Gavan Gideon
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Flo Rida, Weezer both say no to Cornell

As far as Spring Fling-type activities go, Taio Cruz is a solid choice for headliner. But he wasn’t Cornell’s first pick to lead Slope Day […]

March 29, 2012

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Admins weigh software upgrade

  Administrators are determining how best to upgrade a computer system central to Yale’s administrative tasks, after similar efforts were stalled by the recession. Vice […]

March 28, 2012

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Who’s speaking at Yale’s Class Day?

In recent years, the Class Day speaker has typically been announced by early March. It’s now late March. So who’s speaking this year? Kevin Adkisson […]

March 27, 2012

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Shared services gaining ground in higher education

Despite the criticism shared services has received from faculty, administrators at other universities with efforts to streamline and centralize administrative tasks say Yale is at […]

March 23, 2012

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Shared services unit streamlines grants

While efforts to centralize and streamline administrative services have recently come under fire from some faculty, one shared services center that handles research grant administration […]

March 20, 2012

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Committee considers faculty allocations

A report released two weeks ago by University Provost Peter Salovey makes a series of proposals to improve the process of allocating faculty positions to […]

March 19, 2012

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Giamatti ’89 DRA ’94 to star in “Hamlet” at Yale Rep

Paul Giamatti ’89 DRA ’94 will bring the state of Denmark to campus in spring 2013 when he stars as Hamlet at the Yale Repertory […]

March 16, 2012

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Harvard struggles to get rid of illiquid assets

Harvard’s plan to reduce its $32 billion endowment’s reliance on illiquid assets hasn’t gone quite as planned. Bloomberg reported in November that the Harvard Management […]

March 13, 2012

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NUS administrator responds to faculty concerns

Following a debate on Yale-NUS at a Yale College faculty meeting last week, National University of Singapore Vice President for University and Global Relations Lily […]

March 8, 2012

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Princeton will not invest more in HEI

Princeton University has become the fourth Ivy League school to refrain from making additional investments in HEI Hotels & Resorts. The decision, which the Daily […]

March 5, 2012

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Report on faculty resources released

University Provost Peter Salovey released a report to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences today that examines how Yale tracks its faculty resources. The report […]

March 3, 2012