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On Friday, Hurricane Florence hit the coastal Carolinas, forcing thousands of residents to relocate and creating tens of billions of dollars in damage. For many […]

September 21, 2018

SAMUEL TURNER

Yale students launch “Uber for tour guides”

In 2015, Uber launched UberKittens, an initiative that allowed customers to order an Uber and pay $30 for 15 minutes of snuggling, in an effort […]

September 21, 2018

NICK TABIO

Shops at Yale hosts annual college night

The existence of the popular “Free Food at Yale” Facebook page is testament to the fact that Yalies are dedicated to the craft of procuring […]

September 21, 2018

ANASTASIIA POSNOVA

New College Board tool helps admissions officers

Yale was one of about 15 schools over the past year that participated in the pilot run of “Environmental Dashboard,” a new tool from The […]

September 21, 2018

ALICE PARK & BRITTON O'DALY

Yale scraps party registration policy

Yale has ended its six-year-old policy requiring students to register off-campus parties attended by more than 50 people, Dean of Student Affairs Camille Lizarríbar announced in an email Wednesday afternoon.

September 20, 2018

LORENZO ARVANITIS & JULIANNA LAI

“Good Life Center” opens in Silliman

With the fall semester now in full swing, students are flocking to libraries, scrambling to complete problem sets and rushing to turn in their first […]

September 20, 2018

ALICE PARK

DKE lost lease due to complaints

In May, Yale’s Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter lost its lease on the two Lake Place houses it had occupied since the early ’90s, after they were sold to new owners.

September 20, 2018

HAILEY FUCHS & BRITTON O'DALY

A flag of underwear: Photo from Kavanaugh’s time shows DKE hijinks

A photograph that appeared in the Yale Daily News on Jan. 18, 1985, shows Kavanaugh’s fraternity brothers waving a flag woven from women’s underwear as part of a procession of DKE initiates marching across Yale’s campus.

September 20, 2018

LORENZO ARVANITIS

Syria ambassador advocates “realist” foreign policy

In Morse College’s first tea of the year, former Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford discussed an alternative to American hegemony — a “realist approach” to […]

September 19, 2018

VALERIE PAVILONIS

Yale puts new emphasis on Eurasian studies

The program for Russian and Eastern European Studies is expanding this fall to include a focus on Eurasian studies. The MacMillan Center for International and […]

September 19, 2018

HAILEY FUCHS

Capital campaign enters silent phase

In the silent phase of any fundraising campaign, university officials typically solicit donations from a small group of wealthy alumni in the months leading up to the public launch of the campaign.

September 19, 2018

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