Highlights
Yale University is the third oldest college in the country, founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in New Haven, CT. It is one of eight "Ivy League" schoolsfounded as an athletic conference but now associated with academic excellence, super-competitive admissions and a culture of elitism. Several U.S. presidentsincluding George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush are Yale graduates. The number of students applying to Yale goes up each year, along with the number of applicants turned away. Just 9 percent of the 21,000 students who applied...
Yale University is the third oldest college in the country, founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in New Haven, CT. It is one of eight "Ivy League" schoolsfounded as an athletic conference but now associated with academic excellence, super-competitive admissions and a culture of elitism. Several U.S. presidentsincluding George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush are Yale graduates. The number of students applying to Yale goes up each year, along with the number of applicants turned away. Just 9 percent of the 21,000 students who applied for the freshman class of 2006-2007 got in. Yale's professional schools, in art, architecture, law, forestry and environmental studies, business and medicine are top-rated programs in their field. The Yale Law School has turned out judges, presidents and heads of state, including President Bill Clinton, New York senator Hillary Clinton and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The Yale School of Drama has left a comparable mark on the entertainment industry. Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep and Henry Winkler are all graduates. After Harvard, Yale has the second largest college endowment in the country, at nearly $23 billion. Yale and its affiliated teaching hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital, are the top two employers in New Haven. Its combined libraries hold 12 million books. Yale has 3,400 faculty members; 5,300 undergraduate students and 6,100 graduate students.
Displaying items 1-12 of 880
» View wsbtradio.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-74
•
Next >
-
'Race For The Cure' Support For Komen Is Sharply Down After Planned Parenthood Flap
The Hartford CourantThe Connecticut affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure said Tuesday that it's seeing a sharp drop in donations and in the number of participants for the June 2 Race for the Cure in Hartford — most likely because of the national Komen organization'...Tags: Breast Cancer, Finance, Human Interest, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
-
Orange honors 97 seniors admitted to top colleges
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County School Board is recognizing tonight its top one percent — the nearly 100 students admitted to top colleges from amongst about 10,000 high school graduates this year. The district's traditional high schools provided the names of... -
Festival keys in on piano music
Music festivals typically invite listeners to regard familiar pieces in different contexts and perspectives, seek out musical connections between scores, and discover new things about works they may have long taken for granted. That is as good a...
Tags: Emanuel Ax, Roosevelt University, Colleges and Universities, Television Industry, Festive Events
-
Barbara Walters Tells Yale Grads: Don't Just Watch Life Go By
The Hartford CourantNEW HAVEN — President Barack Obama recently told broadcast journalist Barbara Walters that he found his bliss, or passion, when he became a community organizer. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once told Walters that she learned...Tags: Tom Hanks, Barack Obama, Graduation, Students, Human Interest
-
It's the season for Lyme disease carriers
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentDr. George Knowles recognized the dime-sized rash ring forming around the itchy spot: Lyme disease in its early stages. He and his wife, Dr. Candace Corson, got the illness from tick bites within a few hours of each other this spring. Knowles figures the...Tags: Lyme, Immune System, Symptoms, Health, Headaches
-
A Passion For Urban Planning, And For Food
The Hartford CourantTerry Tondro's life embraced opposites. He was a law school professor, but no ivory tower academic; he enjoyed the finest in wines and foods, but preferred to cook dinner himself. He loved cities — he was truly an urbanist, but he relished the...Tags: Graduation, Lawyers, Opera (genre), University of Connecticut, Colleges and Universities
-
Cutler's Record Shop, A New Haven Institution, To Close In June
The Hartford CourantPhil Cutler loves his customers, is on great terms with his landlord and has a healthy business — and he's shutting it all down. Cutler's Record Shop, the New Haven store that his family has owned and operated since 1948, will close for good on...Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, University of Hartford, Tony Bennett, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
-
Community Bike Works promotes physical and mental health
Joshua Ortiz used to be shy.
He would stare from the window of his home in Allentown, as children from the Earn a Bike program went into the Community Bike Works building for their weekly workshops.
"I want to be in that program some day," he thought....Tags: Orefield, Behavioral Conditions, Students, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Teaching and Learning
-
Keri Marries Kerry After A Long, Adventurous Friendship
The Hartford CourantKeri Enright and Kerry Kato had plans to fly home to Seattle on Sept. 12, 2001, but the downing of four American passenger jets and collapse of the World Trade Centers left them suspended in Germany. "No one knew when the airports would open up," Keri...Tags: Sports, Soccer, Weddings, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues
-
Journalist expelled from China reflects on experience
After filing 400 stories from China, reporter Melissa Chan never thought she'd wind up in the headlines herself.
Chan returned to Southern California last week as the first accredited foreign correspondent to be expelled from China in 14 years, an act...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Al Jazeera English (tv network), Politics, Correspondents (music group), Whole Foods Market
-
Yale Student Charged In Fatal Crash At Tailgating Lot
The Hartford CourantThe 21-year-old driver of a U-Haul truck that in November hit three women at a Yale Bowl parking lot for tailgating parties, killing a Massachusetts woman, was charged with negligent homicide on Friday, police said. Brendan D. Ross, a Missouri native and...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Accidental Death, Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at School
-
05/07 Patents
Utility Patents A utility patent protects how something works and what it does. Central Florida inventors who have recently received utility patents include: William C. Masters, Lakeland; and William J. Kalker, Jr., Monroe, Conn. A system and method for...Tags: University of South Florida, Ocala, Science, Melbourne, Orlando
May 22, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 22, 2012
| Orlando Sentinel
May 22, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 20, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 20, 2012
|Story| South Bend Tribune
May 18, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 18, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 14, 2012
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 13, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 14, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 5, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 6, 2012
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Original site for Yale University topic gallery.