Author Archives: Julia Zorthian

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DOD nixed training center a year ago
By Julia Zorthian February 25, 2013 • 0
Despite initial reports to the contrary, the School of Medicine will not open a training center for soldiers using a grant from the Department of Defense.
President-elect Salovey will have traveled to Paris, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing and many American cities by the end of May.
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Salovey prepares for presidency, on campus and off
By Julia Zorthian February 21, 2013 • 0
Peter Salovey has just four months until he settles into his new office in Woodbridge Hall. Until then, Yale’s president-elect is on the move.
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Salovey outlines vision for future
By Julia Zorthian February 20, 2013 • 0
Davenport College students had the chance to fire questions at President-elect Peter Salovey at a Davenport Master’s Tea on Tuesday afternoon.
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Potential DOD center stirs controversy
By Julia Zorthian February 20, 2013 • 0
The University issued a statement Tuesday afternoon denying that a possible military training center at the Yale School of Medicine has been formally proposed.
University President Richard Levin and his wife, Directed Studies professor Jane Levin, shared their story at a Thursday panel sponsored by Vita Bella Magazine.
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Married professors talk love
By Julia Zorthian February 15, 2013 • 0
There may have been rose petals and chocolates, but for three Yale faculty couples, Thursday’s panel was unlike any other Valentine’s Day dates they have had.
President-elect Peter Salovey and Marta Moret SPH ’84 have been married for 27 years.
Features

Yale’s new first couple
By Julia Zorthian February 14, 2013 • 0
Few Yale students expect to find lasting love in Toad’s or GPSCY, but fairy tales can take root within the walls of Yale’s finest social establishments.
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With end of Levin years, donations expected to rise
By Julia Zorthian February 14, 2013 • 0
When it comes to fundraising, Yale’s leader of 20 years has no intentions of easing up now.
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Yale partners with Banco Santander
By Julia Zorthian February 13, 2013 • 0
Spanish bank Banco Santander entered a formal agreement with the University last week when it committed significant funding to the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
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Cory Booker named Class Day speaker
By Julia Zorthian February 12, 2013 • 0
Cory Booker LAW ’97, Newark mayor and potential United States Senate candidate, will be delivering this year’s Class Day address on May 19.
Edward Stankiewicz, a professor in Yale’s Slavic Languages and Literatures Department for 42 years, was a pre-eminent linguistics scholar.
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Professor of four decades dies at 92
By Jacob Wolf-Sorokin and Julia Zorthian February 11, 2013 • 0
Edward Stankiewicz, a Holocaust survivor who joined the Yale faculty in 1971 and pioneered the field of Slavic linguistics, died on Jan. 31 of cardiac arrest.
Faculty and administrators, including President-elect Peter Salovey, participated in Monday’s panel on faculty diversity.
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Panel addresses lack of faculty diversity
By Julia Zorthian February 5, 2013 • 0
Administrators and faculty convened for a panel to discuss the reasons why a university with a diverse undergraduate body has a faculty overwhelmingly composed of white males.
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Salovey holds staff town hall
By Julia Zorthian January 30, 2013 • 0
Over 500 staff members packed into the pews of Battell Chapel Tuesday morning for a town hall convened by President-elect Peter Salovey, who answered questions on staff development and acknowledged concerns he plans to address as president.