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January 2013

  • Food guru Kelly Brownell heads to Duke

    Food and obesity guru Kelly Brownell is leaving Yale for Duke University. Brownell, the James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychology and director of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 30 2013 07:26am

  • A Sundance victory dance

    Back in the headlines: last week's Yale Alumni Magazine Newsmaker, Kalyanee Mam ’99 (at lectern above), is this week's Sundance Film Festival... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 30 2013 06:10am

  • End of an era, New Haven edition

    New Haven mayor John DeStefano, who took office just months after Rick Levin ’74PhD, will end his 20-year run this year, just months after the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 29 2013 07:27am

  • Weekly Sports Roundup (1/21–1/27)

    The women's ice hockey team hosted its third annual "White Out for Mandi" fund-raiser at its match against Colgate last week, honoring the memory of center Mandi Schwartz ’10, who died of leukemia in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | January 28 2013 12:16pm

  • Alumni art: outside the white box

    Connecticut is in the deep freeze right now, but a passel of Yale-trained artists is bringing the glow of creativity to the town of Greenwich. "Yale... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 25 2013 05:19am

  • Record-high Yale applications: worth bragging about?

    "Every year, I am asked about the significance of application counts," says Jeffrey Brenzel ’75, Yale College's dean of admissions, in a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 23 2013 05:40am

  • Writer jumps from Globe to web

    A ten-year run as film critic for a major daily newspaper, a Pulitzer Prize, and an illustrious career as class notes scrivener for the Yale Alumni... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 24 2013 07:08am

  • Weekly Sports Roundup (1/14–1/20)

    With the winter season in full swing, the Bulldogs had several exciting matches last week. Though there were mixed results across the board, the women's squash team... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | January 22 2013 04:53am

  • Dr. King at Yale

    Martin Luther King's appearance at Yale's commencement in 1964 to receive an honorary degree was notable for many reasons, but he was, as far as we know, the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch &#39;86</span> | January 19 2013 06:21am

  • Men's hockey shuts out Harvard, 4–0

    The men's ice hockey team and goalie Jeff Malcolm ’13 got their first shutout win of the year tonight, blanking Harvard 4–0 at the Whale.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 18 2013 05:02pm

  • The Game, on skates

    Tonight's hottest ticket—if you can get one—is at Ingalls Rink. The men's hockey team (9–4–3)—ranked No. 12 in the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 18 2013 10:18am

  • New details in Darnell suspension

    When tenured professor John Darnell announced his suspension from the Yale faculty last week for sexual misconduct, he did not name the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 17 2013 05:29pm

  • A "Tar Baby" on stage draws laughs and some winces

    Can we talk about race? Maybe we can pretend to talk about it while pretending not to talk about it. That seems to be the sly approach of Desiree Burch... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 16 2013 08:56am

  • The Spring Term begins

    A few inches of snow greeted students this morning as they set out to shop classes on the third day of what Yale optimistically calls the Spring... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 16 2013 04:51am

  • Weekly Sports Roundup (1/7–1/13)

    In the final week of the winter recess, many athletes returned to the fields before their classmates even returned to New Haven—and it was a strong week for the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | January 15 2013 10:34am

  • Clarence Thomas speaks—but what did he say?

    Two of the things Clarence Thomas ’74JD is famous for—his reticence on the US Supreme Court bench and his dissatisfaction with his alma... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97JD</span> | January 15 2013 07:14am

  • Econ chair appointed provost

    A slip of the tongue from Yale president-elect Peter Salovey ’86PhD made today's campus news seem especially momentous . . . but just for a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 14 2013 12:21pm

  • Architecture award for Morse and Stiles

    Morse and Ezra Stiles are the twin Cinderellas of Yale's residential college system, long mocked by their Gothic and Georgian stepsisters for their... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 14 2013 07:30am

  • Two Yalies and their meta-viral video

    What's the formula for creating a viral YouTube video? Well, combining elements from 30 of the most popular videos of 2012 can't hurt. Last month... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | January 11 2013 10:02am