said Sunday evening.
9 p.m. press conference planned for Le case
Law enforcement officials have planned a press conference for 9 p.m. regarding the disappearance of Annie Le GRD '13, city spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga said. The press conference will be held at the New Haven Police Department headquarters on Union Avenue, and a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the FBI's special agent in charge for Connecticut, Kimberly Mertz, will be in attendance. The press conference appears to have come as a complete surprise to University officials. Reached shortly before 8 p.m., Yale spokesman Tom Conroy said he had not been advised about the news conference.
Police: Clothes seized in lab are not what Le was wearing
The bloody clothes seized from a ceiling at 10 Amistad St. on Saturday are not what Annie Le GRD '13 was wearing when she entered that facility Tuesday, a source within the Yale Police Department said today. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, added that the blood on the material could be either human blood or animal blood; many animal experiments are conducted in the research facility, he said, and so officials are currently analyzing the blood to determine its origins. Aside from this development, it has been a mostly quiet afternoon at 10 Amistad St.
Top law enforcement officials on scene at 10 Amistad St.
Investigators have been trickling into 10 Amistad St., the building where missing student Annie Le GRD ’13 was last seen, since about 10 a.m. this morning. Some of the investigation’s top officials just arrived — including the special agent in charge of the FBI in Connecticut, Kimberly Mertz, and the Yale Police Department’s top two officials, Chief James Perrotti and Assistant Chief Ronnell Higgins — and could be seen entering through a loading dock to the building's basement, where the investigators' search efforts have been concentrated in recent days.
Disappearance story is top headline across the country
It's still unclear what happened to Annie Le GRD '13, but there's no shortage of news coverage about her disappearance. The story was the top link on Google News and major networks continued to report updates on Saturday, including these broadcasts from the "Evening News" on CBS and the "Nightly News" on NBC:
FBI: Student's body has not been found
Reports that Annie Le's GRD ’13 body was recovered from the lab where she was last seen Tuesday are untrue, law enforcement officials said Saturday.
Police: Bloody clothes found at student's lab
Police have found bloody clothes at the research facility at 10 Amistad St., where graduate student Annie Le GRD ’13 was last seen, a police source close to the investigation said.
University: Professor is not a suspect in disappearance
University Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer shot down reports this morning that the authorities believe a professor may be involved in the disappearance of Annie Le GRD ’13. The New York Daily News, citing an anonymous police source, In an interview this morning, Lorimer said that headlines like one on the Fox News Web site saying Calling the phrase a "typical Fox News hysterical headline," Lorimer added that the police are "interviewing tons of people" and there is no reason to believe any professor is a suspect in Le’s disappearance.
No suspects in disappearance, police say
The authorities have not identified any suspects in the disappearance of Annie Le GRD ’13, even as they expanded the search for her on Friday and Yale offered a reward of $10,000 for information.
Investigators search basement of 10 Amistad St.
The research center at 10 Amistad St. where Annie Le GRD '13 was last seen continues to be the center of activity for law enforcement officials investigating her disappearance. As FBI agents repeatedly combed the corridors in the building’s basement, Deputy Secretary Martha Highsmith, who oversees campus security operations, hosted a meeting for the building's occupants at about 2 p.m. today, updating them on the investigation and informing them of new security precautions in the facility.
Disappearance is top story on network morning shows
All three major news networks included reports on the disappearance of Annie Le GRD '13 in the first half hour of their morning news programs Friday. On NBC, viewers watching "Today" first saw news about the missing Yale School of Medicine student at 7:01 a.m., when anchor Matt Lauer introduced the segment as the second leading story of the day. "Today" then turned, just like ABC's "Good Morning America," to the health care debate in Washington. But NBC returned to the Yale campus with a report that aired at 7:08 a.m.
Q&A | Blair: Yale was right to ban cartoons
Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who is teaching a course at Yale on “Faith and Globalization” again this semester, said in an interview yesterday that he agrees with Yale’s decision to publish a book about the 2005 Danish cartoon controversy without including the cartoons.
Search continues for missing student
After a full day of work, authorities have no good news to report in the search for Annie Le GRD ’13. Investigators interviewed Le’s friends and colleagues Thursday and continued to search the research facility at 10 Amistad St. where she was last seen Tuesday morning. University and law enforcement officials said there were no major developments yesterday and that they will continue searching Friday.
