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    The toughest issue on (any) campus

    Yale and other universities are changing how they handle charges of sexual misconduct. Are they doing it right? We convened a panel to talk about it.

    Jul/Aug 2015 | Ico comments 5 comments
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    Crib notes to the AYA

    Anyone who completed a semester at Yale is a member of the Association of Yale Alumni. If you’re not sure what it does, you’re not alone. Here’s a guide.

    May/Jun 2015 | Ico comments 3 comments
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    By reason of insanity

    A Yale Law alumnus, once hospitalized for schizophrenia, sues the state that detained him.

    May/Jun 2015 | Ico comments 1 comment
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    The origins of the tomb

    How Skull and Bones found a home.

    May/Jun 2015 | Ico comments 3 comments
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    Going around in circles

    Volvelles are those little paper wheels that help organize information. Yale has hundreds of them.

    Mar/Apr 2015 | Ico comments 4 comments
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    How science came to Yale

    Benjamin Silliman, a young lawyer, traveled to Philadelphia in 1802 with a few mineral specimens in a candle box. It was Yale’s first step on the path to becoming a university.

    Mar/Apr 2015