Vivian Yee
NORA CAPLAN-BRICKER & VIVIAN YEE
Site of new colleges may temporarily be playing fields

  Until the money to build Yale’s new residential colleges is secured, the site, once cleared, may be sodded and converted to playing fields for […]

February 19, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
Harvard to whittle down real estate holdings

Harvard is shying away from Yale investments guru David Swensen’s investing strategy, at least a little. Many of the country’s top endowments have long followed […]

February 17, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
University’s gifts dropped more than peers’

Though Yale saw the greatest decline in donations last year out of the nation’s top 20 fundraising universities, administrators said the numbers are no cause […]

February 17, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
Staff respond to benefits cuts

At one of a series of town hall meetings for University staff, compensation and benefits director Hugh Penney was hard-pressed to finish his PowerPoint presentation […]

February 17, 2010

NORA CAPLAN-BRICKER & VIVIAN YEE
Another tuition hike likely

If past years are any indication, Yale students can expect a slight hike in tuition and fees next academic year. At this coming weekend’s meeting, […]

February 16, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
NY Times subscriptions safe at Brown

Brown will keep its dining hall newspaper subscriptions, after all. Though a Brown budgeting committee recommended eliminating $33,000 worth of annual subscriptions to the Providence […]

February 15, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
Bulldog’s sister wins first U.S. gold of Vancouver Olympics

Hannah Kearney, sister of men’s hockey forward Denny Kearney ’11, was the first American to win gold at the Winter Olympics, taking first place in […]

February 15, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
Hussain LAW ’07 snags appointment as special envoy

White House lawyer Rashad Hussain LAW ’07 is the U.S.’s new special envoy to the Muslim world, according to a Los Angeles Times report. President […]

February 14, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
Yale beats Harvard — in bond interest rates

When it comes to selling bonds, at least, Yale is thumping its rival in Cambridge. Both universities sold bonds recently to raise money for ongoing […]

February 14, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
A performance to end the world?

Saturday’s Yale Symphony Orchestra concert will have all the elements of a seance. A celebrated, long-dead Russian composer, Alexander Scriabin. His occult musical manuscript, stashed […]

February 12, 2010

VIVIAN YEE
Univ. tweaks benefit package

As budget cuts deepen across the University, the administration is giving employees a little and finding ways to save a lot. Managerial and professional staff […]

February 11, 2010