University | 3:22 pm | May 3, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua

After transition year, Dwight Hall names new executive director

Dwight Hall on Old Campus

Eight months after the retirement of former executive director Alex Knopp in September, Peter Crumlish DIV ’09 has been named the new executive director of Dwight Hall. “I have served in the Peace Corps, been a teacher, a college counselor and also did community organizing in New York City, running a nonprofit,” Crumlish said. “I »

University | 7:07 pm | April 28, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua

New Trumbull master announced

Margaret “Peggy” Clark has been named the new master of Trumbull College.

President-elect Peter Salovey announced fellow psychology professor Margaret “Peggy” Clark as the new master of Trumbull College to cheering applause in the Trumbull Dining Hall Sunday afternoon. “I am thrilled and honored,” Clark said. “And I am particularly pleased it’s Trumbull College.” Clark, like Salovey, is a professor of social psychology, specializing in platonic and »

University | 4:55 pm | April 25, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua

Yale Health to cover sex-reassignment surgery

Yale Health will now offer coverage of gender-reassignment surgeries In a Thursday email to the student body, Yale Health announced that it will cover expenses related to medically necessary sex-reassignment surgery “subject to pre-authorization based on widely accepted standards of care.” The expanded coverage is part of a series of updates to student coverage announced »

University | 11:05 pm | April 18, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua and Kirsten Schnackenberg

YCC releases alcohol report

The Yale College Council has released a report offering five recommendations to improve alcohol culture at Yale.

In an email to the student body this morning, the Yale College Council announced a report including five recommendations for improving the University’s drinking culture based on the results of a survey of nearly 1,500 students, open forums and discussions with individual students. The report recommended firstly that University President Richard Levin make a public statement supporting a reconsideration of »

University | 10:58 pm | April 18, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua

Occidental students file Title IX complaint

A group of 37 women have filed a Title IX complaint against Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif.

A group of 37 women at Occidental College in California filed a complaint today with the Department of Education on grounds of Title IX violations, becoming part of a growing number of universities, including Yale, which have come under investigation for providing inadequate sexual misconduct resources. The complaint, similar to the one filed by 16 »