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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.
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New head coach named for Indianapolis Ice hockey team
Fox59Wednesday, the Indianapolis Ice announced they've got a new man in charge. Kyle Wallack from Yale University has been hired as general manager and head coach of the hockey team through the 2013 and 2014. Wallack was previously the associate head coach and...Tags: Yale Bulldogs, Multi-Sport Events, Public Employees, Government, Colleges and Universities
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Group of students urging Daniels to run for president
Fox59A new group of students have released a commercial supporting a Mitch Daniels’ run for the White House. The commercial starts with a girl holding a cup of coffee outside. “So I met this guy a couple of years ago. He told me he was...Tags: Politics, White House, Elections, Students, Mitch Daniels
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Orange honors 97 seniors admitted to top colleges
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County School Board is recognizing tonight its top one percent — 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 their... -
'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 Curesaid 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's...Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Economy, Business and Finance, Family Planning, Breast Cancer, Medical Research
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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...
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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: College Sports, Tom Hanks, Colleges and Universities, Students, Graduation
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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: Symptoms, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Lyme, Lyme Disease
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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: Cornell University, Justice System, Opera (genre), Architecture, Lawyers
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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: The Everly Brothers (music group), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Entertainment, University of Hartford, Tony Bennett
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Black male scholars coveted
The local 200+ Men organization has adopted a fitting term to describe the honorees at this weekend's 15th Annual Scholars Breakfast. The term, "blue chip," is usually reserved for high-caliber athletes who will be coveted by the nation's top...Tags: Government, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Denbigh, Health, Awards and Prizes
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Internal Trinity Report: 'Preppy-Looking White Males' Assaulted Student
The Hartford CourantTrinity College security officers reported to the administration within hours of the March assault of a student on the edge of campus that a witness had described the two male attackers as "preppy-looking white males'' accompanied by three females...Tags: Trinity College, Theft, Witnesses, Colleges and Universities, Students
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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: Behavioral Conditions, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Mental Health, Health, Bethlehem School District
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