Lillian Childress
Staff Reporter
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Task force tackles panhandling

On Tuesday evening, Doug Hausladen ’04, the New Haven Transit Chief, Joseph Rodriguez, the mayor’s aldermanic liaison and Win Davis, the executive director of the town green, unveiled a new plan to address panhandling in New Haven.

Yale students deepen ties with city over summer

According to the 2013 summer activities survey, only 19 percent of Yale College stayed in New Haven to work in the summer of 2013.

Conn. faces transportation funding shortage

Two weeks ago, a diverse coalition of eight different environmental, regional and construction groups held a press conference in Hartford to raise the profile of transportation issues in the upcoming gubernatorial campaign.

Yale farm promotes foraging

On Friday, the Yale Farm taught a group of students and New Haven residents to make a salad out of weeds found on New Haven streets.

Students vie for food research prize

Over the weekend, six students dueled for a prize for best research in food and agriculture.

Captain Phillips talks captivity

Captain Richard Phillips said one thing he learned when Somali pirates hijacked his boat is that nothing is lost until you give up or quit.

House opposes GMO bill

Just one day after a bill banning genetically modified grass seeds cleared the Connecticut State Senate, the same bill died in the House.

Connecticut fights GMOs

Yesterday, Connecticut continued its crusade against genetically modified organisms with the passage of a bill banning the sale or planting of grass seed that has been genetically modified.

Route 34 hits political traffic

While New Haven’s Community Development Committee met last week to discuss a redevelopment plan for Route 34, New Haven bikers, car owners and environmental activists held their breaths.

Bennack talks success

The secret to succeeding in business is not just hard work — diverse interests, the ability to work with others and a fair amount of luck matter too, according to Frank Bennack Jr.

Yale bridges food today and food past

Co-founder of the Yale Sustainable Food Project (YSFP), Alice Waters, along with Professor Paul Freedman led an event to view food related materials at the Beinecke.