Gavan Gideon
Staff Reporter
gavan.gideon@yale.edu
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GAVAN GIDEON
Cuts to federal funds possible

Yale programs that rely on research and medical funding have been forced to prepare for possible reductions in federal financial support. Though he does not […]

October 28, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON & TAPLEY STEPHENSON
Athletics starts new campaign

After raising $84.4 million through the University-wide five-year Yale Tomorrow fundraising campaign, the Athletics Department has begun a new drive for donations called Operation Overtime. […]

October 27, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON
Faculty size to remain constant

Despite a strong endowment performance in fiscal year 2011 and signs pointing to stabilized University finances, administrators say they have no plans to increase the […]

October 20, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON
Brown sees 18.5 percent return on endowment

That’s a wrap, folks. With Brown University’s announcement on Tuesday that its investments returned 18.5 percent in fiscal year 2011, the endowment figures of all […]

October 19, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON
Brown keeps varsity teams

Brown University’s fencers, wrestlers and female skiers can relax — for at least another year, their teams are going nowhere. In response to a report […]

October 17, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON & BEN PRAWDZIK
Apple upgrades Broadway, New Haven

Throughout the weekend customers lined up outside the glass wall of Broadway’s new Apple store, waiting their turn to purchase the long-awaited iPhone 4S — […]

October 17, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON
Return on endowment rivals peers

After falling to the bottom of the Ivy League in endowment performance a year ago, the University is once again rivaling its peers. Though Yale […]

October 16, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON
Columbia return on endowment tops Yale

With a 23.6 percent return on its investments for fiscal year 2011, Columbia has bested its peer institutions in the annual race for top endowment […]

October 15, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON & DANIEL SISGOREO
Law students aid veteran’s appeal

On Thursday morning, Connecticut Navy veteran Carmen Cardona filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims asserting she was wrongly […]

October 14, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON
Professors lament stalled construction

More than a decade after University President Richard Levin committed about $500 million toward construction of improved laboratory and classroom facilities on Science Hill, some […]

October 12, 2011

GAVAN GIDEON & MADELINE MCMAHON
Students criticize tailgate rules

Students have found an increased security presence at football tailgates this fall as administrators crack down on underage drinking. A committee of administrators in Yale […]

October 11, 2011