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August 2013

  • Yale art that you can wear

    If Magritte painted a Cubist vision of Yale's Science Hill—and then turned it into a fashion statement—he might awaken from his... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 30 2013 10:24am

  • Nation of immigrants, Yale edition: Salovey pitches reform

    Unless you count Elihu Yale, the Welsh merchant and donor for whom it is named, Yale University is not widely seen as a university of immigrants.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 29 2013 06:52am

  • Typewriter stalwart Manson Whitlock dies at 96

    Manson Whitlock, who kept Yale and New Haven typewriters in working order for more than eight decades, died this morning at the age of 96, the New... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 28 2013 06:50pm

  • Scandal brings new punishments
    for Egyptology program

    Yale's troubled Egyptology program is experiencing new fallout from a faculty sex scandal that rocked its department early this year, the Yale Daily News... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 28 2013 09:46am

  • Brain child

    Last week I read a New York Times article about Emily Oster, a University of Chicago economist with a controversial new book about pregnancy.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 26 2013 10:08am

  • Inaugural class at Yale-NUS hits the books

    As members of the Yale Class of 2017 arrive on campus today, a much smaller group of college freshmen on the other side of the world has already... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 23 2013 12:05pm

  • Taking pictures as a star is born

    As a new star forms, it spews massive jets of gas. Now we have the baby pictures. "Young stars are violent objects that eject material at speeds as... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 21 2013 09:35am

  • Rabbinic rotation: Ponet to retire
    after 32 years as Jewish chaplain

    In the life of the Jewish people, 32 years is the blink of an eye. But in the span of Jewish life at Yale, it's a chunk of time—a chunk that... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 20 2013 10:07am

  • John Hollander, poet & professor

    John Hollander—"one of contemporary poetry’s foremost poets, editors, and anthologists," and a longtime member of the Yale faculty, died... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83,’97MSL</span> | August 19 2013 08:15am

  • Smoking & drinking—less,
    after cigarette taxes rise

    Drinking and smoking go together—even we nonsmokers know that. But here's a bit of good news for men who struggle with too much of both: higher... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 16 2013 11:26am

  • What's 'nonconsensual sex'?
    Yale tries to clarify

    Controversy continues to flare over Yale's handling of sexual misconduct, as the university tries to clarify its definition of "nonconsensual sex"... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 15 2013 08:41am

  • Yale World Fellow Alexei Navalny:
    sawing through doors in Russia

    Alexei Navalny is expected to get trounced in his campaign for mayor of Moscow next month. After that, the Russian blogger and dissident could lose his appeal... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 14 2013 10:33am

  • From WH Taft to WF Buckley:
    new home for Yale conservatives

    It's not quite The House That Bill Built, but it will do. Yale's William F. Buckley Jr. Program—founded by students in 2011 to "promote... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | August 13 2013 11:33am

  • Alcohol 101: the new freshman drinking requirement

    How much is the right amount for an underage freshman to drink? The law says zero, but a mandatory online alcohol education course for Yale’s... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Henry Furman ’14</span> | August 12 2013 10:11am

  • A musical summer for New Haven students

    Even though keeping up with Yale is my job, I'm frequently surprised to discover something going on here that I didn't know about—something... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 9 2013 08:05am

  • Machine politics

    It's been nine years since John Sebes ’84 and Gregory Miller set out to make election technology more transparent by starting the Open Source... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 7 2013 07:50am

  • An inning for the record books: UPDATED

    Red Sox backup catcher Ryan Lavarnway ’09 has only been in the big leagues since August 2011, but already the Yale superstar is in the Major... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Bruce Fellman</span> | August 6 2013 06:35pm

  • Exploring color with Albers and iPad

    What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Josef Albers's classic book The Interaction of Color than to make it more, well... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 6 2013 10:54am

  • Salovey addresses report on sexual misconduct

    Yale president Peter Salovey ’86PhD weighed in today on the controversy over Yale's handling of sexual misconduct, hinting at some additional... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 5 2013 06:01pm