Editor’s Note: This is the third of three articles and columns addressing Yale and race. Here, President Salovey responds to the criticism set forth by Heather McDonald in “At Yale, ‘Diversity’ Means More Of The Same.” See also Dr. Salovey’s statement on diversity and inclusion from earlier in April. OPINION | LETTERS Yale Is Right to Actively Cultivate Diversity Diversity strengthens Yale. But it also means we must work hard to ensure every member of…
Editor’s Note: This is the second of three articles and columns addressing Yale and race. Op-Ed Contributor Heather MacDonald points out the accretion of administrative bureaucracy addressing racial matters at Yale and argues that it is seriously counter-productive. Compare also the critique coming from the faculty in “13 Tenured Professors Withdraw from Ethnicity, Race and Migration Program.” See also, next article in this series, President Salovey’s response to this … and also “Woodbridge Loyalists Question Salovey’s…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of three articles and columns addressing Yale and race. Here, the conservative (according to Wikipedia) National Association of Scholars takes Yale to task for “de facto segregation” in supporting racial initiatives that deal with blacks separately. Here is their bill of particulars: Segregation by Design on Campus How racial separatism become the norm at elite universities like Yale, Brown and Wesleyan. By Peter W. Wood and Dion J. Pierre April 29,…
From NPR News by EVAN DENNY • An aerial view of Yale New Haven Hospital WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Yale New Haven Hospital announced plans on Monday to build a new state-of-the-art neuroscience center for treating diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The facility, which is expected to cost under $1 billion, has a goal of advancing treatment for people with challenging neurological diseases. Yale New Haven Hospital CEO Marna Borgstrom made the announcement. “Our goal is to move closer…
from Yale Daily News UP CLOSE: Woodbridge loyalists question Salovey’s leadership By Serena Cho Photos by Robbie Short, Daniel Zhao and Jakub Madej Graphics by Chris West One afternoon last fall, four of Yale’s most generous alumni joined former University Secretary Sam Chauncey ’57 and Chief Investment Officer David Swensen GRD ’80 for lunch at the Racquet and Tennis Club — an exclusive, all-male social club on Park Avenue. The net worth in the room hovered in the billions….
I have assembled many materials and commentaries on the Halloween affair and debated about publishing it here. Although the “Halloween affair” is complicated and has three sides to the story,** there is no doubt that it is an ugly chapter in recent Yale history, a chapter that makes NO ONE proud.
But despite that depressing display of human nature, Professor Christakis has produced a work of both laudable scholarship and material accessible by the general reader. Relying on his expertise in social networks and evolutionary biology, he concludes …
The schedule for our Class of ‘69 programs covers four days, Thursday through Sunday, May 30 through June 2, 2019. Each day contains some stimulating, entertaining events presented only to our class members and our spouses and guests. The events organized by the Yale Alumni Association for all of the reunion classes will be held on the Friday and Saturday mornings. Reunion-wide programs, such as President Salovey’s address and the Yale music program, take place…
Other Colleges Are Close Behind
Here’s an interim report on how YOUR college is doing in the contest to see which college will win a long weekend in St. Croix. (See “College With Best Attendance Will Win Long Weekend on St. Croix.”)
Come to Sprague Hall just after lunch on Saturday to experience a great concert put on by some of the professional musicians in our Class: The Real Stormin’ Norman Zamcheck (ES), Rick Drost (BR), and host John O’Leary (SM), accompanied by Mat Kastner (SY).
Between them, they have played national venues such as NY’s The Bitter End and Carnegie Hall, LA’s Hollywood Bowl and Troubadour, and Cambridge’s Passim. They will perform their own songs as well as several 60s classics, including the song YOU chose in our survey as your favorite song.
from: New Haven Register 13 Yale professors withdraw from ethnic studies program By Meghan Friedmann | March 31, 2019 Photo: Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media File Photo Students walk into Yale University’s Old Campus in New Haven last October. NEW HAVEN — Wandering around the Yale University campus, visitors might notice a sign that reads “-41 ETHNIC STUDIES FACULTY” and “$50 MILLION FOR WHAT?” pasted alongside pie charts that break down the demographics of Yale’s…
…. When I mention this to my Peets Coffee drinking buddy, a Dartmouth grad who has a terrific sense of humor, he mentioned an article in Smithsonian Magazine about a secretly invented Yale grad from the Class of 1943 … whose exploits were published in the YAM 1943 Class Notes. He sent me the article and the obit of the perpetrator of the faux exploits …
Editor’s Note: Because many of you won’t be able to read the entire 50th Reunion book cover to cover, Michael Folz has helpfully condensed all of the submissions into one short, generic, personal essay. 😉
foxnews.com Hawley suggests Trump admin strip Yale of federal funding if ‘targeting’ of religious students continues By Gregg Re | Apr. 9th, 2019 Missouri GOP Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter early Tuesday to Attorney General William Barr calling for the Justice Department to closely monitor Yale University — and to cut off the institution’s federal funding if its law school continues to “target religious students for special disfavor.” The fiery two-page missive, exclusively obtained by Fox News, comes days after Texas Republican…
Gents, my good wife Regina turned me on to this literate, fabulous commentary in the Atlantic on the college admissions scandal. It is by Caitlin Flanagan. She has a BA and MA in Art History from UVa. She writes it from the point of view of a woman who taught English for 4 years (her best job ever) and then was a college counselor (worst job ever) at the “Harvard-Westlake School” in Los Angeles. This…
Yale wins National Quiz Bowl competition By: Hector Ramirez NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Congrats are in order to some Yale students! Yale University took home the nation’s top spot at this weekend’s NAQT Quiz Bowl tournament. Quiz Bowl is one of the most difficult academic tournaments that tests students knowledge, ranging from sports, pop culture, literature, and biology. This is the second year in a row that Yale has won.
Although some of us were virtual strangers, the group gelled incredibly well, and we had a great series of discussions over dinner, which lasted from 6 until just after 10. I think we all felt we had made some new friends (yes, it is certainly possible at our age) and were enthused about reconnecting with each other and all our other friends in New Haven …
