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The Justice Dept. drops a lawsuit accusing Yale of discriminating against Asian-American and white applicants. Yale University’s campus in New Haven, Conn.Credit…Sasha Rudensky for The New York Times The Justice Department on Wednesday withdrew a lawsuit against Yale that charged the university with discriminating against Asian-American and white applicants for admission, another reversal by the…

from: https://news.yale.edu/spellman Yale’s Daniel Spielman wins Held Prize for solving decades-old problem By Jim Shelton January 21, 2021      The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has presented the 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize to Daniel Spielman, Sterling Professor of Computer Science and professor of statistics and data science, for helping to solve a theoretical…

from Yale News Student innovators recognized on Forbes list By Susan Gonzalez, December 14, 2020 Three current Yale students and nearly a dozen recent alumni were named to Forbes magazine’s annual “30 Under 30” list, which recognizes some 600 individuals under the age of 30 who are innovators and leaders in a range of fields….

Chart showing COVID infections at Ivy colleges

from wtnh.com Yale students take a shot at love with ‘Marriage Pact’ questionnaire By Mackenzie Maynard, Nov. 23rd, 2020 (WTNH) — This semester, nearly 3,000 Yale University students answered questionnaires in hopes of potentially finding a romantic match. It’s all a part of the Marriage Pact, an idea started by Stanford students in 2017 and has…

from www.middletownpress.com Yale is among the schools with the highest Graduation Success Rate, according to NCAA data Nov. 19th, 2020 At 99%, Yale’s athletic program was among nine schools with the highest GSR in the country. Four other Connecticut programs exceeded 90%: Fairfield (96%), Quinnipiac (94%), Hartford (94%), and UConn (92%). UConn’s percentage is the…

November 18, 2020 This fall, Yale was awarded a Gold rating through STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, which is administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).< As a benchmark for sustainability, STARS encompasses over 60 credits organized within academics, engagement, operations, planning and administration, and innovation and...

from Financial Times Schwarzman defended Trump at CEO meeting on election results Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Mark Vandevelde in New York, November 14th, 2020 Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman defended Donald Trump’s response to this year’s US poll results during an emergency meeting of senior business leaders alarmed by the president’s claims that the election is being stolen, according to…

from New Haven Register Outbreak elevates Yale COVID alert level, quarantines students By Jim Shay, Nov. 7th, 2020 NEW HAVEN — Students in three Yale University residential colleges have been asked to quarantine and sports activities have been suspended for the weekend after a surge in COVID-19 cases, school officials said. On Friday, Yale also raised…

wsj.com Yale’s David Swensen Puts Money Managers on Notice About Diversity By Juliet Chung Close Juliet Chung Biography Juliet.Chung@wsj.com and Dawn Lim  The national discussion over race has resulted in an accelerated push for diversity on boards and in companies across the U.S. It has also prompted some investors to look at investment management, one of…