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January 2014

  • YODA knows: J&J gives drug info
    to Yale Open Data Access

    In a "stunning win for open science," Yale has struck a deal to acquire all of Johnson & Johnson's clinical drug trial results, and to make them... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 30 2014 10:47am

  • School of Management jumps
    in global ranking—but why?

    When Financial Times released its annual ranking of the world's business schools this week, it called Yale "one of the most notable climbers." The Yale School... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 29 2014 11:49am

  • Us vs. them: as simple as ABC?

    If you, like me, are discouraged by our human instinct to focus on superficial differences rather than fundamental similarities, a new psychology... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 28 2014 10:40am

  • Weekly sports roundup: White Out for Mandi draws a crowd

    At its annual White Out for Mandi fund-raiser this week, the women's ice hockey team put forth a strong performance against Brown, ending in a 2–2... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Daniel Sisgoreo ’14</span> | January 27 2014 03:30pm

  • Deans will step down in June

    Yale College dean Mary Miller ’81PhD and Graduate School dean Thomas Pollard will both step down from their positions in June, President Peter... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Gavan Gideon ’14</span> | January 24 2014 11:53am

  • Mandi's Blues

    An annual tradition for the women's ice hockey team will turn Blues and white on Friday. Since 2011, the team has held a yearly fund-raising... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 24 2014 06:15am

  • About our January/February cover

    How do you talk about class in a way that is clear, upfront, pithy, and interesting enough to be on a magazine cover? That was what we struggled with for... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">The editors</span> | January 23 2014 01:24pm

  • Comedy or tragedy? Daily Show flags law clinic's help for veterans

    It's not a very funny subject: Vietnam veterans were less-than-honorably discharged because of their post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, aging and... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 22 2014 09:14am

  • That Bluebook controversy, explained and linked

    If you're like us, you might have been puzzling a bit over the recent kerfuffle in which Yale banned a student-run course selection website. Harry Yu... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 21 2014 12:13pm

  • Weekly sports roundup: squash teams still unbeaten

    Still perfect: the men's and women's squash teams added to their undefeated records this week. The No. 3 men's team (7–0, 2–0 Ivy) was on the road at... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 20 2014 05:25pm

  • Alum's hit song could bring an EGOT boost

    That inspirational power ballad you can't escape, with two versions on the pop charts? Yeah, that's the work of Robert Lopez ’97 and his wife Kristin... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 17 2014 08:15am

  • President calls; president answers

    In his first freshman address as Yale president, Peter Salovey ’86PhD talked about his immigrant grandparents and the American Dream: how, "in two... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 16 2014 12:12pm

  • Of mice, men, microbes—
    and women on the podium

    How can science organizations get more women to speak at their conventions? Two scientists put their own group under the microscope and came up with a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 15 2014 12:14pm

  • For Yalies among '30 Under 30,'
    youth not wasted on the young

    From time to time we write about people who are counted as Yalies although they never completed their Yale educations. But this might be the first time we take... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 14 2014 10:23am

  • Weekly sports roundup: two big hockey wins over Harvard

    While 15,524 people at Madison Square Garden (and many more in the TV audience) were watching the men's ice hockey team beat Harvard Saturday night, the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 13 2014 09:35am

  • SOM's sleek new home: a report and slide show

    After 37 years of living in a hodge-podge of repurposed buildings, Yale's School of Management is now under one roof—a spectacular signature... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 10 2014 07:53am

  • Law profs provoke with book on cultural groups and success

    If Law School professor Amy Chua felt misunderstood after her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother caused a media sensation three years ago, that hasn't... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 9 2014 08:03am

  • Surgeon general's warning saved 8 million lives, study says

    Fifty years ago this Sunday, Americans picked up their newspapers and read about the results of a long-awaited, much-publicized report from the US... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 8 2014 06:27am

  • Professor claims discrimination
    by School of Management

    A Yale School of Management professor is suing the university for gender and age discrimination, claiming that SOM decided not to renew her... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | January 7 2014 12:00pm