Yale recognized for fast growth of lower-income student enrollment

Yale recognized for fast growth of lower-income student enrollment

Yale recognized for fast growth of lower-income student enrollment The American Talent Initiative, a national alliance that aims to increase the number of lower-income students enrolled in colleges and universities, has highlighted Yale as a leader in achieving this goal. Since 2015, the percentage of Yale students eligible for Pell Grants grew by 55%.

Yale Drama Goes Tuition-Free With $150 Million Gift From David Geffen

Yale Drama Goes Tuition-Free With $150 Million Gift From David Geffen

from nytimes.com Yale Drama Goes Tuition-Free With $150 Million Gift From David Geffen By Michael Paulson|Jun. 30th, 2021 The $150 million gift will allow Yale School of Drama to stop charging tuition.Credit…Thomas McDonald for The New York Times June 30, 2021 The billionaire David Geffen is giving $150 million to Yale School of Drama, allowing one of…

Wanted: The next Class of ‘69 YAA Delegate!

Wanted: The next Class of ‘69 YAA Delegate!

We have an opportunity that I’d like you to consider: Representing the Class to the Yale Alumni Association (YAA), and vice-versa, as our “Delegate” to the YAA.

Formerly known as the AYA, the YAA coordinates all reunions, Class activities, and alumni programs. As our delegate, you’ll participate in the annual November “Assembly” (virtual this year).
Click thru to learn more. If interested, contact me at the email I provided in the article.

Yale sets new carbon reduction targets, net-zero by 2035; divestment now

Yale sets new carbon reduction targets, net-zero by 2035; divestment now

Along the way, they said, the university expects the campus to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2035, or “zero” emissions after offsets and other campus reductions in emissions are factored in.

Salovey and Strobel also shared an initial list of fossil fuel companies now ineligible for investment by the Yale endowment in accordance with recently adopted ethical investing principles. And they provided an update on the Planetary Solutions Project, an ambitious campus-wide initiative launched in December 2020 that is bringing the full weight of Yale’s expertise and resources to bear on pressing global crises.

Review: My Marathon

Review: My Marathon

Three years after we graduated in 1969, classmate Frank Shorter would win the gold medal in the men’s marathon in the 1972 Summer Olympics. His book My Marathon, coauthored with John Brant, tells how Frank prepared for and won that race as well the fascinating story of his life before and after Munich. In the…

Yale stirs dissent on campus, among alumni with abrupt change to board elections

Yale stirs dissent on campus, among alumni with abrupt change to board elections

from bizjournals.com Yale University stirs dissent on campus, among alumni with abrupt change to board elections Jun. 3rd, 2021 Zoraya Hightower opened an email May 24 to disappointment: Her campaign to secure a seat on Yale University’s board of trustees as an alumni fellow had ended in defeat. “I am sorry to have to deliver this…

Robert Shiller: ‘Wild West’ mentality is gripping housing, stocks and crypto

Robert Shiller: ‘Wild West’ mentality is gripping housing, stocks and crypto

Nobel prize-winning economist Robert Shiller is worried a bubble is forming in some of the market’s hottest trades.

He’s notably concerned about housing, stocks and cryptocurrencies, where he sees a “Wild West” mentality among investors.

“I haven’t done that in print. I’ve been saying that,” the Yale University professor told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Friday.

Even though the record run in stocks and cryptos has been taking a break over the past couple of weeks, Shiller is worried. He’s particularly uneasy about the latest housing boom.

“In real terms, the home prices have never

Yale Happiness Course Now Taught In High Schools

Yale Happiness Course Now Taught In High Schools

from weforum.org Yale University’s happiness course is now being taught in high schools Study at a Beijing high school showed that happiness lessons had positive outcomes among students. In the US, ‘happiness professor’ Laurie Santos’s Psychology and the Good Life course will be rolled out to students in low-income high schools. COVID-19 pandemic has negatively…

Class Colloquium 11: Richard Breitman – Refugees & Immigration, 1930s and now

Class Colloquium 11: Richard Breitman – Refugees & Immigration, 1930s and now

Some say that the challenges we face today resonate with what the country faced in the 1930s, specifically about refugees wanting asylum in the US.

One of the jewels of our Class, Richard Breitman, has made a career writing. researching and teaching about that period. 

Register today for Class Colloquium 11, set for July 14th (Bastille Day!) at 2:00 pm EDT for a presentation and rich Q&A, where Richard shares some observations about that period of American History — and converses with you about what it means for us today. Click through to learn more!

Richard Seltzer publishes Breeze, his latest novel

Richard Seltzer publishes Breeze, his latest novel

Breeze (Amazon), a young woman in present-day Connecticut, goes into a medically inexplicable coma.  Her boyfriend, Yannie, a senior at Yale, has to get her the help she needs to survive while trying to solve the mystery of this goddess-like free spirit who appeared out of nowhere two months before.

In part two, Breeze awakens in a different body in a […]

Bail set at $20 million for man charged in Yale grad student killing

Bail set at $20 million for man charged in Yale grad student killing

from  nhregister.com Bail set at $20 million for man charged in Yale grad student killing May. 20th, 2021  Pan attended his arraignment virtually in a gray shirt and gray shorts Thursday, and at one point appeared to lean forward to better hear Judge Brian Fischer. Prosecutor Stacey Miranda alleged Pan, 30, had been renting an…