Yale Pushes Back Start of Spring Semester 2022
Yale University is pushing back the start of the spring 2022 semester and modifying the semester schedule due to a surge in COVID-19 cases around the world.
Yale researchers develop Lyme disease vaccine
from Martha’s Vineyard Times By Eunki Seonwoo | December 20, 2021 Clinical trials have not been done, but it does hold promise. Researchers from Yale University have developed a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine against “Borrelia burgdorferi,” commonly known as Lyme disease, according to Yale Daily News. The vaccine has been tested on guinea pigs…
Yale Going Remote for Final Exams, Students to Leave
from NBC Connecticut Published December 19, 2021 • Updated on December 20, 2021 at 6:56 am Yale University officials are encouraging students to leave early for the fall semester as final exams will be online amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The university said they haven’t directly experienced an increase in cases like other universities have, but they want to…
Four Yalies to study in China as Schwarzman Scholars
from Yale News By Susan Gonzalez | December 10, 2021 Two Yale seniors and two alumni with an interest in fostering peaceful and prosperous relations with China are among the 151 individuals selected as 2023 Schwarzman Scholars for graduate study in China. Seniors Jasper Boers and Sharmaine Koh Mingli and alumni Liam Arnade-Colwill ’19 and…
Four Yale students win Rhodes Scholarships
from Yale Daily News Four Yale seniors will cross the Atlantic next fall for graduate studies at the University of Oxford as part of the Rhodes Scholarship. JORDAN FITZGERALD NOV 28, 2021 Mary Orsak ’22 hid in the Pierson College seminar room on Nov. 20, shielding herself from the Yale-Harvard game festivities while she…
Class Colloquium 12 – Recording, Transcript and Action
Today we hosted a Class Colloquium addressing Alzheimer’s, dementia and other degenerative diseases for the Yale Boom group (Yale Classes of 1967-73). Drs. Art Segal and Ken Davis guided the discussion led by the two experts from the staff of Mount Sinai. See the original announcement for background on the speakers and program.
Below is the video of the event, with the transcript. Several suggestions and interesting ideas are included in the Comments area below the post.
125 Years After the First College Golf Match, a Rematch
Yale and Columbia played the first intetcollegiate golf match. Recently, they had a rematch to celebrate the 125th anniversary.
A Retiring Democrat Places Blame for Paralysis in Congress
Interview in The New Yorker, by Jane Mayer (Yale ’77):
It was too early in the afternoon for Representative John Yarmuth, of Kentucky, to open the bottle of Larceny bourbon that he keeps in his Capitol Hill office, but the situation he described might drive anyone to drink. Yarmuth, who turns seventy-four next week, is one of a dozen House Democrats who have announced their intention to retire or seek other offices. The rush to the exits has triggered speculation …
Class Colloquium #12: Losing my mind … and my good health
Something on the order of half of us will deal with dementia — either our own or our spouse’s. Class Secretary Dr. Art Segal and Class Council member Dr. Ken Davis have arranged for two experts to join us for a close look at the disease, what can be done to forestall or attenuate it and what else we should know. Their presentation will be followed by your questions and candid conversation.
Yale posts 40.2% return on endowment for 20-21 fiscal year
from Yale Daily News Yale’s endowment reaches $42.3 billion, posting highest rate of return since 2000 The endowment had a rate of return of 40.2 percent, on par with peer institutions and marking a significant increase from Yale’s endowment growth in recent years ZHEMIN SHAO 3:36 PM, OCT 14, 2021 STAFF REPORTER Courtesy of Amay…
Rep. John Yarmuth, chairman of House Budget Committee, will not run for reelection
from WaPo: Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), chairman of the House Budget Committee, announced Tuesday that he will not run for reelection in 2022, citing his desire to spend more time with his family.
Yarmuth has represented the Louisville-based 3rd District of Kentucky since 2007 and has led the powerful budget panel since 2019. He becomes the 10th House Democrat who will not seek reelection in 2022.
Robert Bradley Haas, September 28, 2021
Robert “Bobby” Bradley Haas, passed away unexpectedly of cardiac complications on September 28, 2021. See a traditional obituary from the Dallas Morning News and the longer story from the Wall Street Journal below. See also, our earlier story “Bobby Haas Launches New Motorcycle Museum.”
Leader of Prestigious Yale Grand Strategy Program Resigns, Citing Donor Pressure
from The NY Times, The historian Beverly Gage, who has run the Grand Strategy course since 2017, says the university failed to stand up for academic freedom amid inappropriate efforts to influence the curriculum. By Jennifer Schuessler Sept. 30, 2021 The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy is one of Yale University’s most celebrated and prestigious programs….
Is it time for alumni action to counter legacy admissions?
from The Boston Globe as Boycott targets college admissions boost given to children of alumni at Harvard, other elite schools By Rebecca Ostriker | September 25, 2021 A national group is launching a campaign to end “legacy” preferences, using an alumni donations boycott Viet Nguyen quickly realized what he was up against when he applied…
Yale student’s winning run on ‘Jeopardy!’ makes history
from The Seattle Times By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press | Sep. 25, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” has now netted him more than $1 million in non-tournament play, making him the third person in the show’s history to pass that mark. The only other contestants to win more…
It’s all in the ink: Vinland Map is definitely a fake, new analysis finds
from Ars Technica “There is no reasonable doubt here. This new analysis should put the matter to rest.” JENNIFER OUELLETTE – 9/14/2021, Enlarge / The Vinland Map purports to be a 15th-century map with a pre-Columbian depiction of the North American Coast. A new analysis has confirmed that the map is, in fact, a modern-day forgery. See also, Yale…