University | 8:29 pm | February 20, 2013 | By

Thursday’s Buzz: 2.21.13

After 20 years in office, New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Reginald Mayo will retire in June.

THE NEWS New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Reginald Mayo has announced that he will retire at the end of this year, effective June 30. Find out more about his legacy and what Mayo’s announcement means for the city in tomorrow’s News. Peter Salovey has just four months until he settles into the President’s Office in Woodbridge »

University | 4:36 pm | February 9, 2013 | By

Fake Peter Salovey apologizes to community

At first glance, the email Yale students received this morning looked like another normal update from President-elect Peter Salovey. As the Salovey imposter’s message, however, became more and more self-deprecating, it became clear that the email from peter.salovey.yale@gmail.com was indeed a prank. The email appeared to be an update from Salovey, correcting a Feb. 6 »

University | 5:45 am | January 28, 2013 | By

Across-the-board reductions avoided for FY 2014

Provost Benjamin Polak

The University budget for the 2014 fiscal year likely will not require “across-the-board” reductions, newly appointed Provost Benjamin Polak said in a Thursday memo to University faculty and staff. Fiscal year 2014 will mark the second year since the 2008 financial crisis that Yale has not implemented University-wide budget cuts. Though Polak said the budget »

University | 12:32 pm | December 6, 2012 | By

‘Great Big Ideas’ seminar to go on hiatus

After being taught for three consecutive terms, “Great Big Ideas” will be taking a break from Yale. The popular Yale College seminar co-taught by Provost and President-elect Peter Salovey and Adam Glick ’82 — a New York-based real estate investor and founder of The Floating University — will not be offered again until spring 2014, »

University | 8:41 pm | December 4, 2012 | By

Salovey solicits nominations for next provost

President-elect Peter Salovey will assume his post on June 30.

Though Yale students don’t seem to know what the provost does, the University still needs one, especially since Provost Peter Salovey will assume the post of Yale’s president on June 30. In an email to the Yale faculty last week, Salovey said he intends to appoint a new provost soon to take over while he »