THE NEWS Students entering Commons on Monday morning were confronted with a new layout: a rope blocking their access to the food stations. On Monday, Yale Dining moved the card-swipe check-in stations from the front door to directly in front of the food serving area, opening up the seating area to free access. Students must swipe »
Double dipping. It looks like Cory Booker LAW ’97 will have numerous speaking engagements this semester. In addition to delivering Yale’s Class Day speech on May 19, the Newark mayor is slated to give the commencement address at Cornell and Washington University in St. Louis. When it comes to commencements, Booker has plenty of practice: »
THE NEWS In the aftermath of Sandy Hook, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill that contained an expanded ban on assault weapons and a limit on the size of ammunition magazines, among others provisions, making Connecticut a national leader in the fight for tighter gun control measures. Top lawmakers and activists from both sides of the aisle lauded the effort as »
Top scientist. Sterling Professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry Thomas Steitz has been awarded the 2013 Connecticut Medal of Science, the state’s top prize for technological achievement related to economic development. Steitz won a Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2009 and is best known for his research on ribosomal proteins. Another provost to president. Princeton University announced »
THE NEWS The stage was crowded Saturday afternoon when the five men vying to become New Haven’s next mayor squared off in the first public debate of the election season. But among the officially announced candidates, only one issue emerged as clearly dividing the rapidly crystallizing field: campaign finance. That’s because the candidates have already made »