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September 2013

  • A piece of the True Fence?

    George H. W. Bush ’48 sat on it. So did Walter Camp, Class of 1882, and Albie Booth ’32. From 1875 to 1952, all of Yale's athletic team... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 27 2013 01:10pm

  • On stage, Kowalski calls out shutterbug

    Theatergoers: you don't want to mess with Stanley Kowalski. Especially when he has a Twitter account. Last night, in act three of the final preview... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 26 2013 07:24am

  • Lawsuit lands SOM grads'
    golf partnership in the rough

    Clinton Grusd ’12MBA and Salman Syed ’12MBA were classmates and golf buddies at the Yale School of Management when they decided to go... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | September 25 2013 11:51am

  • Endowment yields 12.5% growth
    (updated 9/25)

    Yale's endowment earned a 12.5 percent return in the past fiscal year, the university announced today. Investment gains were roughly $2.3 billion.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | September 24 2013 12:51pm

  • Weekly Sports Roundup (9/16-9/22)

    As many Yale teams took to the fields to begin their fall seasons this week, the football team got a promising start to its season with a 39–22 win over... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | September 23 2013 12:57pm

  • A room with a view

    My childhood bedroom looked nothing like that of  artist Elaine Reichek ’64BFA, but in her recreated childhood bedroom, on view at... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Peggy Edersheim Kalb ’86</span> | September 23 2013 09:54am

  • Let's go to the QB-cam

    What does the action look like on a football field from a quarterback’s point of view? We got to see this week, thanks to a video recorded using... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 20 2013 11:36am

  • Rock stars

    I first made it to the top of East Rock on orders from Vincent Scully ’40, ’49PhD. I was a sophomore taking Scully's Modern Architecture... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 19 2013 01:35pm

  • A lone wolf rides Rep's Streetcar

    In the town where Marlon Brando first strode the boards as Stanley Kowalski, and where the Van Gogh painting that inspired the famous "STELLLLA" scene hangs in the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | September 17 2013 05:33pm

  • Weekly Sports Roundup (9/2-9/15)

    As most students were racing from class to class during shopping period, several Yale teams were quickly kicking off their fall seasons—and the results were... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | September 16 2013 01:00pm

  • Should Harvard Business School
    be more like Yale?

    The front-page article on gender inequity at Harvard Business School caught my eye in Sunday's New York Times. The multi-page spread seemed... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | September 12 2013 07:45am

  • Yalie v. Yalie in mayoral primary;
    November rematch on tap

    Alexei Navalny isn't the only Yalie running for mayor this week. Navalny—not actually a Yale alum but a 2010 World Fellow—is going to... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | September 11 2013 11:16am

  • In memoriam

    Today we remember the nine Yale alumni who died in the September 11 attacks, and we express our sympathy to their families, friends, and classmates... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 11 2013 06:10am

  • When Morgan met Kai—
    and filed a Title IX complaint

    Kai and Morgan, fictitious Yale students, are engaged in a fictitious sexual encounter. It begins with mutual enthusiasm, but at some point Kai moves... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | September 10 2013 12:50pm

  • Sweet success for fair-trade cocoa entrepreneurs

    Back in the spring of 2012, when Diana Lovett ’01 sold Whole Foods on her new product line, she had recipes, samples, and a poster-board... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Peggy Edersheim Kalb ’86</span> | September 9 2013 11:11am

  • Garden-fresh infrastructure

    Pass by the corner of College and Chapel tonight at 6 pm, and you'll see a pack of people making a fuss over nothing more than a bike rack. Well... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 6 2013 11:15am

  • President's house will be a home

    President Peter Salovey ’86PhD and his wife Marta Moret ’84MPH are planning to live at 43 Hillhouse, Yale's official presidential home... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 4 2013 05:58am

  • The girl who left Yale for Salinger

    Every time J. D. Salinger's name comes up in the news, I think of Joyce Maynard ’75. I'm not so sure this would please her. Maynard is an accomplished and well-reviewed... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 4 2013 08:10am

  • Is serendipity dead? A freshman's mom wonders

    Author Christina Baker Kline ’86 (whose novel Orphan Train we reviewed in our last issue) and her husband David Kline ’86 just dropped... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 3 2013 11:02am