Police arrest gunman; ex-employee may have been targeting HR office
A retired Yale employee carrying a gun and ammunition was arrested on the edge of campus Thursday, and University officials believe he may have been targeting the nearby Human Resources office.
Police arrest gunman; ex-employee may have been targeting HR office
A retired Yale employee carrying an unloaded gun and ammunition was arrested on the fringe of campus Thursday, and University officials believe he may have been targeting the nearby Human Resources office.
FBI seeks information about missing student
The FBI has established a 24-hour tip line for information regarding the disappearance of Annie Le GRD '13, who has been missing since Tuesday morning. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call 1-877-503-1950.
Wedding for missing Yalie hasn't been canceled, banquet hall says
The folks at the A manager at the banquet facility where Le and her fiance were scheduled to be married Sunday says their wedding has not been canceled, despite the fact Le has been missing since Tuesday. "We're not sure as of now [whether it will be held]," said the manager, Nadine, who declined to give her last name. Le's fiance, Columbia University graduate student Jonathan Widawsky, has not made any public statements on her disappearance, though University Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer said he is cooperating with the investigation.
'Not a worry' about fiance's involvement, Lorimer says
Jonathan Widawsky, the fiance of missing graduate student Annie Le GRD '13, is cooperating with investigators as law enforcement officials continue to search for Le, University Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer said in a telephone interview this afternoon. "They've talked to him," said Lorimer, who added that "there's not a worry about" his possible involvement in the disappearance. Widawsky — who has not spoken publicly about Le’s disappearance — is currently a graduate student at Columbia Universtiy. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Rochester, which Le also attended. The two are scheduled to be married on Sunday.
FBI searches Le's apartment
Four FBI agents entered Annie Le's GRD '13 apartment at 188 Lawrence St. at about 1 p.m. this afternoon as law enforcement officials from several agencies continue to work to find the missing Yale School of Medicine student. A neighbor said he did not know Le, who has not been seen or heard from since Tuesday morning.
Blair: Yale made right decision with cartoons
A few hours before Tony Blair walked into the classroom for his "Faith and Globalization" seminar, he spoke with reporters at the President's House on Hillhouse Avenue this morning. In the half-hour discussion, Blair spoke about his belief that "if you want to understand the modern world you’ve got to be religiously literate" and answered a question from the News about the Danish cartoon controversy at Yale. "The whole fury is an example of how it’s important to get a better and easier way of having a dialogue about things of religious sensitivity, for sure," Blair said. "I really think from Yale’s perspective it made the right decision. Because this is not a piece of original research that Yale has suppressed. That would obviously be a completely different issue. The question is does it reignite a controversy that has already been there or not. I think it was an entirely responsible and sensible thing that they did." For more on Blair's visit to Yale, check back at yaledailynews.com and see Friday's paper.
GRADUATE STUDENT GOES MISSING
A 24-year-old graduate student at the Yale School of Medicine was declared missing on Wednesday by the Yale Police Department. According to the police, Annie Marie Le GRD ’13 — whose wedding is supposed to take place on Sunday — has not been seen or heard from since Tuesday morning. Deputy University Secretary Martha Highsmith, who oversees campus security operations, said there is no evidence to suggest foul play in the disappearance but declined to elaborate further Wednesday evening, saying she would not comment on an ongoing investigation.
Tony Blair gets ‘cheeky’ on late-night
NEW YORK — Tony Blair’s travels to Yale keep bringing him to late-night television studios.
Before Yale visit, Blair to appear on Letterman tonight
Tony Blair will arrive at Yale this evening for his first visit of the semester — but not before stopping by David Letterman's studio in New York to tape an appearance on the "Late Show." Blair, who is teaching for a second time the course on faith and globalization that he debuted last fall, will be making his first appearance on the show. It airs on CBS at 11:35 p.m. tonight, about the same time that Blair will probably be heading to bed at the President's House on Hillhouse Avenue. This is the second year in a row that Blair has appeared on late-night television on the eve of his first seminar; last year, he taped
Profs avoid SMARTs
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