Amaka Uchegbu
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Yale-New Haven Health System to close two clinics

Due to financial difficulties, the Yale-New Haven Health System is shutting down two clinics — one in Branford and one in East Haven.

Tyler Carlisle ’15 stabs classmate before jumping to his death, reports say

Police are investigating the stabbing of a Yale student and the probable suicide of the alleged attacker, also a Yale student.

Obama appoints Amar to National Council on the Humanities

President Barack Obama announced on May 20 his intent to nominate Yale Law School professor Akhil Amar ’80 LAW ’84 to the National Council on the Humanities.

Petition calls for retraction of Okonjo-Iweala’s honorary degree

Two days after the University conferred an honorary doctorate to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s finance minister, Nigerian political activist Sunday Iwalaiye launched an online petition calling for the degree to be rescinded.

May Day protest levels accusations of labor abuses against New Haven stores

As students spent Friday evening safeguarding their GPAs against final exams, Good Nature Market owner Blyant Ko was protecting his store from scores of May Day protesters attempting to storm the establishment.

Students preview new mental health website

University administrators called for feedback on Yale’s new Health and Wellness website during two preview sessions hosted Tuesday afternoon.

“Turkish Einstein,” Yale chemistry professor, dies

To those who knew him, Oktay Sinanoglu was more than just a scientist.

Layoffs will only be last resort, YNHH admins say

Though Yale-New Haven Hospital has vowed to make staffing cuts a last resort, many fear that if Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed budget is passed unamended, patient care will suffer due to a shortage in nurses employed by the Yale New Haven Health System.

University plans new wellness website amid focus on mental health

This fall, the University is expected to launch a comprehensive “wellness” website that centralizes information on mental health, spiritual well-being and clinical care.

Med school will fight against racial discrimination legal complaint

Facing a legal complaint alleging retaliation on the part of Richard Lifton, professor and chair of genetics at the School of Medicine, Yale faculty and administrators are prepared to fight what they consider to be a “frivolous” complaint.

With Hudak in critical condition, students rally behind master

Saybrook College Master Paul Hudak is in critical condition due to side effects from a stem cell transplant in 2010.