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Annie Le, Yale Grad Student, Disappears Days Before Wedding
AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police used search dogs and reviewed security camera footage as they tried to find a 24-year-old Yale University graduate stu...
Yale and the Danish Cartoons
Kamran Pasha | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
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Muslims have always used art, including fiction, to spread the message of Islam. We have just forgotten our own heritage.
Does the Ivy League Turn You Into a Moron? Walter Kirn Critiques Princeton in "Lost in the Meritocracy"
Anis Shivani | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
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Walter Kirn, author of the novels Up in the Air and Mission to America, has written the most enticing recent indictment of education in this country.
The Uninsured Has a Black Face -- White Ambivalence Is Obama's Struggle
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
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Yale professor, John Dovidio, does not feel the ongoing protests, name calling and Hitler labels by white protesters are hate, but a fight by whites struggling to defend and maintain their position and status.
A Twa Lala -- Play a Song: My Keynote Address at the Music Educators Symposium at the Yale School of Music
Lucia Brawley | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living
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On June 10, 2009, it was my great honor to deliver the keynote address at the Yale School of Music's biennial Music Educators Symposium.
Obama, McCain Lawyers Unite for Election Reform
Jacob Soboroff | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics
Policymakers need solid, comparative data to referee the inevitable fights that take place between reformers, parties, candidates and election administrators over whether the system is working.
Why Did Financial Journalists Miss the Financial Crisis?
Neena Satija | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media
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Financial journalists failed because they're in the same straits that most journalists have been in for a while now: Understaffed and unduly influenced by their revenue sources and by the public.
Confirm Harold Koh as State Department Legal Adviser
Brandt Goldstein | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics
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Harold Koh is a brilliant and hard-working lawyer with a strong dedication to protecting America's interests and upholding our Constitution.
Are You Happy?
Sam Bagg | Posted 04.20.2009 | Living
We value happiness highly in our culture, so depression often means failure. This is especially true in spheres which fetishize success -- at Yale, unhappiness is simply unacceptable.
Geronimo's Descendants Sue Yale's Skull And Bones Over Remains
AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 03.21.2009 | Home
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Geronimo's descendants have sued Skull and Bones _ the secret society at Yale University linked to presidents and other powerf...
The Biggest Loser
Gregory Allen Howard | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics
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If a white man with Clarence Thomas's meager background of minor government bureaucrat had been put up for the Supreme Court, there would have been outrage. Except that he was Black.
Tony Blair: Britain's Bush And Obama
New York Magazine | Posted 01.29.2009 | World
Most world leaders, like movie stars, have a certain intensity when they walk into a room. Not Tony Blair. He's mild, light on his feet; he disarms no...
How Obama Can Improve the World
Jason Pielemeier | Posted 01.24.2009 | World
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Yale World Fellows advise Barack Obama on his first term, with tips on how he can transform the energy economy, advice on Afghanistan, and suggestions for how he can help create a global democracy.
A Yalie Roots For Harvard
Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
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Bush represented the end of an era; women like me represented the beginning of a new one. I stepped onto the Yale campus only months after Bush left it.
Are Blogs Good For Democracy? A Debate Featuring The Yale Political Union
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media
Arianna Huffington recently spoke before the Yale Political Union at a debate around the question, "Resolved: Blogs Are Good For Democracy." While Ar...
The Yalie Who Could Save Us Billions
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business
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There is another model that works extremely well: the relatively modestly paid money managers employed by major educational institutions and pension funds.
Switzerland- voted #1 Green Country in the World
Stefanie Michaels | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green
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Hello fellow "Greenies"- I'm Stefanie Michaels. I am also known as Adventure Girl from Adventure Girl.com. I am excited to be a part of Huffington Pos...
Starring in Denver: Barack and Hillary and Joe
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
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Clinton and Biden can help or they can hurt, but Barack Obama is still the man who's got to seal the deal.
List Of Best Colleges In The US, from US News And World Report
AP | Posted 09.22.2008 | Living
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Harvard University is the country's oldest, wealthiest and most selective university. Now it's back on top of the U.S. News & World Report college ran...
Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?
Jim Luce | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living
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As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...
Exclusive Interview: An M.I.T. And A Yale Professors' Cure For The Electoral College
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
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I had the chance recently to interview two professors in the field of statistics (from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology),...
Paul McCartney Given Yale Doctorate With Tony Blair Nearby
AP | Posted 06.03.2008 | Entertainment
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Paul McCartney can now add one more honor to the numerous awards, accolades and the knighthood he has already received. The ...
Yale Alumni Want 'College' Named After Chief Investment Officer
Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business
I've written before about Yale's vow not to sell naming rights to its two new colleges to the highest bidder. Their tradition is to name colleges afte...
Yale Women's Center May Sue Fraternity For Sexist Sign
Yale Daily News | Zachary Abrahamson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Members of the Yale Women's Center board threatened to initiate legal action Sunday after discovering a photograph posted on Facebook.com depicting 12...
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