Elise Jordan
Southern schools: a microcosm of America

I am a Mississippian at Yale. As you might imagine, we are few and far between in the Yale population. I had no idea that […]

Princeton backs out of online alliance

Princeton University withdrew Thursday from the Alliance for Lifelong Learning — the partnership among Yale, Stanford, Princeton and Oxford universities that plans to offer online […]

Levin still sixth-highest paid president

If salary is any indication, Harvard does not appreciate its president as much as Yale appreciates University President Richard Levin. According to a report published […]

Yale alumnus founds civil service foundation

For Samuel Haymen ’60, the declining prestige of federal civil service employment has long been a concern. With a $25 million gift, Haymen took action […]

Yale works to offer alumni online classes

Yale students have often lamented the difficulty of choosing 36 courses from the extensive offerings in the Blue Book. Now Yale alumni have a chance […]

Donors to get their names on Beinecke

They won’t inspire a new Maya Lin creation, but big tercentennial donors will still leave their mark on campus. After famed architect Maya Lin ARC […]

Caltech alum gives $600 million to alma mater

To say that California Institute of Technology administrators left this past weekend’s Board of Trustees meeting with a feeling of satisfaction would be an understatement. […]

Lee’s spot on alumni ballot nearly certain

The Rev. W. David Lee DIV ’93 — local pastor, activist and Yale Corporation hopeful — has all but secured a spot on the next […]

Estate of deceased Yalie files lawsuit

The estate of Samuel Itty, the Yale student who drowned during the Bulldogs in the Bluegrass program in the summer of 2000, has filed a […]

Davies Mansion gets $5 million gift

The future home of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and the World Fellows program received a $5 million donation from Yale Corporation […]

E.J. brings his Bulldog heart to San Francisco

Playing pro football just kind of happened, said Eric Johnson ’01, the former Yale star and current starting tight end for the San Francisco 49ers. […]