Author Archives: Colleen Flynn

In a talk hosted by the Yale College Democrats, Howard Dean ’71 spoke about his undergraduate experience at Yale.
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Dean calls on ‘First Globals’ generation
By Colleen Flynn April 17, 2013 • 0
Howard Dean ’71 told admitted prefrosh Tuesday evening that their generation holds the solutions to dysfunction in Washington, the media and Wall Street.
Leigh Hamilton
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YCC | Leigh Hamilton ’15, treasurer
By Colleen Flynn April 8, 2013 • 0
Through her student government experience, Leigh Hamilton ’15 said she knows budgets.
Students Unite Now, or SUN, is a community advocacy group that seeks to give students at Yale a forum for free expression.
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SUN speak-out draws crowd of 100
By Colleen Flynn March 4, 2013 • 0
A crowd of over 100 Yale community members gathered at Beinecke Plaza for a speak-out on Friday afternoon.
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Paleontologist remembered for 30-year tenure
By Colleen Flynn and Yanan Wang February 12, 2013 • 0
Leo Hickey, remembered by friends, family and colleagues for his breadth of academic interest, died of melanoma Saturday morning. He was 72.
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English Dept. considers intro creative writing course
By Colleen Flynn February 11, 2013 • 0
In an effort to open creative writing courses to more undergraduates, the English Department hopes to expand course offerings as early as fall 2013.
Creative writing lecturers John Crowley, center, and Emily Barton push the Yale community to seek creative writing opportunities out of the classroom.
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Creative writing workshops offered
By Colleen Flynn January 29, 2013 • 0
Two members of the English Department are bringing creative writing workshops to the broader Yale community.
GSA report tackles bike safety
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GSA report tackles bike safety
By Colleen Flynn November 30, 2012 • 0
Almost 1,000 Yale cyclists could benefit from new bike lanes and safer streets if the Yale Graduate Student Assembly’s new bike plan finds support in city government.
Students selling Harvard-Yale apparel in Commons Rotunda, on Cross Campus and in residential colleges have seen a decrease in sales this year compared to last.
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Harvard-Yale ticket sales fall
By Colleen Flynn November 15, 2012 • 0
The past two times Harvard hosted the Harvard-Yale football game, tickets for Yale students sold out in a matter of days. But this year, after over a week of sales, fewer than 2,600 students have purchased tickets to the game.
Panel members included Priyamvada Natarajan, Corinne Moss-Racusin, Rana Dajani and Megan Urry (left to right).
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Panel addresses gender bias in sciences
By Colleen Flynn November 9, 2012 • 2
A Thursday night panel hosted by Women in Science at Yale discussed a recent study showing a gender bias against women in scientific fields.
MonstRAASity, a Raas/Garba dance team, was one of the groups featured at Roshni on Friday. The event drew an audience of nearly 1,100.
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Roshni asserts South Asian identity
By Colleen Flynn November 5, 2012 • 0
On Friday, Yale’s South Asian Society hosted its largest-ever Roshni performance showcase.
Visiting family members walk through Old Campus. Family Weekend begins today and ends on Sunday.
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Family Weekend breeds a cappella stress
By Colleen Flynn October 12, 2012 • 7
This year’s early arrival of Family Weekend has brought a capella stress levels to a crescendo. This year’s Family Weekend — Friday, Oct. 12 through Sunday, Oct. 14 ­— comes two weeks earlier than the weekend has fallen in the past, giving student performance groups little time to arrange pieces and prepare new members for »
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Buckley criticizes expanding role of government
By Colleen Flynn October 4, 2012 • 5
Nearly 70 years after graduating from Yale, James L. Buckley ’44 LAW ’49 returned to campus as the only living person to have held a high office in each of the three branches of the United States government. Buckley reflected on the balance between state and federal power and its origins in the Constitution at »