Author Archives: Barrett Williams

Yale economics professor Robert Shiller is a best-selling author and currently teaches the famous course “Financial Markets.” Shiller is best known for the Case-Shiller Index, a house price index he began tabulating in 1991. This index has recently been cited as an indicator of the strength of the housing market, recently brought to light by »

After years of rumors regarding the company’s intentions to produce a “gPhone,” Google made an announcement about the public buzz in November. Google didn’t actually design a phone to sell to the masses, but the corporation did design a software suite called “Android” that will run on many phones, much like Windows Mobile does today. »

William Goetzmann is the Edwin J. Beinecke professor of finance and management studies at the School of Management, where he teaches a popular course entitled “Investment Management.” His research focuses on investments ranging from hedge funds to real estate to paintings. In an interview with the News, Goetzmann discusses how Yalies can get involved, how »

Yale’s language-study requirement may be the bane of some students’ freshman years, but for those pursuing careers in the world of international trade and business, there may be no choice but to endure the pain. Students, professors and administrators at the School of Management and in Yale College said the increasingly competitive global job market »

As renowned architect Lord Norman Foster ARC ’62 and his firm Foster + Partners prepare to release more detailed plans for a new School of Management campus scheduled to go up in 2011, students and administrators involved in planning the construction are becoming excited about the new complex’s ability to better serve the SOM’s unique »

As School of Management students finish up their fall coursework, they are focusing not just on Thanksgiving dinner, but on employment for next summer — whether that means an internship or a full-fledged job. But while the lagging national economy has noticeably curtailed business and finance opportunities for undergraduates, for the most part, job prospects »

With diploma in hand, Shawn Liu SOM ’07 founded New Haven custom clothing company Hillhouse Tailors with classmate Jennie Vry SOM ’07. Liu, whose company sells Shanghai-manufactured men’s dress shirts that start at $65, estimates that Hillhouse Tailors will have revenues of $1.2 million by 2009. Liu sat down with the News to talk about »

Operating systems are the bane of many people’s existences, and yet they use the systems every day without much thought. Apple released Mac OS X Leopard Oct. 26. I was lucky enough to be able to successfully install it on my Toshiba laptop this past weekend. This was a bit of an ordeal: I would »

Marty Rod ’08 is president of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, a non-profit student group that promotes entrepreneurship on campus. YES currently runs a yearly “Y50K” competition for aspiring entrepreneurs, backing the winning team with a $50,000 investment and support. Rod sat down with the News to explain how students can become entrepreneurs, what types of »

You clumsily drop your cell phone into a full margarita pitcher at Viva’s as your ex drunk dials you on a rainy Wednesday evening. Your night has taken a decisive turn for the worse. Your normally vibrating, singing, flashing and generally happy “telephone” is dead. Even worse, you’ve ruined the pitcher of booze-a-hol for your »

I’ve had it. I’m coming out of the closet. I’ve been a geek for most of my life, and I’m done hiding it. Every girl I’ve ever gone out with has thumbed her nose at my formerly-closeted “geekdom.” It’s as though the moment they find out that I like tech, I suddenly gain a double »

The Public Safety Committee of the Board of Aldermen met Wednesday to discuss the proposals of the Deadly Force Task Force, which were released last November in response to incidents of lethal force used by police officers. Formed after a string of deadly confrontations between police and residents, some of whom were mentally ill, the »