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Yale University is the third oldest college in the country, founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in New Haven, CT. It is one of eight "Ivy League" schoolsfounded as an athletic conference but now associated with academic excellence, super-competitive admissions and a culture of elitism. Several U.S. presidentsincluding George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush are Yale graduates. The number of students applying to Yale goes up each year, along with the number of applicants turned away. Just 9 percent of the 21,000 students who applied for the freshman class of 2006-2007 got in. Yale's professional schools, in art, architecture, law, forestry and environmental studies, business and...
Yale University is the third oldest college in the country, founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in New Haven, CT. It is one of eight "Ivy League" schoolsfounded as an athletic conference but now associated with academic excellence, super-competitive admissions and a culture of elitism. Several U.S. presidentsincluding George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush are Yale graduates. The number of students applying to Yale goes up each year, along with the number of applicants turned away. Just 9 percent of the 21,000 students who applied for the freshman class of 2006-2007 got in. Yale's professional schools, in art, architecture, law, forestry and environmental studies, business and medicine are top-rated programs in their field. The Yale Law School has turned out judges, presidents and heads of state, including President Bill Clinton, New York senator Hillary Clinton and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The Yale School of Drama has left a comparable mark on the entertainment industry. Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep and Henry Winkler are all graduates. After Harvard, Yale has the second largest college endowment in the country, at nearly $23 billion. Yale and its affiliated teaching hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital, are the top two employers in New Haven. Its combined libraries hold 12 million books. Yale has 3,400 faculty members; 5,300 undergraduate students and 6,100 graduate students.
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Dr. George Palade, Nobel laureate and pioneer in modern cell biology, dies at 95
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was...Tags: Biology, Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes, Natural Science
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Obituaries in the news
Bruce Dal Canton CARNEGIE, Pa. (AP) — Bruce Dal Canton, a former high school teacher who turned a good showing at a tryout camp into a lengthy career as a major league pitcher and coach, died Tuesday. He was 66. Dal Canton died of esophageal...Tags: Major League Baseball, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, The White House, Colleges and Universities, Natural Science
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Dr. George Palade dies at 95; UC San Diego Nobel laureate
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDr. George Palade, the UC San Diego Nobel laureate whose work isolating, imaging and identifying the function of minute organelles within cells prompted the Nobel committee to label him and his co-winners the fathers of cell biology, died Tuesday at his...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Medicine, Physiology, Death and Dying, Natural Science
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Almanac
Today is Thursday, Oct. 9, the 283rd day of 2008. On this date 1701: The Collegiate School of Connecticut — later Yale University — was chartered. 1888: The public was admitted to the Washington Monument. 1958: Pope Pius XII died at...Tags: Washington Monument
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ALMANAC: OCT. 9, THE 283RD DAY OF 2008
There are 83 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: In 1701, the Collegiate School of Connecticut — later Yale University — was chartered. On this date: In 1446, the Korean alphabet, created under the aegis of King Sejong,...Tags: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Glendale, Glendale (Queens, New York), Petroleum Industry
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1446: The Korean alphabet, created under the aegis of King Sejong, was first published. 1701: The Collegiate School of Connecticut - later Yale University - was chartered. 1888: The public was first admitted to the Washington Monument. 1930: Laura...Tags: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Washington Monument, Glendale, Ariel Sharon, Petroleum Industry
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NEW HAVEN: Yale Grad Gets 'Genius' Grant
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic and Yale University in New Haven, has been awarded a MacArthur "genius" fellowship. She will receive $500,000 in "no strings attached" support over the next five...Tags: Eastern Connecticut State University, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Yale Gets $26 Million Grant To Study Children's Health
The federal government has given Yale University $26 million to study childhood health problems as part of the largest study of U.S. children ever performed. Yale researchers will be looking into how maternal genetics interact with diet, chemical...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution, Illnesses, Learning Disability
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Foreign policy/economics panel at Hofstra
The intersection of foreign policy and the U.S. pocketbooks will be the subject of a panel discussion featuring legal, business and diplomatic experts Friday at the Hofstra University School of Law. The event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the law...Tags: Hofstra University, Diplomacy, Colleges and Universities, New York University
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Yale gets $26 million to study children's health
The federal government has given Yale University $26 million to study childhood health problems as part of the largest study of U.S. children ever performed. Yale researchers will be looking into how maternal genetics interact with diet, chemical...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution, Healthcare Policies, Illnesses, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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What McCain learned from the Rough Rider
Washington Post Writers GroupJohn McCain, like many Americans who should know better, extravagantly praises Theodore Roosevelt. He is a kindred spirit of the impulsive Rough Rider, but the visceral McCain is rescued from some of TR's excesses by not having TR's overflowing cupboard...Tags: Edward M. Kennedy, Democratic National Conventions, Sociology, William James, John McCain
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A Look At The Week Ahead
Today •10.06: U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, is to provide information about unclaimed economic stimulus checks at a press conference in Bristol. The session is slated for 10 a.m. in council chambers at city hall. The Internal Revenue...Tags: Lawyers, Public Relations, Financial Markets, Colleges and Universities, Internal Revenue Service
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