Clemmie Engle’s Reunion Photos
We are still getting caught up on reports from the Reunion. Here are some great candids from Clemmie Engle.
Student innovators recognized on Forbes list
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. Anna Zhang, a Yale College sophomore, Nyuol Lueth Tong, a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the Graduate School of…
Yale’s Student COVID Cases 2nd Highest in Ivies
Chart showing COVID infections at Ivy colleges
Steve Schwarzman Signs Giving Pledge
Editor’s Note: This was reported by Barron’s just this month, but actually occurred earlier this year.
Since May 2019, another 13 billionaires around the world have signed the Giving Pledge, a global, multi-generational commitment by some of the world’s wealthiest to give a majority of their wealth to philanthropy or charitable causes, either during their lifetimes or in their wills.
Among those new to the list are William Gross, co-founder of PIMCO, the world’s largest fixed-income investment company, and Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman, CEO, and co-founder of investment firm Blackstone, according to the Giving Pledge’s announcement Monday.
Yale students take a shot at love with ‘Marriage Pact’ questionnaire
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 since been used by other universities including Oxford and Cornell. It all starts with 50 questions and from there, an…
Yale is among the schools with the highest Graduation Success Rate, according to NCAA data
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 program’s highest since the NCAA began monitoring GSR in 2002. The men’s basketball program had a rate of 90%, while…
Yale Achieves Gold Sustainability Rating
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 leadership. Each credit correlates to a certain number of points, and schools self-report their standings based on University data. To...
Schwarzman defended Trump at CEO meeting on election results
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 several participants. About 30 chief executives — of companies as large as Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson and Walmart —…
Outbreak elevates Yale COVID alert level, quarantines students
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 its COVID-alert status from yellow to orange. The change in status means no visitors are allowed on campus, travel is strongly discouraged,…
Pine Brook’s Howard Newman Defends ‘Fracking for Export’
Editor’s Note: This is an interview from The Wall Street Journal.
Howard Newman, co-founder of private-equity firm Pine Brook, believes the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election should pursue a bigger role for the U.S. in the global fight against climate change and that the nation’s abundant natural-gas supply can be a means to that end.
Mr. Newman spoke to WSJ Pro about some of the energy policies he’d like to see the next administration adopt.
Yale’s David Swensen Puts Money Managers on Notice About Diversity
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 the least diverse fields on Wall Street. A 2019 study commissioned by the Knight Foundation found women- and minority-owned firms…
Where Is The First Place You’ll Travel?
Where is the first place you’ll travel once air travel is totally unrestricted? Why?
Go down to the “Comments” area at the bottom of this post and list the destination and why you chose it. And check out where your friends are heading post-pandemic!
How Yale, the country’s best college golf course, is back from the dead
from GolfWorld How Yale, the country’s best college golf course, is back from the dead By Joel Beall September 30, 2020 He walked off the course as if witnessing a resurrection. There was a glance back at the green and down the fairway, as to confirm what happened had happened. “It’s miraculous, really,” Robert Massimilian says. “I came out to see if it was still alive. After everything that’s been said, I didn’t know what…
How Life Became an Endless, Terrible Competition
from the atlantic.com How Life Became an Endless, Terrible Competition By Daniel Markovits Aug. 19th, 2019 . Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, making everyone—even the rich—miserable. Maybe there’s a way out. Updated at 4:38 p.m. ET on September 4, 2019. In the summer of 1987, I graduated from a public high school in Austin, Texas, and headed northeast to attend Yale. I then spent nearly 15 years studying at various universities—the London School of Economics, the…
John Randolph Elliott, August 31, 2020
from: Erie Times News The Rev. John Randolph Elliott (“Randy”) was an extraordinary, ordinary man. Randy will be long remembered as a man of prayer with deep faith, warm spirit, unwavering integrity, rigorous self-discipline, large intellect, and contagious laughter most often heard with a big family that he loved and gave him great joy—a family eternally grateful for his presence in their lives. Indeed, he lived with eternity in his heart, and entered his heavenly…
David Harrison Idol II, August 22, 2020
David Harrison Idol II died Saturday, August 22, 2020 at his home on Hillcrest Dr. in High Point. He was 74 years old. David was born May 20, 1946 in High Point to Percy Cornelius Idol and Lillian Small Idol. He was educated at Woodberry Forest School, King’s College, Taunton, and Yale University, and he received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He began his law career…
