UPDATED: A consulting firm that has filed for bankruptcy is suing Yale to recover $8.1 million, part of a $30 million pledge to endow a professorship, name buildings and sponsor an employee education program at the School of Management.
UPDATED: Police sought DNA samples from the fiancée of Raymond Clark III, who pleaded not guilty in January to the murder of Annie Le GRD ?13, because they thought her DNA might match traces found at the crime scene, according to documents released today.
After a 1?0 loss to Brown, pushing them back to 12th place in the PairWise rankings, the Elis will have to wait until next Sunday to find out if they have made the 16-team NCAA Tournament.
R.J. Rico live-blogs tonight's ECAC quarterfinals game against Brown at Ingalls Rink. The three-game series between the Bulldogs and the Bears is tied 1?1. Click here to read the recap of Saturday's game.
Taking the lead in the game?s first minute, the No. 6 Bulldogs (20-8-3, 15-5?-2 ECAC) outshot Brown 43?25 and won 6?3 at home. The victory forces a game Sunday night at Ingalls Rink, with a trip to the ECAC semifinals in Albany at stake.
R.J. Rico live-blogs tonight's ECAC quarterfinals game against Brown at Ingalls Rink. Click here to read the recap of Friday's game.
The No. 6 men?s hockey team lost 3?2 to Brown in the first game of the ECAC Tournament quarterfinals. Yale must now win on Saturday to avoid elimination and force a third game on Sunday.
The last of the search warrants in the case of Raymond Clark III, who pleaded not guilty in January to the murder of Annie Le GRD ?13, will be released as early as Monday.
UPDATED: Frank Limon, the police chief of River Forest, Ill., will be the new chief of the New Haven Police Department, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. announced Tuesday.
By securing the support of New Haven's 81 delegates to the Democratic nominating convention in May, Gerry Garcia '94 SOM '01 moves a step closer to locking down the party's nomination for secretary of the state.
While the seven other Ivies break for anywhere from five to eight class days in the spring, Yale is the only Ivy that takes off 10 class days ? a full two weeks overall.
Three years after a fire destroyed several buildings in downtown New Haven, one of the sites affected by the blaze sits at the center of heated dispute between its owners and the city.
For years, furniture design has been a fixture at the School of Architecture: Yale has historically offered more general furniture design classes, including an annual spring class that looks at more objects than just the chair.
Spring break starts tomorrow, but it doesn?t feel like a break to me. With final papers looming (and summer job applications I?ve fallen behind on), my two weeks are already booked. Spring break isn?t really a vacation; it?s just two weeks of work without classes or community. When will Yale learn? I don?t want a scheduled spring break, I want snow days.
Last Saturday, the people of Chile took serious damage from a major earthquake; many lives were lost. And Hawaii dodged the tsunami bullet ? this time.
I hate the phrase ?liberal elite.? A grating cliche, it?s like ?gay agenda? or ?evangelical? ? poorly defined and too often spoken in a paranoid tone. But the repetition of the phrase shows its wide appeal. American citizens feel dominated by a privileged few who don?t understand them. I?m beginning to worry they?re right.
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies saw a 5 percent increase in applicants for the 2010-?11 academic year, Director of Admissions Emly McDiarmid FES ?78 said Thursday.
A collection catalog of British paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art slated to be printed by the Yale University Press Monday, might be one of the last of its kind.
Looking for some vacation reading? Here are some ideas from Yale professors.
Gail Carson Levine has a passion for fairy tales. But that doesn?t mean she thinks that classic children?s stories ? or their characters ? are all perfect.
A University of Chicago professor argued that young males in urban settings need more public support at an event at 8 Prospect Pl. on Thursday.
Feds arrest fugitive girlfriend beater
Federal marshals, FBI agents and state police arrested a man Tuesday who allegedly beat his pregnant girlfriend last July. Willie Franco, 21, was charged with assault in the first degree of a pregnant person, risk of injury to a minor, interfering with an officer and various motor vehicle charges. He is being held on $250,000 bond. ?Yale Daily News
The women?s lacrosse team will look to start spring break on a high note when the Bulldogs welcome No. 14 James Madison (2?0) to Reese Stadium on Saturday.
The men?s basketball team will try to secure at least a share of fourth place in the Ivy League this coming weekend when the Bulldogs round out their season ? and the careers of captain Alex Zampier ?10, Josh Davis ?10, Paul Nelson ?10 and Jordan Gibson ?10. The Elis (11?8, 5?7 Ivy) wrap up the season against Columbia (10?16, 4?8) on Friday night, followed by Saturday?s Senior Night against conference-leader Cornell (25?4, 11?1).
Tonight the men?s lacrosse team will look to avenge its worst loss of the 2009 season when the Bulldogs take on No. 12 UMass at Reese Stadium.
The women?s basketball team may be out of the Ivy League title hunt, but the Bulldogs still have some work to do to have their best Ivy League finish since the 1992-?93 season. The Elis (12?14, 7?5 Ivy) will head on the road to take on the Columbia Lions (16?10, 7?5) on Friday and the Cornell Big Red (7?18, 2?10) on Saturday.
Heading into the quarterfinals as the top seed in the ECAC Tournament, the men?s hockey team is in the exact same position it was in at this time last year. But unlike last season, they will be without star right winger Sean Backman ?10.