Skakel McCooey
Staff Reporter
skakel.mccooey@yale.edu
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SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Summer survey shows earlier recruitment

And according to the Summer 2018 Activities Report report released by Yale’s Office of Career Strategy this month, whatever you did over the summer, odds are you secured that position earlier in the academic term than students from years past.

October 11, 2018

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Friedman and Kerry ’66 Talk Democracy, Trump

The major concern of New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman about America is that “we have a President without shame, backed by a party without […]

October 9, 2018

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Kirchick ’06 fails to get on the alumni fellow ballot

James Kirchick ’06 announced Monday that he failed to gather the required number of signatures to enter the alumni fellow election.

October 9, 2018

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Author discusses racism and policy

In lecture room 102 in Linsly-Chittenden Hall, bronze reliefs of famous white intellectuals — Dante, Plato, Newton and Shakespeare — line the walls. But Wednesday, […]

October 4, 2018

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SKAKEL MCCOOEY & LORENZO ARVANITIS
University under federal probe for discriminatory admissions practices

Yale is under investigation by the Department of Justice and Department of Education into whether the University discriminates in admissions on the basis of race and against Asian-American applicants.

September 26, 2018

SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Three Yale College students named Kerry Fellows

17 newly announced Kerry Fellows — including three Yale College undergraduates — will spend the coming school year researching international affairs alongside former Secretary of […]

September 25, 2018

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Poet Alexander kicks off Windham-Campbell festival

Alexander’s lecture, entitled “Why I Write,” was the keynote address for this year’s edition of the Windham-Campbell Prize Festival.

September 13, 2018

SKAKEL MCCOOEY & CAROLINE MOORE
Summer study abroad sees growth

More and more Yalies are opting to spend their summers taking Yale courses overseas, according to data provided by Director of Study Abroad Kelly McLaughlin.

September 11, 2018

SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Jackson adds eight new senior fellows

A former U.S. governor, an acclaimed lawyer, four world-renowned journalists and three decorated diplomats — all with decades of experience in the field of global […]

August 30, 2018

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Tsai CITY enjoys successful first year

Since its creation a year ago, the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale has flourished into a hub for innovative student entrepreneurship. Still, the […]

April 27, 2018

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SKAKEL MCCOOEY & CAROLINE MOORE
YPU, Fareed Zakaria debate American hegemony

As students banged the pews of the United Church on the Green in approval and hissed in dissent, Fareed Zakaria ’86 gave a passionate speech […]

April 24, 2018