Jake Leffew
Contributing Reporter
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“Keep the Body, Take the Mind”

For the first time in more than a decade, a grand jury-reform bill has passed the Connecticut House Judiciary Committee. The subpoena power would open up a new set of tools that prosecutors could use in child sex trafficking cases.

Survey indicates racial disparity

The transition from high school to college can be complicated: students are challenged to find a new social group, adjust to class rigor and manage […]

Savage talks Obama, Bush similarities

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Charlie Savage LAW ’03 thought his career was over: Savage had made a name for himself reporting on the lack of transparency in George W. Bush’s administration, and Obama had campaigned on the promise of making government more accountable.

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Guyanese poet reads new pieces

About 40 creative writing and English enthusiasts gathered Tuesday evening for a reading in Linsly-Chittenden Hall with poet, novelist and playwright Fred D’Aguiar.

YHHAP provides services to homeless

A steady stream of members of New Haven’s homeless community filed into the interior of The Episcopal Church of St. Paul & St. James Friday, enjoying a brief respite from the morning chill.

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Former Yale researcher wins Nobel Prize

Last week, the University added another esteemed alumnus to its list of Nobel Laureates. Aziz Sancar, who studied at Yale as a postgraduate fellow during the late ’70s in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.