Summary
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 t...
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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Albany makes small, meaningful strides for environment
Marcia Bystryn is president of the New York League of Conservation Voters.If the 2008 legislative session that ended last month is a good indicator, things may be looking up for New York's environment in the halls of Albany. You have to look beyond the sweeping reforms and big ideas, beyond the New York City Mayor Michael...Tags: Long Island, Michael Bloomberg, Laws, Environmental Pollution, Global Change
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Slim Lead In Cold Case
In the TV crime drama "Cold Case," long unsolved murders are re-examined and wrapped up neatly by the end of the hour. Witnesses overlooked in the initial investigation are often the key to the outcome. At the close of the show, dramatic music and special...Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses, Health and Safety at School, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Vehicles
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Opening eyes, minds
Sun reporterThe boys from Baltimore sprawled on leather chairs and sofas in the dark-paneled sitting room of a castle-like residential college at Yale University. It was the kind of place where scholars from earlier decades might have relaxed with cigars as they...Tags: Nathan Hale, Morgan State University, Harry Potter, Society, Company Information
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Josh Ozersky's "The Hamburger"
Associated Pressriting an ode to a single food is a road studded with pitfalls. If you go too granular, your narrative is derailed by obscurity. If you're too generalist, you sink into a morass of cliche. Which is why, with the hamburger—and there is no more...Tags: Ethics, Values, Culture, Ray Kroc, History
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WAY TO GO!: Fast learner on the fast track
Daria Brinzevich, who graduated last month from Mineola High School, was her class valedictorian although she came to the United States from Latvia only five years ago and spoke little English. She maintained a 99.25 grade-point average during her...Tags: Long Island
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Research credits healing power of exercise in war against cancer
McClatchy-Chicago Tribune NewsHACKENSACK, N.J.—The standard weapons in the fight against cancer—surgery, chemotherapy and radiation—may soon be joined by something far simpler: exercise. New research shows that regular physical activity helps reduce the risk of...Tags: Triathlon, Health Organizations, Government Health Care, Clubs and Associations, Health Treatments
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Macduff Symington
Macduff "Mac" Symington, a retired banker and tennis enthusiast, died Sunday of complications from a broken hip at Easton Memorial Hospital. The Worton resident was 80. Mr. Symington was born in Baltimore and raised in the Greenspring Valley. He was a...Tags: Sales, National Government, Christianity, Arthur Ashe, Anglican
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Experts unveil index to check nations' rule of law
Associated Press WriterLegal experts from 95 countries have devised a way of measuring how well leaders, officials and judges are meeting the basic principles of law and human rights. The "Rule of Law Index" -- unveiled Thursday at the World Justice Forum in Vienna -- is aimed...Tags: Terrorism, Central Intelligence Agency, International Law, Human Rights, International Court or Tribunal
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Sketch Of Man Circulated In Death Of Yale Student
Courant Staff WriterThe team reinvestigating the 1998 killing of Yale University senior Suzanne Jovin is circulating a sketch of a man spotted running near the scene, a potential breakthrough that was quickly dismissed a decade ago by investigators who focused instead on...Tags: James Clark, Litigation, Trials, Health and Safety at School, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Giving Paul Rudolph His Due
Courant Staff WriterThe art and architecture school that Paul Rudolph designed for Yale University was the most talked about building in the world when it opened in 1963. A monument of glass and concrete, it became an icon of American modernism. But its glory was short-...Tags: Frank Lloyd Wright, Orange County (Florida), Architecture, Westport, Metal and Mineral
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