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James Kok arrived in New Haven as a refugee from South Sudan, without knowing a word of English or ever having attended school. After a long road with many obstacles, he walked on stage with a cap and gown.
by | May 23, 2014 2:45 pm | Comments (3)
After she lost her job to a corporate relocation, Debra Bagni got a second chance, and took it.
by | May 9, 2014 4:21 pm | Comments (3)
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NEW YORK — Six years after leaving public housing in Westville Manor, Toddchelle Young prepared to wrap up a master’s degree at Columbia — by leading a lesson on a groundbreaking immigration policy hatched in her hometown.
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Graduate-student employees marched through the rain Wednesday to take up some unfinished business with Yale’s new president.
Continue reading ‘Grad Students March For Union Recognition’
by | Apr 30, 2014 1:22 pm | Comments (0)
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“Sim-Mom” was ready to deliver — a tiny mannequin baby.
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Cara McDonough of the United Way of Greater New Haven sent in this report on Saturday’s Parent University session at Gateway Community College.
Attending Parent University on Saturday, a daylong session of workshops and speeches focusing on issues faced by many New Haven-area parents, meant setting the alarm clock for a weekend morning and braving relentless rain.
That didn’t keep the motivated participants away, however.
by | Apr 28, 2014 8:17 am | Comments (9)
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Brouard: “It’s great to see.”
After muggers attacked an 83-year-old architecture professor at the Lilac Street building site of a Yale-designed house, the university pulled up stakes from Newhallville. A year later, the home was completed and drew a crowd — including the professor.
by | Mar 25, 2014 1:44 pm | Comments (7)
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Yale President Peter Salovey told city lawmakers he wants to keep more student entrepreneurs in town when they start new businesses. Dwight Alder Frank Douglas told him to keep the the old businesses around, too — by bringing local bread back to the dining halls.
by | Mar 24, 2014 4:50 pm | Comments (0)
Rick Levin is moving from the world of ivy-covered classrooms to digitized, online learning.
by | Dec 18, 2013 5:15 pm | Comments (1)
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Gateway President Dorsey Kendrick is among the state’s 100 Most Influential African-American Leaders.
by | Dec 16, 2013 12:39 pm | Comments (0)
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GCC Foundation Board member, Mimi Lines entertains a young guest.
Hundreds of people staying in homeless shelters a free pre-Christmas dinner at a holiday party at Gateway Community College Friday evening.
by | Dec 2, 2013 4:14 pm | Comments (11)
Yale giving to United Way, by school.
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Yale staff and faculty took a total of $1.1 million from their paychecks and gave it to the United Way in 2012. That’s an impressive number, but it came from only a small fraction of the entire Yale workforce, according to a professor pushing to increase the percentage.
Continue reading ‘Professor “Honest Tea” Takes On A New Crusade’
by | Oct 29, 2013 8:14 am | Comments (1)
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“I am the co-chair of the Appropriations Committee,” Walker (left) told Gray (right).
The new chief of Connecticut’s troubled public-college system brought a rescue pitch to New Haven — and left newly informed about some of the help and the information he may need to pull off his plans.
by | Oct 24, 2013 2:13 pm | Comments (5)
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Taubes (at left): Harp’s passion resounded.
They usually belong to the same team. Tuesday night they served as coaches for opposing sides — and watched their advice take form.
Continue reading ‘Champion Debaters Helped Harp, Elicker Behind The Scenes’
by | Oct 15, 2013 11:32 am | Comments (19)
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Colombian political journalist Claudia Lopez at Monday’s session.
Andrew Papachristos told an international crime-fighting gathering about a cancer-like disease that targets young black males — and can’t be solved one victim at a time.
by | Oct 11, 2013 7:59 am | Comments (2)
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Kendrick with state Sen. Martin Looney, who introduced her, the chamber’s Tony Rescigno, and TD Bank’s Steve Angeletti.
With tears in her eyes and a story about goals and perseverance, Gateway Community College President Dorsey Kendrick turned the Omni ballroom into a vast classroom where she instructed hundreds of movers and shakers on the “daffodil principle.”
Continue reading ‘Kendrick Imparts The “Daffodil Principle”’
by | Sep 30, 2013 11:28 am | Comments (2)
The region’s top Brazilian diplomat Monday expressed outrage over Yale police’s decision to handcuff a prominent Brazilian reporter and incarcerate her for five hours for trying to cover a campus event.
Continue reading ‘Brazilian Consular General Blasts Journalist’s Detention’
by | Aug 28, 2013 8:52 am | Comments (1)
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The typical college student looks forward to the social life and dreads the schoolwork. For military veterans who enroll in college after serving overseas, the opposite can hold true.
by | Aug 18, 2013 1:03 pm | Comments (4)
Amid speculation that she’s lining up an academic gig prior to a possible run for U.S. president, Hillary Clinton will be stopping by Yale.
The question is: Is it a one-day visit? Or the beginning of a new relationship?
by | Aug 3, 2013 8:54 pm | Comments (7)
Amid criticism over its handling of complaints about sexual misconduct on campus, Yale released a statement Friday distinguishing rape versus other forms of “nonconsensual sex.”
by | May 24, 2013 8:21 am | Comments (4)
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Not long after he left prison with a GED, Thomas Daniels lost his son to street violence. He resisted the urge for revenge and decided instead to work professionally with grieving dads.
To do that he needed to go to college.
by | May 7, 2013 5:39 pm | Comments (0)
Yale University is investigating a message found scrawled on a bathroom wall, promising arson at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life.
by | Apr 24, 2013 4:19 pm | Comments (1)
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Winners from left: Dr.Ayana Jordan, Molly Gibbons, Regina Starolis, Mayor DeStefano, Daisy Abreu, President Levin, Phyllis Seton, Rick Fontana, Jane Levin, Leif Mitchell, Rosemarie Lemley and Maria Bouffard.
Town and gown congratulated their top execs as they prepare to leave office for 20 years — along with the women who kept their offices running smoothly.
Continue reading ‘“Elm-Ivies” Go To Top Dogs—& The Women Behind The Scenes’
by | Mar 1, 2013 3:43 pm | Comments (17)
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Behind this anonymous door three floors above downtown New Haven, a Yale-affiliated shrink is paying local immigrants $150 to help the FBI sniff out liars when hunting terrorists.
Continue reading ‘Shhh: Terrorism Study’s Already In Full Swing’
by | Feb 28, 2013 9:26 am | Comments (0)
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Last session’s class on police brutality.
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