Sara Seymour
Staff Reporter
sara.seymour@yale.edu
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SARA SEYMOUR
FOOTBALL: Harvard, game by game

The Crimson has won every game it has played this season — read through to find out how.

November 21, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
Wooster Square residents strategize road safety improvements

After a driver struck and killed New Haven resident Dolores Dogolo earlier this month, Wooster Square community members gathered last night to prevent future traffic accidents.

November 19, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
Newly-elected state legislators express optimism

The Nov. 4 midterm elections brought changes to the state legislative body, with new and old leaders alike expressing enthusiasm for the upcoming term.

November 12, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
Pro-gun activists rally in Hartford

With just over a week to go until voters head to the polls, gun activists rallied in Hartford yesterday, encouraging their supporters to vote next Tuesday.

October 28, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
Professors discuss STEM research, cultural and gender barriers

At a Thursday night panel, female professors from India and China shared the challenges they faced on their journeys to Yale — from overcoming cultural barriers to obtaining grants for their research.

October 17, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
Candidates’ unemployment plans fail to reach voters

Although many New Haven residents are concerned about unemployment, most are unclear on how Governor Dannel Malloy and gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley plan to tackle the issue.

October 16, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
Esserman, Fair clash on policing tactics

In the Davenport Common Room Thursday night, New Haven Chief of Police Dean Esserman and community activist Barbara Fair laid out starkly different takes on the state of policing in the Elm City.

October 3, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
FBI report motivates push for gun control

In response to a recent Federal Bureau of Investigations report documenting active shootings, Connecticut lawmakers are looking to renew efforts to curb gun violence.

October 2, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
Deliberation determines selfishness, study finds

Deliberation may make individuals more selfish. In a study published in early September, Yale psychology professor David Rand and graduate student Gordon T. Kraft-Todd GRD ’20 found that people who made intuitive decisions in a money-pooling game were more likely to act in the group’s interest.

September 30, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR & JULIA SHAN
Yale still in top 100 for working mothers

For the fifth year in a row, Yale was named one of the 100 best companies to work for by Working Mother magazine.

September 23, 2014

SARA SEYMOUR
Ex-CIA agent reflects on spycraft

The life of a spy involves more planning than anything else, according to Jack Devine, a former Central Intelligence Agency agent who spoke at a Branford Master’s Tea yesterday afternoon.

September 19, 2014