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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 for the freshman class of 2006-2007 got in. Yale's professional schools, in art, architecture, law, forestry and environmental studies, business and...
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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Books in Brief
McClatchy-TribuneObamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics By John Talbott Seven Stories Press / 256 pages / $16.95 A former investment banker, John Talbott prescribes the president-elect's primary work in the first months of...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Government, Babylon (Babylon, New York), Financial Markets, Stock Broking
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Rhodes Scholars named for 2009
The 32 American students chosen as Rhodes Scholars for 2009, listed by geographic region: District I: Matthew L. Gethers III, Waterbury, Conn., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rakim H. D. Brooks, Bronx, N.Y., Brown University District II:...Tags: Shelton, Indianapolis, Birmingham , Northwestern University, Florida State University
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25-Year Sol LeWitt Exhibit Opens At Mass MoCA
The Hartford Courant"A Wall Drawing Retrospective" seems an imprecise and overly modest title for the career-spanning work of Hartford native Sol LeWitt, which required a three-story building bigger than the Whitney, five years of planning and the efforts of 65 artists....Tags: Sol LeWitt, Libraries and Museums, Yale University Art Gallery, Heavy Engineering, Architecture
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Joseph B. Stevens Jr., head of concessions firm
Joseph B. Stevens Jr., former president and chairman of Harry M. Stevens Inc., the oldest concessions business in America, died Nov. 13 of bone cancer at Heron Point retirement community in Chestertown. He was 92. Mr. Stevens was born in Cleveland and...Tags: Death and Dying, Government, Equestrian, Retirement, National Government
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Gallery owner finds home for Iraqi artist's work
New Haven RegisterThree years after she began collecting Iraqi artist Ala Bashir's works, Lesley Roy was in her Westville studio recently, helping to oversee preparations for the shipment of seven large canvasses to the Middle East nation of Qatar. "This is so exciting....Tags: Painting, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), History, Iraq War, Wars and Interventions
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Robert McLean III, commercial real estate broker
Robert McLean III, a retired commercial real estate broker and Gibson Island resident, died of pulmonary failure Nov. 11 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. The longtime Gibson Island resident was 80. Mr. McLean was born in Baltimore and raised on...Tags: Bolton Hill, University of Maryland Medical Center, Colleges and Universities, Real Estate Agents
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The Art Of Making The Arts Affordable
There are many ways to see movies and plays, visit museums, hear readings by authors and listen to classical music without breaking the bank. Suggestions for ways to get high culture on the cheap are provided by Courant staffers Frank Rizzo, Donna Larcen,...Tags: Barnes & Noble Incorporated, Adults, Long Wharf Theatre, Pies and Tarts, Almonds
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Local Free Books Events
Special To The CourantHow much would you pay to spend an evening with Stewart O'Nan or Steve Almond or Mary-Ann Tirone Smith or Amy Bloom or other authors too numerous to mention? How about nothing at all? That is what it costs to hear readings or talks by prominent or...Tags: Barnes & Noble Incorporated, Almonds, Amy Bloom, Colleges and Universities, University of Hartford
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Deaths elsewhere
FLORENCE WALD, 91 U.S. hospice pioneer Florence Wald, a former Yale nursing dean whose interest in compassionate care led her to launch the first U.S. hospice program, died Nov. 8 at her Branford, Conn., home, said her daughter, Shari Vogler. Ms.... -
Florence S. Wald, 91, hospice pioneer
The New York TimesFlorence S. Wald, whose vision of bringing the terminally ill peace of mind and, to whatever extent possible, freedom from pain led to the opening of the first palliative care hospice in the United States, died on Saturday at her home in Branford, Conn....Tags: Death and Dying
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On this date: Nov. 14
1851: Moby Dick was published in the United States. 1943: Ernie Nevers of the St. Louis Cardinals became the first pro football player to score six touchdowns in a game. 1968: Yale University announced it would admit women. 1969: Apollo 12 blasted...Tags: Moby, Carmen Electra, St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball, Ernie Nevers
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U.S. hospice innovator
The Washington PostWASHINGTON — Florence Wald, a former Yale University nursing school dean who brought the hospice movement to the United States and started the first American hospice unit, died Nov. 8 at her home in Branford, Conn. No cause of death was reported....Tags: Illnesses, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Suicide, World War II
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