FEATURE
Get Rich Slowly

After teaching for years using only Java, Abadi has redesigned the syllabus around a group app development project meant to simulate launching a tech startup.

September 19, 2014

Geography Lessons

I didn’t talk about Bin Laden’s face. My skin was his color. My father’s beard was dark and thick.

September 12, 2014

Sleepless in New Haven? The Controversial State of Sleep Centers in the Elm City

In early winter, Gretchen Rose wasn’t sure about the fate of her job at Yale Medical Group’s Center for Sleep Medicine in New Haven. And six months later, when she stood as a witness before the Department of Public Health at Gateway Community College on June 18, she was still in the dark.

September 12, 2014

Learning to Play the Fool

Last August, I stepped out of the airport in Chiang Mai and realized that through all my preparations to study abroad — all the required […]

September 5, 2014

For Children, Kesem Brings Magic

Camp Kesem was founded in 2000 at Stanford University to give kids who have a parent who either has, is in remission from, or has been killed by cancer the opportunity to “just be kids,” explains Cortney Lebeda, Camp Kesem Program Director for Yale.

September 5, 2014

The Tragicomic History of Commons

Commons is the wizarding world come alive for a few hours a day; it’s the Harry Potter series of dining spaces--some patrons are diehards, others poo-poo the popularity, but everyone recognizes the cultural importance.

August 29, 2014

JANE BALKOSKI
“The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne”

Caveat: I am not an English major. I am not an English major for many reasons, including a fear of large departments, a freaky obsession with Russia, and “The Victorian Novel,” a course I took last semester.

August 29, 2014

ANDREW KOENIG
Pressing Onward

“There’s no secret you unlock to printing. The secret is: you try a lot; you don’t give up; you seek perfection; and eventually, if you persevere, you will get a good print.”

April 25, 2014

The Political Pothole of Connecticut Transportation

On February 3, Mayor Toni Harp’s entrance into New Haven’s aldermanic chambers was nearly a foregone conclusion. After all, Harp’s distinguished legislative career as both an alder and a State Senator—and eventually Chair of the State Legislature’s powerful Appropriations Committee—certainly paved the way for the 2014 State of the City Address. During the campaign, her deep roots in New Haven were evident and, with the exception of a microscopic minority, she received the endorsements of New Haven’s entire political establishment.

April 25, 2014

Gigi L’Amoroso

“This last hour, before dawn. No matter how much we distract ourselves during the day, no matter how lost and confused we are when we twirl around bed at night, this hour changes everything. It’s like…everything suddenly makes sense. Like a jigsaw falling into place. Maybe you should write a book about that when you become all rich and famous in America. The last hour. The first beams of sunlight.”

April 18, 2014

Rubber Fish and Business Suits: Fossil Free’s Dilemma

The tension, and the question: How loud should Fossil Free Yale be?

April 18, 2014