THE NEWS The New Haven Green, whose benches and bus stops traditionally serve as makeshift homes for the city’s homeless, was deserted Monday afternoon as homeless residents attempted to escape the weather. Across the city, homeless residents have taken to shelters, bus stops and covered areas to avoid the onslaught of wind and rain that »
Saved by the bell. Or weather. The Yale Admissions Office has extended the deadline for Early Action applicants to midnight on Nov. 5 in light of Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to hit New Haven this morning. The extension, which gives students an additional four days to complete their application, will also apply to supporting »
THE NEWS While university officials said Yale remains committed to building the two new residential colleges, the future of the project is uncertain. Since construction will not begin until Yale raises the remaining $300 million in donations, University President Richard Levin said the decision of when to start building will likely fall to the new »
Technical difficulties. Spectators at the Yale-Penn game were treated to an extra surprise Saturday when the scoreboard temporarily featured desktop logos instead of game scores and updates. But the brief hiccup did not prevent the Bulldogs from overtaking the Quakers 27-13, a victory that snapped the football team’s four-game losing streak. Rock the vote! Today »
THE NEWS When Yale’s two new residential colleges are completed, the student body will grow by roughly 800 students. Though the number of tenured and tenure-track professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has hovered around 700 since the 2008 financial downturn, the number dropped to 682 this fall, down from 691 in 2011 »