Philip Rucker
PHILIP RUCKER
They tellin’ about me

If you start with a wave as you draw near, followed by a “Hey, how you doin’?” and then ask for one of Tim’s N.Y. […]

November 14, 2005

PHILIP RUCKER & TOM SULLIVAN
Classes server will be redone

In an effort to synthesize the University’s multiple online administrative services, Yale officials are working to revamp the online classes server and will begin testing […]

September 30, 2004

PHILIP RUCKER
Tenure may see major reform

In light of controversy regarding Yale’s tenure policies, the University’s Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has been considering potential reforms to […]

September 28, 2004

PHILIP RUCKER
Dean to treat students to dessert at 202 Prospect St.

Students with a craving for sweets and schmoozing are in luck. Yale College Dean Peter Salovey will soon begin hosting weekly “Desserts with the Dean” […]

September 27, 2004

PHILIP RUCKER
Princeton adopts GPA rankings

Princeton University decided this week to rank undergraduates in quintiles based on grade point average and add the statistic to students’ academic records. A students’ […]

September 24, 2004

PHILIP RUCKER
Stone Sweet adds internat’l flavor

In a move administrators characterized as a major boost to the University’s internationalization efforts, Yale tapped a leading scholar of comparative politics and international law […]

September 20, 2004

PHILIP RUCKER
Sciences look at structure

Yale science professors are reviewing grading scales and requirements for undergraduate science courses, particularly those designed for non-science majors, in anticipation of the new distributional […]

September 16, 2004

PHILIP RUCKER
Grad schools see foreign apps drop

Amid a more stringent visa process enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the number of foreign students’ applications to American graduate schools dropped […]

September 14, 2004

PHILIP RUCKER
Harvard mirrors academic review

Late last spring, Harvard University released its first undergraduate curricular review in 30 years, recommending broad changes that were strikingly similar to those put forth […]

September 13, 2004

AMY KAPLAN & PHILIP RUCKER
Univ. forges ties with Chinese schools

A convoy of Yale administrators visited Beijing late last week to discuss new undergraduate academic collaborations with Chinese universities, acting in line with a broad […]

September 13, 2004

PHILIP RUCKER
Interns support frosh

Freshmen expecting long nights of cramming for “Intensive Introductory Physics” need not go it alone. Thanks to Yale’s expansion of a mentor program, now they […]

September 9, 2004