by | May 20, 2018 6:26 pm | Comments (31)
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Hillary Clinton delivers the commencement address to Yale undergrads on Sunday.
Despite the Trump administration’s corruption, lies and attacks on the rule of law, Hillary Clinton is filled with hope for the country’s future — more now, she said, than even when Obama took office a decade ago.
by | May 16, 2018 7:50 am | Comments (26)
Yale police not getting to the bottom of a black student’s ID card.
Yale University is refusing to let the public see how its cops dealt with a white graduate student who called in a complaint about a napping African-American graduate student — and to see whether cops treated the two students differently.
by | May 11, 2018 2:24 pm | Comments (5)
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Malik, who struggled after the murder of his best friend, displays gear from a weekend for admitted students.
After nearly dropping out of high school, Malik James-Gaskin knew it wouldn’t be easy to get into college.
by | May 10, 2018 4:47 pm | Comments (63)
The cops outside Lolade Siyonbola’s dorm room.
Lolade Siyonbola.
The cops asked the black student why she had an “expired” Yale ID.
They didn’t ask the white student that.
Neither one had an expired ID.
Yale ID cards don’t have expiration dates on them.
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SCSU President Joee Bertolino and Gateway President Paul Broadie.
(Opinion) Connecticut’s utility sector is facing a watershed – a flood of retirements and a drought of skilled workers.
Continue reading ‘Colleges To Train Next-Gen Utility Workers’
by | May 8, 2018 8:35 am | Comments (6)
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Alexander doing business with union prez Bob Proto.
She doesn’t see Yale retreating from New Haven. But Mayor Toni Harp does question the effect that the university’s latest top-level shuffle will mean for town-gown relations.
by | May 4, 2018 5:27 pm | Comments (2)
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New Haven’s Albertus Magnus College, which has recently stepped up its commitment to closer town-gown relations, inaugurated its 14th president on Friday afternoon with calls for study, prayer, service, and community.
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Bertolino, right, chats with Fair Havener, and police commissioner, Kevin Diaz after the meeting.
Southern Connecticut State University President Joe Bertolino brought his charm and outreach tour to the Fair Haven Community Management Team (FHCMT) Thursday night.
It cost him $200.
Continue reading ‘That’ll Be Two Hundred Bucks, President Joe’
by | May 3, 2018 10:58 am | Comments (14)
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Alexander with grandchildren Hannah, 8, Natalie, 11, and Jeremy, 4, at the recent corner naming for his late wife Christine.
An era in town-gown relations is ending with the retirement of Bruce Alexander, Yale’s top official dedicated to relations with New Haven.
by | May 2, 2018 7:13 am | Comments (4)
Yale University has taken back the honorary degree it gave actor Bill Cosby following his conviction for rape.
by | Apr 24, 2018 3:45 pm | Comments (13)
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Yale welcomed prospective students and their parents Tuesday with a speech from the president — and flyers from picketing union members about a scary crime in the dorms.
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Determined to advance initiatives that realize improved student performance, New Haven’s Gateway Community College has won admission to a network of “Achieving the Dream” schools.
Continue reading ‘Gateway Recognized For “Achieving The Dream”’
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Following a clash on College Street in front of visiting prospective Yale parents, campus cops are calling on the university to grant them the same First Amendment rights granted to students.
Continue reading ‘Cops Accuse Yale Of Snatching Union Flyers’
by | Apr 4, 2018 3:06 pm | Comments (11)
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Mayor Harp, Frankie the Falcon, Albertus President Camille at Wednesday’s announcement.
Albertus Magnus is creating a varsity men’s hockey team — and ponying up $300,000 to help the city turn Ralph Walker Skating Rink into home ice.
by | Apr 3, 2018 2:15 pm | Comments (4)
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An in-plain-sight revelation in the new book Yale’s Hidden Treasures.
Michael Stern noticed a bulldog dressed as a judge, a surveyor riding a mule, and a court jester blinding justice hiding in plain sight in New Haven.
by | Mar 20, 2018 4:42 pm | Comments (1)
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New Haven Promise Scholar and Albertus Magnus College student Christine Puglisi.
Christine Puglisi transferred from the University of Connecticut (UConn) to Albertus Magnus College because she wanted smaller class sizes and a more intimate learning environment.
Continue reading ‘Albertus Magnus Makes A $20K Annual “Promise”’
by | Mar 14, 2018 4:35 pm | Comments (3)
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A Local 33 street-blocking protest.
Four major national unions announced a new partnership on Wednesday that will seek to put pressure on private universities like Yale to negotiate with graduate student teachers who have already voted to unionize.
Continue reading ‘National Unions Throw Strength Behind Grad Unions’
by | Mar 14, 2018 3:47 pm | Comments (2)
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Clergy lead a prayer circle on the first floor of the Legislative Office Building Wednesday.
Hartford—“Dreamers” —children born to adults living in the U.S. without legal permission — gathered with clergy at the state Capitol Wednesday to call on the legislature to pass a bill that would open a pool of student-generated financial aid to the undocumented students that help pay for it.
Continue reading ‘Dreamers, Clergy Press Forward On Student Aid’
by | Feb 15, 2018 12:57 pm | Comments (2)
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Joe Bertolino with the East Shore management team.
Southern Connecticut State University’s president popped in to the Lighthouse Road fire station the other night — to check in with his neighbors.
by | Feb 14, 2018 1:47 pm | Comments (1)
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Political pundit Khalilah Brown-Dean Tuesday with WNPR’s Lori Mack and John Dankosky inside the new studio.
New Haven’s downtown gateway to higher ed has become a gateway to the statewide radio airwaves, as well.
by | Feb 13, 2018 9:07 am | Comments (17)
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Quite a bit longer: Local 33 supporters blocking downtown streets before arrest last May.
Never mind.
Continue reading ‘Yale Grad Union Withdraws Recognition Petition’
by | Jan 25, 2018 9:16 am | Comments (6)
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Newsome at Battell Wednesday: Human rights is question of our time.
When activist Bree Newsome climbed into the history books by scaling a flagpole on the South Carolina statehouse grounds and removing the Confederate flag, many people assumed that one very fed up black woman had taken spontaneous action.
by | Jan 24, 2018 4:03 pm | Comments (13)
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Stephen Brown shows neighbors a map and photographs of 320 Canner St., a two-story, single-family home that Yale is interested in purchasing and converting to academic use.
The Yale Divinity School is interested in purchasing a single-family home near its Prospect Hill campus and converting it into an academic building, thereby removing over $18,500 from the city’s annual property tax rolls.
by | Jan 24, 2018 4:02 pm | Comments (1)
As of Wednesday afternoon, Albertus Magnus College no longer officially honors Gordon Edelstein, who as of Tuesday evening no longer serves as artistic director of Long Wharf Theatre.
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Bertolino at City Hall Wednesday.
Ten New Haven Promise “scholars” — public school students receiving scholarships to cover their college tuition — heading off to Southern Connecticut State University next fall could have their housing expenses for their first year at school covered in addition to their tuition.