Endowment spending may be mandated
Even as the gilded age of booming university endowments recedes into the past, a Democratic lawmaker said Tuesday he would introduce legislation mandating that wealthy schools like Yale spend more of...
View ArticleHamilton left mark on sciences
Running late after a brief visit to his laboratory, a hurried Andy Hamilton walked into his first-floor office in Warner House at 9:30 one morning last spring. Apologizing to a visitor waiting for...
View ArticleLevin to name Yale College dean today
University President Richard Levin will name the next dean of Yale College today, the News has learned. A ceremony is scheduled this afternoon in Luce Hall. The new dean will succeed Peter Salovey,...
View ArticleUp Close | Can Yale be tuition-free?
Last year was a good one for David Swensen GRD ’80, the University’s chief investment officer. Under his watch, the Yale endowment rose to $22.5 billion, nearly four times where it stood just a decade...
View ArticleMARY MILLER TO BE NAMED DEAN TODAY
Mary E. Miller GRD ’81, the Sterling Professor of the History of Art and master of Saybrook College, will be named the dean of Yale College today, the News has learned. A ceremony is scheduled this...
View ArticleReporting on Election Day, from Wasilla to West Haven
Dear YaleDailyNews.com readers, As the historic 2008 presidential election nears, the Yale Daily News will offer in-depth, student-focused reporting on a scale unprecedented for a college newspaper....
View ArticleReporting on the inauguration, from Washington to WLH
Dear YaleDailyNews.com readers, As the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama draws near, the Yale Daily News will offer in-depth, behind-the-scenes coverage from Washington and around campus....
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Welcome to Cross Campus — online
Dear readers, In September, as part of a wider redesign of the News’ print edition, Cross Campus debuted in the left-hand column of the Oldest College Daily’s front page. With about ten short, pithy...
View ArticleMore Sake, More Happy
Tony Chi places his cup of green tea on the aluminum grill and sprawls on a stool in the back of the restaurant. Adjusting his chef’s hat, he ties on his hachimaki, a traditional Japanese headband...
View ArticleThe hills are alive (and profitable)
In easels in the theater of the town hall in West Rutland, Vermont, sat 13 photographs of mountains, and Justin Lindholm was eager to show them to me. As if browsing a museum with an expert guide, I...
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