Stephannie Furtak
Stephannie Furtak
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Study: Autistic children miss social cues
According to new Yale research, 2-year-olds with autism lack a key social mechanism that normally allows non-autistic children to recognize human movement.
When playing the game is a job
With less than a minute left on the clock and the score tied at 2-2, Jonathan Edwards player Josh Elser ’11 broke away from a pack of Ezra Stiles defenders during an intramural ice hockey game Feb. 16.
Blue phone meets BlackBerry
Thanks to a group of Yale electrical engineering students, Blackberry users at Yale may soon be able to carry campus security blue phones in their pockets.
The dining hall artist
Last December, when Saybrook dining hall manager John Morris was setting up for a holiday dinner, he knew immediately which of his employees could turn a simple arrangement of tables and decorations into a work of art: Pamela Dear.
YSEC highlights wonders of water
A large homemade fountain in the Commons rotunda, featuring a network of tubing and PVC spigots, brought water — and facts about water issues — directly to students on Monday.
Behavior modification: Looking to psychology for parenting solutions
As a result of such thinking, said Alan Kazdin, director of the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic, many parents do not believe their child’s behavior is severe enough to warrant stereotypical psychological care.
Bike proposal seeks funding
A student proposal that would make bikes available for rent in all residential colleges is searching for funding in tough economic times.
City debates ‘felony box’ on applications
As a single mother and full-time student, Barbara Fair worked her way through college and graduate school, obtaining her master’s degree in clinical social work. But due to an arrest from more than a decade ago, city law holds that she must check a box on each employment application she fills out. Immediately and without a chance for explanation, she said, her opportunities for employment dissipate.
Stanford embraces iPhone; will an iYale be next?
Last October, two Stanford undergrads launched a new portal for academic resources and social life — via an application for the iPhone. Will an iYale be next?
Briefly: NHPD officer facing brutality charges in federal courts
New Haven police officer Dennis O’Connell is being sued in federal courts with allegations of brutality and an illegal strip search. While city union cops defended O’Connell, citing the difficulties of patrolling violent neighborhoods, the officer’s record contained eight complaints of excessive force within recent years. Not one of the those complaints resulted in disciplinary action from within the department. The lawsuits are the latest controversial incidents at te NHPD. In 2007, three detectives in the department’s narcotics enforcement unit were implicated in various corruption charges