Comparative literature lecturer Richard Maxwell, a teacher for more than 30 years and a novelist, poet and essayist, died of a brain tumor at his home in New Haven on July 20. He was 61. Born in North Dakota but raised in Los Angeles, Maxwell attended college at the University of California, Riverside, before receiving »
It looks like the public will not be learning any times soon whether the secret society Skull and Bones keeps an Apache warrior’s skull in its tomb. A District of Columbia judge on July 27 dismissed a case that had been brought against the mysterious society, as well as the University and senior members of »
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New Haven Police have made arrests in two city killings this summer, the most recent on Friday, July 30, when New Haven saw its 15th murder of 2010. The year’s 15 killings already surpass last year’s total of 12, and despite the two recent arrests, 12 other homicides this year are yet unsolved. The latest »
Students hoping to search for Christian theology in the Harry Potter books this spring — among other academic opportunities offered by the Residential College Seminar Program — may have to wait. In a statement sent to the News on Tuesday afternoon, Yale College Dean Mary Miller announced plans to conduct an evaluation of the program »
As the teammates, friends and family of Mandi Schwartz ’11, the women’s hockey forward battling leukemia, continue to rally across the country and world for her cause, one of Schwartz’s major benefactors has recently come under fire. Tedd Collins IV, 53, a self-described New Haven-based clinical immunologist, has been at the forefront of the quest »