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February 2013

  • Donna Diers, Living Legend of Nursing, dies

    A Living Legend of nursing has died. Donna Diers, dean of the Yale School of Nursing from 1972 to 1985 and the Annie W. Goodrich Professor Emerita, died on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 27 2013 07:39am

  • Medzhitov snags another big science prize

    More than 150 scientists were nominated for the first-ever Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciences. Just one person won it: Yale immunologist Ruslan... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 26 2013 11:28am

  • Weekly Sports Roundup (2/18–2/24)

    As the winter season approaches its end, many of Yale's teams played at their strongest last week. The men's ice hockey team (14–10–3, 10–9–1... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | February 25 2013 10:34am

  • An Oscar for Yael Melamede

    Inocente Izucar, a homeless teenager, "has managed to produce distinctive, vibrant paintings" despite moving "more than 30 times in nine years." Now also she... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 25 2013 06:50am

  • DoD now says it is not funding Yale special-ops center (updated 2/23)

    A reported $1.8 million grant to set up a military neuroscience center at the Yale School of Medicine is not forthcoming after all, a Defense Department... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 22 2013 10:14am

  • Med school puts brakes on special-ops plan

    In the face of opposition on and off campus, the Yale School of Medicine is putting a hold on plans for a program to train US soldiers in military... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 21 2013 03:22pm

  • Special ops at Yale School of Medicine?

    A plan to establish a US Army training center at the Yale School of Medicine is stirring controversy and confusion. The center, called a US Special Operations... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 21 2013 08:25am

  • A Brenzel Wenzel?

    It's the birthday present that every Yalie dreams of—even when he's eligible to join the AARP. Some students in Timothy Dwight College are... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 20 2013 06:37am

  • Weekly Sports Roundup (2/11–2/17)

    In the aftermath of last week's blizzard, many teams had their matches rescheduled and the Bulldogs were more active than planned this week. Though the results were mixed... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | February 18 2013 03:11pm

  • Hendrie renovation moving forward

    This will be music to the ears of a lot of people at Yale: the long-delayed renovation of Hendrie Hall for the School of Music and other campus music... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch &#39;86</span> | February 18 2013 06:11am

  • How Yale begat the Tea Party?

    It's widely agreed that a Yale man—William F. Buckley Jr. ’50—was the intellectual father of the modern American conservative... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 14 2013 03:18am

  • Under J. Pressure

    J. Press has sold menswear to Yalies on York Street for more than a century. It took the blizzard of the century to shut the place down—but... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97</span> | February 13 2013 11:07am

  • This year's Class Day speaker: Cory Booker

    It's not too often that Yale seniors get to hear from a superhero on Class Day. This year's speaker, Cory Booker ’97JD, nearly fits the bill.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 12 2013 05:29am

  • Weekly Sports Roundup (2/4–2/10)

    As Yale College enjoys its first snow day in over three decades, it looks like professors trudging to campus to teach classes weren't the only ones to see their schedules... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | February 11 2013 11:31am

  • For Black History Month, a Yale woman of many firsts

    It's quiet here in the Storm—er, Elm—City, as Yale and New Haven continue to dig out from a record-setting 34 inches of snow (and, now... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 11 2013 07:37am

  • Sorry, we're closed

    When Yale canceled classes last October in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, it was the first time the university had taken that step since the blizzard... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 10 2013 01:15pm

  • Campus buried in nearly three feet of snow

    Things are pretty much shut down at Yale after last night's blizzard, which the state Department of Transportation says dropped 34.25 inches in snow... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 9 2013 07:21am

  • The next divestment campaign

    Is it socially irresponsible to own stock in oil companies? That's the question that a student group want the university to take up. Fossil Free Yale... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 8 2013 06:21am

  • Storm cancels GALA reunion but not intrepid IvyQ conference

    "Historic, crippling blizzard ahead," says Weather.com, followed by a qualifier: "Winter Storm Nemo could go down in the history books of crippling... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | February 7 2013 09:49am