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Report: Harvard overpays internal investment managers

Despite Harvard’s endowment returns lagging behind its peers in recent years, a 2015 internal review leaked to Bloomberg News suggests that the school’s investment office had set performance targets low enough to ensure high pay for some of its managers.

Contrary to student opinion, no air conditioning for new colleges

Contrary to popular opinion, the new colleges will not be air-conditioned during the school term.

Deniz Saip
Survey: politics transcends socioeconomics

Despite varying socioeconomic statuses, nearly 67 percent of the survey’s 2,054 respondents identified as either “liberal” or “very liberal,” and 80 percent of all respondents intend to vote for Hillary Clinton LAW ’73.

In turbulent fall, Yale-NUS struggles with mental health resources

In interviews with the Yale-NUS student newspaper The Octant, roughly a dozen students expressed dissatisfaction with changes to the mental health services at Yale-NUS — which range from staffing adjustments to a physical transformation of the Wellness offices — and how they were communicated.

rachelsiegel
Dwight Hall launches social innovation lab

After only a few months on campus, Dwight Hall’s new Social Innovation Lab is seeing a steady increase in student involvement, and the lab’s directors expect more involvement once applications for the lab open next semester.

Citing risks, universities move away from fossil fuels

Harvard and Yale have joined peers including Boston University and Stanford University in moving away from certain fossil fuel investments. However, like every other Ivy League college, Yale has not committed to a policy of blanket divestment from the coal industry.

IAC takes new approach to Halloween

In 2015, the council’s Oct. 27 email marked the beginning of a series of campus protests about racial inclusivity at Yale.

New tricks, same treat in YSO Halloween Show

This year’s film will be a comedic parody of a recent popular movie, with some romance sprinkled in, said Morgan Jackson ’18. Jackson directed this year’s Halloween Show film and compiled the accompanying orchestral music.

Robbie Short
ELECTION 2016: Conservative views considered unwelcome at Yale

Nearly 75 percent of 2,054 respondents who completed the survey — representing views across the political spectrum — said they believe Yale does not provide a welcoming environment for conservative students to share their opinions on political issues.

STDs rise among young adults nationally

The combined number of cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reached an all-time high in 2015, with young adults accounting for most cases of sexually transmitted diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In difficult markets, Yale’s endowment spending steady

Despite posting its lowest endowment returns last year since the financial crisis, Yale is projected to spend $1.2 billion of endowment funds on the 2017 operating budget, the highest level of endowment spending in Yale’s history.