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RISHABH BHANDARI
Recent admit garners national attention

While some students’ collegiate success may be celebrated in their local newspaper or high school announcements, Huynh’s story has garnered national attention as a modern-day example of the ‘American Dream’ come true.

December 17, 2013

JENNIFER GERSTEN
Genetics professor nets $3 million

Richard Lifton, Yale genetics professor, chair of the genetics department and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, was one of six scientists awarded the second annual $3 million 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences last Thursday.

December 17, 2013

RISHABH BHANDARI
735 admitted early

Yale accepted 735 students from its early applicant pool this year, yielding a 15.5 percent early acceptance rate for the Class of 2018.

December 16, 2013

MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS
All-clear after Harvard bomb threat

The scare at Harvard comes less than a month after false reports of a gunman sent Yale’s campus into a lockdown over the Thanksgiving holiday.

December 16, 2013

HANNAH SCHWARZ
New effort to improve mental health begins

Yale administrators wrote that they will be following up on report recommendations like making revamping the Mental Health & Counseling website to make information more accessible.

December 13, 2013

ADRIAN RODRIGUES
Faculty senate to be formed

For the first time in Yale’s 312-year history, the University will have a faculty senate.

December 12, 2013

MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS
Budget deal may restore federal grants

University President Peter Salovey said the largest impact of the deal for Yale would be the restoration of funding for the National Institutes of Health and other sources - largely federal agencies - of federal grants. However, the specifics of how much funding to such sources will be restored are yet to be ironed out in Congress.

December 12, 2013

ISABELLE TAFT
The Finals Week Drink List

Here is a guide to the festive winter drinks popping around the campus, as well as a few tips for spiking them with a little seasonal kick for those so inclined.

December 11, 2013

POOJA SALHOTRA
Biden announces investment in mental health

The funds, which will come from the Affordable Care Act and the Department of Agriculture, will both improve mental health facilities and increase access to mental health services, according to a White House statement.

December 10, 2013

MAREK RAMILO
Police have person of interest, potential witness in lockdown case

The NHPD announced updates to the investigation of the rogue phone call made on November 25.

December 10, 2013

MAREK RAMILO
Swift arrest made after 18th homicide

An apparently accidental shooting has left a 23-year old New Haven resident dead in the Elm City's 18th homicide of 2013.

December 9, 2013